Renault will make a D-segment crossover that will sit above the newly revealed Kadjar and rival the likes of the Nissan X-Trail.
The forthcoming model was confirmed by Renault design boss Laurens van den Acker, who said: "The D crossover is developed and will be produced in China in 2016, and there is a chance it will come to Europe as well."
When asked when the new model would come to Europe, he said:"I think it will be 2017."
Van den Acker revealed the plans for the new model at a preview event for the new Renault Kadjar crossover, when he said: "This [the Kadjar] needs to become the bridge to the D crossover, so this car has an important role to play."
Currently Renault just offers the Captur as a crossover in the UK, so the leap from that supermini-based SUV to a rival for the likes of the Nissan X-Trail would be too large.
"If we cannot get people to move from Captur to Kadjar, then we cannot get people to go to the D crossover, so we need this car [the Kadjar] to do well," he said.
The new model would make use of the Renault Nissan alliance, and is expected to share much of its underpinnings with the large, seven-seat Nissan X-Trail. Renault says that everything underneath the Kadjar is shared with the popular Qashqai, although everything on the surface is different.
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