Dacia Duster is to receive a new hybrid engine, which will also offer all-wheel drive, a first for the Romanian brand.
The new Duster generation, presented at the end of 2023, will receive, for the first time, a hybrid engine with all-wheel drive, obtained by electrifying the rear axle of the SUV produced at Mioveni.
The third generation of the Duster SUV was launched with a single engine that can be configured with all-wheel drive, but it is also the first Duster to offer a full-hybrid engine in the range. For years, the public of this model has been asking for an automatic transmission and all-wheel drive version, and it looks like it will come true, but in an electrified form.
Conform Economica.netthe brand’s CEO Denis Le Vot has confirmed a new version for the Dacia Duster, one that will offer an all-wheel drive system and automatic transmission. He stated that the all-wheel drive system of the SUV assembled in Romania will have a technological solution that involves the use of electricity to drive the wheels on the rear axle.
The new version for Dacia Duster will be launched by the end of this year
According to Le Vot’s statements, the new version prepared for Dacia Duster is to be launched by the end of this year. This new all-wheel drive solution will be introduced on the hybrid version of Duster and will be the first car in Dacia’s history to combine all-wheel drive with an automatic transmission. Thus, an electric motor will drive the rear axle, without the need for a cardan to transmit power to a second differential.
In addition, the Dacia CEO also said that this engine will also have an LPG installation, and the car will be sold at an “affordable” price. The new engine will complement the already existing range of engines and will be able to meet, even in the all-wheel drive version, the new Euro 7 pollution standards.
Given the elements of this engine, we could see generous autonomy, which would considerably exceed the 1,000 km mark. The Duster Hybrid can travel about 900 km with a full tank of gasoline, and the LPG installation could supplement this autonomy with another few hundred kilometers.
Source: www.promotor.ro
