Production of Dacia Duster budget crossover is set to begin early next year but fans in the UK would have to wait for the confirmation that a right-hand drive would be available for them. Dacia would have to offer the car in right-hand drive before it could be considered for a UK launch.

In an interview with Autocar, a Renault source said that the Dacia brand “maybe” launched in the UK and when it does, only the Duster and the Sandero would be available since the company doesn’t think there’s a market in the UK for its Logan. Continued after the jump!

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Dacia revealed today the competition version of Duster SUV (based on the Duster Concept revealed at this year’s Geneva Motor Show), the brand’s sixth model also known as a robust and reliable 4×4. This new model will be driven by Alain Prost in the Trophee Andros ice-racing series but it is actually a preview of the first SUV in the Dacia’s history, a model which is due to go on sale in 2010.

The competition version of the Dacia Duster features a 3.0-liter , 24 valve V6 engine capable to deliver an impressive 350 hp at 7,500 rpm and a maximum 360 Nm of torque at 5,500 rpm. Full details and photos after the jump!

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Renault’s low-cost brand, Dacia, will have a new managing director on Nov. 26. Jerome Olive will be replacing François Fourmont who will retire at the end of the year. In 1982, Olive started at Renault. He transferred to Douai in 1996 for the start-up of the first-generation Scenic minivan. He then spent three years leading the plant’s body-in-white assembly department before being promoted to deputy director in charge of manufacturing in 1999. Since 2004, he has been serving as the factory director for Renault’s car assembly plant in Douai, France.

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This is the brand new Dacia SUV! As you can see the photos were taken in the Dacia plant and it seems that this is the production version of the new vehicle.

Unfortunately we do not know anything regarding this but we can assume that the new car will get the 1.6-liter petrol engine but also the 1.5-liter dCI diesel engine found on the new Sandero Stepway unveiled at this year’s Barcelona Motor Show. More details and photos after the jump!

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The Romanian carmaker Renault will be coming out with a Sandero Stepway, a model that will join the cheaper Dacia Logan and Sandero in the Dacia-Renault product line, and which will be shown in two simultaneous shows, one at the Barcelona Motor Show and the other in Paris at the L’Atelier Renault showroom.

The Dacia Sandero Stepway will be the European version of the Renault Sandero Stepway which is currently in the markets of Brazil and produced by Renault in its Curitiba plant. Both versions share about 80 percent of parts, together with roofbars and bumpers both at the front and rear. The Dacia version will be reaching dealerships in Europe by September this year and can be ordered by July. Depending on the market, there will be two powerplant arrangement that will be offered: a 1.6-liter gasoline engine with 90hp and a dCI 70 diesel unit. The fuel efficiency of the Dacia Stepway is rated at 7.6 liters per 100km (30.9mpg) for the gasoline variant and 5.3 liters per 100km (44.3mpg) for the diesel variant. The Dacia Stepway, patterned after the Ambience version, will come with three standard color options: Cosmete Grey, Mercury Grey and Ruby Red. Included in the standard equipment are Bosch 8.1 ABS with electronic brakeforce distribution (EBD) and emergency brake assist (EBA) together with airbags for both driver and passenger at the front, exterior mirrors in Chrome, chrome grill trim, 16 inch aluminum alloys, exhaust tailpipe in chrome and headlight masks in black. All models will come with a three year or 100,000 km warranty, or whichever comes first.

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Since it was formed, the Renault-Nissan tandem has been quite beneficial to both carmakers. And this mutual benefit will continue in the future after talks came out that Dacia, which is owned by Renault, will pattern its first SUV ever after the highly successful Nissan Qashqai.

The information that is available says that Dacia will be taking advantage of its relationship with Nissan by utilizing some components and dimensions featured in the Qashqai for the production model of its Duster concept shown in the last Geneva Motor Show. The production version will be 4.25 meters long, 1.49 meters high, and will be utilizing a 1.5dCi powerplant that generates 105hp (77kW) and 240Nm of torque. The design of the Duster is drastically radical for Dacia and it consists of features like high-mounted side mirrors and rear lights that have a wraparound design. It is of note that the Dacia SUV will not have a Sandero Stepway connection. Photo gallery after the jump!

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Next year, the production model of the Dacia Duster Concept which was seen at the recently concluded Geneva Motor Show, will be launched and will most likely be introduced by the Romanian carmaker at the Geneva next year.

This latest SUV will come with the same dimensions as the concept and will come with its unique reconfigurable seats which allow the passenger seat to fold under the driver’s seat. This model will come with two and four-wheel drive variants with manual and automatic transmissions. At launch, the model will be equipped with the 1.5 dCi engine found on the concept, which can generate 103 hp, and a 1.6-liter gasoline which can produce 105 hp. A 2.0-liter gasoline turbo that produces 170 hp is also being considered by the company after the launch of the car. The government of Romania has revealed that it will provide 10 percent of the 100 million Euro development cost of the car. Photo gallery after the jump!

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After few weeks ago few teasers were released, Dacia, the Romania manufacturer owned by Renault, released the Duster Concept.  With a length of 4.25 meters, a width of 1.64 and a height of 1.49 meters, the new crossover concept, is visibly a sporting coupe yet passengers entering from the other side will see it as an MPV (Multi Purpose Vehicle) with a traditionally opening front door and rear-hinged rear door which suggest plush travelling refinement.The new design is something new for the Romania: the concept features two horizontal air-intake slits, stylish headlamps, which wrap over the front wings to form a tapering line of light that stretches rearward towards the doors. Under the hood of this concept we find a 1.5-liter dCi engine delivering 105 hp (77kW) and just 139g of CO2/km, equivalent to fuel consumption of 5.3 litres/100km. Inside we find a two-tone chocolate and blue interior exudes a sense of well-being and conviviality while the two-tone chocolate and blue interior exudes a sense of well-being and conviviality. Photo gallery after the jump!

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Renault and Nissan has been increasing the breadth of their model range especially of its low-end marquee like the Dacia which includes the Sandero hatch, Logan MCV, Logan Van, Logan sedan and Logan pick-up truck. Currently, Dacia, the Romanian manufacturer, is prepping up it latest concept vehicle, a new coupe, for showcasing at the Geneva Motor Show next month, a concept that would eventually become a production car. More photos after the jump!

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