DACIA Duster is one of the most popular models of SUVs that are now on sale, if not the most popular, thanks to the very good price, but also to the equipment that is offered at these prices. DACIA wants to offer its customers only the best possible experience for using its cars, but for the next generation of DACIA Duster we could have a very big disappointment, already foreshadowed by a company director.
DACIA Duster would be launched by DACIA on the CMF-B platform, the one used including for DACIA Logan 3 and Sandero 3, the director Mark Suss of the company making it clear that this has already been established. He said that the use of the CMF-B platform in sedans represents an investment for the future, the costs of which will be amortized with the launches of new cars, suggesting that the DACIA Duster will also have the same fixed platform used by the manufacturer.
DACIA Duster: DISAPPOINTING announcement, which DISAPPEARS from the New SUV
DACIA Duster on the CMF-B platform it could come without all-wheel drive, 4X4, and that's because all cars made on this platform only have front-wheel drive, and nothing more. Those from Renault have given up on all-wheel drive on many SUVs/crossovers in Europe, and they have not felt any major impact on the sales side, so it is expected that the same thing will happen in the case of such a model of DACIA Duster.
"Even if Suss didn't mention CMF-B and Duster in the same sentence, the writing is on the wall. The problem is that all the models that Renault and Nissan offer on this platform are not available with 4×4. There are two possible outcomes that should be considered, and the first is not all-wheel drive. The Renault-Nissan alliance has already proven that European buyers are not particularly sensitive to the lack of 4×4 traction.”
DACIA Duster it could still come in an all-wheel drive version, but on a different platform, CMF-C/D, but for that new equipment would have to be installed at the DACIA plant in Pitesti to manufacture the car. New costs would appear here, and it is possible that the DACIA Duster will be launched without all-wheel drive precisely to avoid these additional costs regarding the rethinking of production, but it is also possible to lose customers because of them.
DACIA Duster it currently has the third generation in full production process, and it is not known how long it will take until we find out clearly if the all-wheel drive will disappear or not, but this possibility also exists now.
