Renault confirmed that in September it will present the Niagara, the pick-up manufactured at the Córdoba plant
All these models are manufactured in Brazil. The Niagara will replace the Renault Oroch, which is finishing its production in the neighboring country.
The new pick-up will share a large part of its components with the Boreal, Renault's Brazilian SUV. Both models will use the same platform, the same mechanics, and several design elements in the cabin.
Like the Boreal, it is expected that in a second stage a hybrid version of the Niagara will be offered, with an electric rear axle that would allow for all-wheel drive.
The Niagara will be the second model in production at the Santa Isabel Factory, which has reduced its activity in recent months after closing several assembly lines.
The plant stopped manufacturing the models Renault Logan, Sandero, Stepway, Alaskan, and Nissan Frontier.
A photographer from Autoblog, Matías Basavilbaso, captured a camouflaged unit of the Niagara this week conducting tests around the Santa Isabel Factory.
According to the photographer, the unit has been circulating for a month in the South Zone of Córdoba Capital, in the Las Flores neighborhood, near the Renault plant.
An hour after the original publication of the article, Renault Argentina released an official statement about the tests being conducted with the prototypes of the Niagara.
The company also shared a video explaining the name Niagara, which is written without an accent and has prosodic stress on the second “a”.
Renault Argentina confirmed that in September the official presentation of the new Niagara will take place, the compact pick-up manufactured at the Santa Isabel Factory in Córdoba. The model will be exported from the Córdoba plant to the entire region.
The so-called “Global Reveal” was anticipated a day earlier by the CEO of Renault Argentina, Pablo Sibilla, in an interview with the Bloomberg agency. The event is expected to be attended by the international CEO of the brand, Fabrice Cambolive.
As Sibilla explained, the Niagara represents an unusual case in the Argentine automotive industry: it will be the first vehicle in the country to have exclusive global industrialization.
The investment is around 350 million euros, with a production volume of between 40,000 and 60,000 units per year. More than 50% of that production will be allocated to export, adding to the volume already exported from the Kangoo.
Sibilla defined the Niagara as “a half-ton pick-up”, referring to its load capacity. With that classification, the model will compete directly with other compact pick-ups in the segment.
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