<img class="gwt-Image" src="/photo/51810966.cms" /><br /> The French carmaker <keyword id="43777" type="CITY" weightage="100" keywordseo="Renault">Renault</keyword> is highly encouraged by the success that its recently launched car Kwid has gained in the Indian market.<br />
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Reportedly, Kwid, which has garnered more than one lakh bookings in six months of its launch, has already taken an 8% market share in the entry-level car market from industry veterans like Maruti Suzuki and Hyundai Motor, motivated by which, Renault is preparing a product onslaught targeting these key segment leaders.<br />
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Renault is planning to launch several models and variants over the next three years in the sub-Rs 8 lakh category. This category makes up for more than 70% of India's passenger vehicle market and is led by Maruti and Hyundai. Other players in the segment are Tata Motors and Ford.<br /> "We will be working on segments where we are not present. We will try to bring in a lot of innovation in order to make them the game-changer in the segment and redefine it or create a sub-segment out of it," said <keyword id="210527" type="COMPANY" weightage="100" keywordseo="Renault-India">Renault India</keyword> MD Sumit Sawhney. <br />
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In the pipeline are a Kwid variant with a 1-litre engine, an upgrade of the CMF-A platform, called CMF-A+, which can accommodate a wider body and more powerful engines, a multipurpose vehicle, codenamed RBC, a sub-four-meter sedan, codenamed LBC, and a compact SUV, codenamed HBC. These cars would be brought on roads in direct competition with several models from rival companies.<br />
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Kwid success encourages Renault to announce product onslaught against veterans Maruti & Hyundai

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Being the uncrowned king of utility vehicle segment, Mahindra has some serious competition to worry about.   Renault, who has already shook the small car market with path breaking Kwid, is now planning to launch a couple of utility vehicle soon.<br />
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While no official statement has been made, The Economic Times found that  two vehicles on the CMF-A platform are likely to be rolled out. To be priced between Rs 5 lakh and Rs 10 lakh, these two cars will be filling the gap between the entry-level Kwid and the new Duster and HHA.<br />
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Mahindra has been putting efforts to create a new segment with the S101 micro SUV. Renault has now set its sights on the space occupied by the Mahindra XUV500 and plans to launch a new SUV, codenamed HHA, likely to be launched October 2017.<br />
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The vehicle, based on the globally successful Captur design, will be introduced before two compact vehicles - an SUV and an MPV - take shape on the Common Module Family-A (CMF-A) platform. In between, an all-new Duster is scheduled to hit the market in 2018.<br />
Renault, which drove the compact urban SUV wave with Duster, had a 10% share in the utility vehicle market a few years ago. The share has shrunk to 7% now, with increased competition from Ford and Hyundai. To regain the lost market, Renault has planned to give a major facelift to Duster, including adding automatic transmission.<br />
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"The new premium SUV (HHA) is an emerging market derivative of the Captur. It is based on the Logan M0-B platform, with a highly successful European styling and it will have an all-new longer body for markets like India, Russia and Brazil, and meet the practicality of seven seats," a source told the ET.<br />
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Clash of the titans: Here’s why Mahindra should beware of Renault

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5d2df9eaa17d6c564c44d037-1620/1620px-hmsmontrosemod45154448.jpg" border="0" alt="HMS Montrose" data-mce-source="Joel Rouse/UK MOD" data-mce-caption="HMS Montrose"><p class="source"><span>Joel Rouse/UK MOD</span></p><p class="caption">HMS Montrose</p></img></div><p></p></div></div></span></p><ul class="summary-list"><li><strong>The <keyword id="6354868" type="COUNTRY" weightage="60" keywordseo="UK">UK</keyword> Ministry of Defence confirmed it is deploying additional ships to the Persian Gulf, but says that the deployments are part of its ongoing presence in the region. </strong></li><li><strong>The announcement comes after an Iranian ship was seized in the Straits of Gibraltar, and Iranian ships <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/11/world/middleeast/iran-british-tanker.html">attempted to block a British tanker in the Strait of Hormuz, according to the MoD</a>.</strong></li><li><strong>A UAE-based, Panamanian-flagged tanker, the Riah, is also missing in the Strait of Hormuz. The US has proposed a plan for a coalition of allies to patrol waters off Iran and Yemen.</strong></li><li><strong><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/">Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.</a></strong></li></ul><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The UK is deploying an additional frigate and a support ship to the Persian Gulf region, although the </span><a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-iran-britain-ships/britain-to-send-third-warship-to-gulf-times-reporter-idUSKCN1UB1UV"><span style="font-weight: 400;">UK Ministry of Defence said the deployments were not related to increasing tensions in Iran.</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#xa0;</span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Type 45 frigate HMS Duncan is in transit to the region, as the UK announced it would also deploy Type 23 frigate HMS Kent and support ship RFA Wave Knight. The moves were reported first by Times of London reporter Lucy Fisher and confirmed by MoD.</span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">British frigate HMS Montrose successfully stopped Iranian gunboats from seizing a tanker on July 10.</span></p><p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Read more</strong>: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/perfect-weapon-drives-off-iranian-gunboats-in-tanker-showdown-2019-7">Iranian gunboats backed away in a showdown with a Royal Navy frigate after staring down the barrel of the 'perfect weapon'</a></span></em></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The MoD</span><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/mod-update-on-the-uk-military-presence-in-the-gulf"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> issued a release </span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">confirming that the ships would be deployed as part of Operation KIPION, its "</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">commitment to promoting peace and stability as well as ensuring the safe flow of trade, and countering narcotics and piracy."</span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">"</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">RFA WAVE KNIGHT's role is to deliver food, fuel, water and other essential supplies to [Royal Navy] and Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) ships," according to the release. The MoD states that the HMS Kent will take over for the HMS Duncan, a warship currently deploying to the Gulf to "maintain a continuous maritime security presence" in the region.</span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The news caps off over a month of high tensions between Iran, the US and its allies.&#xa0;</span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Earlier this week, the Associated Press reported that </span><a href="https://apnews.com/14bcf671b33b40baa297676bf436ed23"><span style="font-weight: 400;">a UAE-based tanker has gone missing</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> in the Strait of Hormuz.</span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The 190-foot, Panama-flagged Riah oil tanker entered Iranian waters and stopped transmitting location data more than two days ago, according to the AP. Capt. Rajnith Raja from data firm Refinitiv told the AP that losing the signal from the Riah was "a red flag."&#xa0;</span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Riah was last heard from in Iranian waters, near Qeshm Island, the AP reported, citing a US <keyword id="6354810" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="defense">defense</keyword> official. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), which the US designated as a terrorist organization earlier this year, has a base on the island.</span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The US official told the AP that the US "has suspicions" that the Riah is in Iranian hands.</span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">On July 4, the government of Gibraltar, a British territory,</span><a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/squeezed-by-u-s-sanctions-iran-shifts-from-patience-to-confrontation-11562270731?mod=article_inline&amp;mod=article_inline"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> seized an Iranian tanker it said was carrying oil to Syria through the Straits of Gibraltar</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">; Iran vowed retaliation, and </span><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/11/world/middleeast/iran-british-tanker.html"><span style="font-weight: 400;">attempted to block a British tanker</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> in the Strait of Hormuz a week later. Britain sent a second warship to the region to replace the HMS Montrose, which had been patrolling the British tanker and prevented the seizure</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">.&#xa0;</span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Britain has agreed to release the Iranian tanker under the condition that it will not transit to Syria.&#xa0;</span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In June, Japanese and Norweigian tankers were attacked in the Gulf of Oman; the US blamed Iran for the attacks, but Iran has denied responsibility.&#xa0;</span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The US has proposed a plan for a coalition of allies to patrol Iranian and Yemeni waters as incidents in the Gulf increase.</span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">"We're engaging now with a number of countries to see if we can put together a coalition that would ensure freedom of navigation both in the Straits of Hormuz and the Bab al-Mandab," Marine Gen. Joseph Dunford, </span><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/us-proposes-military-coalition-to-patrol-iranian-and-yemeni-waters-2019-7"><span style="font-weight: 400;">chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said last week.</span></a></p><div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>EXCL: Royal Navy to send a third warship, &amp; a tanker, to Gulf.<br><br>Type 23 frigate HMS Kent to deploy in Sept; RFA Wave Knight to arrive next month.<br><br>Defence sources insist both are part of Operation Kipion, UK's long-standing maritime mission in Gulf, and NOT related to Iran situ</br></br></br></br></p>- Lucy Fisher  (@LOS_Fisher) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1151138875475030017?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 16, 2019</a></blockquote><script async="" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div>    <div class="margin-top">        <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/us-coast-guards-intercept-drug-smuggling-submarine-2019-7">Heart-pounding video shows a badass Coast Guardsman running down a narco-sub loaded with cocaine and pounding on the hatch</a></h3>        <div>            <iframe class="bijwplayerclass" data-player="jwplayer" src="https://content.jwplatform.com/players/H9zPWgLK-CEZHWCBG.html" width="100%" height="100%" frameborder="0" scrolling="auto" style="margin:0px;" allowfullscreen=""></iframe><script>function receiveMessage(event){ console.log(event.data.fullscreen); Android.fullscreen(event.data.fullscreen); }window.addEventListener("message", receiveMessage, false);</script>        </div>    </div>

The UK is deploying another warship to the Persian Gulf as concern grows over a tanker that went missing near Iran

<img class="gwt-Image" src="/photo/51824650.cms" />Japanese auto major <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Nissan&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">Nissan</a> finally launched the much-awaited <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Datsun+Redi-GO&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">Datsun Redi-GO</a> in India today. The <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Datsun+Redi-GO&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">Redi-GO</a> is the third offering from <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Datsun&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">Datsun</a> to make its global debut in India after the GO hatchback and GO+ sub-compact MPV.<br />
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Set to go up against the likes of <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Renault+Kwid&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">Renault Kwid</a>, Maruti Alto 800 and <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Hyundai+Eon&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">Hyundai Eon</a>, all of which are priced between Rs. 2.5-Rs. 4.5 lakhs (ex-showroom Delhi), Datsun has promised this hatchback will be priced aggressively.<br />
<img class="gwt-Image" src="/photo/51824654.cms" /><br /> The Redi GO is built on the same CMF-A platform that the <keyword id="43777" type="CITY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Renault">Renault</keyword> Kwid uses. The Datsun-<keyword id="46283" type="CITY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Nissan">Nissan</keyword> alliance helps the former develop its architecture at Nissan’s Chennai facility. The Redi-GO and Kwid will share the 799cc 3-cylinder Petrol engine that the two companies jointly built.<br />
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This small powerhouse produces 53 BHP of power and 72Nm of torque. However, the new Datsun small car is expected to cost lesser than the Kwid.<br />
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While Datsun will start off with the small 799cc petrol engine initially, the company might introduce a diesel option soon.<br />



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Redi-GO finally makes its world debut in India

<p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5873da2bee14b637588b6de8-1367/2017nissanroguesport01.jpg" alt="Nissan Rogue Sport 2017" data-mce-source="Nissan" /><p class="source"><span>Nissan</span></p><p class="caption">2017 Nissan Rogue Sport.</p></div><p></p></div></div>On Monday, Nissan added to its portfolio of SUVs with the introduction of the Rogue Sport compact crossover.</p><p>The Rogue Sport is the US version of the award-winning Qashqai (pronounced Cash-Kai) crossover - Nissan's hottest selling model in Europe.</p><p>Even though the Rogue Sport is built on the same Renault-Nissan CMF platform as the Rogue, it's more than a foot shorter.</p><p>As a result, the Rogue Sport will target young singles, couples without kids, and empty nesters.</p><p>"While we expect Rogue to continue to appeal to owners with young families, Rogue Sport fills a need for singles and couples who want more space and versatility than the average sedan for everyday urban use and social activities, " Nissan North America vice president for product planning, Michael Bunce, said in a statement.</p><p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5873e278ee14b6b2008b7561-1769/2017nissanroguesport13.jpg" alt="Nissan Rogue Sport 2017" data-mce-source="Nissan" /><p class="source"><span>Nissan</span></p><p class="caption">Nissan Rogue (Top) with Nissan Rogue Sport.</p></div><p></p></div></div>Power for the Rogue Sport comes from a 2.0 liter, 141 horsepower inline-four-cylinder engine mated to Nissan's ubiquitous continuously variable transmission.</p><p>The Rogue sport will also be equipped with Nissan's suite of connected services, surround view camera system, and intelligent cruise control.</p><p>Rumors of the Qashqai's arrival in the US have been making the rounds for a couple of years now. According to Nissan, it chose to delay the arrival of the Qashqai in order to focus on building up the strength of the Rogue brand. </p><p>In 2016, sales of the larger Rogue surged nearly 15% - with more than 329,000 units sold in the US. In fact, it <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/best-selling-cars-trucks-vehicle-america-2016-2017-1/" target="_blank">became the 10th best selling vehicle in the country</a> and managed to overtake the Altima sedan to become Nissan's best selling model.</p><p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5873e2a2ee14b62a008b7621-1778/2017nissanroguesport18.jpg" alt="Nissan Rogue Sport" data-mce-source="Nissan" /><p class="source"><span>Nissan</span></p><p class="caption">Nissan Rogue Sport interior.</p></div><p></p></div></div>It's safe to say the Rogue brand has found solid footing. As a result, Nissan decided to take advantage of the Rogue's popularity by rebranding the Qashqai as the Rogue Sport. (Even the Canadian market will use the Qashqai moniker.)</p><p>Nissan has not yet released its 2016 sales figures for Europe, however, the latest numbers from November show that the Qashqai is, far and away, the brand's most popular model. In 2015, <a href="https://newsroom.nissan-global.com/releases/nissan-in-europe-announces-record-sales-in-western-europe-2015-fiscal-year" target="_blank">Nissan sold 251,000 Qashqais in Europe</a>. The Juke finished second with just 109,000 vehicles sold.</p><p>The 2017 Rogue Sport will reach US showrooms in the spring. Nissan has not yet announced official pricing.</p>    <div class="margin-top">        <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/nissan-bladeglider-concept-car-video-2016-9">Nissan has created an impossibly thin sports car design </a></h3>        <div>            <div>    <script src="http://player.ooyala.com/v3/6e12e8b3387a44daacfb73afba25a76e"></script>    <div class="ooyala-video-player" data-video-autoplay="false" data-video-id="puNGxuNTE6nSajxRWUs7xRlgGbvAAynk" data-player-variable="ooyalapopvideo" id="ooyalaplayer_popvideo" style="width:1280px;height:720px"></div>    <script>    if (typeof RunFunctions === 'undefined') { var RunFunctions = []; }     RunFunctions.push(function()    {         var ooyalapopvideo = OO.Player.create('ooyalaplayer_popvideo', 'puNGxuNTE6nSajxRWUs7xRlgGbvAAynk',{ autoplay: 'false' });     });    </script>    <noscript><div>Please enable Javascript to watch this video</div></noscript></div>        </div>        <script>(function() { function createPlayer() { OO.ready(function() { RunFunctions.forEach(function(ooyalaFunction) { ooyalaFunction(); }); RunFunctions = [];}); } createPlayer(); }()); </script>    </div>

Nissan's most popular car in Europe has finally arrived in America

<p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/581375bf362ca473028b585a-2000/rtr2bren.jpg" alt="prison hospital health care" data-mce-source="Reuters/Robert Galbraith" data-mce-caption="Inmate patients are shown in their cells at the California Medical Facility (CMF) in Vacaville, California, March 17, 2010." /><p class="source"><span>Reuters/Robert Galbraith</span></p><p class="caption">Inmate patients are shown in their cells at the California Medical Facility (CMF) in Vacaville, California, March 17, 2010.</p></div><p></p></div></div>Employees of Corizon, the <a href="http://www.corizonhealth.com/">country's largest correctional health care provider</a>, delayed in sending injured Alabama prisoners to hospitals and could have prevented at least two deaths by doing so, according to <a href="https://www.splcenter.org/20161027/profits-vs-prisoners-how-largest-us-prison-health-care-provider-puts-lives-danger">a report from the Southern Poverty Law Center</a>, a legal nonprofit specializing in civil rights.</p><p>The SPLC said on Thursday it's seeking class action status in a lawsuit alleging that the Alabama's corrections department is "deliberately indifferent" to prisoners. The <a href="https://www.splcenter.org/news/2016/08/20/splc-files-motion-hold-alabama-accountable-inadequate-health-care-all-state-prisoners">lawsuit</a>, which names 43 prisoners alleging their lives were put at risk and their medical and mental health care needs went ignored, is expected to go to trial next year, according to the <keyword id="6355470" type="CITY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Law">law</keyword> center.</p><p>When correctional health care providers face "financial difficulties," employees, like those at Corizon, face pressure to delay or deny medical care to cut costs, according to the report.</p><p>"The cold, hard reality is that every dime saved on prisoner care is a dime added to the company's bottom line," the law center said.</p><p>Albama inmate Kelly Green, who suffered from schizophrenia, was not medically screened when he was booked into the Lane County Jail, according to <a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3179275-Corizon-Answer-to-Kelly-Green-Complaint.html#document/p2/a324090">court documents</a>. Green ran into a courtroom wall after becoming upset during a court appearance, splitting his head open and fracturing his neck.</p><p>He was treated in the jail's medical unit, but was not taken to a hospital while he was in custody. SPLC alleges that Corizon employees gave Green a "<a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/2941019-Exh-65.html#document/p8/a315731">courtesy drop</a>" at a hospital after he was released so the company could avoid paying the bill for his treatment. Green lost the use of his arms and legs, and died six months later of complications from the ventilator he was dependent upon to breathe.</p><p>"If he had gone to the hospital before being released, Corizon would have had to pay the hospital bill," Elden Rosenthal, Green's family's lawyer, told the law center.</p><p>Green's family sued Corizon, and reached a financial settlement in July 2015, the details of which are confidential. But Green is only one of hundreds of other inmates to take legal action against the health care provider, according to the law center.</p><p><span>"The Green case, like many others, raises the question of whether Corizon and its competitors place profits over the health and safety of prisoners who have no ability to choose their medical provider - and whether corrections officials should allow them to do so," the law center said.</span></p><p>The SPLC has previously taken legal action against Corizon and lost. 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