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The new motto is "value for money".

First, Volkswagen did it with Skoda, and it seems that Renault is going the same way with the Dacia brand.

If you remember, for a while Skodas were cheap and usually based on older Volkswagen mechanical platforms, and then after excellent sales results, they started arriving at slightly higher prices.

Renault is now targeting higher margins for the Dacia brand, which it has owned for more than two decades. The new motto is "value for money", and the goal is not just to sell cheap cars.

Margins are now 10 percent, CEO Luca de Meo said in his updated strategic plan on Tuesday, and the markup will reach 15 percent by 2030.

It is a level similar to that now achieved by premium brands such as BMW and Mercedes-Benz, writes Automotive News Europe.

Dacia is now ready to attack the more profitable compact segment, starting with the current seven-seat Jogger crossover. A compact SUV, the Bigster, should appear in 2024, followed by two more compact models by 2030.

"Dacia will boldly enter the compact segment, where the margins are at least twice as high as in the vehicle segment it is in today," said de Meo, who describes the Romanian brand as "the golden nugget of the Renault company."

It seems that a model like the Sandero will remain an important lure for buyers, but the idea is to move into segments where profits are much higher.

The new special Dacia Duster Extreme features an exclusive look and numerous comfort details.

The exterior design of this attractive SUV model is interwoven with orange inserts on the front grille, mirror housings, roof racks and tailgate, and features exclusive black aluminum wheels, 17-inch Tergan alloy wheels in black for all versions . The tire dimensions are 215 / 60R17.

By the way, the exterior color is gray, which is only available for a special edition until the summer of 2022, writes Tportal.hr.

As for the interior, orange details dominate the cabin as well: fabric seat upholstery is further accentuated by orange stitching, while air vents, a central armrest, door trims and a center console base have been given orange inserts.

Duster Extreme includes all the standard features of the Prestige version (including automatic air conditioning, Media Nav Evolution multimedia system with 8-inch touch screen, elevated center console with two additional USB ports for rear seat passengers), but more: special edition is available with a keyless vehicle unlock card and a multi-angle camera system.

We offer Duster Extreme ECO-G 100 with 6-speed manual transmission and 4x2 drive, Duster Extreme TCe 150 with EDC automatic transmission and 4x2 drive, as well as Duster Extreme Blue dCi 115 with 6-speed manual transmission and 4x4 drive.

Dacia Spring, the cheapest electric car in Europe, has made a real "blitzkrieg" on the Romanian market, with 40,000 orders in just eight months.

Already in October, we could see that the new electric car is doing well, when it reached the third place in Western Europe in the category of purely electric models, with sales of almost 5,300 units. However, November could be even more spectacular, write Vrele Gume.

According to the latest data from the Best Selling Cars Blog, Dacia Spring is the best-selling model in its native Romania. Spring recorded 1,195 registrations, referring to 10.4 market shares in November. This is a great result, especially considering that other electric cars are not selling very well in Romania (a total of 1,914 in the first nine months of this year).

Of course, it is clear that the price plays a major role here, and it amounts to 17,890 euros, before the subsidies are charged. However, in general, the whole of Europe needs affordable electric models, since the initial EV revolution was launched in the premium segment.

In November, Dacia Spring was the first electric car in France in terms of sales (sixth overall with 2,895 units). In Germany, 657 copies were sold, so that only in the three mentioned markets, 4,747 units were placed in a month.

To make it easier to resist scratches in everyday driving, the new Dacia Sandero Stepway and the new Dacia Duster are now equipped with special body protection, the longevity of which is due to the mass painting technique.

The body protection is actually a piece of plastic that is installed under the front and rear bumpers to protect the chassis from everyday wear. But this element also has an aesthetic function. Thanks to it, the bumper looks more attractive. However, Dacia has devised a new way of making body protection from plastic painted in bulk.

"Colored body protection changes its appearance over time, and the technique of painting in the mass ensures its longevity. With a special body protection design on the new Sander Stepway and the new Duster, we wanted to offer smart and simple solutions with the best value for money, but also to maintain an attractive appearance! To achieve this, we have developed efficient and environmentally conscious production processes, ”said Sanam, Director of Dacia's Color and Decoration Design Department.

The traditional process of making body protection consists of two steps. Plastic material or polypropylene is injected into the mold to form. It is then painted or coated with a piece of freely shaped piece of metal (such as chrome) to give it a final look. However, Dacia opted for an alternative manufacturing method. The new Dacia Sandero Stepway and the new Dacia Duster now boast body protection that has been previously painted in bulk. This means that the plastic material from which the body protection is made is painted before shaping. Unlike traditionally painted body protections, its color never changes.

Sanam adds: "Even if you use highly resistant paints when painting the exterior (such as body protection), it should be borne in mind that bumps and scratches that occur during everyday driving will change the appearance of the paint over time or completely destroy it. By painting the technique of these parts in the mass, we achieve the longevity of the paint. ”

Any bumps and scratches on the body protection will certainly leave a mark, but that trace will be practically invisible because there will be no damage to the paint. This production process guarantees the longevity of the body protection paint and makes it easier to adjust its appearance (for example, black parts can be replaced with gray). The new protections are equally durable, do not involve additional costs and seem much more elegant.

We should not forget the potential savings for vehicle owners who will no longer have to change one part after a minor scratch just to preserve the overall look of their Sander Stepway or Duster.

Today, the Romanian brand unveiled its brand new model called the Jogger. It is a family car of the C-segment, which is a mix of SUV and station wagon. It is also the longest Dacia, and can accommodate seven passengers. It has been announced that it will cost less than 15,000 euros.

After the electric electric model Spring, then the popular hatchback Sandero, the Logan sedan and the Duster SUV, Dacia has now decided to offer a seven-seater to the market. Jogger is practically the successor of the MPV model Lodgy, and is created on Renault's CMF-B platform (Renault Clio, Captur, Nissan Juke…)
According to the company, the Jogger has the length of a caravan, the spaciousness of an MPV and the robust look of an SUV.

Upon appearance, it will be offered with a TCe 110 petrol engine (3 cylinders, 1.0 l, 190 Nm) paired with a 6-speed manual transmission, as well as an ECO-G 100 engine that has factory-installed auto-gas.

And, in two years, the first hybrid of the Romanian brand will arrive, which they say will be the cheapest seven-seater with a hybrid drive on the market. It will use a 1.6-liter gasoline engine in combination with two electric motors.

The Jogger is 4.5 meters long and is currently the longest Dacia on offer, and has as much as 2.9 meters of wheelbase, which clearly shows how much space there is in the cabin.

The front received LED lights in Y shape known from other new models from Romania, while from the side it is clear that it is a robust model, so it has protective plastics on the edges around the wheels, while the distance from the ground is as much as 200 mm.

At the rear are upright lights, which visually add to the width of the vehicle. The luggage space can vary depending on the configuration, so when 5 seats are used, the capacity is 708 liters, and with 7 it is 160 liters. The largest trunk volume is 1,819 liters.

The cabin is modern and practical, already known from other new Dacia models, so there are soft materials on the dashboard and doors, at the top of the console is a multimedia system, and below are the air conditioning controls. The cabin has a total volume of 24 liters in storage for small items.

The jogger also comes with an automatic braking system, offers blind spot warning, parking assistant, uphill assistance, etc.

Dacia Jogger is a new name in the automotive sky of the planet. It can be said that a new generation of Logan caravan derivative is ahead of us, which then further implies that the Romanian company returned to the concept of the first Logan MCV from 2006, which was later transformed into the Russian Lada Largus.

We will remind you that the second generation of the Dacia Logan MCV model was in the traditional caravan form, and was supplemented by a full-blooded representative of the MPV segment, the compact Dacia Lodgy model, which even offered three rows of seats. But, what these models offered did not bring any luck to the creators, so they were again replaced by one model that was supposed to be intended to satisfy a wider group of needs.

Similar to what was offered by the first generation Logan MCV (or the mentioned Russian Largus), the Jogger combines the qualities of an ordinary caravan and a compact van, so to speak, a minivan :).

The front of the novelty replicates what we saw on the third-generation Logan, with the Jogger offering an extended wheelbase, a raised roofline, as well as a third-row seat. The designers also spiced up this model with elements that are associated with crossovers, so the minimum distance of the lowest point of the chassis of the minivan from the ground, at the level of 20 centimeters, was declared, while the Extreme version is also available.

This is exactly how the copy is equipped and given through promotional photos, and it flaunts accessories that flirt with the off-road experience. So even though you see plastic accessories on the bodywork, don’t get carried away because the drive wheels are just the ones in front of the driver.

The Romanian Jogger is slightly inferior in terms of the range between the front and rear axles in relation to: 2,897 mm compared to 2,905 mm. But, things change when the length of two cousins ​​is analyzed, so the Romanian offers 4,547 millimeters instead of the Russian 4,488 mm, and this is the longest model from the current Dacia range. Also, the new caravan is wider and taller than the Largus, because it extends to 1,784 mm and 1,632 mm in those directions.

The openings of the rear doors are larger than those in the front, while the one-piece doors are mounted on the stern, instead of solutions that rely on mounted hinges.

The basic equipment of the novelty will include so-called dipped headlights in LED technology with roof rails and transverse elements that facilitate the transport of luggage above the passengers' heads. Their load capacity is up to 80 kilograms, and a special piquancy is that they can be mounted and dismounted without the use of tools.

Those who have been involved in the development of a particular four-wheeler immodestly claim that the level of functionality of the Romanians can be compared to that offered by that multipractical Swiss folding knife, which we have all certainly seen in the past. They also find support for the claim in the fact that 64 seating configurations are available, for example.

However, the basic version offers only two rows of seats, while the rear is raised by 55 millimeters compared to the front, while small folding tables are provided, albeit as part of the optional equipment (similar to the situation with the introductory Logan). On the list of accessories, we also read the presence of the third row of seats, which is raised by another 25 millimeters (compared to the middle row), in which way the company sleeps carefree, because they do not expect complaints from users, which would call for difficult access to the rear row seats, where they say that they can connect and give a man a full format (thinking of a purely physical aspect, regardless of moral size).

For the end of this mini-chapter, let's mention that the joggers that allow the densest occupancy in the cabin, offer windows in the height of the third row, but they can only be opened, but not opened in the same way as other side glass openings.

The space in the trunk has two bags for bags as well as a socket from which a current springs whose voltage is at the level of 12 volts. In the five-seater, the trunk has a volume of 708 liters and is 1,150 millimeters long. Fold down the seats in the second row and you will get a loading volume of an impressive 1,819 liters.

The seven-seater Jogger is practically completely devoid of trunk. Come on, we don't have to overdo it, it has it as well as a well-equipped quad, ie it offers 160 liters, which is more than Largus' 135 liters). But when the third row is assembled, the volume grows to 565 liters (plus five in relation to Largus). Things are improved by the fact that in various smaller pantries, scattered around the passenger cabin, people in the vehicle have a 24-liter pantry at their disposal.

The front section of the cabin replays what was seen in the original Logan. The steering wheel is adjustable in both height and depth, while the basic version does not offer any music device. Instead, the Media Control system is installed. It includes two speakers that can be connected to the appropriate gadget, and there is also a USB port, as well as an active function of connectivity via Bluetooth.

The owner can connect to the software and devices on the car if he decides to install a special phone application, and then his role as a standard multi