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Dacia opens order books for new Duster SUV – and now it has a fully hybrid powertrain

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The third generation of Dacia’s popular SUV the Duster has gone on sale priced at under £19,000 – making it one of the cheapest SUVs on the new car market today.

Rivals such as the Skoda Karoq and Seat Ateca come with price tags that start at over £10,000 more than their Romanian counterpart.

There’s no shortage of engines, with the same 1.0-litre three-cylinder and 1.2-litre with 48V mild-hybrid petrol units as in the earlier car.

However, for the first time, the Duster can also be ordered as a full hybrid.

It comes with a 1.6-litre four-cylinder petrol engine mated to a electric motor with a 230V battery.

Together, they produce 141bhp and 205Nm of torque, enabling the car to go from 0-60mph in 9.9 seconds and on to a top speed of 105mph.

The new car has a more angular and grown-up look than before with nifty little design touches such as the hidden rear door handles and Y-shaped designed front headlights and rear taillights.

David Durand, Dacia’s design director, said: ‘We wanted to make the all-new Duster’s design more attractive than ever before by making the style even more quintessentially Duster and Dacia.’

The Duster can be specified in four trim levels: Essential, Expression, Journey and Extreme (pictured at top).

The range kicks off at £18,745 for the entry-level model and features LED headlights, roof bars and air conditioning.

Spending an extra £5,000 will get car dealership customers the flagship Extreme model, which boasts synthetic leather upholstery, heated seats and 18-inch alloy wheels.

Dacia has opened its order books for the new Duster and customers can expect their cars to arrive in UK showrooms from November.

Report by Cameron Richards

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