Once in a blue moon it happens when one gets to a see yet-to-be-launched models under camouflage doing tests on the highway. Such citing could be considered common for many but what if you come across not one, not two but four upcoming models on the road. This is like seeing a shooting start in the night sky.
Recently something similar happened in Romania where four Renault cars were seen travelling on the highway. Two of them were the Renault Dacia Sandero five door hatchback and Renault Logan four door sedan while the rest of the two were the 2013 model of Renault Fluence.
image – 2013 Renault Fluence Facelift
This is the first time when a prototype of 2013 Fluence has been spotted, which is a compact saloon also sold as Samsung SM3 in the South Korean market. Interestingly the camouflage covered a minor portion of the car’s body, mainly the headlight, bonnet and front bumper and the taillights at the rear. This strongly hints that the updated Fluence will feature an all new fascia and will sport Renault’s new styling which includes a wide grille encompassing the logo, refreshed headlamps and restyled bumpers.
image – 2013 Renault Fluence Facelift
On the rear as well we could see differently styled taillights.
Renault Fluence is doing fine in the Indian market and recently in the month of April, the French maker surprised us with two new options. First it was the Renault Fluence E4 D top end diesel model which was came as an addition to the the incomplete diesel lineup. It offers all the features that are available in the top end petrol so buyers who want to go with a diesel car that offers all high end features, this is one of the cars to consider.
image – 2013 Renault Fluence Sedan
Then toward the mid of April, Renault introduced Renault Fluence Advantage low cost diesel E2 variant which is targeted a buyers who cannot spend more than a limited amount on a good car. The low cost variant comes with features like Rain sensing wipers, Chrome interiors, Leather upholstery, Dual zone automatic climate control, Rear AC vents, Rear parking sensors, Cruise control & speed limiter, Electrically foldable ORVMs etc. We will keep you posted on the developments of the Fluence, stay tuned for more from Car Blog India.
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