Renault Dacia Duster – New Generation SUV 2024

Renault India is coming up with its new New-Gen model in 2024, which will pose a challenge to Hyundai and Kia models. This is also getting famous as Dacia Duster. With this latest udpate, Renault has made many changes in the present Duster.

Dacia Duster Specifications :

There’s the Hybrid 140, which comprises a 1.6-litre, 94bhp petrol engine with a 49bhp electric motor – plus a big starter-generator. It’s a clutchless auto, has re-gen braking and a little 1.2kWh battery – so not much all-electric range – but it is properly efficient if driven sympathetically.

Then there’s the TCe 130 mild-hybrid, which gets a three-cylinder, 1.2-litre turbocharged motor with a 48-volt electric bit bolted to it to support. It’s only got a 0.9kWh battery, so no electric range, but the electric bit helps the combustion motor when starting and accelerating – so it’s a bit more responsive – and 10 per cent more efficient than the equivalent power ICE. That one comes with a six-speed manual in either front or 4×4 versions

Lastly, there’s the Duster TCe 100 Bi-fuel, and that does what it says on the tin. It’s a 1.0-litre three-cylinder turbo that can run on either one of its two 50-litre tanks of either LPG or petrol. You can only have it as front-wheel drive – the LPG tank is under the boot floor where the 4×4 bits would go – but it gives you 10 percent less CO2 than straight petrol, and a possible 1,300km – that’s over 800 miles – of range. Best for those who live near a convenient LPG outlet though

Launch and Price

The third-generation Renault Duster may be launched in India sometime in 2024. Here, it could be priced from Rs 10 lakh