Renault Duster Authentic vs Evolution: is the step up worth it?
Moving up costs you ₹1.20L ex-showroom on the same engine and gearbox: ₹11.69L for the Evolution against ₹10.49L for the Authentic.+₹1.20L
The full story
Moving up costs you ₹1.20L ex-showroom on the same engine and gearbox: ₹11.69L for the Evolution against ₹10.49L for the Authentic.
For that you get rear parking camera, 10.1" touchscreen, wireless CarPlay / Android Auto and cruise control, and 3 more.
Authentic or Evolution, and what each costs
Where you start
Authentic
The turbo-petrol base: eco-LED headlamps, the 7in digital driver display, all power windows and six airbags on 17in steel wheels. You go without the openR touchscreen, a camera, cruise and the sunroof, so it is the value entry more than the one to show off.
- Authentic Turbo Petrol MT₹10.49Lex-showroom Delhi
The step up
Evolution
The connectivity step, and a big one: the 25.65 cm openR link screen with wireless mirroring and six speakers, a rear camera, cruise control and 17in alloys. The first trim you can also have with the TCe 160 and its DCT.
- Evolution Turbo Petrol 100 PS MT₹11.69Lex-showroom Delhi
- Evolution Turbo Petrol 163 PS MT₹12.99Lex-showroom Delhi
- Evolution Turbo Petrol AT₹14.49Lex-showroom Delhi
Our take
₹1.20L more buys rear parking camera and 10.1" touchscreen
What Authentic to Evolution costs on the road
What you pay for this step depends on where you register it: ₹1,24,800 to ₹1,43,844 on the road, against the ₹1,20,000 the price list shows.
Why the road figure moves, and by how much
Road tax is charged on what the car costs, so moving up a trim moves the tax up with it. The ₹1,20,000 is the distance between two price tags; the road figures add the tax and the charges that difference attracts.
The rate is your state's to choose, and they do not choose alike, so this one step is worth ₹19,044 more in one place than in another. Of the 25 states we can price this step in, Arunachal Pradesh comes out lowest, and Karnataka comes out highest.
Only the rate where the car is registered applies to you, so hold a dealer's quote against your own state's figure rather than the range. The range is still worth knowing: it is why two owners can quote this step to each other, differ by ₹19,044, and both be right.
What the Evolution adds
- Rear parking camera
- Wheel typeSteel → Alloy
- Roof rails
- Touchscreen10.1"
- Wireless CarPlay / Android Auto
- Speakers6
- Cruise control
The working behind our take
₹1.20L more buys rear parking camera and 10.1" touchscreen. Here is everything that fed that call.
The full story
Worth the extra ₹1.20L: the Duster Evolution adds rear parking camera for it. The useful extras on top: 10.1" touchscreen and wireless CarPlay / Android Auto.
- Also on the Duster Evolution: cruise control and 6 speakers, and some minor trim beyond that
Authentic vs Evolution: the questions people ask
- Is the Renault Duster Evolution worth ₹1.20L over the Authentic?
- For ₹1.20L you get rear parking camera and 10.1" touchscreen, on top of 5 other things the Authentic goes without.
- What does the Renault Duster Evolution have that the Authentic does not?
- It adds rear parking camera, 10.1" touchscreen, wireless CarPlay / Android Auto, cruise control, 6 speakers and wheel type (Alloy against Steel), and 1 more, and it opens up the 1.3L Turbo TCe 160 Petrol.
- How much is the Renault Duster Authentic?
- ₹10.49L ex-showroom, and it is sold one way only: the Authentic Turbo Petrol MT.
- How much is the Renault Duster Evolution?
- From ₹11.69L for the Evolution Turbo Petrol 100 PS MT to ₹14.49L for the Evolution Turbo Petrol AT, ex-showroom, across 3 ways of buying it.
- Is there an automatic Authentic or Evolution?
- Only the Evolution, from ₹14.49L ex-showroom. The Authentic is sold with a manual gearbox only, so wanting two pedals decides this one for you.
- What does the step from the Duster Authentic to the Evolution cost on the road?
- What you pay for this step depends on where you register it: ₹1,24,800 to ₹1,43,844 on the road, against the ₹1,20,000 the price list shows. Road tax is charged on what the car costs, so moving up a trim moves the tax up with it. The ₹1,20,000 is the distance between two price tags; the road figures add the tax and the charges that difference attracts. The rate is your state's to choose, and they do not choose alike, so this one step is worth ₹19,044 more in one place than in another. Of the 25 states we can price this step in, Arunachal Pradesh comes out lowest, and Karnataka comes out highest. Only the rate where the car is registered applies to you, so hold a dealer's quote against your own state's figure rather than the range. The range is still worth knowing: it is why two owners can quote this step to each other, differ by ₹19,044, and both be right.
Prices are ex-showroom and features follow each maker's official material. Data updated . Verify current prices and features with a dealer before buying.