Dacia Duster Concept unveiled before Geneva

Dacia, an automaker with Romanian origins and is now subsidiary of Renault, will be unveiling its first concept at this year’s 2009 Geneva Motor Show. The Dacia Duster concept is a crossover coupe that has one-door on one side and two-doors on the other side. So while it can be pitched as sporty crossover, it can also come in handy as an MPV (Multi Purpose Vehicle).

The Dacia Duster crossover concept is powered by a 1.5 dCi engine making 105-hp. Mated to a 6-speed manual transmission, the Duster can run from 0 to 62 mph in...
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downtoearth - 3/2/2009 12:37:14 PM

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> The Dacia Duster crossover concept is powered by a 1.5 dCi engine
> making 105-hp. Mated to a 6-speed manual transmission, the Duster can
> run from 0 to 62 mph in 9.6 seconds

Diesel jerk-off. Audi Q5 and VW Tiguan do 0-62 in more or less 9,5 seconds when mated with 2.0 170HP diesels [1], not with a 1.6 100HP dead twig. So does the 170 HP diesel Renault Koleos.

Dacia Duster would better eat the dust.


[1] http://www.auto-motor-und-sport.de/vergleichstest/audi-q5-2-0-tdi-gegen-vw-tiguan-2-0-tdi-suv-brueder-im-vergleichstest-978618.html

downtoearth - 3/2/2009 1:37:58 PM

+1 Boost

Could you at least do your BMW bashing in a smart and sophisticated way? The avatar proves you can.

tecnopolis - 3/2/2009 3:43:22 PM

+1 Boost

MO wrorse looking thana Honda CRV