[TusharK]

Renault has launched the 2024 Triber in India. The updated Triber is available in six variants priced from Rs 5.99 lakh (ex-showroom).



Renault has made a few changes to the Triber for the 2024 model year. The MPV now gets the same digital instrument cluster from the Kiger, a wireless charger and electrically adjustable ORVMs.

The Triber is powered by a 1.0-litre, 3-cylinder petrol engine that makes 72 BHP and 96 Nm. The engine is mated to either a 5-speed manual or a 5-speed AMT.

The 2024 Triber is available in a new Stealth Black exterior colour.

2024 Renault Triber ex-showroom prices:

• RXE MT – Rs 5.99 lakh
• RXL MT – Rs 6.80 lakh
• RXT MT – Rs 7.60 lakh
• RXT AMT – Rs 8.12 lakh
• RXZ MT – Rs 8.22 lakh
• RXZ AMT – Rs 8.74 lakh

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[cool_dube]

A 1.0-litre, 3-cylinder petrol engine that makes 72 BHP and 96 Nm! Can it get any sadder than this? Oh wait, it can - this is supposed to be a people mover

[Pixeldynamic]

Why can't they simply use the turbo engine that's already present in Kiger?

[DustyWanderer]

Renault still does not take Indian market very seriously. There is no excitement at all in their products.

[Emvi]

What's stopping Renault from giving the 100 PS turbo version of the engine to the Triber? This could very well enhance the Triber's VFM quotient significantly. At the least, 5k sales per month is easily manageable given how good the concept is. Renault's India strategy is truly hard to comprehend.

[vamsi.vadrevu]

The turbo HRA0DET engine is perfectly capable of being used in Triber's engine bay. In fact, Magnite and Kiger are built on the same platform and giving a Turbo Engine is a no-brainer. Not sure why Renault doesn't offer it still!

[84.monsoon]

Originally Posted by cool_dube

A 1.0-litre, 3-cylinder petrol engine that makes 72 BHP and 96 Nm! Can it get any sadder than this? Oh wait, it can - this is supposed to be a people mover

Don't underestimate this engine, it is can really go.

My Mom and Aunt just bought a 2023 Triber and the engine is surprisingly sprightly for an 1.0 NA. The numbers don't tell the whole story. The gearing is very short, with the result that the car picks up speed effortlessly, even when fully loaded with 6 adults. If you go to mountain areas such as in Assam, HP or even Ooty, you will see a lot of these cars used as Taxis. I took my mom's Triber up to Kodaikanal and it was able to climb effortlessly uphill. We had a Triber Taxi on a recent Assam trip with 5 adults and luggage and it was definitely not slow going on 4-5 hour highway trips across Manas, Kaziranga etc. Cruising at 100 does not stress the engine too much, any speed higher than that it will start to groan and noise and vibrations go up all of a sudden. Admitted, it is not exciting for highway drives, but not boring either and felt much more eager than the Honda Amaze 1.2 my uncle has.

Overall, you will not feel a paucity of pick up in typical city traffic. In the highways, it is not fast but is not slow either and even most normal overtaking can be easily managed. The icing on the cake is the ride quality - it is 70% of what the Duster used to be - takes road undulations with aplomb and is totally unsettled through most potholes and bumps on the road. Also, effortless to drive a feather light clutch and steering. Though there are some typical 3-cylinder vibrations at idle, the the engine settles down once on the move. If all that it is not enough, you get 4 star safety rating and it probably the cheapest car you can buy in India with that level of safety rating. I am not surprised the Triber already sells a solid 2000 copies consistently every month and think it deserves to sell a lot more for the price/value it offers.

Looks like Renault has dropped prices by 25K - 35K variant to variant as compared to 2023 prices especially in lower variants. RXE dropped from 6.34 lakhs to 5.99 lakhs and the RXL dropped from 7.05 lakhs to 6.8 lakhs. RXT and RXZ prices remain roughly the same. Should further improve sales into the taxi market, it is an ideal people mover and

Point to note - in 2023, Renault added E20 fuel compatibility, ESC, Traction Control and Hill Hold Assist as standard across variant.

For 2024, Renault has added a number of additional features variant-by-variant as below, while dropping prices on some of the variants and holding prices steady on others, even with a lot of additional features added.

Renault has been doing a great job with a steady stream of updates on this car to increase the value per rupee paid steadily.

Originally Posted by SmartCat

Small turbo petrol engine on a small 7 seater is a bad idea because of turbo-lag. Let's do some math:

The key requirement for a 7 seater is to get off the line smoothly when loaded with passengers & luggage. This is especially important in city traffic or on ghat roads or heavy traffic 2 laned roads. Triber with a turbo petrol engine will struggle. Don't be fooled by a turbo petrol's power or torque figures - they achieve these numbers at very high RPM (4000 RPM/6000 RPM).

Completely agree - The Triber is not a good use case for a Turbo Petrol engine, especially the Renault Nissan 1.0 Turbo. Although this is a turbopetrol engine, it is not a direct injection turbopetrol. It is an MPI engine with a turbocharger fitted. Gasoline Direct Injection (GDI) engines develop peak torque very low down in the RPM range, while the MPI+Turbo engines develop peak torque much later in the rev range as you said above.

For comparison, let us consider three turbocharged 1.0 liter engines all of the same size, two of which are direct injection (VW/Hyundai) and one is MPI + Turbocharger.

Hyundai/Kia 1.0 GDI

Max Power: 118 bhp@6000rpm
Max Torque: 172 Nm@1500-4000rpm

VW 1.0 GDI

Max Power: 114 bhp@5000-5500 rpm
Max Torque: 178 Nm@1750-4500rpm

Renault 1.0 MPI Turbo:

Max Power: 99 bhp@5000rpm
Max Torque: 160 Nm@2800-3600rpm

[sumwit]

I have driven Kiger 1.0 turbo CVT for about 2k kms and loved it. It was tuned for great initial pick-up, it used to pull till 80 kmph easily. Renault should have launched Triber with at least one 1.0 turbo variant with either MT or CVT gearbox.

[UMXR]

A big big miss to not offer the turbo motor, a well packaged car with a tired motor. Although short gearing has saved it, the turbo may be around 1 lakh more than the standard motor but well worth it for a mpv.
Why renault why?

[SmartCat]

Small turbo petrol engine on a small 7 seater is a bad idea because of turbo-lag. Let's do some math:

Triber kerb weight: 1000 kgs
4 adults + 2 kids + luggage: 500 kgs
Weight increase = 50%

The key requirement for a 7 seater is to get off the line smoothly when loaded with passengers & luggage. This is especially important in city traffic or on ghat roads or heavy traffic 2 laned roads. Triber with a turbo petrol engine will struggle. Don't be fooled by a turbo petrol's power or torque figures - they achieve these numbers at very high RPM (4000 RPM/6000 RPM).

But Kiger will be carrying less passengers and luggage.

Kiger kerb weight : 1000 kgs
2 adults + 2 kids + luggage = 300 kgs
Weight increase = 30%

Turbo-petrol might be able to handle this load reasonably well at low RPMs.

Also, product engineers have to assume that Triber might be overloaded occassionally too. They have to benchmark the performance of the car, with even higher loads than just 1,500 kgs. Meanwhile, Kiger is unlikely to be overloaded.

[Geo_Ipe]

Originally Posted by Pixeldynamic

Why can't they simply use the turbo engine that's already present in Kiger?

Originally Posted by Emvi

What's stopping Renault from giving the 100 PS turbo version of the engine to the Triber?

Originally Posted by UMXR

A big big miss to not offer the turbo motor, a well packaged car with a tired motor.

Simple answer - 5.99L ex showroom pricing! Adding the turbo motor will push the price up by at least 1L, which takes away the Triber's USP - a cheap 7 seater. Furthermore, if they add the turbo motor to the Triber, the AMT wouldn't make sense anymore. So they'll have to bring the CVT as well, which is again going to push the price up!

Also, Renault- Nissan wouldn't want the theoretically more versatile Triber to cannibalise the Kiger & Magnite if introduced with the 1.0 Turbo motor.

[sjain2054]

Hey Prabhu Hey Hari Ram Krishna Jagannatham Prema Nandi, ye kya hui?

O Dear Mr Renault Carmaker! Please price it Rs 1 lakh more and please give us the same engine-transmission combo as the Kiger!

I am only echoing what every post in this thread has said and will say in the future!

[amtak]

I see that everyone is talking about launching the Triber with more powerful Turbo engine from Kiger. When the Triber was launched, I too hoped for the same; however, please note that Triber is now almost of end of lifecycle (its been launched 4+ years ago) and next gen should come in 2025. May be Renault has planned to launch the next gen with turbo engine from day 1. I hope they have!

[swiftvxi06]

One of the primary reasons I bought a Magnite Turbo in 2021 over Triber was solely because of the turbo petrol engine. Had test driven Triber. The car has been well put together with very good utilization of space. If Renault India brings in turbo petrol engine, it can be the most VFM people mover on sale in India.

[Joe367]

Renault also announced the second generation Triber plans for their 3 year road map. May be they will introduce the new Engine with the same alongside the new MPV from Nissan based on Triber.