Newcomer in Endurance Test Fleet
The Dacia Bigster Already Appeared this year We Drove the Car for the First Time Duration A Short Introduction Abroad, and the Brand’s Largest SUV also Competed in a Comparative Test Against Ateca. Now we have the bigster for a longer period, as it is part of our endurance test fleet. In The First Period, It Already Shows That It Can Drive Extremely Economically.
A Dacia in the AutoWeek Endurance Test garage Has Been A Normal Combination for over Twenty Years. We brought a logan to the Netherlands when you could you get it here yet. A Logan MCV, A Duster, A Lodgy, Another Duster, A Spring, and a Sandero Stepway Followed, and now the next step for the brand: an SUV Above the Duster.
Fifteen Years of Faster Development at Dacia
QUITE A BIT HAS Happened at Dacia over the past decade and a half. The Model Range HAS Steadily Expanded, The Design Has Become Increasingly Important, and Renault’s Romanian Budget Subsidiary No Longer Has to Make Do With Older Technology That has Already Faded the Background At The Parent Brand. For Example, Dacia Offers Plenty of Hybrids and Even Has A Fully Electric Car In The Range With The Spring. The Sandero Has Been One of the Most Popular Cars in Europe for Years and Has Finished on the Top Step of the Podium Several Times.
Who would have thought though that of the old Eastern bloc brand, which was revived more than twenty years ago with the logan, a simple sedan that we in the west laughed at somewhat derisively. With the Logan MCV, the Very Spacious Value-Money Station Wagon, Things Quickly Went Uphill and the General Public Turned Out to Be in Favor of a Car That was not very refined, But very a affordable and Above All Practical.
With the first day, which came in 2010, The Laughter Subsided. That just looked great! Meanwhile, The Third Generation of This SUV is in the showrooms and the Duster Has Even to Tolerate an SUV Above It Since This Year.
It’s Mostly Behind the Rear Axle
Now the Bigster is Mainly a Longer Duster at First Glance. That Becomes clear when you compare the dimensions with each other. The Duster is 23 centimeters Longer, but just as wide and not much taller. The Wheelbase also Differs Little; That of the Bigster Measures Only a Few Millimeters More. It’s Mainly in that extra piece behind the Rear Axle. That Mainly Provides More LugGage Space. When you put the bottom in the lowest position, you have more than 600 liters of capacity. You Will Soon Read How the Bigster Does As A Touring Car, because we already Tok It To The Balkans. One drawback we’ll give you in advance: the by compartments are very small, and duration a car vacation you want to cram everything as full as possible.
The Bigster Mainly Distinguishes Itelf from the Duster With The Engine Range. The Hybrid Has a Different Hybrid Powertrain Than the Duster Hybrid. We have opted for the most powerful Bigster and it is Called Hybrid 155. A 1.8-liter Gasoline Engine Combined With Electric Assistance Delivers a System Power of 156 HP, Where the Duster Hybrid Achieves 140 HP with the alreaDy Longer Known.
These are our plans with the bigster
You can also buy the bigster as a mild hybrid, just in combination with four-wheel drive. That variant in particular is interesting to put next to this hybrid 155, because we see genuine off-road information about the slope and approach angle in the central display menu. Nice to send the endurance tester on the road with his brother, Who is Better Off in Terms of Traction. How much off-road gain does the 4×4 System Provide?
There are also already two comparative tests on the program. One in which the Romanian Hybrid SUV Competes Against A High-Legged Chinese Hybrid, in Another Comparison It Faces Two Opponents. We’ll keep which OneS Under wraps for a while, because not all cars are definitively in our planning yet. In Addition, we have already set our sights on a model from dacia that we have not yet mentioned: The Jogger. That is a spacious, cross-over-like station wagon, which might be the more logical choice if you look at it very sobly. We will also find that out in a Compararyon.
Is the Bigster also on a highher Level Than The Duster in Other Respect?
The Bigster is on a highher Level Than the Duster in Several Respect. For example, the journey version that we drive has a large center console with a deep storage compartment and at the front, under the dashboard, a loading platform so that you can charge your phone wirelessly. In Addition, Dacia Has Put More Money and Energy Into Sound Insulation. The Equipment is at a higher level than we have ever so in a dacia: separate climate control, a heated windshield, and in about five months we hope to experience the pleasures of seat heating.
Speaking of Sobriety: Given the Prices of Modern Cars, It is Impressive that Dacia Keeps the Entire Price List of the Bigster Below € 40,000, Although Our Version With Some Options Still Passes That Magical Limit. Those Options Are, For Example, The Winter Pack And The Assist Pack With All The Driving Assistance Systems You Can Get On The Bigster. He has almost six months to proof Whether he is worth it.
1 in 21 with the bigster
With its consumption, it already amazes us in any case. We have already measured 1 in 21.0 at the Pump for two tank refills! The Fact that the Gasoline Engine of the Hybrid Powertrain Does Not Sound So Refined and the Already Longer Known Hybrid System From Renault, And Therefore also Dacia, Sometimes Works in a SoWhat Strange Way, Does the Comfort and Driving System. That is also equipment in Combination with this 1.8 Petrol Engine. You will read later How the Hybrid Performs When You Drive Through Germany And Cross The Alps.
Fifteen years ago, Dacia’s First SUV
Fifteen years ago, we were introduced to an suv from dacia for the first time. The Duster was a hit, because the brand was not such an established name at the time. In 2010, we get into a duster with a diesel engine, coupled with four-wheel drive. ESpeciate its short first gear is still clear to us. It was partly because it was it was a real climbing goat in difficult terrain. As a tough suv with an attractive price tag, The Duster Made Many New Friends for Dacia.