Updated advice September 2025:

After ten years of owning Dusters the 2nd Generation and 3rd Generation are shit.

I do not recommend (Adam – The Explorer) you buy anything from 2018 onwards unless you invest heavily on protection and in the case of the Duster 2 can afford to buy a new drivers seat every 2 years.

The Engine will last longer than a Land Rover, the rest of the car will not. Check out my posts on Adam – the Explorer on Facebook for more details

Pre 2018 advice:

If your thinking of buying a new Duster to do what we do (Green Laning etc.) and or be part of the group it’s recommended you choose the following, and yes you must obviously choose the 4×4 version! :

• Engine – Get the Diesel dCi 110, purely for the fact its the most powerful diesel engine for pulling your Duster along the dirt tracks and inclines!
• Versions – Choose what ever version suits your Budget, The Group’s founder Adam, Drove a Laureate on his 2015 Duster and now a Prestige model 2020 Duster
• Equipment – All the equipment is optional although we’d highly recommend the Media Nav purely for off line route guidance taking you to lanes via coordinates. Whilst parking sensors are a good thing to have they’ll be useless to have when reversing in long grass etc.!
• Paint – Ever scratched your gorgeous coloured car? No? Well if your one of the very few lucky ones good for you! But if you aren’t you’ll already know that under that cool looking paint is a whole lot of white! EVERY YEAR the grass grows and so do the bushes that you find on some green lanes, and believe it or not the Glacier White colour is the best to have. It looks cleaner for longer and it’s very hard to see the scratches visually from 2 feet away!
• Additional Packs – Any off road packs offered by Dacia (They keep changing the packs) and ideally a tow bar, it’ll be useful for towing but also offers the rear additional protection against damage..

If Dacia change anything we’ll be sure to update you here, but going on current experiences these are the ultimate options you should choose when buying a Dacia for either Green Laning or Off Roading!

Need anything else, feel free to contact us!

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