2013 Renault Duster Strong Worlds

The 2013 Renault Duster was designed to be as versatile as possible and to provide the driver and occupants with the same reassuring ride when it is driven in and about town, on trunk roads and motorways, or when taken off-road. Renault Duster also boasts a spacious, comfortable interior and a high standard of safety. Despite its compact footprint, Renault Duster is a very spacious car, with five people able to travel in total comfort. Rear passenger headroom (seat cushion to roof) is 895mm, kneeroom is 183mm and elbow room amounts to 1,438mm, enabling it to comfortably seat three adults at the rear, where there is also ample space to fit child seats.


Renault Duster's front and rear passengers benefit from the same amount of space as they do
onboard Renault Logan. Depending on version, 2013 Renault Duster benefits from up to 475dm³ VDA of boot space, which is also very competitive. The practical, modular interior includes a folding rear benchseat, with a 60/40-split function available on certain versions. With the rear benchseat fully folded, carrying capacity is extended to up to 1,636dm³ VDA (depending on version).


Renault Duster's occupants will appreciate the high standard of travelling comfort it provides,
whatever the type of road or terrain, thanks to its high ride-height (205mm in 4x2 version and 210mm in 4x’ version) and specific work on its suspension (damper travel, springs and calibration).

Comfort is further enhanced by Renault Duster long wheelbase (2.67m) and big 16-inch wheels. Drivers enjoy a reassuring, high-up seating position which gives them better visibility of potential hazard situations, while most versions are equipped with safe, precise power steering that delivers a good standard of driving pleasure. Depending on version, the driver's seat comes with height adjustability to help find the ideal position. Drivers are also pampered by the height-adjustable steering wheel (depending on version) and user-friendly steering wheel-mounted controls. Thermal comfort has been engineered to meet the challenge of the world's most punishing climates. Particular care has been taken with the routing of ducts to ensure fast warm-up after starting in both extreme heat and extreme cold.


2013 Renault Duster benefits from Renault’s acclaimed expertise in the area of safety. On the active safety front, Renault Duster features, depending on versions, Bosch 8.1 ABS, as well as EBV electronic brakeforce distribution and EBA emergency brake assist. On the passive safety front, Renault Duster is fitted, as standard, with two front airbags (depending on market) and three-point seat belts with load limiters for the front seats, to which pyrotechnic pretensioners can be added. Depending on the version, two lateral head/thorax airbags are fitted in addition to the driver and passenger front airbags.


The 4x2 and 4x4 versions of Renault Duster can be ordered with either the dCi 85 diesel engine or the 1.6 16V 105 petrol engine, both of which have already proven themselves under the bonnet of numerous other models produced by the Renault group. The two engines deliver the low running costs, strength and easy maintenance our customers seek.

- dCi 85 diesel engine: the combined cycle fuel consumption of the 4x2 version of Renault Duster dCi 85 is a low 5.1 litres/100km, equivalent to just 135g of CO2/km. With 4x4 transmission, Renault Duster dCi 85 represents a particularly attractive ecological and economical package for an off-road vehicle, with combined cycle fuel consumption of 5.3 litres/100km and CO2 emissions of 140g/km.

The 1.5 dCi block develops maximum power of 63kW (85hp) at 4,000rpm and is equipped with
second-generation direct common-rail fuel injection to ensure that only the minimum amount of fuel is injected into the cylinders for optimized fuel consumption. Ninety per cent of Renault Duster dCi 85 4x2's peak torque (200Nm at 1,900rpm) is available from as low as 1,500rpm.

- 1.6 16V 105 petrol engine: the power output of Renault Duster's 1.6 16V 105 engine is 75kW
(102hp) at 5,750rpm, while maximum torque stands at 145Nm at 3,750rpm. The combined cycle
fuel consumption of Renault Duster 1.6 16V 105 is 7.5 litres/100km in the case of the 4x2 version,
and 7.9 litres/100km with 4x4 transmission.

Duster is a vehicle with global ambitions, both in terms of its markets and production. Renault
Duster is being rolled out progressively in different global regions in the same way as Logan and
Sandero. Since April 2010, Duster has been launched with Dacia badging in Europe, Turkey and the Maghreb region (Algeria, Morocco.) It completes the Dacia range, which is enjoying growth in the majority of these markets. Apart from the three vehicles aimed at the private sector namely Logan, Logan MCV and Sandero Dacia has also staked its claim in the light-commercial sector with Logan van and Logan pick-up. From June 2010, Duster badged as a Renault will also be available in Ukraine, the Middle East (Jordan, Syria, Lebanon and Egypt) and other African countries.

The Pitesti factory (Romania) supplies all these markets, whether Renault- or Dacia-badged. The
Romanian plant has an annual production capacity of 350,000 vehicles and will continue to
produce Dacia’s other models. In 2011, Renault Duster will be launched in Brazil, Russia and the Gulf states. It will be built alongside Logan, Sandero and Sandero Stepway in Curitiba, Brazil, for distribution in Brazil, Argentina, Mexico and Chile. Duster will later be manufactured at the Avtoframos plant in Moscow, Russia and at the Sofasa plant in Envigado (Colombia). It will be distributed in the Gulf States, supplied from the Pitesti factory.

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