Dacia Sandero Stepway thoughts

cymruchris

How long do you plan to keep it? Depreciation on these is fast in comparison to a VW/Honda for example.Cheaper to start with - but worth less as a percentage the further down the line you go...

iwb100

cymruchris said:

How long do you plan to keep it? Depreciation on these is fast in comparison to a VW/Honda for example.Cheaper to start with - but worth less as a percentage the further down the line you go...

If you are buying a new Dacia do you really care about depreciation? You either want the cheapest PCP deal for a new car possible. Or you want to buy something that you can just run and run.

I don’t think personally that a new Dacia is worth it as you can get second hand something far far nicer for less money. But it’s a new car experience and I guess that counts for something.

Jenni_D

Although this was 3 years ago now ... we were looking for something 1.5/2 years old at the time, so fairly new and with a balance of manufacturer warranty. However the prices even then for something with a specification not much different to the Sandero we ended up buying (new) was more than what the Sandero actually cost. (We were cash buyers). So for us it was a no-brainer.

iwb100

Jenni_D said:

Although this was 3 years ago now ... we were looking for something 1.5/2 years old at the time, so fairly new and with a balance of manufacturer warranty. However the prices even then for something with a specification not much different to the Sandero we ended up buying (new) was more than what the Sandero actually cost. (We were cash buyers). So for us it was a no-brainer.

A comfort Sandero is nearly £13K. You can even in todays second hand market get a much better car for a lot less than that.

Not that I’m decrying Dacia’s. They offer incredible value for someone who just needs a car to get them from place to place and would prefer new for reliability etc. incredible value.

They still are though very basic. That’s not a bad thing for many. But still, I think that personally I’d rather get something that is a little more luxurious even if it has 50k on the clock. 

Jenni_D

Please note my timeline - 3 years ago. (Car needs its first MOT next month). We paid less than £10k for it, and it was one of the (then) higher level models, albeit with the 1.0L non-turbo engine. A similar spec Clio with the same engine, even at 2 years old, was about £11k.

Goudy

Oddly, Dacia seem to come out well for depreciation.
They regularly hit the lists of least depreciating cars with the Stepway (last model) reckoned to retain 61% of it's value over 3 years and 30,000 miles.

Compare that to say an Astra, some model Astras only retain around 34%.

Big different when you consider an Astra is almost twice the price and nearly twice the depreciation!

I bought a 3 year old 0.9L Stepway (last model) a few years ago and ran it for a year.
I lost nothing on it when I traded it in for my new Clio and it gave me no trouble except the DAB setting on the radio never worked.


The engine was a bit stummy and you could feel it through the steering wheel and pedals, then again most three cylinders feel like that to me.
Handling was ok. It gripped and steered fine but it did have a bit of lean in the body.
Inside was plenty of space and for the class of car the boot was massive.

The new Sandero looks very smart. Looks so much like the Clio I actually thought it was one in the showroom recently.

molerat

Goudy said:

The new Sandero looks very smart. Looks so much like the Clio I actually thought it was one in the showroom recently.

I think their styling is getting closer to Renault now whereas previously they were very much on their own.

Goudy

I think it's because they now actually share the same platform, near enough.

The Clio uses the CMF- B HS (high spec) platform and the Sandero the CMF- B LS (low spec) one.

As mentioned earlier in the thread, the LS does miss some active safety kit.

The last gen Sandero used the B0 platform from the Mk3/4 Clio dating from 2005, though I think it that may even have been used even earlier (2002) with the K12 Micra.

Jenni_D

I think most of the engines and gear boxes (Renault / Dacia, possibly also Nissan) come from the same factory in Romania.

motorguy

I happened to stop at my local Renault / Dacia dealer on Saturday and i have to say i was quite impressed with the new Sandero.  A definite step up from when i last had a look at them some years ago.

Bi-Fuel seems a no brainer now, given its an extra +10BHP engine power and LPG capability for the same price - which, in these days of increasing fuel prices would make a lot of sense.