Dacia models gain new safety kit but no price hike so even better value

Still a Dacia though. If you want a new car more than a good car.

The Lane keep assist on the VW id3 is irritating as hell because it always tried to pull the steering, luckily it can be turned off but it's on by default when you get into the car.

The travel assist is much better of course but you do need good road markings and it works a lot better on the motorways.

Wow, starting at 16,190, amazing, get 65 Hp 3 cylinder turbo, I mean that's not the fastest, the 90 Hp would be nice but for the money that's pretty great for a brand new car, no wonder they'e so popular !

Car manufacturers are really failing miserably when it comes to the cheap end of the market, it's as if they're telling people to just go and walk.

It's a pity Dacia don't make normal cars , not fan of those crossover type things. it appears to be a sad norm now.

I did read a report as to why cars are so expensive now and apart from the obvious energy hikes during COVID manufacturers had to cut production so they found out that there was massive profits to be made from this and this is what a lot of them are doing now, restricting production to make even more profits, it's sick. Mary Barra of GM said this.

Cars in the USA have got ridiculously expensive there now too but fair play to Dacia !

So many people here now on PCP spending money on cars they never would in the past and I wonder will they regret when the reality of the Balloon comes back to bite ?

I just see that both VW and Toyota have binned their low powered entry engines. Toyota is now a 1.5 petrol f or without hybrid, and the standard engine on a Polo now is a 95PS 1.0 TSI. When you’re paying €25k for a supermini you’d want to be getting a decent engine.

It's a pity Dacia don't make normal cars.

The Sandero is a normal hatch back car then they have Sandero Stepway which is a bit bigger kind of crossover thing.

Normal as in lower to the ground not crossover type. Although maybe that's a misinterpretation form the pics.

It's actually pretty decent for the money, 110 HP suppose not the worst but fully loaded it would make a difference, but I do like the interior, it's just so normal looking.

It's not a awkward looking crossover either but roomy.

https://www.theaa.ie/blog/new-car-review-dacia-jogger-extreme-se-tce-110%EF%BF%BC/

You're probably talking high 40's mpg driving normal yes I still think MPG lol and probably might touch to 50 Mpg on a longer run. Better than our Outlander diesel but the Diesel has more shove but they are laggy.

I might take one for a spin in Carlow at the weekend if they have any or if I can nip out a bit earlier tomorrow.

That would make a difference in a smaller car but you can be sure it will up the price ?

I wonder what the TCE in the jogger is like being a much larger car ?

The curremt Stepway has 2 NCAP Stars and a 70% adult collision.

Would I be correct in saying this is because of how strict the test has gone.

Would the older cars which got 5 stars previously.

Be getting 1 or 2 stars if they were retested.

I see bi fuel option is not listed on Dacia Ireland , no LPG ?

Yeah, so the clio in 2009 that got 5 star adult might only get 2 or 3 star now, they use % now too.

So I wouldn't be too worried about the Dacia safety, it could be better if they improved the physical crash results I wouldn't care about the electronic stuff.

But the Dacia today is going to be safer than a car from 2010s.