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@@HerculesWFT your comment make 0 sense and only tells me that English is not your first language and that you probably translated that comment from your language into English
@@fandomuniverse i think you misunderstood him. He probably meant that you wouldn't want to meet a Romanian driving a German car as he's probably a criminal.
Dacia has become the new VW of the old days . I dont know you but i think this car looks wayyyy better than the new Tiguan and probably once you put all options etc it might be even be 15.000 euro cheaper . Well done Dacia
@@mihayy2000 yep, just as i imagined . The TIGUAN here in italy STARTS with basic motoro and optionals from 41050 euro . there you go . Make it full hybrid, put some optionals and there you are at 45k or more
Problem with Chinese cars is the quality and reliability isn't there, MG is very hit and miss. DACIA are using existing tried and tested Renault parts.
Renault is killing it with Dacia in the last few years. This price for this size and for this kind of HEV drive is absulotely nuts, they even cranked up the engine from 1.6 to 1.8, and we know from past years that this E-Tech drive is bulletproof. After years of hegemony, Toyota may get a potent comoetitor with this power train. We know damn well that Renault will pack this updated HEV system in all their upcoming facelifts, not just Dacia. Renault/Dacia is the new light in the dark, the past VW we all loved in the 00s. As a Renault/Toyota owner I like this Bigster a lot, hope it will cause serious headache for other manufacturers in the C segment SUV market.
Data & facts Dacia Bigster Shown colors: indigo blue (Journey) and silver (Extreme) 17-19“ wheels 4,57 m 180“ (23 cm 9“ longer than Dacia Duster) Starkle recycled material for wheel arches and bumper 10” touchscreen standard 7“ or 10“ (Extreme and Journey) digital instruments 3 different heights of middle arm rests Trims: Essential, Expression, Extreme (microcloud leatherette), Journey Interior animal leather free Optional first Dacia opening sunroof 670 l trunk Optional or in high trim: electric tailgate Sleep Pack available Engines 1,8 l 4-cyl Hybrid 155 hp 1,2 kWh battery 1 t towing, FWD 1,2 l 3-cyl petrol turbo 48V MHEV (0,8 kWh) 140 hp manual - also as 140 hp LPG version - also as petrol 130 hp AWD version Price Base under 25.000 Euro (6.000 more than Duster) Hybrid from 30.000 Euro (2.000 more than Duster) #Dacia #DaciaBigster Transparency note: Autogefühl videos are independent and free from editorial influence on opinion and rating. But since manufacturers enable us to do the reviews in the first place, for legal reasons this video is marked as _advertisement_.
Dacia Bigster was supposed to be the first Fully Electric Full SUV of Dacia, with all new feature full NISHTA protection systems... At least when it was just a concept.
It is shame that they rebadged Duster as Renault in Turkiye. They also sell the automatic version for a high price tag. They worked years to create a new brand identity for Dacia and then decided to rebadged their duster as Renault. Weird.
In Brasil is the same, it has to do with brand perception and in Turkiye Reanault is huge, so it makes sense. But one of the things I like and think is part of their success is the new logo which reminds me of the DC Shoe logo. It looks great and distinctive in the car.
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This car must have a high torque diesel engine... 2.0 190hp 400nm torque with 4x4 would fit it perfectly. 1.2 litre 3 cilinder in a car like this is a crime
Those 19" rims are way overkill for that chassis. It looks pretty hideous with those. Extreme version looks way better. Also these 3 cylinder engines does not make any sense with a bigger and heavier body. Renault went nuts with killing the older 1.33tce which was a fantastic engine. Shame on them.
Trend of having big rims on off-road/SUV and luxury cars such as S class should stop. Smaller = better, ride comfort, NVH and long-term reliability is better.
car looks awesome, it could be a new success from Dacia, I consider owning one when they get all the first generation kinks out :) great video as always!
Good presentation, nice car! But to be honest, I was rooting for 7 seats, to better differentiate form Duster. But the 1.8, 4 cylinders engine is a nice addition.
7 seats might be an optional feature on higher trims 4x4 & hybrid, do not expect too much room left on the back though, beside those extra 2 foldable seats will be mostly used for kids and the fact that the mass-weight of vehicle will increase..
Wow. I am impressed. I didn't believe they would put all of this into the car. 670 liters of boot space for 25k is amazing. This will steal so much sales from Tucson, Sportage and Kodiaq. The only thing I don't like is the renault strips on the back and the black back windows/roof. Design wise I fell in love with the new Duster straight away. With this one I will have to get used to it. Maybe it's just the color. Great job Dacia!
Hello Thomas. Another nice one! Thanks. I love the repetitive Y theme in the design ... In the air vents, the front lights, the arm supports. I love it
Why didnt they offer 4x4 with the 4 cylinder engine 😥😥😥 Looks great but i'm not buying one because of that, 1.2 3 cilynder 4x4 is to weak for this size car.
There’s another engine config in the pipeline a year after release, a 1.2 tce dual clutch auto hybrid with the rear axle driven by the battery. The current auto boxes on duster are a bit weird, so definitely the dual clutch auto will be interesting to watch.
Pull out the 3 cylinder out and throw inside a 2nd gen Nissan X-trail motor unit from SH market maybe other different parts as well (better shocks, axles, rear diff) since it will fit properly and will not broke your bank account.. after all you will still get a very good affordable SUV that looks cool and is proved to be reliable.
From design perspective it looks really good. Price can make you jump in to the air out of pure joy. But when I consider that I would be carrying my family in this thing, I immediately wake up from that dream. Which also thanks to the neutrality of Thomas, he mentions in the video along with the price.
I like the design, and the price seems "relatively" fair. They should sell a lot of these light, environmentally friendly, 'fast charging' vehicles. Great review again both. TY
Frankly, this Dacia BISTER is going to be a hit with great success, a sort of French-style TOUAREG 🇨🇵 and a very affordable, very concrete alternative to the Tange Rover, GLE, ML, X7, Q7, Cayenne.
Its the size and class of GLB, the only premium C segment of that size and 5008, Kodiaq, Xtrail, Espace…in mainstream. GLE and other cars you mentuoned are 2 segmentd above in size
I just love the design and honesty of the materials, it looks really smart on the inside too. If it was a 7-seater, I'd be getting one right away in exchange for our family car, a 7-seater C4 Picasso, which looked fancy as new, but then the materials decayed like ripped plants. I bet these will hold much better. Would love to see a diesel too, for me they are so much better in the motorway at keeping a good pace at low fuel consumption, and lower engine noise too, as at higher speeds petrol engines tend to be heard inside these cheaper cars cabins.
It’s a shame they couldn’t have added a little more soft materials to the doors and dash as this would help mop up some noise. Otherwise a good job for the price point. Great review as always Thomas.
An interesting thing is that while the taillights enclosure is the same as on the duster, these are clearly LED (except for the blinker) while on the duster they're halogen.
I been thinking about getting this in 4x4 spec shame the finished vehicle is nothing like the concept, very basic materials inside and low power, but less than 30k is a temptation for sure . Great reviews as always Tomas✴️. D🇬🇧
i know looks are not everything but that whole illuminated logo bar they showed before at showrooms was cooler than this simple material grille, i would've loved to see a straight up led bar and a lit up logo.
OMG, Renault are doing some great things in the area of design. It looks astonishing! But I thought and hope it would be longer than 4,57. Is not that big. Or maybe Duster become too short. I am affraid of the price, since Duster is at the door of 30k. It is also very impressive in the interior and in the trunk. It is not a luxury car, but it has some improvements for a Dacia.
Very interesting item for the market. But why there will be no Diesel engines even in extreme version. Are they out of K9K dCi Motors? with manual gear box it would be a bargain!!!!
In the previous Duster, the seating position was poor-in my opinion, I'm 193cm tall -you were almost sitting on the floor. How did you experience the new Duster and Bigster regarding seat placement? Is the ergonomics better? Thanks Thomas for a very good channel!
8:36 non-adjustable shallow cup holders at an angle (even without the head restraint) with the contents of the trunk flying through the first time the brakes are applied. At least the engineer was able to check the "cup holder in the rear" box on the checklist? 😂
Yeah, it was a shame to see that. I hope the price will reflect that, it shouldn't start from above 23.000€ since the duster starts at 19.000€ and this is just a longer Duster.
Doesn't look hot to me. Too much of a Duster clone. I get they didn't want to stray too much beyond €30k but this is a bigger car than Duster and yet it can't do anything so much better that it's clearly the better choice despite the extra money. Needs much more powerful pure ICE engines. A 4x4 170+ HP diesel (or even petrol) would make this car much more attractive. Money are not wisely spent overall. That middle arm rest in the back is terrible, it would've been better to have none. The integrated cup holders are unusable too. They should've kept the alloys smaller, throw out the sunroof, throw out the powered rear hatch and put some money into better materials for door fascias and generally the interior. With a car this big it's really jarrying to get large pieces of hard plastic on the inside. Anyway, Bigster's biggester problem is it doesn't differentiate enough from the Duster. It's litterally the Duster but a bit biggerer. That won't be enough to bring in significant new sales. As a Romanian, of course, I hope it'll do well but as a car enthusiast... I think it will just eat into Duster's sales.
I think it really looks good compared to all the weird Chinese looking cars that are competing around the same price range.. but I also agree with you there isn’t much compelling buyers to go for this over the duster especially when they share those weak power trains! And this is bigger and a bit heavier, I mean if you want 4x4 you forced to get the weakest of the variant. I don’t know what logic Dacia is using to justify that. Like you said this car with a 170+hp 4x4 petrol better yet diesel would be an absolute gem at that price
@@nmvi226 The major blocker against good ICE engines is the EU and their industry-killing emission fines invented in TOTAL disconnect from technical & scientific reality. With the current engine lineup, Dacia is close to the ~116 g of CO2 / km boundary, below which there are no fines but starting from next year the boundary arbitrarily moves down to ~94 g and the fines are ~95 EUR for each gram above. So the prices of current Dacias already need to shoot up by well over 2000 EUR (you have to add VAT to the fine) just to keep profitability leveled. A more powerful ICE with 170+ HP has become utterly unaffordable to regular people because just the engine would make the car more expensive by 10000 EUR due to CO2 fines.
Good thing that when it arrives in South America they will surely put a 2.0l aspirated with 6-speed manual transmission ... as the Fluence GT had .... And 180hp.
Gloss black should be banned from cars! haha In fact I proposed to Thomas to create the "Piano black Police" if you know about the reference to "Fake exhaust police" hehe
Hm, if the car doesn't have GPS, how does the allowed speed recognition work? Only visual? I had the impression most systems use combination of map data and visual recognition.
If it’s like the engines in the jogger, the hybrid can’t tow as much as the 1.0 petrol. Maybe the 130 has a map more suited to off roading, with more low down torque and the expense of peak power?
A lot of weird decision from Dacia. All wheel drive on the least powerful model and it has to be manual, you’d think it makes more sense to put AWD on the 155hp and make it both automatic and manual, charge a bit more and let the customer choose and pay for what they really want. Plus the140/130hp duster was already under powered this bigger version won’t do any better🤦♂️. It would have been better to offer 1 version of the 1.2 140hp lpg fwd, Then have the 1.8 hybrid with 155hp 2wd and finally 1.8 hybrid or 2l with 180+hp 4wd petrol but diesel would be the sweet spot. With this they’ll own the market.
I was so impressed until you revealed the 130bhp AWD 😬 that’s not enough for a car of this size. Dacia are going to miss out on a lot of sales without a more potent engine option
Talk about snatching defeat from the jaws of victory! This should have been a funky, 7 seat bargain Discovery Sport rival, instead it's just a facsimile of the Duster. What a disappointment.
"big brother of the Duster" with the same weaker engine(compared to mine 4x4 150hp 2020 Duster), so name should be - "Bigster is a fatter Duster". That said for the 4x4 version, where my interest is.
Please renault bring this new 1.2 lpg engine to grand kangoo, I need 7 seats, jogger is too small and there is nothing better than sliding doors in family car. If also as an automatic and with lpg - perfect !!
Thank you for the very informative video ! I think the chinese like MG ZS Hybrid + and new MG HS , has the same price , or even lower maybe , similar space, but MUCH better quality inside. ( soft plastics, fiber cloth at many points , real hybrid , etc. ) So i think Dacia is not so value for money as the chinese. They are good cars , but this hard plastic monotonous interior is not so overlooked any more.
MG have poor reliability, you won't find service points for them, and they are very poor to drive, underneath you will find flimsy bits of metal and a rather antiquated chassis. The Bigster is leaps ahead of MG on terms of platform and chassis. To top it all, the profits from MG go to China. Dacia have factories all over Europe. Dealerships included, and so they pay a lot of people, from the UK, across Europe.
In my country there are only three service points for MG. Also, Dacias are made in a neighboring country. I like the Chinese but I like my Romanian neighbors more. Let’s revisit MG in 10 years.
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This is our in-depth review of the Dacia Duster. We're taking a look at Exterior, Interior and technology.
00:00 Dacia Bigster Journey
01:05 Length vs Duster
02:34 Indicators
02:55 Interior quality
03:28 Seats and comfort
04:56 Cockpit
07:16 Driver POV
08:21 Rear seats
09:58 Trunk / boot
11:58 Engines
12:01 Extreme trim
13:07 YouClip system
13:44 Price
This will sell well. Thanks Thomas for a perfect presentation.
Yeah because of current trend for too big cars. It's just too big car not worth it. Dacia is now too expensive i would pay max 15k€ for this.
Romanians drive German cars. Germans drive Romanian cars.
* second hand German cars 🙂
@@markmd9 most of them yes.
You probably don’t want to know a Romanian who drives a German car…
@@HerculesWFT your comment make 0 sense and only tells me that English is not your first language and that you probably translated that comment from your language into English
@@fandomuniverse i think you misunderstood him. He probably meant that you wouldn't want to meet a Romanian driving a German car as he's probably a criminal.
Dacia has become the new VW of the old days . I dont know you but i think this car looks wayyyy better than the new Tiguan and probably once you put all options etc it might be even be 15.000 euro cheaper . Well done Dacia
Starts just under 25,000€ while the full hybrid will start just under 30,000€
@@mihayy2000 yep, just as i imagined . The TIGUAN here in italy STARTS with basic motoro and optionals from 41050 euro . there you go . Make it full hybrid, put some optionals and there you are at 45k or more
Also is more reliable with this 1.8 HEV, while VW is eating crayons with their overcomplicated tsi and oil eater tdi, no wonder they struggle.
@@tixemasd The most sold version will be the base LPG one, not the expensive and useless hybrid though.
@@DerpEye yeah, we'll see about that in a few years
So you can’t have a new X3 with an opening sunroof, but you can in a Dacia. What a time to be alive 😂
Thanks Thomas
Neither the new A5, you cannot open the moonroof....
In Dacia they also have wireless Android Auto and Carplay
@@markmd9Like any new car today…
sunroofs are always problematic as the car ages
@@markmd9 is there any car that doesn't have wireless Android Auto or Carplay nowadays?
Dacia vs the new wave of Chinese cars will be the battle of the upcoming years in Europe.
The new MG HS will give Dacia Bigster a run for its money.
Dacia is poor chinese is rich for the same money
Nu mai spune bre asemenea prostii că ne faci de rușine. :))) Mai taie din ele...
Problem with Chinese cars is the quality and reliability isn't there, MG is very hit and miss. DACIA are using existing tried and tested Renault parts.
Much love from Romania, Thomas!
Renault is killing it with Dacia in the last few years.
This price for this size and for this kind of HEV drive is absulotely nuts, they even cranked up the engine from 1.6 to 1.8, and we know from past years that this E-Tech drive is bulletproof. After years of hegemony, Toyota may get a potent comoetitor with this power train. We know damn well that Renault will pack this updated HEV system in all their upcoming facelifts, not just Dacia.
Renault/Dacia is the new light in the dark, the past VW we all loved in the 00s. As a Renault/Toyota owner I like this Bigster a lot, hope it will cause serious headache for other manufacturers in the C segment SUV market.
I thought that the bigster would be a 7 seater. Nice 670L trunk tho. Also nice 1.8L hybrid system. Death to 3 cilinders crap.
Gas struts on the engine bonnet...even the almighty Golf has lost those.
Data & facts
Dacia Bigster
Shown colors: indigo blue (Journey) and silver (Extreme)
17-19“ wheels
4,57 m 180“ (23 cm 9“ longer than Dacia Duster)
Starkle recycled material for wheel arches and bumper
10” touchscreen standard
7“ or 10“ (Extreme and Journey) digital instruments
3 different heights of middle arm rests
Trims: Essential, Expression, Extreme (microcloud leatherette), Journey
Interior animal leather free
Optional first Dacia opening sunroof
670 l trunk
Optional or in high trim: electric tailgate
Sleep Pack available
Engines
1,8 l 4-cyl Hybrid 155 hp 1,2 kWh battery 1 t towing, FWD
1,2 l 3-cyl petrol turbo 48V MHEV (0,8 kWh) 140 hp manual
- also as 140 hp LPG version
- also as petrol 130 hp AWD version
Price
Base under 25.000 Euro (6.000 more than Duster)
Hybrid from 30.000 Euro (2.000 more than Duster)
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Curiously , it has been revealed same day than VW Tayron. Really looking forward for this video of new 7-seater from VW in some hours…
Dacia Bigster was supposed to be the first Fully Electric Full SUV of Dacia, with all new feature full NISHTA protection systems... At least when it was just a concept.
Design is perfect imo, especially with the smaller wheels but chunkier tyres, silver body color with accents
It is shame that they rebadged Duster as Renault in Turkiye. They also sell the automatic version for a high price tag. They worked years to create a new brand identity for Dacia and then decided to rebadged their duster as Renault. Weird.
In Brasil is the same, it has to do with brand perception and in Turkiye Reanault is huge, so it makes sense. But one of the things I like and think is part of their success is the new logo which reminds me of the DC Shoe logo. It looks great and distinctive in the car.
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This car must have a high torque diesel engine... 2.0 190hp 400nm torque with 4x4 would fit it perfectly. 1.2 litre 3 cilinder in a car like this is a crime
Agree, it's an updated Qashqai+2 (or downgraded xtrail if younprefer), mine is the 1.6 DCI 320nm, the 1.5DCI is too small I can't imagine with a 3-cyl
Renault and Dacia said goodbye to diesel two yearss ago for european markets. Lucky India, Brasil and Turkey still get diesel :(
Those 19" rims are way overkill for that chassis. It looks pretty hideous with those. Extreme version looks way better. Also these 3 cylinder engines does not make any sense with a bigger and heavier body. Renault went nuts with killing the older 1.33tce which was a fantastic engine. Shame on them.
Trend of having big rims on off-road/SUV and luxury cars such as S class should stop. Smaller = better, ride comfort, NVH and long-term reliability is better.
Can't agree, the 19 wheels look brilliant.
1.3 TCe engine is great indeed. Makes no sense that they discontinued it.
car looks awesome, it could be a new success from Dacia, I consider owning one when they get all the first generation kinks out :) great video as always!
Good presentation, nice car! But to be honest, I was rooting for 7 seats, to better differentiate form Duster. But the 1.8, 4 cylinders engine is a nice addition.
Cheers!
7 seats might be an optional feature on higher trims 4x4 & hybrid, do not expect too much room left on the back though,
beside those extra 2 foldable seats will be mostly used for kids and the fact that the mass-weight of vehicle will increase..
Wow. I am impressed. I didn't believe they would put all of this into the car. 670 liters of boot space for 25k is amazing. This will steal so much sales from Tucson, Sportage and Kodiaq. The only thing I don't like is the renault strips on the back and the black back windows/roof. Design wise I fell in love with the new Duster straight away. With this one I will have to get used to it. Maybe it's just the color. Great job Dacia!
Kodiaq is a segment up....on par with Sorrento and Santa Fe....not Tucson or Sportage.. Skoda s equal is karoq
The Logo of this Dacia reminds me of the movie Back to the Future, the logo of the DeLorean
Or some design from Robocop. It’s basically the same font 😂.
Yes! Thank you!
You know DeLorean is also a Romanian name. The car was made by John Zachary DeLorean, his father was Romanian, Zaharia Delorean.
@@69svejk wow, amazing. Had no idea about that.
Never ever wanted a Dacia before…but now👍
Iif you raise the headrest higher, then the seats fold down more and the surface becomes almost flat.
This continues Dacia's progression. Amazing value & probable residuals here in UK. Great package & very appealing. 👍🇬🇧
Instant best seller !
Hello Thomas. Another nice one! Thanks. I love the repetitive Y theme in the design ... In the air vents, the front lights, the arm supports. I love it
Apparently if Germans keeps being too Germans, Dacia is the only saver from the Chinese crowd, those guys are nuts
Why didnt they offer 4x4 with the 4 cylinder engine 😥😥😥
Looks great but i'm not buying one because of that, 1.2 3 cilynder 4x4 is to weak for this size car.
There’s another engine config in the pipeline a year after release, a 1.2 tce dual clutch auto hybrid with the rear axle driven by the battery. The current auto boxes on duster are a bit weird, so definitely the dual clutch auto will be interesting to watch.
Pull out the 3 cylinder out and throw inside a 2nd gen Nissan X-trail motor unit from SH market maybe other different parts as well (better shocks, axles, rear diff)
since it will fit properly and will not broke your bank account.. after all you will still get a very good affordable SUV that looks cool and is proved to be reliable.
I can't wait for body kits for this car and engine tunning 😁
Great video Thomas. The benchmark channel and reviewer when it comes to automotive industry.
From design perspective it looks really good. Price can make you jump in to the air out of pure joy. But when I consider that I would be carrying my family in this thing, I immediately wake up from that dream. Which also thanks to the neutrality of Thomas, he mentions in the video along with the price.
I like the design, and the price seems "relatively" fair. They should sell a lot of these light, environmentally friendly, 'fast charging' vehicles.
Great review again both. TY
I’ve read on a French car website that they’re developing a 4x4 version of the 1.2 T with LPG: that’s going to be interesting.
It is all about the gears 😉
Looks like an updated Qashqai+2 without the third row. Will be a banger at such price (I own a 2013 Qashqai+2)
Frankly, this Dacia BISTER is going to be a hit with great success, a sort of French-style TOUAREG 🇨🇵 and a very affordable, very concrete alternative to the Tange Rover, GLE, ML, X7, Q7, Cayenne.
Its the size and class of GLB, the only premium C segment of that size and 5008, Kodiaq, Xtrail, Espace…in mainstream. GLE and other cars you mentuoned are 2 segmentd above in size
I just love the design and honesty of the materials, it looks really smart on the inside too. If it was a 7-seater, I'd be getting one right away in exchange for our family car, a 7-seater C4 Picasso, which looked fancy as new, but then the materials decayed like ripped plants. I bet these will hold much better. Would love to see a diesel too, for me they are so much better in the motorway at keeping a good pace at low fuel consumption, and lower engine noise too, as at higher speeds petrol engines tend to be heard inside these cheaper cars cabins.
It’s a shame they couldn’t have added a little more soft materials to the doors and dash as this would help mop up some noise. Otherwise a good job for the price point. Great review as always Thomas.
thanks m8 !
An interesting thing is that while the taillights enclosure is the same as on the duster, these are clearly LED (except for the blinker) while on the duster they're halogen.
Looks fantastic! Really like it ❤
I been thinking about getting this in 4x4 spec shame the finished vehicle is nothing like the concept, very basic materials inside and low power, but less than 30k is a temptation for sure .
Great reviews as always Tomas✴️. D🇬🇧
i know looks are not everything but that whole illuminated logo bar they showed before at showrooms was cooler than this simple material grille, i would've loved to see a straight up led bar and a lit up logo.
OMG, Renault are doing some great things in the area of design. It looks astonishing! But I thought and hope it would be longer than 4,57. Is not that big. Or maybe Duster become too short. I am affraid of the price, since Duster is at the door of 30k. It is also very impressive in the interior and in the trunk. It is not a luxury car, but it has some improvements for a Dacia.
Loved it! 👏🏻🗿
Reminds me of a 2024 Land Cruiser, with Volvo Thor's hammer lights
No AWD with automatic gearbox, that's a shame
I love it. I would get one if I hadn't gotten the Duster😅
Very interesting item for the market. But why there will be no Diesel engines even in extreme version. Are they out of K9K dCi Motors? with manual gear box it would be a bargain!!!!
In the previous Duster, the seating position was poor-in my opinion, I'm 193cm tall -you were almost sitting on the floor. How did you experience the new Duster and Bigster regarding seat placement? Is the ergonomics better? Thanks Thomas for a very good channel!
Thanks! Yeah seating position is fine and not too low!
8:36 non-adjustable shallow cup holders at an angle (even without the head restraint) with the contents of the trunk flying through the first time the brakes are applied. At least the engineer was able to check the "cup holder in the rear" box on the checklist? 😂
Yeah, it was a shame to see that. I hope the price will reflect that, it shouldn't start from above 23.000€ since the duster starts at 19.000€ and this is just a longer Duster.
and armrest and a couple of phone holders. lots of checkboxes
I like it. If they keep the price tag reasonable it will sell like hotcakes
Thomas will there be a 7 seat version?
Doesn't look hot to me. Too much of a Duster clone. I get they didn't want to stray too much beyond €30k but this is a bigger car than Duster and yet it can't do anything so much better that it's clearly the better choice despite the extra money.
Needs much more powerful pure ICE engines. A 4x4 170+ HP diesel (or even petrol) would make this car much more attractive.
Money are not wisely spent overall. That middle arm rest in the back is terrible, it would've been better to have none. The integrated cup holders are unusable too. They should've kept the alloys smaller, throw out the sunroof, throw out the powered rear hatch and put some money into better materials for door fascias and generally the interior. With a car this big it's really jarrying to get large pieces of hard plastic on the inside.
Anyway, Bigster's biggester problem is it doesn't differentiate enough from the Duster. It's litterally the Duster but a bit biggerer. That won't be enough to bring in significant new sales.
As a Romanian, of course, I hope it'll do well but as a car enthusiast... I think it will just eat into Duster's sales.
Convince Ursula that the planet is not polluted and Euro5 engines are sufficient, and you will have a Bigster with 250+ HP !
I think it really looks good compared to all the weird Chinese looking cars that are competing around the same price range.. but I also agree with you there isn’t much compelling buyers to go for this over the duster especially when they share those weak power trains! And this is bigger and a bit heavier, I mean if you want 4x4 you forced to get the weakest of the variant. I don’t know what logic Dacia is using to justify that.
Like you said this car with a 170+hp 4x4 petrol better yet diesel would be an absolute gem at that price
@@nmvi226 The major blocker against good ICE engines is the EU and their industry-killing emission fines invented in TOTAL disconnect from technical & scientific reality.
With the current engine lineup, Dacia is close to the ~116 g of CO2 / km boundary, below which there are no fines but starting from next year the boundary arbitrarily moves down to ~94 g and the fines are ~95 EUR for each gram above. So the prices of current Dacias already need to shoot up by well over 2000 EUR (you have to add VAT to the fine) just to keep profitability leveled.
A more powerful ICE with 170+ HP has become utterly unaffordable to regular people because just the engine would make the car more expensive by 10000 EUR due to CO2 fines.
I think that ze 3 Liter Reihensechszylinder with 250PS would be nice fit to this car.
When I see the back 45° view...I feel that the Dacia skipped leg day🤣🤣
Good thing that when it arrives in South America they will surely put a 2.0l aspirated with 6-speed manual transmission ... as the Fluence GT had .... And 180hp.
Love it so much.
They could have made the window pillars gloss black instead of matt, I think it was going to blend well with the back glass
Gloss black should be banned from cars! haha
In fact I proposed to Thomas to create the "Piano black Police" if you know about the reference to "Fake exhaust police" hehe
6:41 😂🤣🤣😂😂😂😂🤣🤣 Mouahahaha One more time Thomas is killing me !!!! Looool !
People have lost their minds on prices. Crazy price for a Dacia.
Hm, if the car doesn't have GPS, how does the allowed speed recognition work? Only visual? I had the impression most systems use combination of map data and visual recognition.
First dacia with moonroof first dacia with electric seats
I don't get the logic of putting the weakest motor on the 4x4 version... Should have been the strongest, for towing , offroading, etc.
CO2 figures are the reason.. just pure madness
If it’s like the engines in the jogger, the hybrid can’t tow as much as the 1.0 petrol. Maybe the 130 has a map more suited to off roading, with more low down torque and the expense of peak power?
Will it be possible to aquire the Bigster with the Sleeping package - Dacia Camping?
Hello can you tell me how much will cost lpg version?
This is... Good news.
Thomas blue 👌🏻💎
seems like a decent car to me. nice review, thanks.
Good value, nice looking, SUV are a popular choice for families, if priced correctly, this will sell like hot cakes!
Shame there is no engine upgrade for the 4x4 version a 2l would be nice
Is there finally a combination of 4x4 and automatic transmission?
Only model what is interesting is 4x4, but then it has weakest engine.. not good 😖
Why no 1.8l engine with the 4x4? Is this really the case?
Early! Though the reveal will be on the 14th 🎉
great car!
*Not only for the prise DC are good Cars
It's Like Mitsubishi Pajero Sport, but smaller
That shake when you sit makes me scared of test drive results while driving 🤔
A lot of weird decision from Dacia. All wheel drive on the least powerful model and it has to be manual, you’d think it makes more sense to put AWD on the 155hp and make it both automatic and manual, charge a bit more and let the customer choose and pay for what they really want. Plus the140/130hp duster was already under powered this bigger version won’t do any better🤦♂️.
It would have been better to offer 1 version of the 1.2 140hp lpg fwd, Then have the 1.8 hybrid with 155hp 2wd and finally 1.8 hybrid or 2l with 180+hp 4wd petrol but diesel would be the sweet spot. With this they’ll own the market.
I still think their Jogger trumps this hands down.
Great name i must say.
This car makes me want to drink a lot of water from how dry that interior looks
I was so impressed until you revealed the 130bhp AWD 😬 that’s not enough for a car of this size. Dacia are going to miss out on a lot of sales without a more potent engine option
Unfortunately like the Duster the one withautomatic gearboxand hybrid is NOT 4x4 and the 4x4 model is with manual gearbox only and not hybrid.
Bigster v the new MG HS. Should be good.
I just watched Honda CR-V commercial Is it a competitor to the Bigster?
As for dimensions, i think they are in the same class. But at the Honda price it is almost double.
This car is useless without a diesel option. At least they offer an lpg version in my country.
To me it looks like a Duster with a bigger trunk, prove me wrong.
Are they ashamed of it being Romanian ? All the Dacia press cars always have French licence plates. Come on
Poor Crash partner, shit AEB systems? yeah just what we need more of on the road.
Is it 7seater? When in Greece?
5 seats + big trunk
Talk about snatching defeat from the jaws of victory!
This should have been a funky, 7 seat bargain Discovery Sport rival, instead it's just a facsimile of the Duster. What a disappointment.
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"big brother of the Duster" with the same weaker engine(compared to mine 4x4 150hp 2020 Duster), so name should be - "Bigster is a fatter Duster". That said for the 4x4 version, where my interest is.
Please renault bring this new 1.2 lpg engine to grand kangoo, I need 7 seats, jogger is too small and there is nothing better than sliding doors in family car. If also as an automatic and with lpg - perfect !!
Weird engines for size of this car. Empty car of course will be ok, but with max weight?
Thank you for the very informative video ! I think the chinese like MG ZS Hybrid + and new MG HS , has the same price , or even lower maybe , similar space, but MUCH better quality inside. ( soft plastics, fiber cloth at many points , real hybrid , etc. ) So i think Dacia is not so value for money as the chinese. They are good cars , but this hard plastic monotonous interior is not so overlooked any more.
MG have poor reliability, you won't find service points for them, and they are very poor to drive, underneath you will find flimsy bits of metal and a rather antiquated chassis. The Bigster is leaps ahead of MG on terms of platform and chassis. To top it all, the profits from MG go to China. Dacia have factories all over Europe. Dealerships included, and so they pay a lot of people, from the UK, across Europe.
In my country there are only three service points for MG. Also, Dacias are made in a neighboring country. I like the Chinese but I like my Romanian neighbors more. Let’s revisit MG in 10 years.
would choose a renault car over a chinese car every day of the year
Bigster? I mean, seriously? What's next? Carry McCarface?
4x4 version coming only with 1.2L 3 cylinder low torque mild hybrid is just annyoing...
They removed a lot of plastic elements to make it simpler, it looks weird, really.
OMG, yet another SUV.
The one and only that from factory the bumper and the body color don`t match...nowadays they are not so cheap as they look.