Renault's Back After 7 Years, Made in India This Time — Would You Trust It Again?

AMW just relaunched Renault in Sri Lanka with the Kwid, Triber and Kiger, all built in India this time, seven years after Renault quietly pulled out of the local market. The first shipment of about 100 cars has already left Chennai for Colombo showrooms. Supporters say AMW's dealer network and parts backup fix what killed Renault here last time, and the old Kwid alone sold over 5,000 units before the exit, so there's a built-in fan base and genuinely cheap pricing for a new car. Sceptics point out that resale value tanks the moment a brand leaves once, spare parts dried up for owners who stuck around last time, and "AMW will support it" is exactly what buyers were told before. With Perodua and other small-budget brands also chasing the same buyers, is a new Renault actually a safer bet this time, or are early buyers taking on the exact risk the last Kwid owners got burned by? If you owned the old Kwid, how did parts and resale actually hold up after Renault left? මේක දෙවෙනි වතාවටත් දාල ගියොත් කාගේ වාසිද?