Renault KWID 2016 (Official Thread)

[phetti222]

This will be also introduced to Sri Lanka by AMW:

Renault Duster

 

[Hyaenidae]

Yes, I meant the Kwid.

I said sorry because you wished that I would find a buyer for it.

The fact is that the car is not for sale.

It's the ideal car for my errands.

Urgh.
Well what I meant is you'd have to find someone with 0 knowledge in cars and car market if you want to convince him/her to buy your used KWID in one go.

Savvy?

 

[Hyaenidae]

Still the same machan (Insurance covered the cost to get a new one). It's a few years old now though.

awesome

 

[phetti222]

Urgh.
Well what I meant is you'd have to find someone with 0 knowledge in cars and car market if you want to convince him/her to buy your used KWID in one go.

Savvy?

We'll see whether it is so when the time comes to dispose of it... But, I'll assure you that it'll be in the distant future.

 

[Hyaenidae]

We'll see whether it is so when the time comes to dispose of it... But, I'll assure you that it'll be in the distant future.

Great, post a review after you take delivery of the car

 

[shan4djfun]

Of course I can cancel my order at any time. But I won't do it because I know very well that it's THE CAR for me at this time.

I wish you good luck in finding a buyer for your old Japanese car. You have only to convince only one potential buyer of the Kwid, and you're done!

sorry to say dude, you cant cancel it, unless you have cancer and you need money for hospital. Even of that i'm not sure. Read the TOS in your invoices

 

[shan4djfun]

Suppose the government actually manages to start a VW division in Sri Lanka. Do you think we'll be able to sell them to the EU market? If you want to sell a vehicle in the EU, it has to adhere to certain safety, efficiency, and environmental standards. The same goes for fish, dairy products, clothing and almost every industry. They outsource the production to different countries because it is cheaper, and it will be easier to have different variants of the same product.

I dont know if VW is able to do that, but renualt does it.

http://media.renault.com/global/en-gb/renaultgroup/media/pressrelease.aspx?mediaid=78047

http://www.carscoops.com/2016/01/is-renault-kwid-coming-to-europe-as.html

http://indianautosblog.com/2016/06/renault-kwid-confirmed-south-africa-234464

You are a fool to believe it will pass EU standards just because the Kwid has Renault brand name. http://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/five-cars-fail-safety-test-116051700433_1.html . Even the SRS-accompanied version has zero safety ratings.

What do you say about nissan india? if you are ok with nissan india, then the kwid is made in the same plant. Technology / used equipments are the same as renault global.

http://www.nissan-global.com/EN/COMPANY/PROFILE/ALLIANCE/RENAULT01/index.html

Its the higher percentage of localization thats given its competitive price tag. Its made to complete with other indian entry level vehicles. So no point of arguing about the safety there for the vehicle tagged 3 Lahks INR. It has a air bag even, but driver side only, and its is safer than other cars in its segment.

If you have already placed the order, go on. You might actually enjoy your purchase. If you are still deciding to whether go for a Japanese car or a brand new Indian car, just use your best judgement sans the look of the car. Those who say to for for a Japanese (collectively referred to any car that has a decent safety score and reliability) are not threatened by the new Indian car market. Those who know the value of their lives and trust them will buy the Japanese cars. There are some absolutely crappy Japanese vehicles and it is a risky market to buy a car from. In Europe or the US, if you buy a brand new car, you immediately lose its financial value by go 20-30% percent even if you want to sell it the very next day. The same goes for the Indian cars here in Sri Lanka more or less. Even if the Indian cars dominate in here (which is apparent if people tend to go for the looks and fuel economy), those who own a Japanese vehicle will have no hard time selling their vehicles.

looking at Sri Lanka car market, even I would't buy a second hand indian car. I would simply get rid of my vehicle when the time is right. Either dispose or exchange it with AMW for a new one. No point of using a heavily used ugly looking superb condition car for the same price having the assurance that I cant sell it for a better price later. I dont want to buy this as a investment.

I bought my first vehicle for the looks (a Vios with over 80,000 in odometer). Sold it for about 90% of what I paid first. Bought a Premio secondly, had a terrible accident that condemned the car only to walk out from it with only minor bruises and wife having a small wound in her leg. You need first hand experience to value your life and how much protection your car gives you.

Good for you. You are lucky that you can afford those vehicle and being saved in an accident. AXIO accident happened near kaduwela exit left all the people alive buy 1 in a coma for over a month now. I agree that there is a better chance in surviving in a japanese post millennium car than in a option less car . But if you are bound to die, no body can stop it.

Kwid is a budget range car, and I guarantee you, the Indians will laugh their lungs out knowing you pay 2.3m LKR to buy their 0.23M INR car. There is an Audi wing in India, so do BMV and Volvo. They make decent cars that you can buy for that kind of money in India. If you buy a Japanese vehicle, it would cost about the same for a used one, but you get loads of safety features and something you can rely on. I have lived in Japan for a few months, and the vehicles are dead cheap compared to Sri Lanka. So both Indian and Japanese cars are overpriced. When you pay 2.3M for an Indian car, you pay for car + tax + brand new quality. In the other hand for a Japanese vehicle, you pay for the car + tax + safety + reliability. A human brain weight more than 1kg. Don't waste it away.

same goes with japanese cars. they are getting their asses fall off for the prices we pay here.

and my friend for the KWID, when I told the price for a indian friend from fb , rather than laughing he was shocked.

You seems like a guy with some good knowledge in the area, I'm pretty sure that you know all about vios and premio. however you cant talk about KWID if you haven't done a research about his car for like 6-7 months. because I did!!!

 

[lk-maare]

you are welcome to publish them here

i know...great to have a conversation with u. in my comments also theres a possible chance that m ideas are wrong.
i just gave the idea thats all. the downsides. post some reviews on here after few months of buying it. Its design is great though. try to change a bit in dashboard anyway

 

[shan4djfun]

i know...great to have a conversation with u. in my comments also theres a possible chance that m ideas are wrong.
i just gave the idea thats all. the downsides. post some reviews on here after few months of buying it. Its design is great though. try to change a bit in dashboard anyway

sure bro. aniwa. will post a new thread with good and bad

 

[lk-maare]

sure bro. aniwa. will post a new thread with good and bad

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[shan4djfun]

Bump

thanks for the rep +++

 

[phetti222]

Euro NCAP safety test එකේ තරු 5 ක් ගත්තු TOYOTA PRIUS මෝටර් රථයක් අනතුරකට භාජනය වී එහි රියැදුරු එතැනම ජීවිතක්ෂයට පත් වෙයි.

More details:

Victim identified in fatal West Chester crash

West Chester, PA (USA) - One man is dead and another man is injured following a crash Thursday morning at the corner of Ohio 747 and Port Union Road.

The incident started at 8:30 a.m. when a black Chevy Avalanche driven by 32-year-old Terrence R. Strader of South Port Drive in West Chester Twp. rear-ended a blue Honda Civic heading south on Ohio 747 between Union Centre Boulevard and Mackenzie Court, according to police.

The Chevy then sped away from the scene and ran a red light at Ohio 747 and Port Union Road, crashing into the left side of a Toyota Prius attempting to make a left turn onto Ohio 747. One of the vehicles sideswiped a gray Ford Focus driven by Amanda Chew, 28, of Cincinnati, who was not injured.

The driver of the Toyota, Troy H. Stapelton of Ann Court in Fairfield, died at the scene.

West Chester Fire Department crews extricated Strader from the Chevy and took him to West Chester Hospital to be treated for injuries, according to Barb Wilson, spokeswoman for the township. His condition was not available Thursday afternoon.

Stapelton was driving a vehicle owned by his employer, Fairfield-based Universal Transportation Systems, which issued a statement Thursday afternoon: “We are cooperating with the agencies involved in the investigation of this tragic accident. Our hearts go out to those who have lost a loved one and to those that were injured. We are unable to comment further while the accident remains under investigation.”

Strader was trapped in the 2007 Chevrolet for about 30 minutes until Loveland-Symmes Fire Department extricated him from the car, then taken via medical helicopter to University Hospital to be treated for non-life threatening injuries.

Police said that crash was not the result of drugs or alcohol, but that Strader may have suffered a medical emergency.


Posted: 9:42 a.m. Thursday, May 29, 2014

We report, you decide.

 

[Hyaenidae]

We report, you decide.

Here we go again
So basically you're saying the premium you pay for the safety features is pointless? all the money spent on R&D of the safety equipment is a total waste?
Or the age old excuse to buy a car with 0 safety equipment: "Marenna thiyenawa nam moke giyath marenawa?"

Haiyo salli...

 

[kellsupun]

bumpz

 

[Sithira Weerasinghe]

who's the uncle now

 

[Sithira Weerasinghe]

Euro NCAP safety test එකේ තරු 5 ක් ගත්තු TOYOTA PRIUS මෝටර් රථයක් අනතුරකට භාජනය වී එහි රියැදුරු එතැනම ජීවිතක්ෂයට පත් වෙයි.

5 star vehicle ekak wadila mehema nam kwid ekak wadunoth giya ekage kali ekathu karanna wenne

meken thama

 

[sp4chamara]

මේක කියෙව්වම ගොඩක් අය බොහොම ප්‍රාථමික තර්ක දාලා තියෙන්නේ කියලා හිතනවා.
KWID එක තියෙන්නේ බජට් කාර් එකක් විධිහටනේ..ඉතින් ඇයි එක ෆුල් ඔප්ෂන් ජපන් වාහනයක් එක්ක සසදන්නේ..බොරු තේරුමක් නැති වැඩක්නේ.එකම range එකේ නම් ප්‍රශ්නයක් නෑ..

KWID එක Alto වලට ගහන්න හදපු එකක්..සාපේක්ෂව මේකේ පෙනුම ලස්සනයි..eye caching...කවුරුහරි මේක compare කරනවා නම් same range වහනයක් එක්ක කරන්න..

පරණ ජපන් වාහන ගැන මගේ තියෙන්නේ ධනාත්මක අදහසක්..වාහන හොදයි,භය නැතිව යන්න පුළුවන් , සපපහසුව තියෙනවා..පාර්ට්ස් හොයා ගන්න අමාරු නෑ.අපහු හොද මිලකට දෙන්න පුළුවන්...ඔය අලුතෙන් එන ඉන්දියන් වාහන වලට පාර්ට්ස් ගන්න පොඩ්ඩක් අමාරුයි..ගොඩක් වෙලාවට ඒජන්ට් ගාව විතරක් තියෙන ඒවා තියෙනවා...අලුත් ඉන්දියන් වහනයක්ද පරණ ජපන් වාහනයක්ද කියන එක තීරණය වෙන්නේ අපේ අවශ්‍යතාවය මත...අවුරුදු 5 ක් හොදට පැදලා එත් සාපේක්ෂව අඩු මිලකට දෙන්න පුළුවන් වාහනේ තමයි අලුත්ඉ න්දියන් ඒවා...පරණ ජපන් ඒවා ගත්ත මිලටම වගේ දෙන්න පුළුවන්..ජපන් ඒවා ඉතින් කලින් අය පාවිච්චි කරලා තියෙනවා...එක නිසා අලුත්ම වහනයක් ගන්න ආස අය අලුත් ඉන්දියන් ඒවාට ගියාට කමක් නෑ ...නැත්තන් ජපන් එකකට යන්න...

safety ratings compare කරනවා කියන්නේ පට්ටම මෝඩ වැඩක්..ඇත්ත KWID වල අමතර ආරක්ෂාවක් නැ ..වාහනේ අඩු මිලට දෙන්නේ ඒ නිසයි..එක තේරුම් ගන්න බැරි අය Premio / AXIO එක්ක මේ බජට් කාර් එකක් compare කරනවා....

 

[Hyaenidae]

මේක කියෙව්වම ගොඩක් අය බොහොම ප්‍රාථමික තර්ක දාලා තියෙන්නේ කියලා හිතනවා.
KWID එක තියෙන්නේ බජට් කාර් එකක් විධිහටනේ..ඉතින් ඇයි එක ෆුල් ඔප්ෂන් ජපන් වාහනයක් එක්ක සසදන්නේ..බොරු තේරුමක් නැති වැඩක්නේ.එකම range එකේ නම් ප්‍රශ්නයක් නෑ..



safety ratings compare කරනවා කියන්නේ පට්ටම මෝඩ වැඩක්..ඇත්ත KWID වල අමතර ආරක්ෂාවක් නැ ..වාහනේ අඩු මිලට දෙන්නේ ඒ නිසයි..එක තේරුම් ගන්න බැරි අය Premio / AXIO එක්ක මේ බජට් කාර් එකක් compare කරනවා....

Nope, we're comparing the KWID with 2007 Nissan March/ 2005 Lancer CS1/2004 Mazda Familia (BJ5P)/2004 Swift (jeep)/2004 Chevrolet Cruze etc etc - cars within the same price range

 

[phetti222]

5 star vehicle ekak wadila mehema nam kwid ekak wadunoth giya ekage kali ekathu karanna wenne

meken thama

මම Toyota Prius එක නරක මෝටර් රථයක් කියලා condemn කරන්නේ නෑ. ඒක අද ලෝකයේ නිෂ්පාදනය වන හොඳ ම මෝටර් රථවලින් එකක් බවට විවාදයක් නෑ. නමුත් මට පෙන්නන්න ඕන කළේ safety ratingsවල දී තරු 5 ක් ලබා ගත්තු වාහනයක යනවා කියන්නේ හදිසි අනතුරක දී අනිවාර්යයෙන් ම මරණයෙන් බේරෙන්න පුළුවන් කියන එක නෙවෙයි කියලා.

 

[Hyaenidae]

මම Toyota Prius එක නරක මෝටර් රථයක් කියලා condemn කරන්නේ නෑ. ඒක අද ලෝකයේ නිෂ්පාදනය වන හොඳ ම මෝටර් රථවලින් එකක් බවට විවාදයක් නෑ. නමුත් මට පෙන්නන්න ඕන කළේ safety ratingsවල දී තරු 5 ක් ලබා ගත්තු වාහනයක යනවා කියන්නේ හදිසි අනතුරක දී අනිවාර්යයෙන් ම මරණයෙන් බේරෙන්න පුළුවන් කියන එක නෙවෙයි කියලා.

Well wearing a helmet when riding a motorcycle doesn't mean there is 0% chance of you being killed by a head injury in case of an accident does it? But there is a 90% chance of you being killed by a head injury if you face an accident while riding your motorcycle without a helmet.

The same theory applies here.