The new Dacia Striker has been unveiled as a high-riding Skoda Octavia Estate rival that will be priced from less than £22,000.
The Striker, generally known as the C-Neo throughout its improvement, will be the agency’s second quasi-estate mannequin after the Jogger. It will be a part of the mechanically an identical Bigster SUV at the highest of the Dacia line-up. While twinned with the Bigster, the new Striker is notably sleeker with a purpose to broaden Dacia’s enchantment.
Brand boss Katrin Adt has beforehand stated it’s “a totally different offer to the customer than the Bigster”. The Striker is barely longer than its SUV sibling, at 4.62m, whereas its raked roofline sits barely decrease.
Dacia has but to launch full technical particulars of the Striker forward of a full debut in June, but it surely will be primarily based on the Renault Group’s CMF-B platform that underpins a lot of the model’s line-up and it will be provided with a spread of combustion powertrains.
A four-wheel-drive variant will be obtainable from launch. This is anticipated to be the identical set-up that was just lately launched on the Bigster and the Duster: a 1.2-litre three-cylinder petrol engine paired with a rear-mounted electrical motor for a mixed 152bhp. Other powertrains provided are anticipated to be mild- and full-hybrid choices that vary from 138bhp to 153bhp.
An LPG model will even be provided in some markets, however that’s unlikely to achieve the UK. Dacia has not revealed the inside but, however it’s more likely to be broadly an identical to that of the Duster and Bigster.
The Striker is the second of three deliberate fashions Dacia will ultimately supply within the C-segment, which stays Europe’s hottest market; the Romanian agency is aiming for a 3rd of its gross sales to return from the phase by 2030. Adt beforehand informed Autocar that the success of the Bigster – “we did quite amazingly well” – has impressed confidence that the model can compete within the phase.
The mannequin amassed 67,573 gross sales final yr, its first full yr on sale. The Striker is a part of a serious vary growth that Dacia is planning between now and 2030. This consists of 4 EVs, beginning this yr with a £15,000 metropolis automobile twinned with the Renault Twingo.
One of the opposite three will be the next-generation Sandero which will additionally proceed to be provided with a alternative of combustion engines – however particulars of the opposite two stay beneath wraps. Dacia will additionally improve its full-hybrid choices throughout the vary. It goals for electrified vehicles to account for two-thirds of complete gross sales by the tip of the last decade.
