Renault Fluence coming soon

The Renault Fluence is a compact mid-sized sedan produced by the French automaker Renault and built at the Oyak-Renault plant in Bursa, Turkey. Revealed in August 2009, Fluence is based on the Renault/Nissan C platform platform but it is sized between the compact family saloon C-segment and the upper-medium segment. It is essentially a notchback version of the Mégane III (already developed as Renault Samsung New SM3), and went on sale in November 2009.

The Fluence is a D-segment sedan that will be manufactured at the new Renault Nissan greenfield manufacturing facility in Chennai. The car displayed was a Euro spec model. Standard equipment includes rear air-conditioner vents and dual zone climate control in the front. From launch, and depending on market, Renault Fluence will be available with a wide range of thrifty engines which are all a pleasure to drive. The car will come with two petrol engines, each available in two versions, a 1.6 16V 110hp, with automatic transmission or manual gearbox and a 2.0 16V 140hp, with continuously variable transmission (CVT) or manual gearbox. A choice of five variants of the 1.5 dCi diesel block,  dCi 85, dCi 90 DPF, dCi 105, dCi 110 DPF, dCi 110 DPF with the new dual clutch transmission (DCT.)

Styled with typically Gallic flair, the Fluence is a relatively large car with good cabin and boot space. This four-door saloon is 4.62 metres long and its size and generous levels of standard equipment place it halfway between the C segment, for compact family cars, and the segment immediately above. Technical specifications of this car is yet to release. This car is expected to release in the year 2011 and its expected price may be around Rs. 12 lakhs.