A commercial version of the Dacia Duster is likely to be introduced later next year, writes Brian Byrne, but when will depend on whether there's enough manufacturing capacity for RHD versions of the compact SUV from Renault's subsidiary.
Meanwhile, interest in Ireland for the €15,000 car, which will arrive here in January, is reported to be 'exceptionally' strong, and the importers are already concerned that supplies 'might be an issue'.
"We have had more than 1,000 expressions of interest registered since the car was shown here last month," says Renault Ireland's Sales & Network Director Paddy Magee. "A significant number of these have converted into real orders, and we're getting a lot of requests for test drives in the LHD versions we have through the network at the moment."
Currently there are nine Dacia dealers in Ireland, and a number of other applications are being processed.
