Dacia Duster. My streets full of them...
Discussion
WyrleyD said:
They must be doing something right as here in France there are vey long lead times to get hold of one too. If this goes on then the prices will almost certainly rise.
Since launch prices have already gone up in the UK between £100 and £300 depending on the model, residuals of the previous Duster are very strong and I don't see why this one can't have strong residuals too.We all came away from the training thinking that the car was too cheap and too good for the price.
There is a new 1.3 TCe 130 and 150 which is due for launch in Q1 2019.
Lord Marylebone said:
Just to put it in perspective:
The new Duster can be had for £129 per month.
Or the Sandero for £79 per month.
The cheapest 4 door Ford Fiesta 1.0 is £18,000 or £229 per month.
Those prices are direct from Dacia and Ford, over 3 years, and all with optional final payments (which of course you won’t pay, and will hand it back and just get another new one instead).
It should be noted that the optional final payment for the Fiesta was thousands higher than either of the Dacia models.
Just had a look on the configuration and cant believe how cheap that is. £129 per month for a brand new car is mental money. Even the next level up on the Duster is £169 with a good amount of kit. The new Duster can be had for £129 per month.
Or the Sandero for £79 per month.
The cheapest 4 door Ford Fiesta 1.0 is £18,000 or £229 per month.
Those prices are direct from Dacia and Ford, over 3 years, and all with optional final payments (which of course you won’t pay, and will hand it back and just get another new one instead).
It should be noted that the optional final payment for the Fiesta was thousands higher than either of the Dacia models.
Jaguar steve said:
And there in a nutshell is pretty much what's wrong with huge swathes of status obsessed celebrity worshiping Middle England. Almost everybody in it knows the price of absolutely everything but the actual value of nothing.
I'd cheerfully take a Duster or a Berlingo or a Roomster over something more aspirational any day. Find me one with a few dents and scrapes and that really could do with a wash then I'd be even happier.
I'm hoping the Dacia gets itself a kind of fashionable inverse snobbery appeal. With sales increasing all the time, the pressure is certainly on.I'd cheerfully take a Duster or a Berlingo or a Roomster over something more aspirational any day. Find me one with a few dents and scrapes and that really could do with a wash then I'd be even happier.
HTP99 said:
Silenoz said:
Car-Matt said:
My issue is I want a poverty spec white one with steel wheels and diesel 4wd automatic
I can’t make one on the Dacia Configurator though :-(
They haven't released an automatic in the new model yet unfortunately.I can’t make one on the Dacia Configurator though :-(
PixelpeepS3 said:
car with title to appeal to women in mass appeal because cheap shocker.
remember my dad years ago bought a Yogo 55 brand new 'because it was cheap' - less than a year later the steering failed and mum crashed on a motorway.. very lucky to get out of it.
Cheap for a reason! lol
Not really no remember my dad years ago bought a Yogo 55 brand new 'because it was cheap' - less than a year later the steering failed and mum crashed on a motorway.. very lucky to get out of it.
Cheap for a reason! lol
Dacia is basically a modern Renault built in a modern factory to modern western standards
Yugo, was a cast off old fiat built in a communist country in a clapped out factory
Not the same at all
Earthdweller said:
PixelpeepS3 said:
car with title to appeal to women in mass appeal because cheap shocker.
remember my dad years ago bought a Yogo 55 brand new 'because it was cheap' - less than a year later the steering failed and mum crashed on a motorway.. very lucky to get out of it.
Cheap for a reason! lol
Not really no remember my dad years ago bought a Yogo 55 brand new 'because it was cheap' - less than a year later the steering failed and mum crashed on a motorway.. very lucky to get out of it.
Cheap for a reason! lol
Dacia is basically a modern Renault built in a modern factory to modern western standards
Yugo, was a cast off old fiat built in a communist country in a clapped out factory
Not the same at all
kieranblenk said:
HTP99 said:
Silenoz said:
Car-Matt said:
My issue is I want a poverty spec white one with steel wheels and diesel 4wd automatic
I can’t make one on the Dacia Configurator though :-(
They haven't released an automatic in the new model yet unfortunately.I can’t make one on the Dacia Configurator though :-(
PixelpeepS3 said:
Earthdweller said:
PixelpeepS3 said:
car with title to appeal to women in mass appeal because cheap shocker.
remember my dad years ago bought a Yogo 55 brand new 'because it was cheap' - less than a year later the steering failed and mum crashed on a motorway.. very lucky to get out of it.
Cheap for a reason! lol
Not really no remember my dad years ago bought a Yogo 55 brand new 'because it was cheap' - less than a year later the steering failed and mum crashed on a motorway.. very lucky to get out of it.
Cheap for a reason! lol
Dacia is basically a modern Renault built in a modern factory to modern western standards
Yugo, was a cast off old fiat built in a communist country in a clapped out factory
Not the same at all
Deep Thought said:
PixelpeepS3 said:
Earthdweller said:
PixelpeepS3 said:
car with title to appeal to women in mass appeal because cheap shocker.
remember my dad years ago bought a Yogo 55 brand new 'because it was cheap' - less than a year later the steering failed and mum crashed on a motorway.. very lucky to get out of it.
Cheap for a reason! lol
Not really no remember my dad years ago bought a Yogo 55 brand new 'because it was cheap' - less than a year later the steering failed and mum crashed on a motorway.. very lucky to get out of it.
Cheap for a reason! lol
Dacia is basically a modern Renault built in a modern factory to modern western standards
Yugo, was a cast off old fiat built in a communist country in a clapped out factory
Not the same at all
PixelpeepS3 said:
car with title to appeal to women in mass appeal because cheap shocker.
remember my dad years ago bought a Yogo 55 brand new 'because it was cheap' - less than a year later the steering failed and mum crashed on a motorway.. very lucky to get out of it.
Cheap for a reason! lol
You are being a bit silly if that’s what you actually think a Dacia is like.remember my dad years ago bought a Yogo 55 brand new 'because it was cheap' - less than a year later the steering failed and mum crashed on a motorway.. very lucky to get out of it.
Cheap for a reason! lol
They are essentially a modern Renault built to European standards, owned and supervised by Renault.
The generation 1 (2009-2018) Duster scored a respectable 71% in the NCAP tests for occupant safety in a crash.
My S.I.L has one and bought it new. Only thing she did wrong was choose dog chod brown. Its comfy, Goes OK (for a 1500 oil burner) and is practical enough (more so than an Astra which is a similar size but not as tall). Whats not to like other than badge snobbery? Oh and the dog chod colour.
We had a rental 4x4 Duster in Iceland last year. It had 150,000Km on the clock. The only minor fault was a slight knock from the suspension -a worn bush or the like. We drove it on rocky F-roads, up steep gradients and waded across channels and over the gravel banks of river basins. I was very impressed by its ability.
A smooth 4 wheel drift around a sweeping bend on dirt was approaching motoring Nirvana, no matter that it was in a budget Eastern European SUV.
If I needed an on/off roader I would be contacting Dacia.
British badge snobbery is silly, but not everybody falls for it. Dacia do appear to sell a lot in the UK too.
A smooth 4 wheel drift around a sweeping bend on dirt was approaching motoring Nirvana, no matter that it was in a budget Eastern European SUV.
If I needed an on/off roader I would be contacting Dacia.
British badge snobbery is silly, but not everybody falls for it. Dacia do appear to sell a lot in the UK too.
MC Bodge said:
We had a rental 4x4 Duster in Iceland last year. It had 150,000Km on the clock. The only minor fault was a slight knock from the suspension -a worn bush or the like. We drove it on rocky F-roads, up steep gradients and waded across channels and over the gravel banks of river basins. I was very impressed by its ability.
A smooth 4 wheel drift around a sweeping bend on dirt was approaching motoring Nirvana, no matter that it was in a budget Eastern European SUV.
If I needed an on/off roader I would be contacting Dacia.
British badge snobbery is silly, but not everybody falls for it. Dacia do appear to sell a lot in the UK too.
Yes the 4WD is half decent in these. Ground clearance good too. A smooth 4 wheel drift around a sweeping bend on dirt was approaching motoring Nirvana, no matter that it was in a budget Eastern European SUV.
If I needed an on/off roader I would be contacting Dacia.
British badge snobbery is silly, but not everybody falls for it. Dacia do appear to sell a lot in the UK too.
iSore said:
Jaguar steve said:
And there in a nutshell is pretty much what's wrong with huge swathes of status obsessed celebrity worshiping Middle England. Almost everybody in it knows the price of absolutely everything but the actual value of nothing.
I'd cheerfully take a Duster or a Berlingo or a Roomster over something more aspirational any day. Find me one with a few dents and scrapes and that really could do with a wash then I'd be even happier.
I'm hoping the Dacia gets itself a kind of fashionable inverse snobbery appeal. With sales increasing all the time, the pressure is certainly on.I'd cheerfully take a Duster or a Berlingo or a Roomster over something more aspirational any day. Find me one with a few dents and scrapes and that really could do with a wash then I'd be even happier.
I hope so too.
I'll go on record as predicting the market for basic, reasonably well made cars entirely lacking in unnecessary bling is only going one way, for the simple reason that the ever increasing complexity and gadget heavy nature of most current cars is going to bite more and more owners really hard in the arse as time passes when all this stuff goes wrong.
Wonder why most Europeans seem quite content with a scabby 10 year old Citroen or Renault or Peugeot even when they could afford rather more? Because they do everything the owners need them to do, parts are always on the shelf and cost buttons and the greasy spanner garage in the next village or very possibily even one of their mates knows exactly how to quickly and cheaply fix them.
That's all you actually need.
Jaguar steve said:
I hope so too.
I'll go on record as predicting the market for basic, reasonably well made cars entirely lacking in unnecessary bling is only going one way, for the simple reason that the ever increasing complexity and gadget heavy nature of most current cars is going to bite more and more owners really hard in the arse as time passes when all this stuff goes wrong.
Wonder why most Europeans seem quite content with a scabby 10 year old Citroen or Renault or Peugeot even when they could afford rather more? Because they do everything the owners need them to do, parts are always on the shelf and cost buttons and the greasy spanner garage in the next village or very possibily even one of their mates knows exactly how to quickly and cheaply fix them.
That's all you actually need.
Sandero/Stepway appear to be very popular around the Manchester area.I'll go on record as predicting the market for basic, reasonably well made cars entirely lacking in unnecessary bling is only going one way, for the simple reason that the ever increasing complexity and gadget heavy nature of most current cars is going to bite more and more owners really hard in the arse as time passes when all this stuff goes wrong.
Wonder why most Europeans seem quite content with a scabby 10 year old Citroen or Renault or Peugeot even when they could afford rather more? Because they do everything the owners need them to do, parts are always on the shelf and cost buttons and the greasy spanner garage in the next village or very possibily even one of their mates knows exactly how to quickly and cheaply fix them.
That's all you actually need.
As someone who has a now 9 year old car and a 12 year old car in the household and don't feel the need to lease new ones, I agree with the approach of many of our fellow Europeans.
The cars cost buttons to own and I don't worry in the slightest about getting them dirty or where I leave them. People who know us know that we are Middle England, colleagues know what jobs we do and people who don't know us won't even notice us driving along in our old cars, as they won't notice people driving along in German saloons and SUVs.
The cars are both comfortable, quite enjoyable to drive briskly.
Stats like 0-60 and bhp, along with 'luxury features' are fairly academic these days.
Car as owned status symbol will possibly decline over the next couple of decades.
Edited by MC Bodge on Monday 26th November 12:57
Can't comment if a new model has just been released but we had a diesel Dacia Duster from the bodyshop after someone drove into our 2016 Suzuki Vitara SZT, I thought it felt terribly cheap compared to the Suzuki and extremely outdated, our Suzuki was only 16k new with plenty of optional extras so I don't suppose the duster is a huge amount cheaper and would have to be a damn sight cheaper to be remotely interesting as wasn't comparable in any way!
PixelpeepS3 said:
Earthdweller said:
PixelpeepS3 said:
car with title to appeal to women in mass appeal because cheap shocker.
remember my dad years ago bought a Yogo 55 brand new 'because it was cheap' - less than a year later the steering failed and mum crashed on a motorway.. very lucky to get out of it.
Cheap for a reason! lol
Not really no remember my dad years ago bought a Yogo 55 brand new 'because it was cheap' - less than a year later the steering failed and mum crashed on a motorway.. very lucky to get out of it.
Cheap for a reason! lol
Dacia is basically a modern Renault built in a modern factory to modern western standards
Yugo, was a cast off old fiat built in a communist country in a clapped out factory
Not the same at all
But I can appreciate them for what they are .. there are loads round where I live
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