Launched in August 2019, the seven-seater Renault Triber which offers MPV versatility for the price of a hatchback has sold 183,742 units in the domestic market and 30,271 units overseas. While it clocked 100,000 sales in its first 30 months in India, demand has slowed down considerably since then. Will the new Triber, which is likely to sport cosmetic updates and new features, spur demand for the compact MPV?
23 Jul 2025 | 9097 Views | By Ajit Dalvi
Following the news that Renault India is to integrate its new logo in all its new product launches, starting with the new facelifted Renault Triberlaunched today (July 23) at Rs 629,000, a quick data dive at the Triber’s cumulative sales reveals that over 214,000 units have been ...
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Following the news that Renault India is to integrate its new logo in all its new product launches, starting with the new facelifted Renault Triber launched today (July 23) at Rs 629,000, a quick data dive at the Triber’s cumulative sales reveals that over 214,000 units have been sold since its launch six years ago.
Launched on August 28, 2019, the Triber has clocked domestic market sales of 183,742 units till end-June 2025 and export sales of 30,271 units till end-March 2025. As the wholesales statistics depicted below convey, the Triber’s best fiscal-year sales came in FY2021 – 40,956 units – after which demand dropped 27% in FY2022 (29,678 units), rose again in FY2023 (32,664 units, up 10%).
However, since then, as a result of increased competition in the booming UV segment, the Triber’s sales have been on a downward run with 22,446 units in FY2024 (down 31%), 19,905 units in FY2025 (down 11%) and 4,233 units in April-June 2025 (down 24% on Q1 FY2025’s 5.587 units).
In Q1 FY2026, the Triber is ranked sixth in the list of Top 10 MPVs after the Maruti Ertiga, Toyota Innova Hycross/Crysta, Kia Carens, Maruti XL6 and Toyota Rumion, and is ahead of the Maruti Invicto, Kia Carnival, Toyota Vellfire and the Mahindra Marazzo.
The Triber, nevertheless, has been the mainstay of Renault India’s portfolio, accounting for 64% (183,742 units) of the total 286,259 passenger vehicles the company has sold between FY2020 and June 2025 in the domestic market. Renault India’s current portfolio comprises the Kwid hatchback, Kiger SUV and the Triber MPV.
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.
The Triber had a very promising start, despite being launched barely eight months before the Covid-19 pandemic struck. In fact, it crossed the 100,00 units milestone in 30 months after launch. The Triber’s calling card was its brilliant packaging – a sub-four-metre (3990mm length) passenger vehicle which offers genuine space for seven adults. Offering MPV versatility for hatchback money, pricing for the five-variant Triber starts at Rs 548,000 for the 1.0 XE through to Rs 743,000 for the RxZ AMT (on-road Delhi prices).
Powering the Renault Triber is an upgraded version of sibling Kwid’s 1.0-litre (BR10), three-cylinder petrol engine which develops 72hp max power and 96 Nm of torque and comes paired to a 5-speed manual gearbox as standard, with the top-end RxZ variant having AMT.
The downside for the Triber in a market teeming with rival SUVs and MPVs is that this 1.0-litre petrol engine is a meek one, there’s no diesel engine and considering the value segment it is in, it does not have a factory-fitted CNG option engine either. A more powerful turbo-petrol variant would have helped drive sales.
The lack of a turbo-petrol+CVT combination, which already exists in the Renault 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.
Will the MY2025 Triber, which is the first major update for the Renault MPV in six years since its market entry, give its sales journey new verve in India’s ultra-competitive UV market? Is the facelifted Triber, which comes with subtle cosmetic tweaks and new features, sports Renault's new diamond logo and mechanically remains unchanged, enough of a draw to pull new car buers? Keep watching this space for regular sales updates and analysis.
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