Dacia Jogger
Autocar UK|April 20, 2022
MPV and SUV tropes fuse with a compact seven-seater of likeably humble aspect
Dacia Jogger

MODEL TESTED 1.0 TCe 110 COMFORT

Price £16,595

Power 109bhp

Torque 148lb ft

0-60mph 11.0sec

30-70mph in fourth 12.1sec

Fuel economy 43.8mpg

CO2 emissions 130-131g/km

70-0mph 47.4m

Stories of rising commercial success have been hard to find in car-industry circles these past couple of years, but there have been a few among budget brands and none more significant than that of the Renault Group's Romanian value marque, Dacia.

After its acquisition by Renault in 1999, this firm's modern story began in 2004 with the launch of the first-generation, Renault-backed Logan saloon. Steady initial sales growth quickly accelerated and Dacia consolidated its position as a 500,000-units-a-year car maker (not counting commercial vehicles) in 2021. It now has one of Europe's topthree most popular cars, in the form of the Sandero hatchback, and has just introduced its first electric car, the Spring EV. Not bad for a brand that few outside of Eastern Europe had even heard of 20 years ago.

And now, since it's bold enough not to be bound by the trends that guide so many other volume brands, Dacia is consolidating its place in a part of the car market that many of its rivals have given up on. The new Dacia Jogger is a seven-seat, C-segment MPV - on the face of it, the kind of car that a great many European car makers once made (think Ford Grand C-Max, Renault Grand Scénic, and Vauxhall Zafira) but whose place in the market has lately been usurped by the crossover SUV.

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