Renault Presents The New Kiger To Olympics 2020 Silver Medalist Mirabai Chanu

Saikhom Mirabai Chanu has made it big at the Tokyo Olympics 2020 winning silver medal in weightlifting. Now she's been presented with a brand new Renault Kiger as a token of appreciation for her stellar performance. Chanu has received the range topping RXZ variant of the new Renaul Kiger that is powered by a 1.0-litre Turbo petrol engine. Sudhir Malhotra, Vice President - Sales & Marketing, Renault India handed over the keys of the brand new Renault Kiger to the Silver Medalist.

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Sudhir Malhotra, Vice President - Sales & Marketing, Renault India handed over the keys of the brand new Renault Kiger to Mirabai Chanu.

Engine options on the Kiger include a 1.0-litre, three-cylinder naturally aspirated petrol engine and a 1.0-litre, three-cylinder turbocharged petrol motor. Both engines come mated to a five-speed manual gearbox, along with optional AMT and CVT automatic transmissions, respectively. In terms of features, the SUV comes with projector headlamps with LED DRLs, alloy wheels, LED taillights, muscular exterior styling beefy cladding and dual-tone body colour options. The cabin features an 8-inch touchscreen display with wireless Android Auto and Apple CarPlay, automatic climate control, a 7-inch digital instrument cluster among others. In terms of safety, the Kiger gets four airbags on the top trim along with ABS and ESC. In the middle seat, the rear gets a lap belt. There's also a rear parking camera on the top trim.

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The Renault Kiger also gets wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto.

The Renault Kiger is based on the company CMF-A+ platform which also underpins the Triber MPV and Nissan's Magnite subcompact SUV. Renault offers the Kiger SUV primarily in four trims - RXE, RXL, RXT and RXZ, and has also introduced a new RXT (O) trim positioned below the range-topping RXZ variant, but price for the RXT (O) is yet to be announced.