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The short-boot Logan isn’t looking very good. Maybe the lamps need tweaking

Thanks to Business Motoring, we have here the first visuals of the shortened Renault Logan that will be introduced in India very shortly. This picture confirms Renault will continue its partnership with Mahindra for selling the Logan in India.

The shortened boot makes the Logan look more like a notchback and gives it common characteristics to the Tata Indigo CS. The shortened boot helps bring the car to under four metres in overall length and that means the Logan is classified as a small car, which allows it to be categorized as a small car. This means it has to pay only a 10 percent excise duty, 8 less than what it pays in its current avatar.

Thanks to the smaller dimension, the Logan will be Rs 30,000-50,000 less than the existing model.

But this is only applicable to the diesel model as the petrol engine fails to meet the displacement requirement.

If Mahindra has to benefit fully from the excise benefit, it needs to get in a petrol engine that’s smaller than 1.2-liters. Could they use the Nissan Micra‘s engine which produces 79bhp?

Maybe Mahindra would not offer the petrol engine in the first place.

Renault Logan deserved better; A new lease of life heading its way?

DNA seems to have the solid proof of a shortened Renault Logan in the pipeline for the Indian market. To improve sales M&M has long been asking to reduction of Logan’s length and increased localization.

But Renault till recently did not nod for unknown reasons. Maybe they planned to produce the Logan on their own in the Chennai facility?

It seems Renault has indicated to its suppliers that a tinkered Logan is indeed on the cards and a shortened Logan is ready for internal evaluation. This enables the Logan to be classified under “small cars” and thus qualified for a 10% excise benefit.

Carlos Ghosn, CEO Renault Nissan, expressed his disappointment over the poor showing of this globally successful model in India. He said he was not happy with the product’s evolution in India. Could it be possible that Logan’s production would be moved to Chennai after all?

An announcement on the future of the Renault Nissan joint venture is expected by the end of this month

Renault has been offering the Logan internationally for a little over four years now. So what else could be more thrilling than Renault’s formal announcement of its next-generation model?