Renault Triber Sales Cross 200,000 Units in India; Facelifted Model Spurs Demand

Even as Renault plots a comeback in the Indian market on the back of new products, led by the new Duster SUV unveiled on February 1 and slated to go on sale in March, the Renault Triber MPV has notched a new sales milestone of its own.

The Triber, which offers MPV versatility for the price of a hatchback and has been Renault India’s mainstay in the six-and-a-half years since its launch in August 2019, has surpassed wholesales (factory dispatches) of 200,000 units in the domestic market.

As per industry statistics, Renault India has sold 200,253 Tribers in India till the end of January 2026 and exported another 34,238 units till December 2025. The Triber’s best fiscal-year sales were in FY2021 – 40,956 units – after which demand dropped 27% in FY2022 (29,678 units), only to rise again in FY2023 (32,664 units, up 10%). FY2024 (22,446 units, down 31%) and FY2025 (19,905 units, down 11%) were two straight fiscals of sales decline. However, FY2026 has seen the Triber bounce back into positive territory with 20,744 units, up 32% YoY (April 2024-January 2025: 15,743 units).

The Triber has been the mainstay of Renault India’s sales in the past six-and-a-half years, with the 200,253 units accounting for 65% of the company’s total PV sales of 309,123 units.

New Triber Revs up Sales

The recent revival of demand for Renault’s sole MPV can be attributed to the launch of the new Triber on July 23, 2025, which marked the first major update to the compact MPV six years after the original model’s launch.

Compared to the original model, the facelifted Triber gets a fully redesigned fascia, reprofiled headlamps and LED DRLs, and a slimmer gloss-black grille with thick diagonal slats. The most notable difference is the retro-influenced diamond logo, debuting on a Renault India model.

The new Triber, powered by a 72hp, 96Nm, 1.0-litre, three-cylinder petrol engine with manual and AMT options, delivers mileage between 19.59kpl and 19.76kpl, improving upon the previous model’s 19kpl (manual) and 18.29kpl (AMT). A CNG variant is also available via a dealer-installed CNG kit, with the factory warranty still applicable. The seven-seater Triber’s interior packs wireless Android Auto and Apple CarPlay connectivity, rain-sensing wipers, a 360-degree camera, and a 7-inch digital driver’s display.

Like the old model, the new Triber remains a brilliantly packaged vehicle. With GST 2.0, the Triber’s ex-showroom pricing dropped by Rs 54,000, to Rs 576,000, which has drawn buyers.

Priced at Rs 630,000 (ex-showroom), the new Triber saw a sharp sticker-price reduction of Rs 54,000 to Rs 576,000 (starting price, going up to Rs 839,000 across five variants) after GST 2.0 kicked in from end-September 2025 for the base model.

The market response was swift – compared to April-August 2025 wholesales of 8,090 units of the old Triber, cumulative September 2025-January 2026 sales jumped 56% to 12,654 units (of the new Triber). Sales jumped month-on-month by 38% in September 2025 (2,587 units) and rose to 3,170 units in October, and have averaged 2,299 units in the past three months.

As a result, the 20,744 Tribers sold in the past 10 months of FY2026 have helped Renault India register growth in both overall passenger vehicle sales (33,478 PVs, up 3% YoY) as well as utility vehicles (29,009 UVs, up 13% YoY). The Triber is ranked No. 28 in the Top 30 UV ranking for the first 10 months of FY2026.

In the Top 10 MPVs listing for FY2026 YTD, the Triber is No. 6 after the Maruti Ertiga (163,976 units), Toyota Innova Hycross/Crysta (93,327 units), Kia Carens (66,454 units) and Maruti XL6 (29,567 units), and is ahead of the Toyota Rumion (17,716 units), Maruti Invicto (2,913 units), Toyota Vellfire (1,114 units), Kia Carnival (732 units) and Mahindra Marazzo (381 units).

At present, Renault India has only three models in its PV portfolio – the Triber (20,744 units sold in April 2024-January 2025, up 32% YoY), Kiger (8,265 units in the first 10 months of FY2026, down 17% YoY) and the Kwid hatchback (4,469 units, down 33% in the first 10 months of FY2026). The Duster, which will go on sale soon, will expand the portfolio to four models.

The Triber has been the mainstay of Renault India’s portfolio, accounting for 65% (200,253 units) of the total 309,123 passenger vehicles the company sold between FY2020 and January 2026 in the domestic market.

Triber: A Brilliantly Packaged Product

The Triber’s calling card has been its brilliant packaging – a sub-four-metre (3985mm length) passenger vehicle which offers genuine space for seven adults. It had a very promising start and, despite being launched barely eight months before Covid-19 struck, sales crossed the 100,000-unit milestone 30 months after launch.

The sales run from 100,001-200,000 units has taken much longer – 46 months – reflecting the increased competition in the UV and MPV market. The downside for the Triber is that this 1.0-litre petrol engine is a meek one, and there’s no diesel engine. A more powerful turbo-petrol variant would have helped drive sales.

The lack of a turbo-petrol+CVT combination, which already exists in the Kiger, has been a key reason for limiting the Triber's appeal to a wider audience, which would have appreciated the practicality and value proposition of such a spacious and well-rounded product, which this MPV is.

The Triber can be credited with giving the French carmaker a new charge in India. In its first full fiscal year of sales, with 40,956 units, it helped Renault’s utility vehicle market share grow from 1.57% in FY2019 to 4.79% in FY2021. However, since then, a slowdown in demand for this versatile MPV has meant that the company’s UV share has continued falling and was just 1% in FY2025, which was a record fiscal for UV sales with 2.79 million units. In FY2026 YTD, Renault India’s UV share is 1.18%.

With the Duster entering the SUV market again, this time in its third-generation avatar, Renault India’s UV sales will undoubtedly rise smartly, even as the Triber continues to deliver the value it offers for what is distinctly hatchback money as a uniquely packaged family car that can comfortably carry four and occasionally seven.

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