Dacia Duster 2015
In the first maybe most people will have heard of before, but DACIA is certainly setting the mainstream motoring world by storm with the Duster.
Not only is it practical, spacious inside and affordable to run, but it’s also, by some margin, the cheapest car in this class.
However, you may want to look elsewhere if you prioritise a plush cabin or plenty of creature comforts in a family-orientated crossover.
In addition the Duster’s cabin is ok, don’t go thinking it’ll be a tactile, soft-touch galore fest in the Duster. It’s a cheap car, and as such the interior is all crafted out of hard plastics, and it’s not exactly what you’d call ‘stylish’.
datasheet Dacia Duster
Manufacturer | Dacia |
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Also called | Renault Duster Nissan Terrano[1] |
Production | 2010–present |
Assembly | Mioveni, Romania São José dos Pinhais, Brazil(Renault Brazil) Envigado, Colombia (Sofasa) Moscow, Russia (Avtoframos) Chennai, India (Renault India) Pulogadung, Indonesia (IndoMobil Group)[2][3] |
Designer | Renault Design Central Europe |
Body and chassis | |
Class | Compact SUV |
Body style | 5-door wagon |
Layout | Front-engine, front-wheel-drive orfour-wheel-drive |
Platform | Dacia B0 platform |
Related | Dacia Logan Dacia Sandero Nissan Juke |
Powertrain | |
Engine | 1.2 L I4 turbo (petrol) 1.6 L I4 (petrol) 1.6 L I4 (petrol/ethanol) 1.6 L I4 (petrol/LPG) 2.0 L I4 (petrol) 2.0 L I4 (petrol/ethanol) 1.5 L I4 (diesel) |
Transmission | 5-speed manual 6-speed manual 4-speed automatic |
Dimensions | |
Wheelbase | 2,673 mm (105.2 in) |
Length | 4,315 mm (169.9 in) |
Width | 1,822 mm (71.7 in) |
Height | 1,630–1,690 mm (64.2–66.5 in) |
Curb weight | 1,160–1,294 kg (2,557–2,853 lb) |
Then again, you’ll have to fork out many more thousands of pounds if you want a new car that offers the same amount of space and practicality as the Duster, and by quite a few counts, the Dacia isn’t as bad as its ‘How low can you go?’ image suggests. In fact, it’s actually quite good overall.
instead you really need to have a new car of this size that comes with better build quality and more kit as standard, we reckon the Duster is worth a close look if you’re searching for something in this sector of the market or at this price range. It’s not perfect, but if you’re looking for space and practicality on a budget, the new Dacia could be the car for you.
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