Approved for South Africa at the end of last year, Renault has officially started teasing the facelift Triber ahead of its now confirmed market launch in October.
Unveiled in India back just over two months ago, the restyling sees the Triber now resemble the revised Captur by gaining the same grille, complete with the latest Renault diamond logo, new headlights and daytime running LEDs, a revised front bumper and air intakes, and newly styled 15-inch alloy wheels on flagship variants.
Gloss black door handles, darkened clusters for the “eagle beak” taillights, a new bumper and a black insert with the same new logo between the light clusters completes the exterior, along with the new block Triber badge speared out across the bootlid.
Inside, the equally prominent changes include upgraded materials, the same steering wheel as the Captur, new graphics for the 4.2-inch digital instrument cluster and air vents relocated to below the new eight-inch infotainment system.
While still to be detailed for South Africa, notable new specification items in India, depending on the trim level, includes a front parking sensors, a 360-degree camera system, ambient lighting, cruise control and a minimum of six airbags.
Up front, and although teased five years with the same 1.0-litre turbocharged engine as its platform stablemates, the Kiger and Nissan Magnite, the Triber will prevail with the normally aspirated of the same engine producing 52kW/96Nm.
As in India, South Africa is set to offer the engine connected to either a five-speed manual gearbox, or the five-speed Easy-R automated manual transmission (AMT).
Offered in four trim levels, Authentic, Evolution, Techno and Emotion, pricing for the Triber ranges from Rs 629 000 to Rs 916 000, which equates to between R and R when directly and without taxes included.
By comparison, the local market Triber range spans six derivates, including the Express panel van, priced from R228 999 to R264 999.
As such, expect a likely price increase once the facelift model goes on-sale next month.
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