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 [...]
The French car manufacturer, Renault, has big plans with the Dacia Duster. The resounding success enjoyed by the Romanian model in Europe has led the French officials to think at a right hand drive version of the SUV produced in the Mioveni factory. There are rumors that say that the Dacia Duster will be launched [...]
The Renault Group unveiled the new Dacia Duster Ice, the competition model that Alain Prost will run in the Andros Trophy in the 2010/2011 season. The Andros Trophy is a competition organized on ice and is composed of a 10-lap race with 10 competitors. The 2010 Dacia Duster model is equipped with the same 2987 [...]
After establishing new order records for Dacia, the Duster continues the success story. Although it was criticized and praised by the international press, the Romanian SUV seems to defy the other important car brands even when it comes to international recognition. Included in the list of 41 candidates for the title of European Car of [...]
The Duster price has brought a impressive wave of demands which Dacia could not satisfy. At this time, the sales are going very well, but the problem the Romanian car manufacturer is facing is the delivery time. The 4×4 production model makes some European customers to wait even six months for the delivery. To reduce [...]
Although Dacia has not prepared something spectacular for the Paris Motor Show, the Romanian car manufacturer has new targets to achieve with the aid of Renault. Dacia will grow significantly in the coming years, continuing to improve its offer. The first positive signs will appear in the next few years when the Romanian brand will [...]
The interest shown by the European tuning houses for Dacia Duster is growing in the last period, and because many Duster units were sold in Germany, it was expected that a tuning package will be produced here. The latest tuning kit proposal comes from the specialists of RaceChip, who received the Quality Award in 2009 [...]
After Duster received the first tuning kit from the Elia AG tuning house, the Romanian SUV enjoys a new interpretation. This time, the tuning kit comes from the more popular tuning house Cobra that is responsible for the modification of the best 4×4 models in Europe. The designers from Cobra have chosen a more individualistic [...]
Jerome Olive, the CEO of Renault Group Romania, said in an interview in the ZF newspaper that Dacia Duster will have an automatic transmission and new engines. Unlike the versions with automatic transmission of Logan and Sandero, Dacia will sell in Romania the Duster with automatic transmission. Most likely, we are speaking of a gearbox [...]
