RENAULT’S budget-friendly Romanian model Dacia has a brand new medium SUV, revealed in Paris bearing Bigster badges and successfully a stretched model of the Australia-bound Duster.
The Bigster measures 4570mm lengthy with a 2700mm wheelbase, dimensions which might be respectively round 400mm and 45mm longer than the Duster, or related in measurement to the Mazda CX-5 (4550/2700mm) and Toyota RAV4 (4570/2690mm).
Importantly, the Bigster is barely a little bit smaller than the eight-year-old second-generation Renault Koleos (4672/2705mm), which may make the most recent Dacia SUV a compelling alternative right here in Australia.
Nevertheless, whereas the Duster is confirmed for the Australian market as an inexpensive new Renault-badged compact SUV, the native importer’s spokesperson Oliver Peagam advised GoAuto the Bigster stays “beneath investigation” for the Australian vary.
And, whereas the Duster will arrive with a contemporary inside design, there will probably be no mistaking its budget-focused place. If the identical is true of the Bigster’s inside, it is probably not deemed appropriate for Renault within the massively aggressive medium SUV phase.
Nonetheless, with the Koleos sitting on simply 780 gross sales year-to-date, lagging behind phase leaders by greater than 10,000 gross sales, the Bigster would seemingly solely enhance issues for Renault.
In Europe, the Bigster will probably be provided with three electrified powertrains and at the least one all-wheel-drive variant, though particular particulars are nonetheless to be revealed.
Inside, the Bigster will get a ten.1-inch major show – a modest measurement by at present’s requirements within the medium SUV phase – and a digital driver show behind the steering wheel.
The rear seats are configured within the optimum 40:20:40 split-folding sample, and regardless of its funds construct, the Bigster will even have a powered tailgate out there, together with dual-zone local weather management, powered driver’s seat, rear air vents, a panoramic sunroof and acoustic insulated glass.
Additional particulars on the Bigster’s powertrain choices, efficiency figures, and pricing are but to be introduced.
