Dacia Duster (2010 – 2017) | Expert Rating

Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 8 / 10
“The Dacia Duster offers the space and practicality of a Nissan Qashqai, but for the price of a Micra.”
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Model reviewed: Range overview
“By keeping things relatively low-tech, Dacia has ensured the Duster has a decent reliability record, and build quality is also better than expected.”
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 6.4 / 10
“If you’re a driver who’s only after SUV looks for a bargain price, then Dacia’s Sandero Stepway provides them for even less cash. If, however, you want some genuine 4×4 ability, along with adequate space for the family and an honest, no-nonsense image, the Duster will be right up your street. Proof that any car is a good car if it’s cheap enough.”
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 8 / 10
“The Dacia Duster is a no-nonsense machine that wears its bargain price tag like a badge of honour. And we can’t help liking it for that.”
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Model reviewed: 1.5 dCi 85 4×2
“Compact Dacia Duster offroader has a robust character and represents one hell of a bargain.”
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Model reviewed: 4×4
Score: 7 / 10
“The Dacia Duster comes with a low price, but you get what you pay for.”
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Model reviewed: 1.5-litre diesel 110 EDC Prestige
Score: 8 / 10
“It’s a likeable thing, the newly fettled for 2017 Dacia Duster. It’s got old-school ruggedness and an honest approach to the ever-popular SUV/crossover class, and it’s refreshing to drive something without any airs and graces.”
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Model reviewed: 1.5 dCi 2wd (2010)
Score: 8 / 10
“The Dacia Duster is a deliciously focused device.”
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 7 / 10
“The Dacia Duster is the ultimate budget crossover, great for those who want a run-around that is not afraid to venture off-road a little.”
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Model reviewed: 1.6 Access 4×2
“Sub-£9k Dacia Duster SUV is almost unbelievable value for money.”
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 8.4 / 10
“The Dacia Duster is the best-value SUV on the market today. It’s a rugged, practical and simple machine that can be surprisingly fun to drive.”
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 5 / 10
“The Dacia Duster offers amazing value for money, lots of space for the price and genuine off-road ability, but it feels like a budget model and drives like it was designed in the 1990s.”
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Model reviewed:
Score: 7 / 10
“The Dacia Duster is basic, agricultural, old hat, but honest about what it is.”
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Model reviewed: Laureate dCi 110
Score: 10 / 10
“The Dacia Duster is gloriously unpretentious.”
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Model reviewed: 4×4
“The Dacia Duster is a terrifically good value SUV that’s spacious, rugged, drives really rather well and doesn’t empty your pocket with a load of kit that you don’t really need.”
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Model reviewed:
Score: 8 / 10
“The new dual-clutch automatic gearbox in the Dacia Duster is a worthy choice, thanks to its smooth and fast shifts.”
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Model reviewed: 1.5-litre diesel manual 4×4
Score: 7 / 10
“If you’re looking for the utmost in refinement and you’re a fan of upmarket, tech-laden interiors then the Dacia Duster may not be the car for you, but if you want a good value overall package that can cope with the average demands of UK rural life then you should consider the Duster.”
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 6 / 10
“The Dacia Duster makes a mockery of premium price tags and those lifestyle adverts you’ll see in glossy magazines. Few cars offer this much space and practicality for such a low price.”
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 6 / 10
“Overall, the Duster makes a mockery of the prices asked for rival SUVs. It’s not perfect, but you’ll get to enjoy the smug sense of satisfaction of having more money in your wallet.”
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 7 / 10
“Price-leading Dacia Duster is hugely desirable SUV for families.”
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Model reviewed: Ambiance 4×2
“The Dacia Duster offers a supple, comfortable ride but there is body roll in corners. But that won’t bother owners who just love the value.”
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 6 / 10
“The Dacia Duster is a four-wheel-drive family car that gets back to basics, and is all the better for it.”
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Model reviewed:
Score: 8 / 10
“The long and short of it is that the Dacia Duster is a seriously well-priced and decent SUV that does everything you need it to do.”
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 5 / 10
“The Dacia Duster gives you a lot of space for little money. However, it’s easy to see why it’s much cheaper than a Skoda Yeti or Nissan Qashqai because it has a budget interior, agricultural driving manners and a poor crash-test rating.”

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Model reviewed:
Score: 3 / 10
“Dacia’s sports utility offering is a no-frills, retro package that fails to excite.”
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 4 / 10
“Buying a Dacia Duster requires some compromises. Its interior is a little rough and ready and, although there’s plenty of space inside, it’s not a particularly pleasant place to be. It’s not as good dynamically as just about all of its more expensive rivals, either, but none of them can match its throwaway price. For cash-strapped families, the Duster offers an option like no other.”
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Model reviewed: 1.6 Access 4×2
“The Duster’s main strength is the fact that it offers SUV space for supermini money. However, we wouldn’t go for this version because its so poorly equipped.”
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Model reviewed: Range overview
“The Dacia Duster’s poor safety rating makes this a clear Which? Don’t Buy model and one to be avoided.”
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