Dacia will offer an all-wheel drive version of the Duster With electrified rear axle By the end of this year.
Speaking at Dacia’s press conference for the 2025 Car of the Year final, where the Duster was shortlisted for the award, company CEO Denis Le Vot confirmed the existence of a new technological solution for the company’s all-wheel drive model.
“By the end of 2025, we will offer a new hybrid solution for our all-wheel drive version,” Le Vot said.
“We will electrify the rear axle with an electric motor. The car will be hybrid, automatic and there will be an LPG version. We will make it available at an affordable price, the Dacia way.”
This version of the Duster will headline a range that, from launch, includes a 99bhp 1.0-litre three-cylinder dual-fuel engine, a 128bhp 1.2-litre mild-hybrid and a 138bhp 1.6-litre full-hybrid from the Jogger.
Prices currently sit at around £26,000, so a new range-topping hybrid SUV is expected to push in the region of £30,000.
It is very likely that the powertrain will make its way to the slightly larger Bigster, which is technically quite identical to the Duster. Other cars that also share the CMF-B platform – including the Dacia Jogger, Nissan Juke, Nissan Qashqai and Renault Captur – could get the same treatment.
Le Vot added that the Duster electric car “will come in due time” but that Dacia’s first electric car will be the Sandero, in 2027. The Duster will have to wait until its next generation to receive the electric powertrain and that will likely be in 2030/31.
Le Vot also confirmed that the new Duster was, at the end of November, the number one SUV for retail sales in Europe across all SUV sizes.