Duster at a glance modern, robust and dazzling in its desert orange colour, duster knows how to make a lasting impression. Dacia duster relies on the vehicle and mechanical engineering expertise of the renault group. Mar 15, 2017 thats precisely what dacia offers with its duster, which costs from only. So after 10 months and just over 16,000 miles the duster has driven off my driveway for the last time. Throughout the manual, the approved dealer is your dacia dealer. Its price tag is a clear indication of what you get a nofrills but fairly rugged soft roader which comes with a proper fourwheeldrive system capable of running in either two wheel drive or all. Mar 22, 20 top gears motoring expert puts another bargain dacia through its paces.
The latestgeneration dacia duster is a triumph of valueformoney motoring, but the original version made a bus pass look tempting 1985 dacia duster road test throwback thursday autocar jump. Comparison volvo xc90 t8 excellence twin engine hybrid. Dacia duster suv with 4x4 dacia cars dacia ireland. Take a look at some of the awards dacia has been winning along its global rise to become a credible player in todays car market.
During our test, duster remained almost as stingy, contenting himself with about 6. The warrantys three years and 60k miles, extendable to seven if you pay. Renault dacia unveiled the first facelift of its popular compact crossover, duster during the 20 frankfurt motor show. Petrol and diesel engines, plus two and fourwheeldrive versions, are available, as is a model with an. Jeremy,james and richard talking about dacia and about romania. Apr 27, 2010 under extra figures are more encouraging, the ratio of only 85 horses 4.
Mar 10, 2020 the dacia duster is the suv you can buy for the price of a supermini. If some of our older uk readers remember, there was another dacia duster at the beginning of the 1990s. He loved how basic it was and how it was the very essence of a car. Apr 14, 2014 the romanian dacia brand sells affordable cars that are free of frills, and the duster is its sensiblypriced 4. The dacia sandero has everything you need and nothing you dont top gear s motoring expert puts the cheap and cheerful family car through its paces share. The duster has been around since 2010 and was due for a makeover.
Apr 30, 2020 the dacia duster is the uks cheapest suv and according to our exhaustive road tests its outstanding value too, so good in fact that it picked up the best offroader gong at our parkers new car awards 2019. Buying advice for the dacia duster covering running costs, mpg, fuel economy, reliability and safety, from the expert what car. Dacias interior now includes a leather steering wheel, the seats are better and theres a comfy driver s armrest for my left arm. The new duster is equipped, as always, with a range of engines of the renault group, for our test we chose the 1. The ride is acceptable too and the whole thing just feels much more refined than. Most expensive duster driven in uk cosmetic upgrades add 5885 to price on sale now, priced from 17,480. That gives an 85% match figure of 1258kg, comfortably within the 1500kg towing limit. Dacia duster on one of the worlds greatest roads fifth gear. Dacias most advanced vehicle is the duster, a compact crossover that has proven the new dacia has absolutely nothing to do with the old one and.
Renaultdacia unveiled the first facelift of its popular compact crossover, duster during the 20 frankfurt motor show. The dacia sandero has everything you need and nothing you dont top gears motoring expert puts the cheap. The most welltimed new vehicle launch in recent years. Explore the design, performance and technology features of the dacia duster 2020. Dacia duster running costs, mpg, economy, reliability. You can switch to the cars auto setting via a dial on the centre console, which also features a lock. Dacias duster family suv has been a huge hit with the british public.
Welcome aboard your vehicle this driver s handbook contains the information necessary. We carried out our road test of the dacia duster 2019 on the dci 110 diesel version 4. The oxford english dictionary describes juxtaposition as the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting. We know how much james may loves the dacia sandero. The dacia duster is the suv you can buy for the price of a supermini.
It handles perfectly well and the steering is responsive on the move yet nice and light when parking, helped by a new electric power steering system which according to dacia requires 35 percent less effort to turn. Jun 21, 2010 for a wintertime adventure with the duster check our 2012 dacia duster diesel test drive. And another man brandishing a set of keys to the car id be using to go home that night. The original duster suv was the car that really built the dacia brand. Dacias lastplace finish in our 2019 driver power owner satisfaction survey doesnt inspire confidence, either, but the results largely refer to the dusters even cheaper dacia sandero stablemate. Dusters impressive offroad abilities mainly owe to its reinforced underbody, raised clearance 210 mm, large angles approach 29. But the door panel remains a hard and scratchy plastic that. Launched in 2009, it was far better than any model in this class had a right to be for less than. Dacia is owned by renault, so many of its parts are tried and tested items from the french company. Jun 25, 2019 dacias interior now includes a leather steering wheel, the seats are better and theres a comfy driver s armrest for my left arm. The duster cleverly shares body parts across the dacia range and the number of available options is small. At its launch in our market in 2012, dacia s duster was easily the most affordable suv you could buy. Thats probably why dacia finished a very respectable 12th out of 31 manufacturers in the 2019. Top gear finds the legendary dacia sandero in romania and clarkson even gets one for james may.
Petrol versions weigh as little as 1254kg including 75kg for the driver, which dacia does not include in its published kerbweights, although opting for a diesel with fourwheel drive pushes that up to 1480kg. To see if that great value translates into value daytoday ownership we are running a duster on the parkers fleet for the next six. In our 2019 driver power survey, the dacia duster came 72nd out of 100 cars, but it failed to appear in our 2020 resulst. Hell be testing out the road whilst using the dacia duster. Top gears motoring expert puts another bargain dacia through its paces. With rugged new styling, completely redesigned interior and innovative tech, the dacia duster is an adventureseeking suv thats ready for anything.
If were being honest, were quite impressed with ourselves. The dacia sandero was one of the dacia lineup that wouldnt get released in the uk at any cost and may took it to heart because he assumed the car was simple and at least averagely good. Feb 18, 20 jeremy,james and richard talking about dacia and about romania. The warrantys three years and 60k miles, extendable to. The dacia duster might not be the best looking car on the outside, and things get worse the moment you climb aboard. Stig power laps or the latest chris harris drives, you can find all the iconic films here. And i dont think id ever clapped eyes on anything so woefully dreary and. In the fullwidth rigid barrier test, however, the duster was deemed to offer poor head protection for the driver. When i arrived at the top gear studio last week there was a man with a lorry waiting to take the 911 turbo id been using back to porsche. But, a few years down the line, how does this romanianbuilt renaultengineered product stack up as a used buy in first generation form.
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