Dacia Duster Black Edition. Yes, even Dacia do goodie-laden specials

The Dacia Duster Black Edition is a one-off special edition Dacia Duster that loads the budget SUV with luxury extras like a vinyl wrap and leather trim.

Dacia Duster Black Edition (pictured) is a budget Duster with a plethora of non-budget extras

We’re all used to special edition cars from car makers as they strive to get footfall in their showrooms and signatures on their order forms.

And it seems that even Dacia – Renault’s budget arm and maker of ‘shockingly affordable’ cars – isn’t immune from adding glitz to their budget models to garner extra revenue and sales.

So we now get the Dacia Duster Black Edition going on sale in the UK, inspired by the one-off Duster Dacia took to Goodwood last weekend and which appears to have garnered a good deal of attention from the FoS crowd.

The Black Edition Duster comes complete with some very un-Dacia extras like a brushed black vinyl wrap, ash leather interior, Kenwood Media System, SatNav with TMC, DAB, Bluetooth, iPod connectivity and extra USB connections in the back. Not exactly a hair shirt Dacia.

Despite all the added gloss, the Dacia Black edition still doesn’t cost a fortune, with the Dacia Duster Ambiance dCi 110 4×2 Black Edition costing £17,575.

Dacia’s UK Marketing man, Phil York, said:

The Dacia Duster Black Edition is a mean, more upmarket version of what is already a great selling vehicle. I challenge anybody to drive home such a great looking SUV, with or without 4×4, with so much kit for anywhere near the money.

So if you feel like grabbing a surprisingly able and appealing budget SUV that still gives you lots of goodies, you’d better pop off to your Dacia dealer and get your order in for the Black Edition so you get it in time for winter, as first deliveries are due in October.