Dacia boss: Duster to come as a hybrid 4x4 at the end of 2025
Just recently, a reader asked us if there was the new Dacia Bigster with hybrid, automatic and all-wheel drive. Unfortunately not, we had to answer. Only with hybrid and automatic or only as a 4x4. But not all together. But for the smaller brother Duster, this could change by the end of the year.
At Dacia's press conference on the occasion of the 2025 Car of the Year election in Europe, where the Duster took fourth place, CEO Denis Le Vot confirmed a new technical solution for all-wheel drive, according to the British magazine Autocar
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Le Vot is quoted as saying: "By the end of 2025, we will introduce a new hybrid solution for our 4x4 version. We will electrify the rear axle with an electric motor. The car will be a hybrid with automatic transmission and there will be an LPG version. We will offer it at an affordable price, as is usual with Dacia."
Currently, the Duster 4x4 with 130 hp turbocharged gasoline engine and manual six-speed gearbox starts at 25,690 euros in Germany. The hybrid with 140 hp costs at least 25,890 euros. The Bigster 4x4 is on the price list from 27,990 euros, while the slightly more powerful Hybrid 155 starts at 28,590 euros.
According to Autocar, it is very likely that the powertrain will also come in the slightly larger Bigster, which is technically almost identical to the Duster. Le Vot added that an all-electric Duster "will come in due course", but the first electric Dacia after the Spring will be the Sandero, in 2027. The Duster will have to wait until its next generation to get electric powertrain, which is likely to be in 2030/31.
Le Vot also confirmed that the new Duster was number one in SUV sales in Europe at the end of November, across all SUV sizes. In Germany, Dacia was able to register a total of 21,436 Dusters last year. The most popular model, however, remains the Sandero. Dacia's market share in this country is now 2.5 percent.
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