Tag: 1500cc

The Scala is a new sedan from Renault built exclusively for the Indian market. The car shares its name with another variant built by the same company that is available in a number of other countries like Mexico, Egypt and Colombia. Anyway, coming back to the variant available in India, the Scala is built with a 1498cc 4-cylinder engine that delivers a max power of 99.1 PS and a torque maxing out at 134Nm at 4000RPM.

The car has a standard 5 speed manual transmission gear box with power steering offering close to 5.3 meters of turning radius. The fuel tank has a capacity of around 41 liters. Renault has priced the Scala at a price of Rs. 7.07 lakhs (ex-Delhi). The car is assembled at the Chennai plant and so if you are getting it from here, you could get it a little cheaper.

Manufacturer Claim on FE

Renault promises a pretty good mileage of 16.95 kmpl on the Scala on standard road conditions. According to the company, this should translate to around 13.5 kmpl on the city road conditions where you may be braking and shifting gears more often. Truth be told, this should be a pretty good figure for a 1500cc considering that even a lower spec’d Honda Brio returns only around 13 kmpl on city roads.

Customer Feedback

Carzy in its report points out that the Diesel variant of the Scala delivers close to 4 more kilometers for every liter of petrol compared to the Petrol variant. According to the website, the RxE and RxL Petrol variants deliver around 14.3 kmpl on city roads. The corresponding figure for the Diesel variant is around 18.4 kmpl on city roads.

CarandMe calls the design of the car “grappling and elegant” which is augmented by “luxurious finishing”. According to the website, the mileage delivered by the car is “appreciable” too what with around 12.7kmpl on city roads and 17kmpl on the highways. The corresponding figure for the Diesel variant has been stated to be around 17.7 kmpl for city and 22kmpl for highway conditions.

You may have known that the Renault Scala is just a modified version of the Nissan Sunny. MaxAbout in its review notes that while the Scala could have been the later entrant to the Indian market, it still is “bigger and better” than the Nissan cousin. The website goes on to call the Scala’s exteriors “very sophisticated and stylish”. On the fuel economy front, MaxAbout reports 12 kmpl on city roads and 18 kmpl on highways for the Petrol variant.

This is all I have got at the moment. There doesn’t seem to be many actual test drives and reviews of the car from a fuel economy perspective. Here is a tabulated list of all sources we have discussed so far.