Chennai, Jan. 27 -- Betting on the nostalgic value and badging its SUV as Duster, Renault India hopes the model would give volumes and increase its plant's capacity utilisation drastically, said a top company official.

He also said the company is looking shipping its models to BRICS nations-minus Russia. Speaking to the media on Tuesday Venkatram Mamillapalle, Managing Director, the relaunched Duster has kept the DNA of the model that was launched in India in 2012 but has most modern features-a completely different Duster.

He said the car is built on a new global platform and is powered by the most powertrain in that segment. Queried on the rationale for naming the new model as Duster that as launched and withdrawn later Mamillapalle said...