Renault Duster gained immense popularity as soon as it came out. It was a nice package available at an attractive price tag. In a country where the car sales are driven by the amount of sheet metal on it, this car was an immediate success. It looked and felt like a proper SUV but was affordable to buy and run. Soon after it was launched, the Ford Ecosport came in and took away the limelight. The SUV segment is growing fierce with all the major players joining in and Honda is coming up with the Vezel to probe the opportunity in this segment.
Honda Vezel Mugen trim
The Honda Vezel is an urban SUV based on the Jazz platform. We saw this machine first at the Detroit Motor Show last year. The new Honda Jazz is also coming in very soon which means these two will share many components and help keep the costs down. The Vezel follows the familiar Honda design scheme and has got some sharp lines on it to make it look aggressive. It resembles to its elder sibling CR-V but is smaller. The side profile looks impressive and they have neatly integrated the rear door handles in the glass section.
The Renault Duster has been a popular model for the manufacturer in many markets. the new Renault Duster will be very much similar to the current generation Duster. We aren’t saying that it is a bad looking car but it doesn’t look as impressive when you compare it to the Vezel. The new car gets meaner looking headlamps and a new grille giving it a nice nose. They have put new front and rear scuff plates giving it a sporty look. It also gets new set of wheels and roof rails.
Renault Duster
As far as we know, the Vezel will come with two diesel engine options. Both the engine will be carried from the Honda City. The 1.5 litre i-VTEC petrol engine generates a peak power of 116 bhp while the new 1.5 litre i-DTEC engine generates a peak power of 100 bhp. Both these engines will come mated to five speed manual gearbox.
While the engines on Vezel are impressive, the Renault Duster serves you with a larger number of engine options. The 1.5 litre diesel engine on Duster is offered in two states of tune and the new version will continue to get both the variants. The low power variant generates 84 bhp of peak power and 200 Nm peak torque while the other variant generates 110 bhp and a torque of 240 Nm. This is the only engine in the range to be offered with a six speed gearbox. The petrol engine displaces 1.6 litres and generates 102 bhp peak power. The new Duster will continue to have all these engines and they will introduce another engine. This engine will be a 1.2 litre turbocharged unit generating a peak power of 123 bhp. Both the cars are evenly matched and the large number of options on Duster means that you can have exactly the kind of drive you like.
