Marketed under the Renault badge in South America, the Duster is also available in a new pick-up version. The latter, now only called Oroch, has just been restyled. It tends to come closer and closer to our European standards.
The Renault Duster Oroch is an original creation of the Diamond brand for the South American market. It has been sold there since 2015. Positioned halfway between the family SUV and the utility pick-up, it relies on its modularity and competitive prices to convince a well-targeted clientele. This new generation is therefore not intended to deviate from this objective, but is modernized in every way. : design, interior and on-board technologies have been improved.
More different than it looks
On closer inspection, there are many stylistic changes. The front end, for example, adopts a more assertive grille. The foglamps are further apart and still encased in their plastic shield protection. Only the front headlights have been retained from the old model, including on the high finish. Note that the name “Duster” has also completely disappeared from the vehicle to make the Oroch a model in its own right.
In profile, we observe the arrival of better integrated roof bars, which can support up to 80 kg of load. New alloy wheels are also included, except for the entry level. It is at the rear that the Oroch changes the least since the shutter of the beauty is identical, apart from the name drawn in the form of a sticker. In the past, a real lettering was affixed. The guards on the side of the bed have simply been enlarged and redesigned for more robustness. The total load capacity of the vehicle can reach 680 kg for a load volume estimated by Renault at 683 litres.
A modernized cabin
The Oroch benefits from a wheelbase of 2.83 m to provide enough space for five passengers. In the cabin, the dashboard takes up the layout of the last European Sandero. The round air vents have given way to rectilinear shapes while the touch pad benefits from the latest generation of Dacia’s multimedia system. The new pick-up thus benefits from wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, from the 2and level of finish. Speaking of which, 3 versions are offered: PRO, Intense and Outsider.
A new engine in the catalog
The novelty is that this latest Outsider finish inaugurates the 170 hp 1.3 TCe engine, already launched on the brazilian duster a few weeks ago. This engine, in addition to better performance, benefits from a dual-fuel system (petrol-ethanol) and an eight-speed CVT X-Tronic gearbox. Remember that in Brazil, ethanol is very popular. The stations even sell E100, without a single drop of gasoline. For the PRO and Intense versions, the 120 bhp 1.6 SCe engine is mated to a six-speed manual gearbox. This is new on this model for the South American market, but present in France on the Clio for example.
