1. Renault's second product after the Fluence, the Koleos will be, at least for the next two years, the most expensive product offering from Renault in India.
2. Based on the Nissan X-Trail's C platform, it's a five-seat monocoque SUV that's been in production since 2006. This is the facelifted version of the Koleos, with India, incidentally being the first market in the world to receive this updated version, even before China.
3. The Koleos isn't smart looking in the photographs, but looks a lot better in the flesh with its new front-end giving it a fresher appeal than the previous car. Other design highlights include a rising waistline and the coupe-ish like green house that don't make the Koleos appear as bulky as most SUVs nor boxy as the X-Trail.
4. Unlike the X-Trail, the Koleos is about 100 mm shorter, but 70 mm wider and 5 mm taller. The X-Trail automatic weighs in at 1663 kg (kerb weight), with the Koleos a tad more at 1709 kg.