Verdict: Renault Kwid is better value-for-money than the Celerio, but Celerio has better fundamentals (performance & dynamics) and has an automatic gearbox on offer as well.
Pricing & Features: Celerio’s base variant, the LXi retails for 3.97 Lakh, Ex-showroom, Delhi. For a whopping 44,000 Rs. less you can buy the top-end RxT (O) variant of the freshly launched Renault Kwid with a sticker price of just 3.53 Lakh rupees, Ex-showroom, Delhi. With this fantastic pricing, Renault really has an opportunity to entice compact car buyers away from the competition. Not only is the Kwid RxT (O) cheaper than the Celerio, but it also has way more features than the Celerio LXi like read more...
Performance & Drivability: Celerio’s K10 engine is certainly a shade superior to the Kwid. The refinement is significantly better than the Kwid’s and it is also a remarkably free revving unit than the Kwid’s. Surprisingly Renault has managed to control the Kwid’s bulk like a professional weight watcher. It weighs a mere read more...
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Fuel Efficiency: The Kwid has an ARAI certified mileage of 25.17 kmpl which is 2.07 kmpl more than Celerio’s fuel efficiency of 23.1 kmpl. In our back-to-back tests, the Kwid was consistently 1 kmpl more efficient than the Celerio. This means additional savings of read more...
Ride Quality & Handling: Both cars do an excellent job of handling the abuse thrown at them by Indian road conditions especially considering their tiny footprint and bantamweight structures. Both cars tackle bumps and ruts with aplomb with the Celerio having a miniscule advantage over the Kwid in terms of read more...
Reliability & After Sales Service: One parameter where Renault still has a long, long way to go before it catches up with Maruti is Reliability & After Sales Service. Given that Kwid has been majorly developed in India, it has a brand new, unproven powertrain and given Renault poor track record at read more...
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