Dacia Duster Automatic in the Works

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Having experienced a great deal of success with the first SUV in its lineup, Romanian manufacturer Dacia is getting ready to complete the offering by adding an automatic transmission to the model with which it plans to conquer, once again, the world.

According to the latest information coming from Mioveni, the place where the bulk of the Dacia models are being produced, the automatic Duster will be accompanied by a whole new range of engines, but only after the market has been carefully studied.

“We will launch the automatic Duster as soon as the market is ready for it,” Jerome Olive, Renault Group Romania general manager told Romanian publications ZF. “We are working on this. We are studying the market and the customer's demands.”

The engines to be added to the lineup sometime in the near future include powerplants other than the 1.5l diesel currently manufactured at Mioveni. As we told you in a previous report, the Mioveni plant will receive a new production line which will be used to manufacture new Euro V engine range (including the H4 and H5 units) for the French group.

Dacia currently manufactures three engines, all of which meet the Euro IV compliant: the gas-powered K7J, K7M and the F8Q diesel. The single Euro V engine produced in Romania is used for the 4x4 version of the Duster.

Last week, at the Moscow International Motor Show, the first Logan and Sandero models equipped with automatic transmission surfaced. For Russia, the Romanian cars will wear either the Lada or the Renault badge.

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On 2 October 2010 at 14:00 UTC, Tony said:

When will the Duster with automatic transmission be available in France? I would buy one tomorrow if you had one available.

On 5 November 2010 at 10:24 UTC, Gregory said:

I would really love to own an automatic Duster.

On 7 November 2010 at 07:47 UTC, Hkm said:

Duster Automatic will be a very nice car

On 24 November 2010 at 09:58 UTC, Arf said:

I'm in Turkey. If there would be an automatic version, I'd also buy one tomorrow.

On 28 November 2010 at 15:13 UTC, adrian cavescu said:

I am from Romania. Indeed an automatic version will complete this car.
Believe me, it is a reliable car with an affordable price.
The service is very well organized and the auto parts have reasonable price.
Unfortunate, the majority of the Romanian citizen would rather by a second hand German car for this price. I have had both and believe me they are wrong, a new Duster is better than any other 5 years old second hand car.
This car is great even if you live in a city, because is compact and fuel efficient, it is easy to drive and park.
For family the passive security is a must.

p.s. I am not a Dacia employee.

On 27 December 2010 at 13:59 UTC, GUGU said:

I am from Egypt, really if automatic duster available i will buy one tomorrow

On 2 February 2011 at 16:19 UTC, KAAN said:

i am from Turkey and i wanna Dacia Duster automatic transmission

On 26 March 2011 at 05:55 UTC, Biswal said:

I am in Romania working for American company i would love to have DACIA Duster Automatic.

On 31 March 2011 at 17:59 UTC, Ciko said:

I live in Portugal and Im just waiting for Dacia Duster to come in automatic version so I can buy it!

On 24 May 2011 at 00:36 UTC, oguz said:

i am turkey i want 1.5diesel automatic version of duster

On 8 June 2011 at 16:13 UTC, LeeGirl said:

I am from Macedonia and am waiting for Dacia Duster with automatic transmission to come out so i can buy it. When can we expect it? How much would it roughly cost (in euros)? Thanks! :)))

On 7 August 2011 at 09:57 UTC, angela said:

I can only drive auto and waiting to bye one ,but i wont waite for ever .can you let me know when they will be avable .

On 2 September 2011 at 13:03 UTC, fantom said:

I am from Finland and waiting for Dacia Duster Automatic to buy one.

On 15 September 2011 at 06:52 UTC, ASHRAF said:

need automatic transition A.S.A.P

On 28 September 2011 at 18:15 UTC, Swissmiss said:

Would definitely buy an automatic Duster City - as soon as possible please!

On 22 October 2011 at 16:01 UTC, Fouad said:

I'll also wait for that, I have Lancer automatic, and I need to have automatic 4x4, I love duster but honestly I'm not going to have the manual one.
I'm waiting to have the automatic Duster in Egypt.

On 13 February 2012 at 01:50 UTC, Len said:

The Duster is worth the money you pai for it. The automatic version is imperative ASAP. I hope I can buy one this year from Romania !

On 22 February 2012 at 12:48 UTC, F.I. said:

excellent hopefully the 4x4 duster with an automatic transmission with more power will be ready for sale in 2012