Renault Duster Is Back |Tech, Design, Strategy | Fabrice Cambolive Interview With @sidpatankar

Yeah, of course. It's a very important moment for us.

But this model is so important because as you can see it's a global car, but it's a global car with a very important Indian touch because that was one of the first cars we launched in India with a lot of success and we wanted to come back with the right recipes. The automotive world evolved a lot in the last years and now if you want to be successful you have to get the right energy. That's why we are launching it in hybrid. You have to get the right connectivity. That's why we are putting Google inside. And of course, you have to be bold in terms of design because it's India and I would like to thank all the Indian team who succeeded to draft this kind of very powerful car.

Yeah. Um.

I think, I think, you know, we are in a world where the automotive is evolving very rapidly. In the past we were doing cars in 5 years, now we are doing it in two years. Yes. But not only that in terms of development, but you have also a big evolution in terms of energy mix and when you look at what happened in some other regions in the world for instance, I've seen diesel replaced. It's not the case in India because of course the diesel is still a big part of the mix, but you see that the market is changing rapidly. You see that the electrification of the market will grow and it will grow, it can be a game changer for the evolution of the market. That's why what we decided is really to be in this electrification of the market and for that we decided tough choices and the fact to put a hybrid in the car is very important for us and what we wanted to do with that is not to lose the pleasure of driving the car because I think Duster was a game changer in terms of body, in terms of SUV style, but it was also something very different because everybody was praising the dynamic of the car. And when you will test drive the car, you will see that the ride and handling is really at the top of the market and that's what we wanted to do with this new car.

No, I think I think...

No, no, no, we have to do the job on the contrary. It means we have to convince people that now a hybrid can replace a diesel and can be better than a diesel. That's why we have to be competitive in terms of price. That's why they have to test the car and to see that the consumption is a real plus and more than the consumption, this capacity to drive at the same time electric and I see is very important because you will see that and you can see that because you are an expert, you gain a lot in terms of comfort, in terms of noise, in terms of torque, and this is very important. But on the other end, what is important is that we don't have just only hybrid in our engine lineup because we have a very competitive 1.3 turbo which is at the highest level in terms of torque and which is adjusted to the customer needs in many regions of India.