Renault engineers are already working on the third generation of the Duster SUV, which should be launched in six years, while Duster 2 facelift should be available in two years.
“We have already started working on Duster 3. Duster 2 is a tremendous success for us,” said Laurens van den Acker, the head of design with the Renault Group.
Renault is not alone on the market, competition makes it evolve and will do so with the next generation, the official added.
Back in 2010, when the first generation of Duster came out, there was no other small SUV on the European market to compete with the Dacia model. Ten years later, the segment has grown to more than 20 models, as almost every carmaker present on the European market has added small crossovers to its product lineup. Moreover, Ford is even assembling two such models at its Craiova plant in Romania, Ford EcoSport and Puma, precisely because of the really high demand.
After having kept the top spot for the first three quarters last year, Duster lost to Renault Captur, the best-seller of the segment, in the fourth. Duster had its fourth year of growth in a row and even beat VW T-Roc.
(English version by Loredana Fratila-Cristescu)