Dacia has released UK pricing and spec details of two new turbocharged petrol variants of its Duster SUV, on sale now.
The TCe 130 engine is available from mid-level Comfort spec and above, priced from £14,395. The new 1.3-litre unit makes 128bhp and 177lb ft of torque, enough for a 0-62mph time of 11.1sec and a top speed of 119mph.
Also available is the more powerful TCe 150, making 148bhp from a tuned version of the same unit. It does 0-60mph in 10.4sec and hits 124mph flat out. It's only available in top-spec Prestige trim, and as such is priced from £16,295. Both variants have identical quoted WLTP fuel economy of 47.0mpg, with CO2 emissions of 137g/km.
Both variants come exclusively with a six-speed manual gearbox and are front-wheel drive, with 4x4 versions of both to be added in the middle of next year. There's no word on whether an automatic gearbox will be offered at a later date.
The Duster range contains four trim levels: Access, Essential, Comfort and Prestige. The base variant, priced from £9995, comes with LED daytime running lights, height-adjustable front headrests and seatbelts, an engine stop-start system and automatic emergency braking. It also gets steel wheels and wind-down rear windows, however.
Essential upgrades the steel wheels to a different design and adds painted bumpers, air conditioning, a DAB radio and Bluetooth for £11,595.
Comfort, at £13,195, adds all-round electric windows, alloy wheels, electric adjustment for the mirrors, a 7.0in touchscreen infotainment system with sat-nav, a rear-view camera and parking sensors.
Top-of-the-range Prestige (£14,395) adds diamond-cut alloy wheels, a multi-view camera, keyless entry, climate control, keyless entry and blindspot monitoring. This version is £680 more expensive than the entry-level Ford Fiesta.
Access trim is only available with the 113bhp and 115lb ft 1.6-litre SCe petrol engine with front-wheel drive, which achieves 43.5mpg and CO2 emissions of 149g/km.
All other trims can choose this petrol engine with front or four-wheel drive (the latter with 40.7mpg and 158g/km CO2), or a 113bhp, 192lb ft diesel engine with front-wheel drive that records 64.2mpg and 115g/km. There's no automatic transmission. The 0-62mph sprint takes between 10.5sec and 12.9sec, with four-wheel-drive versions being the slowest, while top speed is 105mph for all four-wheel-drive models, 107mph for front-wheel-drive petrols and 111mph for front-wheel-drive diesels.
Diesel and four-wheel-drive petrol models carry a £2000 premium over front-wheel-drive petrols. Metallic paint remains a £495 option, while leather upholstery costs £500.
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1.3Tce still not here
Well it's March 8th and still not sign of the Duster 1.3 tce. Not even on the dacia UK web site. Any ideas where it's gone to, especially the 4x4 version I'm interested in?
1.3Tce
Only seems to be shown on the French Web site, not Spain or UK.
No growth?!? Hooray!
Hooray for a new car that hasn't grown in length or width. How refreshing!
Great car
Looks better than the first one, with nicer, more modern interiour. It's still something between an SUV (i.e. a road vehicle) and an offroader. While it cannot match a proper offroader due to having only a central locking diff and low power engines, its approach and departure angles are very good, and so is the ground clearance. It will go much further than many far more expensive SUVs.
A vehicle for a sensible buyer who knows what he/she wants.