RE: 2022 Dacia Duster Extreme SE | PH Review

[MightyBadger]

Silvanus said:

Clearly not, they don't half make a few people angry though

I think angy is the wrong word, most people just find it funny.

[Ouroboros]

MightyBadger said:

I think angy is the wrong word, most people just find it funny.

yes no one gets angry, but the owners seem to think other do.

[Tony Del Monte]

Love that flat grey paint - Something a bit different. Audi call it Nardo grey, and have been doing it for a few years, but so many other makes are now doing it too now.

[Bonefish Blues]

It looks very smart in that colour/spec., for sure.

[SidewaysSi]

This is like Porsche's Crayon. Needs a couple of orange stripes to complete the look along with "Dacia" in orange on the bottom of the doors.

[mooseracer]

tannhauser said:

Have you actually read them or looked into them? EuroNCAP has lost its way over the years. Too much emphasis on passive systems, and making up results for the Jogger based on the Sandero. Like I say, bks.

They hadn’t even tested the F32 4 Series I’m looking for.

Dacia will tell you that their cars are basically safe, but don't include some of the electronic systems most other cars do. Seems fair enough so long as people understand that.

Not having side airbags in the 3rd row of seats in the Jogger seems a bit much though in this day and age, wouldn't be surprised to see that change at some point.

[lrdisco]

Seriously good value. Maybe looking at one in the next 18 months.

[ChocolateFrog]

Chrishum said:

PositronicRay said:

Zlat502 said:

They just don't make sense at this money, imho.

I think you're right, all brands aspire to go up market.

A year ago a prereg with few frills could be had at £10-11k. That's when they make sense.

But what else can you buy for £19k new now? Very little that’s so practical would be my guess

And they now start at sound £15k, pre-reg ones will be more than a new order so a bit irrelevant really.

[ChocolateFrog]

757 said:

Friend of mine was thinking of buying one of these, but asked his mechanic for advise, and he said he looked over one a while back up on the ramps, and the safety aspect or materials used underneath leaves a lot to be desired, with worrying amounts of cost cutting, in terms of impact in the event of a crash - he wouldn't put his family in one, and surprised it passed any safety checks, this kind of thing stuck with me some what - I am sure its fine, but surely a solid used buy from another marque would be better, no?

https://www.thecarexpert.co.uk/dacia-flunks-anothe... even under performing on basic aspects, bit worrying, not just the modern gimmickey aspects cars are tested against now.

Edited by 757 on Monday 16th May 08:29

[ChocolateFrog]

ch37 said:

PositronicRay said:

A year ago a prereg with few frills could be had at £10-11k. That's when they make sense.

It's all relative though, prices have gone up across the board (and everything has gone bonkers in the past 12 months or so) so a reasonably basic spec Duster is still great value compared to anything else you could buy. The cheapest Aygo you can buy now is £15k, it was only 5 minutes ago that the cheapest Aygo was in the 4 figures!

The cheapest new car on sale in the UK is now (I believe) just shy of £12k, the Kia Picanto.

Many of those pre-reg £11k Dusters are now worth more used than people bought them for.

Edited by ch37 on Monday 16th May 10:24

You used to be able to buy a brand new Aygo for £6500, I used to watch the prices on places like broadspeed like a hawk, that would have been around 07.

Times have changed.

[ChocolateFrog]

Ouroboros said:

tannhauser said:

as are those crash tests.

NCAP tests are rubbish now, wow.

''“The vehicle may be more affordable than others in the same category, but in terms of safety it appears that you do get what you pay for,”''

That statement validates what the mechanic said. There is no conspiracy it is a cheap car made to a very cheap budget. if safety isnt a priority then it is the car to buy.

Absolutely nothing to do with passive safety.

What your mechanic friend of a friend was talking about I've no idea.

[ch37]

The lack of a seatbelt reminder for the third row was one of the main reasons the Jogger dropped to one star?! Jeez, no wonder scores aren't publicised as widely as they once were, back when the difference between 1 and 5 stars was probably the difference between life and death.

[ChocolateFrog]

I feel like I'm coming across as a bit of a fanboi and I'm not, well maybe a little.

Laughing at the people that think approaching 20k (or a little over with a DSG box) is a lot of money.

If I keep mine 10 years, which I fully intend to and its worth £2k by then (conservative estimate looking at early Dusters today) then it'll have cost me £1600 a year in depreciation.

I can live with that.

[ChocolateFrog]

ch37 said:

The lack of a seatbelt reminder for the third row was one of the main reasons the Jogger dropped to one star?! Jeez, no wonder scores aren't publicised as widely as they once were, back when the difference between 1 and 5 stars was probably the difference between life and death.

Basically meaningless these days. I think they include lane keep assist in the assessment, an absolutely infernal invention. AEB is definitely included, again something I'm very happy to do without.

[anonymous-user]

ch37 said:

The lack of a seatbelt reminder for the third row was one of the main reasons the Jogger dropped to one star?! Jeez, no wonder scores aren't publicised as widely as they once were, back when the difference between 1 and 5 stars was probably the difference between life and death.

As you say, 1 star back in the late 90s meant certain death.



Now a Sandero Stepway gets 2 stars due to potential injuries to pedestrians if you run them over and the lack of the following driver aids.



Occupant Status Monitoring (it does have seatbelt warnings)
Speed Assistance (it does have a manual speed limiter and cruise control)
Lane Assist

It does however have Active Emergency Braking, Autonomous emergency braking and forward collision warning. Watching that video it seems witchcraft to me compared to my 15 year old shed.

Tragic in 2022 that a car scored a poor mark because a large percentage of drivers are apparently incapable of actually driving a car themselves with out all these aids.

Maybe if manufacturers fitted actual buttons instead of a massive iPad then these would not be required? Seems a lot of people these days are more interested in how the car integrates with their phone and playing with a massive iPad than actually driving it.

Edited by anonymous-user on Monday 16th May 18:24

[ruairi50]

Dacia remind me of what Skoda were 20 odd years ago Cheap & Cheerful and Skoda sold plenty
Now if you look at the Basic Skoda Kamiq / Karoq its going cost you the guts of 30K
A basic ish Duster for 18K not to be sneezed at

[LotusOmega375D]

ruairi50 said:

Dacia remind me of what Skoda were 20 odd years ago Cheap & Cheerful and Skoda sold plenty

That’s true. If you drive the length of breadth of the UK, you find certain regions where Dacias are everywhere, whereas in other areas, you rarely see them.

[tannhauser]

ChocolateFrog said:

757 said:

Friend of mine was thinking of buying one of these, but asked his mechanic for advise, and he said he looked over one a while back up on the ramps, and the safety aspect or materials used underneath leaves a lot to be desired, with worrying amounts of cost cutting, in terms of impact in the event of a crash - he wouldn't put his family in one, and surprised it passed any safety checks, this kind of thing stuck with me some what - I am sure its fine, but surely a solid used buy from another marque would be better, no?

https://www.thecarexpert.co.uk/dacia-flunks-anothe... even under performing on basic aspects, bit worrying, not just the modern gimmickey aspects cars are tested against now.

Edited by 757 on Monday 16th May 08:29

Indeed. EuroNCAP bks aside, as if a mechanic could assess the crashworthiness of a car from looking at the materials used underneath Such bullste.

The Duster is very well assembled underneath anyway.

[Wren-went]

Never thought I would hear myself say this but I love the look of this particular Duster model this flat Grey sootes it as a second hand 3 years old buy they won't have be a bargain shows I have never taken any notice of Dacia Dusters all I knew they were cheap so this is near enough too of the range,

4 wheel drive in a good spec would be fine for the family runabout or my partners car couldn't really see me wanting 1 as solely my car but I wouldn't turn my nose up at owning and driving 1,I would definitely have said that about a Skoda , However 25 years later their fantastic motors and love any vrs

[LargeRed]

Dacia 'Duster' ......... aren't they now called 'Speed Mops' ??

Maybe not .... and they are not real 4x4s