{"id":7340,"date":"2015-04-14T15:38:07","date_gmt":"2015-04-14T15:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/?p=7340"},"modified":"2015-04-14T15:38:07","modified_gmt":"2015-04-14T15:38:07","slug":"dacia-enters-uk-van-market-with-duster-commercial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/archives\/7340","title":{"rendered":"Dacia enters UK van market with Duster Commercial"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dacia has\u00a0reversed a previous decision not to import the\u00a0van version of its Duster 4WD into the UK and announced that it will now\u00a0be available in right-hand drive format, with first deliveries expected at the end of June.<\/p>\n

\"Dacia

The Dacia Duster Commercial van model will soon be available in the UK.<\/p><\/div>\n

Interstingly, the firm says that one of the\u00a0main factors behind the decision was demand from Dacia Ireland, where car-derived vans account for 30% of the van market —\u00a0suggesting that the Irish van market is very different to that in the UK.<\/p>\n

Getting back to the Duster Commercial, this van — which offers a similar loadspace to the old Astravan — will be available in 2WD and 4WD format and will offer a loadspace\u00a0of up to 1,150 litres and a payload of 550kg. The flat cargo deck will be almost 1.4m long and more than 1m wide between the wheel arches.<\/p>\n

\"Dacia

The Duster Commercial has a payload of 550kg and loadspace of up to 1,150 litres<\/p><\/div>\n

Dacia has sold more than 16,000 Dusters in the UK since launching the car here in January 2013, and the Commercials will add to the sales potential of the range.<\/p>\n

The Duster Commercial is available solely with a 1.5-litre, 107 hp dCi 110 diesel engine, but offer buyers the choice of Ambiance or Laur\u00e9ate equipment packages, each with the option of two- or four-wheel drive.<\/p>\n

Standard equipment on all models includes roof bars, a chrome grille, chrome interior highlights, a toughened plastic floor with two anchorage points, electric front windows, a height-adjustable steering wheel and driver\u2019s seat, luggage area lighting, a four-speaker radio\/CD player with MP3 compatibility, Bluetooth, AUX and USB sockets, ABS with Emergency Brake Assist, Electronic Stability Control and Traction Control and four airbags. The\u00a0Laur\u00e9ate specification adds distinctly un-Dacia like items such as door sill protectors and a seven-function trip computer.<\/p>\n

\"Dacia

Inside the Duster Commercial: what’s not to like?<\/p><\/div>\n

Because the Duster Commercial is classed as a van, owners can reclaim the VAT on the purchase price, and they attract flat-rate benefit-in-kind taxation for users.<\/p>\n

Prices for the Duster Commercial will start from \u00a39,595 +VAT for a 2WD Ambiance model and rise to \u00a312,545 +VAT for a 4WD Laur\u00e9ate model. For my money, the pick of the range will be the Ambiance 4×4 at \u00a311,295 +VAT: buying a Dacia and then paying extra for luxury fripperies seems to defeat the purpose of buying a budget brand in the first place.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dacia will launch the Duster Commercial, a van version of its Duster SUV, in the UK. First deliveries expected June 2015.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8],"tags":[1905,1906],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7340"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7340"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7340\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7345,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7340\/revisions\/7345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}