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First 2017 Dacia Duster Photo Shows New Steering Wheel Design

First 2017 Dacia Duster Photo Shows New Steering Wheel Design 1 photo
Photo: 4Tuning
We remember the early days of the Dacia Duster. The idea of a crossover was still relatively controversial, and members of the media had fun criticizing Renault for using the Clio 2 platform. Seven years later, this is one of the most successful vehicles in Europe.
Dacia has been saving all its pennies since the launch of the Duster facelift to ensure the second generation project is well funded. A lot is riding on this project, as the Duster is the best performing car out of everything made by the Renault-Nissan alliance.

So far, we've only seen renderings of the Duster 2, but that all changes with an alleged spy photo of the new crossover's dash. Romanian website 4Tuning has obtained the image from a secret source, and we have no reason to believe it's not legit'.

The first thing we will all notice is how much the steering wheel has changed. The honking button has been replaced by a regular horn mounted on the airbag. A more futuristic design is seen on the spokes, while a monochrome display is seen at the right side of the dash.

The same source claims to have a photo of a fully revealed body, which it plans to release at a later date. That's going to be huge if the Duster 2 is as modern as they say it is.

Renault's marketing people will undoubtedly say the new crossover is based on the same CMF platform as the Qashqai. However, we suspect it will downgrade in many was. For the same of increasing cabin space, the Duster will be less capable in the really rough stuff.

Many of the design features you see in this leaked photo will also make their way into the cabins of the Logan, Sandero, Lodgy, and Dokker. All may be revealed in September at the Paris Motor Show, but it's still too early to say for sure.
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Mihnea's favorite cars have already been built, the so-called modern classics from the '80s and '90s. He also loves local car culture from all over the world, so don't be surprised to see him getting excited about weird Japanese imports, low-rider VWs out of Germany, replicas from Russia or LS swaps down in Florida.
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