Romania became a trending topic this day. The Eastern European country caused a sensation after surprising in the Eurocup where it obtained a resounding 3-0 victory over Ukraine. It was the second victory for the Carpathian team in its entire history in the European national team championship.
In our country the automotive relationship with Romania is a couple of years old and it is one of the countries that is rarely known to import vehicles to Chile, as is the case with Poland (Fiat 500); Türkiye (Ford Transit and Renault Clio); Austria (BMW Z4) and Hungary (Suzuki S-Cross).
Romania sends Renault brand cars to Chile. A few years ago he exported the Symbol and was currently continuing to do the same with the Duster, which in Europe is sold with the logo of the Romanian brand Dacia.
The Renault Duster since it presented its second generation in Chile in 2020 began to arrive from Romania, leaving the Colombian origin with which it was presented for the first time.
The current offer of the Renault Duster in Chile consists of two versions, at prices of $15,990,000 and $17,290,000.
It is a mid-segment SUV, measuring 4,341 mm long, with single-wheel drive, powered by a 1.6-liter engine that develops 115 HP with a torque of 156 Nm, associated with a five-speed manual gearbox. The combined consumption with this block is 14.5 km/l.
The differences between both options come from the equipmentremaining at the top of the range with front fog lights, 16″ alloy wheels, digital climate control, camera with reversing sensor, hill start system, radio compatible with Android Auto and CarPlay, Eco Stop & Go function and power button.
After several years with the second generation, a model update is coming. As can be seen at the Vehicle Control and Certification Center (3CV), during January the renewed Duster received authorization to circulate in the country.
The registration of the entity belonging to the Ministry of Transportation indicates that it will maintain the 1.6-liter block, but As a novelty, it can be seen that it complies with the Euro 6b standard and that it was approved with a manual transmission and also with an automatic transmission.. The combined performance in this case is 13.8 km/l, according to the 3CV report.
