Dacia Duster seeks to make the Duster an attractive model for the French skiers, even though the season is almost ended. The Romanian car manufacturer and its French division launched a special edition of the SUV, dedicated to the French Ski School. More specifically, the Romanian model will be bought by the ski instructors affiliated [...]
Dacia Duster is the new official car of the Gopo Awards. Six Duster units will bring the Romanian movie stars on the red carpet. Also, Dacia will present this year, the award for Best Director. Automobile Dacia is a partner for Gopo Awards since 2008, and Duster is the official car of the event for [...]
Dacia announced the introduction of a new version of the Romanian SUV. The Duster can be ordered now with the 1.5 dCi diesel engine and 90 HP, that is the evolved old 85 HP engine with four-wheel drive system. The new Duster dCi unit is available from the beginning of the year, when Dacia replaced [...]
While in past years Dacia stand at the Geneva Motor Show was besieged by journalists, the 81st edition of the prestigious event was marked by calm in the Romanian car manufacturer stand. The main reason behind the low number of visitors was the fact that Dacia showed no novelty in this showroom. The car manufacturer [...]
The European organization EuroNCAP has tested the Romanian SUV. As expected the Duster has achieved three stars and the EuroNCAP engineers said that the model is "not very impressive" and that they expected more since the Dacia is part of the Renault Group. Dacia Duster scored 74% of the points for the safety of the [...]
The French from Le Blog Auto announced today that Renault could prepare a 850 HP version of the Dacia Duster. The model will be manufactured at the request of the French driver Jean-Philippe Dayraut for participation in 2011 edition of the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb (the competition is held annually on the top of [...]
Dacia announced today a new partnership. This time, the top version of Duster will be the official car of the George Enescu Festival. Dacia is a partner for six years with the Gopo Awards and with the Book Fair "Gaudeamus". This year, the George Enescu Festival will take place between 1 and 25 September 2011 [...]
The French Association Argus published the winners Argus Trophy 2010, a competition highly appreciated in France because the jury is is composed of journalists, experts and market analysts or specialists in the automotive industry. The awards are granted on different categories (city, Compact, Family models, Trendy Models and Premium models). Dacia Duster (the 1.5 dCi [...]
After winning the Car of the Year award in Romania, Dacia Duster receives another award, this time internationally. The Romanian SUV has received the Autobest 2011 award, surpassing Opel Meriva and Renault Fluence. On the podium were also Kia Venga and Citroen C3. Of the 14 jurors, 11 voted Duster as winner, while three gave [...]
After qualifying in the final of the European Car of the Year competition, where was ranked seventh of more than 50 participants, Dacia Duster won the title of the Car of the year in Romania. Not more than 15 of the 17 jurors of APAR awarded Duster 15 points each, the maximum available for each [...]
