“The new Dacia Duster… has been upgraded but retains the design features largely responsible for its success. The new model sports more emphatic 4×4 design cues,” Renault said in a press release Tuesday.
The French group’s car sales fell 1.9% worldwide in the first half of the year to 1.3 million units, from 1.33 million units.
The Dacia car brand registered sales of 211,438 units in the first half of 2013, up 16.5% on the year, contributing 16.2% to Renault’s total sales. Duster sales rose 50% in the analyzed interval to 188,800 units.
The Duster, Dacia’s first SUV, was launched in 2010.