The first Duster under the Renault badge, sold in Latin America, Russia, the Middle East, Asia, South Africa and Australia, and built outside Romania. The four-wheel-drive versions use the same Nissan-derived 2WD/Auto/Lock system, with no low range.
BASE VEHICLEDuster I 4×4 (2010–17)BUILT BYSOFASA, Renault do Brasil, São José dos Pinhais, Avtoframos, Moscow, Renault India, ChennaiIN SERVICE2011–22OPERATED INBrazil, Colombia, RussiaPRODUCTIONNot publishedLAYOUT4 wheels · 105″
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Renault built the Duster in Brazil (São José dos Pinhais, on sale from October 2011), Colombia (Envigado) from 2012, Russia (Avtoframos, Moscow) from 2011 at about 80,000 a year and India (Chennai) from 2012; production ran on to 2020–22 in those plants. Russia reached 200,000 sales in two and a half years. India launched the Duster on 4 July 2012 and added the AWD version in 2014, with the 110 PS 1.5 dCi and a six-speed manual, priced from Rs 11.89 lakh; it was dropped in 2020.
Research status: draft — identification, dates or figures could not all be pinned down; the summary says what is unresolved.
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