There’s a new top of the range model for the Dacia Duster called the Laureate Prime. Alongside the Duster range, Dacia has also announced special premium editions for its Sandero and Logan MCV.
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Dacia surprises in Driver Power survey debut
Dacia Duster appears for the first time in Auto Express Driver Power survey. A debutant in the Auto Express Driver Power Survey 2014 In only its debut year in Auto Express Driver Power survey, Dacia, the UK’s most “shockingly affordable” […]
Toyota Aygo has safety setback
I’ve flagged up before on this blog that the new safety criteria for cars is going to cause manufacturers some serious headaches – and so it has come to pass. In what will, no doubt, be a regular update on […]
New Chinese brand takes a bow
This is the Qoros GQ3 – from a Chinese manufacturer looking at taking on the Focus and Golf. The all-new Qoros GQ3 Chinese cars tend not to do well in crash tests, but Qoros says this one will be different […]
Dacia’s Duster ‘cleans-up’ the opposition
It’s not even on sale yet and already the Dacia Duster is racking up advance orders at an impressive rate. We’ve mentioned this impressive motor here before but since the order books have been opened they have racked up 1,000 […]
Badge “Engineering”
The only proof of booming Indian and Chinese automotive industries in the UK is the fact that Tata owns JLR. Other than that, there’s the occasional Chinese cookie jar on wheels trying to set foot on British soil, generally being […]
Britain’s cheapest car
Rather than use the word ‘cheap’ Suzuki claim that their Alto is the UK’s ‘most inexpensive car’. The Alto SZ model costs just £5,995 and its low CO2 emissions means it’s ineligible for London congestion charging (that’s a potential annual […]
Dacia returns to the UK
It’s no longer a worrying rumour – Dacia are launching their new Duster at the Goodwood Festival of Speed this week. And it’s likely that their sales strategy is going to make every SUV manufacturer sit up and take notice. […]
German-built French Suspension
Perhaps you caught this in automotive news recently: General Motors and PSA, the company that supplies the world with Peugeots and Citroens, have announced a serious collaboration. You’re not paying close attention if you haven’t noticed yet: carmakers globally, except […]
Long Live Lada
Lada may have a questionable reputation with us in the West, its parent company, AutoVAZ (actually spelled as AvtoVAZ), are doing quite well in Mother Russia. So well, in fact, that the Renault-Nissan alliance has announced it will be drastically […]