The electric MG4 is the UK Car of the Year 2023, with the Dacia Jogger in second place and the Toyota GR86 in third. We bang on endlessly about electric cars being beyond the reach of most, with prices for a relatively modest family EV costing £40k, far more than an ICE family runabout. Volkswagen’s […]
Dacia Jogger gets Extreme and turns into a CAMPERVAN
Dacia announces a new Extreme trim for the Jogger, Stepway and Duster, and a Sleep Pack option to turn the Jogger into a Campervan. If you want a go-anywhere Dacia you’ll probably opt for the Duster, but the latest Jogger is perhaps a better option as a sort of high-riding Estate/SUV/MPV, complete with seven seats […]
Dacia celebrates 10 years in the UK – and we love a white, top spec, Dacia Duster the most
Dacia is celebrating a decade of UK sales, with 240,000 Dacias sold and the most popular model in the UK the rugged Dacia Duster. The Dacia range of budget-friendly cars have been on sale in the UK for a decade, arriving in 2013 as the UK boomed after the recession and the UK new car […]
Dacia says NO to subscription options with FREE hot water bottles
Dacia has come out fighting against subscription services for car options by offering free hot water bottles to heat seats. We’re all used to paying monthly subscription payments for stuff like streaming services, Gym Membership and mobile phone contracts, amounts which seem quite insignificant in isolation but which frighten the pants off you if you […]
Dacia Jogger Hybrid 140 – Dacia’s first Hybrid – goes on sale in the UK
The Dacia Jogger Hybrid 140, the first model in Dacia’s range to get a hybrid powertrain option, goes on sale in the UK from £22,595. Back in December, we revealed that the Hybrid version of the Dacia Jogger was due to go on sale this month. Which it does, and with prices starting from a […]
Dacia Jogger Hybrid is Dacia’s FIRST Hybrid and goes on sale in January
The Dacia Jogger Hybrid is to go on sale in January 2023 as Dacia’s first hybrid, still with seven seats and likely to be the cheapest hybrid MPV on the market. It’s a year since the Dacia Jogger arrived as the cheapest seven-seat MPV on the market, and it’s about to be joined by a […]
Dacia Duster Extreme SE RETURNS to top the Duster range
Dacia is adding the range-topping Dacia Duster Extreme SE back into its UK offerings with a choice of powertrains and prices from £18,295. It’s a bit over a year since the facelifted Dacia Duster went on sale in the UK followed, a few months later, by a range-topping Duster Extreme SE model. But since then, […]
Dacia Manifesto Concept – Dacia’s Butch BUGGY flight of fancy
The Dacia Manifesto Concept arrives as an outdoor adventure buggy that’s ‘cool, robust and affordable’ according to Dacia. We’ve got used, since Dacia decided to bring its bargain-basement Renaults to the UK, to value for money and no frills, with costs kept down by keeping fripperies to a minimum and tech from a generation before. […]
Dacia Duster Commercial updated – and UP in price
Dacia has given the Duster Commercial – its ‘Van’ take on the regular Duster – a bit of an update, which comes with a price increase. A year ago, Dacia updated the Duster SUV – and increased its price – and that was followed a few months later by a similar update for the Duster […]
Dacia Sandero and Duster drive Dacia sales UP despite market decline
Renault’s Dacia brand sold 277,785 cars in the first half of 2022, up by 5.9 per cent, in a market where sales are declining across the board. We all know that car makers’ sales are continuing to drop as the fallout from Covid constrains supply chains and production. But no one seems to have told […]