The last few months for the Logan have been terrible and Mahindra-Renault are contemplating of what can be done to increase sales. On the sidelines, one idea was to shorten it, bring it under 4000mm and then sell it at a much lesser cost while the other way was to bring in the all new Sandero hatchback that is based on the Logan Platform. We even think that stripping out the features and opening up to the taxi market might have helped but that doesn’t seem to be the way Mahindra-Renault are taking.

So, like the shortened Indigo CS, we present to our readers the Logan CS, courtesy BS Motoring. We have even found some spy pictures of the shortened version undergoing winter testing although the genuinity of the spy pictures is unknown.

Chopping off the boot and bringing it under 4000mm will chop off Rs 30,000-50,000 off the Logan’s price as the taxes are reduced to 10% from the current 18%. It qualifies as a small car in the eyes of the government and combined with the sub 1.5L K9K engine, the appeal of the Logan will be boosted. What’s more, Renault also have the option of slotting in the brilliant 1.2L HR12DE 3-pot from the Micra. This latest generation engine provides decent power of 80ps and since it is being produced in Chennai (apart from few critical parts which are imported), is a lot cheaper than imported engines. What’s more, it will return decent fuel economy as well. Will they do it? We quite think they should make use of such synergies within the alliance. After all, it costs nothing.

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