Dacia's new Duster goes distinctly upmarket - has it lost its value-for-money 控訴，上告?

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When the Dacia Duster first burst の上に the UK market in 2013, its sub-£10,000 starting price grabbed headlines.

開始する，打ち上げるd as a no-frills compact family car, it 供給するd a tempting choice for 運転者s who cared more about the reserves in their bank balance than they did for modern 高級なs, the 最新の 科学（工学）技術, or the upmost refinement from a 乗り物.?

急速な／放蕩な-今後 a １０年間 and the Romanian car 製造者 - owned by Renault - has 明かすd its third-世代 Duster.?And?for 2024, there is a 際立った move upmarket.

But has Dacia now put at 危険 Duster's unique selling point of 申し込む／申し出ing the 絶対の 最小限 必要物／必要条件s from a car to 保証（人） a market-破産した／（警察が）手入れするing low price?

We've been 運動ing it in Spain to find out...

Not the no-frills family car you used t o know: Dacia's new Duster goes on sale in the summer and has gone distinctly more upmarket than ever before. The big question is can it still 保持する its big value 控訴，上告?

Just how popular is Dacia's Duster??

Dacia's break-out into the UK market was spearheaded by cars that were cobbled together from Renault's 広範囲にわたる parts 貯蔵所, which was very much the 事例／患者 for the first-世代 Duster.?

It used tried and 実験（する）d - though somewhat 時代遅れの - 構成要素s from French models from 世代s gone by to create a family-size 乗り物 that nailed 根底となるs without a 匂いをかぐ of fanciness.

The second-世代 Duster 現れるd in 2017 and 延長するd the SUV's 抱擁する success by?mastering the perfect 妥協 between feeling cheap and 保証（人）ing a 取引-地階 price tag, while 存在 a genuinely good car to 運動.

The first-世代 Duster arrived in 2013. The ultra-basic '接近' 削減する (pictured) had no remote central locking, 高さ 調整 on the steering wheel, or a 無線で通信する

For 2024, the third-世代 Duster is an 完全に new 一括. That's because it is underpinned by Renault's 最新の 壇・綱領・公約 that's already used for the Clio and Nissan Juke

Today, Duster remains the brand's most popular model and 代表するs almost two in five (38 per cent) of all Dacias sold in the UK.

やめる incredibly, the 広大な 大多数 of 買い手s are 正規の／正選手 運動ing folk rather than (n)艦隊／(a)素早いs and 商売／仕事s 購入（する）ing in 本体，大部分／ばら積みの.?In fact, the brand （人命などを）奪う，主張するs that 90 per cent of Duster orders in Britain are placed by '小売 顧客s' - people like you and me who walk into car showrooms looking for a new 始める，決める of wheels.

Over the course of more than a １０年間, Duster has accrued more than 40 awards and 100,000 登録s in the UK alone.

It's fair to say that Britain has a love 事件／事情／状勢 with this 支援する-to-basics モーター.

How popular is the Duster? Over 100,000 have been bought by Britons over a １０年間 and it remains the brand's most popular model, 代表するing almost two in five (38%) of all Dacias sold in the UK

Nne in ten Duster orders in Britain to date have been placed by '小売 顧客s' - people like you and I who walk into car showrooms looking for a new 始める，決める of wheels rather than big (n)艦隊／(a)素早いs

Third-世代 Dacia Duster - what's new?

The big news for the third-世代 Duster is the 移行 to Renault's 'CMF-B' 壇・綱領・公約 that underpins the French 会社／堅い's 最新の models.

It means the Duster now 株 the same architecture as the 最新の Clio and Nissan Juke - and follows in t he tyre 跡をつけるs of its smaller siblings, the Sandero and Jogger 広い地所, by switching to Renault's 現在の 体制／機構.

So, instead of 存在 made-up of cast-off 構成要素s from older cars, the new Duster is as bang-up-to-date as it can be. And this is true of the powertrain 選択s 利用できる to 顧客s.

There's three engine choices: a 1.0-litre three-cylinder 'bi-燃料' 部隊 that runs on 石油 and LPG; a 1.2-litre, ３倍になる TCe130 石油 with 穏やかな-hybrid support; and a 1.6-litre 従来の hybrid powerplant (called '140 Hybrid') that's 株d with the seven-seat Jogger.

限られた／立憲的な availability of LPG filling 駅／配置するs in the UK means the bi-燃料 model is ありそうもない to be a 容積／容量 販売人 - にもかかわらず 存在 exceptionally frugal - so Britons will 大部分は be choosing between the other two.

The 穏やかな-hybrid engine has a six-速度(を上げる） 手動式の gearbox and is sold either with two or four-wheel-運動, while the 十分な hybrid can only send 力／強力にする to the 前線 wheels, 経由で a four-速度(を上げる） (a)自動的な／(n)自動拳銃 伝達／伝染.

And bosses 確認するd that Dacia has 溝へはまらせる／不時着するd ディーゼル powertrains 完全に in Europe, though an oil-燃やすing Duster will be produced for the Moroccan and North African market - where the SUV is immensely popular.

There's three engine choices: a 1.0-litre three-cylinder 'bi-燃料' 部隊 that runs on 石油 and LPG; a 1.2-litre, ３倍になる TCe130 石油 with 穏やかな-hybrid support; and a 1.6-litre 従来の hybrid powerplant (called '140 Hybrid') that's 株d with the seven-seat Jogger

The move to the new 壇・綱領・公約 also brings with it a fresh look. A boxier silhouette, the use of f ashionable 広範囲にわたる window でっちあげる，人を罪に陥れるs and 合併／会社設立 of the brand's new design language - すなわち the Y-形態／調整d light clusters (seen here) - give it more presence

The third inception of Duster is the most handsome yet, though we think it will blend into the background of a busy car park rather than stand out?

Dacia （人命などを）奪う，主張するs there's a slight 増加する in 後部 legroom and boot capacity has been upped from 445 litres to a more capacious 474 litres (if you choose a 前線-wheel-運動 model)

The move to the new 壇・綱領・公約 also brings with it a fresh look.?

A boxier silhouette, the use of 流行の／上流の 広範囲にわたる window でっちあげる，人を罪に陥れるs and 合併／会社設立 of the brand's new design language - すなわち the Y-形態／調整d light clusters - give it more presence.?

We 疑問 many will argue that the third inception of Duster is the most handsome yet, though we think it will blend into the background of a busy car park rather than standing out as it has done before.

The 全体にわたる chunkier look to the third-gen Duster does a good 職業 of playing tricks on the naked 注目する，もくろむ - while it appears much larger in 割合 than before, this isn't the 事例／患者.

It is just 9mm longer and 2mm wider than the car it 取って代わるs, though the ergonomics of the CMF-B 壇・綱領・公約 means there's noticeably more 内部の space.?

Dacia （人命などを）奪う，主張するs there's a slight 増加する in 後部 legroom and boot capacity has been upped from 445 litres to a capacious 474 litres (if you choose a 前線-wheel-運動 model).?

The biggest 昇格 to Duster comes inside the cabin. Out goes the 淡褐色 and basic 操縦室 and in its place is a plush 内部の with a 捕らえる、獲得する-十分な of tech

Duster gets a new 数字表示式の 器具 cluster instead of analogue clocks for the first time. It's 比較して simple but 陳列する，発揮するs the 必須の （警察などへの）密告，告訴（状） 井戸／弁護士席

The new Dacia Duster is a plusher place to be?

Arguably, the biggest 昇格 brought on by Duster's 転換 to Renault's 最新の architecture is cabin 質.

Dacia was 肉親，親類d enough to 貸付金 me a second-世代 Duster the same week as the Malaga 開始する，打ち上げる of its 交替／補充, so I drove them pretty much 支援する-to-支援する (with a flight to Spain in the middle). The difference in 内部の is stark to say the least.

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Out goes the 時代遅れの four-spoked steering wheel and in comes a squared-off 縁 that feels far sportier to behold and touch.

Behind it is a new 数字表示式の 器具 cluster - a first for Duster.?

It feels more basic than 陳列する，発揮するs you'll find in 競争相手s and certainly 欠如（する）s the panache of the TV-like 部隊s in pricey Mercedes' and Audis, but it's a major step up in tech against the analogue clocks of the car in showrooms now.

As is par of the course, models 申し込む／申し出d up to 新聞記者／雑誌記者s at the 開始する，打ち上げる event were all high-specification 削減する levels that （機の）カム with the 最高の，を越す-of-the-範囲 10.1-インチ infotainment touchscreen with 衛星 航海.

Again, it's not as flashy or multi-機能の as the 部隊s in other 2024 モーターs, but it fulfils the 主要な／長／主犯 needs of such a system - though certainly feels laggy compared to the ソフトウェア used in Renaults and Nissans.

That said, those not looking to stretch their car-spending 予算s too far can 選ぶ for the 入ること／参加（者） '必須の' 削減する without a touchscreen - instead, it 要求するs 顧客s to use their smartphone (with a downloadable Dacia app) as their source of infotainment 支配（する）／統制する.

Higher 削減する levels get a 10.1-インチ infotainment touchscreen with 衛星 航海. It's not as flashy or multi-機能の as the 部隊s in other 2024 モーターs, but it fulfils the 主要な／長／主犯 needs of such a system - though certainly feels laggy compared to ソフトウェア used in Renaults

The touch points of the Duster feel more 賞与金 than before, 含むing the Y-形態／調整d 空気／公表する vents and this bank of toggle switches for heating and ventilation 支配（する）／統制するs

A bank of 機能（する）／行事 switches sit below the central 陳列する，発揮する and a pair of Y- 形態／調整d 空気／公表する vents (mimicking the headlight design).

These 支配（する）／統制する 最初の／主要な 機能（する）／行事s like 気温 調整, fan 速度(を上げる） and 前線 and 後部 審査する demisters and?feel more 強健な than those in the 去っていく／社交的な Duster. As do the stalks behind the steering wheel, which have rivetted tips for 回転／交替ing through settings for the headlights and wipers.

You get the feeling that Dacia's design team has really concentrated on making the main touchpoints of the 操縦室 as pleasant as possible.?

The 残り／休憩（する） of the cabin is still 大部分は made up of low-予算 hard plastics, but rather than 存在 bland have a few fun design elements to freshen things up.?

For instance, the dashboard section stretching across the 最高の，を越す of the glovebox now features large 'DUSTER' letters stamped into it like a 足跡 in the sand. It's not groundbreaking by any means but feels cheekier than a simple 厚板 of cheap 構成要素.

A new seat design also 供給するs more cushion and lumbar support than the driver's 議長，司会を務める in the previous-世代 Duster, which on return from Spain felt like a washboard backrest in comparison.?

Dacia UK believes the 十分な hybrid will be the most popular engine making up 50% of orders. The 94hp 1.6-litre 石油 部隊 is 補足（する）d by a pair of 49hp electric モーターs - but still isn't what you'd call きびきびした under acceleration. That said, it is certainly the more 精製するd powertrain

連合させるd with the new Duster's 付加 use of sound deadening (which is said to 減ずる the decibel level by 2dB on 普通の／平均（する）), this SUV 供給するs a 比較して relaxed and hushed 運動ing experience at medium 速度(を上げる）s

How does it 運動?

Dacia UK believes the 140 Hybrid will be the most popular engine の中で UK 顧客s, 予報するing it will take a 50 per cent 株 of orders.

The 94hp 1.6-litre 石油 部隊 is 補足（する）d by a pair of 49hp electric モーターs - but still isn't what you'd call きびきびした under acceleration.?

That said, it is certainly the more 精製するd of the two powertrains.?

連合させるd with the new Duster's 付加 use of sound deadening (which is said to 減ずる the decibel level by 2dB on 普通の／平均（する）), it's a 比較して relaxed and hushed 運動ing experience at medium 速度(を上げる）s.

However, that's only if you don't get too 強烈な with the throttle pedal; make this mistake and the clumsy 自動車 gearbox sends the revs into overdrive and can feel erratic and spoil how subdued it feels on the inside.

Will it fit in my garage: New Dacia Duster?

見解／翻訳／版 実験（する）d: TC3130 4x2 旅行

Price: approx £19,500

Starting price across 範囲: approx £17,500

On sale: Q2 2024

First 配達／演説／出産s: November 2024

Engine: 1.2-litre, 3-cylinder turbo 石油 with 穏やかな hybrid tech

運動: 前線 wheel 運動?

Other drivetrains: 1.2 石油 4x4; 1.6-litre hybrid 2x4

力／強力にする: 129bhp

Gearbox: Six-速度(を上げる） 手動式の

Kerb 負わせる: 1,304kg

Acceleration (0-62mph): 9.9 seconds

最高の，を越す 速度(を上げる）: 112mph

燃料 economy: 51.0mpg

CO2 放出／発行s: 129g/km

DIMENSIONS

Length: 4,343mm

Width (含むing mirrors): 2,069mm

高さ: 1,660mm

Boot capacity: 474 litres (1,609 litres with seats 負かす／撃墜する)?

内部の noise does creep up at motorway 速度(を上げる）s, which we put 負かす／撃墜する to a combination of the Duster's steeply-raked windscreen, fat wing mirrors and Southern Spain's 特に gusty 条件s during our 実験（する） 運動.?

Dacia says the Hybrid 140's combination of regenerative ブレーキing, the 1.2 kWh (230V) 殴打／砲列's high energy 回復 capacity, and the gearbox's efficiency means it can be driven in all-electric 方式 for up to 80 per cent of the time in cities.?

But 運動ing out of town, we don't think the 普通の／平均（する） UK 顧客 (who owns a car for three years) will 支払う／賃金 off the 賞与金 price difference 経由で 燃料 貯金 alone.?

So, instead, we think the 1.2-litre 穏やかな hybrid is the better match for the Duster - 特に if you want to 確実にする it's cheap to buy and run (it's （人命などを）奪う，主張するd to return 51mpg).

Dacia UK reckons the 4x2 will （不足などを）補う around 40 per cent of sales, while the remaining 10 per cent will be swept up by the 4x4 選択.?

Like any small capacity three-cylinder powerplant, it has plenty of punch at the lower end of the rev 範囲 but needs to be worked hard at higher 速度(を上げる）s.

準備するing an 追いつく of slower-moving 乗り物s on a B-road almost needs the submission of a long-winded planning 提案 to get the pass done - and you'll definitely need to 減少（する） 負かす／撃墜する a couple of gears when entering a motorway 経由で an 上りの／困難な slip road.

The ３倍になる engine does have the characteristic thrum at higher 速度(を上げる）s but feels far more clattery when 運動ing around town than 競争相手 three-cylinder 部隊s, such as the VW Group powerplant.?

The 手動式の gear change is somewhat numb and 欠如（する）ing mechanical 約束／交戦, too, though that's 大部分は what we 推定する／予想するd for a car of this ilk and price point.?

One of the m ajor 誇るs by the Romanian brand is that the switch to the new 壇・綱領・公約 has 強化するd up the ride 質 and eradicated a lot of the 最高の，を越す-激しい lurching 原因（となる）d by 団体／死体 roll in bends.

While it definitely feels more 正確な in the corners, there's still some 団体／死体 pitch when darting from one direction to the other.

Ride 慰安 is 比較して impressive, though, which is 部分的に／不公平に thanks to Duster's small wheels and fat tyres with chunky sidewalls to soak up the clatter of potholes.

We did take a 4x4 TCE130 out for a 簡潔な／要約する spin on a pre-用意が出来ている off-road course designed to showcase its wealth of 能力s.?

While it won't be a match for a Land Rover Defender, it will 緊急発進する up a wet hillside and 抽出する itself from a 溝へはまらせる／不時着する with consummate 緩和する.

The 4x4 見解／翻訳／版 of the 穏やかな-hybrid 石油 is only 推定する／予想するd to account for 10% of all UK orders, Dacia told us

While it won't be a match for a Land Rover Defender, the 4x4 can 緊急発進する up a wet hillside and 抽出する itself from a 溝へはまらせる／不時着する with consummate 緩和する

Will it still be affordable?

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Dacia's big wigs won't 確認する the exact pricing until the summer but have said Duster will （犯罪の）一味 in between £17,000 and £20,000.

The cheapest - from around £17,500 - will be the bi-燃料 LPG 見解／翻訳／版, though that isn't hugely 関連した to the UK market.

Therefore, the most affordable model of 公式文書，認める will be the 入ること／参加（者） 穏やかな hybrid, likely to cost in the 地域 of £19,500.?

While this sounds like a hefty 示す-up on the sub-£10,000 first-世代 car, it's not as inflationary as you might think.

That's because there is no longer an ultra-basic '接近' specification, which in 2013 （機の）カム without 高さ 調整 for the steering wheel, remote locking or even a 無線で通信する!

Instead, the 入ること／参加（者） point for the third-世代 Duster is the わずかに higher 必須の specification - though, based on sales in the last １０年間, Dacia UK very much 推定する／予想するs the 大多数 of 顧客s to choose a higher grade 削減する (中央の-spec 表現 with 17-インチ wheels or 最高の，を越す-of-the-line Extreme or 旅行 specs with 18-インチ 縁s), which 最終的に means most will be 支払う／賃金ing over £20k.

Dacia residual values are - 歴史的に - incredibly strong, too, so 財政／金融 取引，協定s should remain affordable.

What about Dacia's あらましの Euro NCAP 衝突，墜落 実験（する） ratings of late?

Dacia says its philosophy when it comes to equipping its cars with the 最新の in safety features is to 供給する only what 顧客s really want - and need.

Having 以前 been （刑事）被告 by safety 団体／死体 Euro NCAP of prioritising price over 保護の 科学（工学）技術, Dacia's had its 手渡す 軍隊d by 委任統治（領）d 必要物／必要条件s to fit features such as 小道／航路 keeping 援助.?

As such, the Duster - which is 現在／一般に を待つing its 星／主役にする 率ing from Euro NCAP - is 推定する／予想するd to receive a higher safety 得点する／非難する／２０ than Sandero and Jogger have managed in 最近の years.?

Does the new Duster still 代表する good value for money? 定価つきの from just below £20,000, we 推定する／予想する it to 保持する its tile as the cheapest family SUV sold n Britain

2024 Dacia Duster: Cars & モーターing 判決?

Without any question of 疑問, this is the most 前進するd, comfortable and competent Duster yet.

From the 範囲 of drivetrains on 申し込む／申し出 to its 改善するd 手渡すing dynamics, 内部の 質, quietness and styling, Dacia's family SUV has made a 重要な leap for 2024.

So, that's surely better, 権利? In essence, yes. That's because the Duster has gone from 存在 good value to 簡単に a good car.

But during our 実験（する） 運動 there remained a niggling sensation that Duster's move up in the world is something of a 出発 from it s winning 決まり文句／製法.

Dacia's almost 農業の 焦点（を合わせる） on selling ultra-basic cars to keep prices low is lost in this third-世代 model. And with this has gone some of its inherent coolness.

Over the last 11 years, it has been the car for those who don't want or need a flash モーター - and most of its 顧客s are people who give two hoots about 存在 裁判官d on the 乗り物 they 運動, which is partly why it has 生成するd such a 教団 に引き続いて.?

Could the Romanian outfit have 削減（する） a few more corners to 押し進める the price of the new Duster even lower to 保持する its 予算-破産した／（警察が）手入れするing 身元? We think so (many drivers still want analogue clocks, hate touchscreens and aren't fussed by (a)手の込んだ／(v)詳述する trinketry), and for that 推論する／理由 it feels like there's been an 適切な時期 行方不明になるd.?

However, the Duster should still 申し込む／申し出 広大な／多数の／重要な value にもかかわらず 存在 a more upmarket 製品 - given it is 積極性 positioned against a 背景 of rising new car prices, that is.

Its nearest 競争相手s, like the MG ZS (which starts from £18,335), are no match ーに関して／ーの点でs of all-一連の会議、交渉／完成する 控訴，上告. And Duster should - theoretically - 保持する its moniker of Britain's cheapest B-segment SUV... for the time-存在, at least.

That alone should be more than enough to 延長する its success on these shores.