A Romanian from Russia wanted to see if the new Duster is better than Lada Niva. Both cars were designed by the French from Renault.
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Răzvan, a Romanian Vlogger established for several years in Russia, wanted to see with his eyes if a Russian car Niva can compete with a Duster, but especially how both behave in an off-road. This is how he came to take a test with Cosmin and Attila, the last one being a well -known Vlogger. The test was done on a rough terrain, on the snow, and the Dacia Duster car proved to be better.
“Come on with us and go to try the cars. My car has 13,000,13km 94. Cosmin’s Duster 31.000km, and both are made 2024. My in May, in December. Let’s make a survey with cars“, Răzvan said, at first.
After discussing some technical details, the Romanians went to work. As an interesting detail, Cosmin confirmed that Lada Niva made in 2024 has no airbags. The reason? The sanctions that have put in difficulty the Russian manufacturers. However, starting with 2025, Lada cars are coming out of the gate of the factory equipped with airbags, he confirmed.
The video viral on You Tube, and the Internet users followed with interest the “confrontation” of the two cars, one Romanian, the other made in Russia. Some of them commented on the ones seen.
“What hills climb, what does not climb, the Duster is light years in front of the crate, everything: design, engine, performance, actuality, modernity … everything!”Someone wrote. “Cosmin’s experience in offroad is seen! Niva is this way from the ax, it looks good on the cos. Duster 3 is from another category, it is suitable for long roads! Both of them did very ok“, Commented another.
Someone else analyzed the two cars and said his opinion: “The Lada car: prepared better for off-road. The reducer is the cherry on the cake. Excellent price! Minuses: old design, Nm few. Duster: Modern design, Nm enough. Minuses: 1 missing cylinder, missing blocker, only electronics dictate. Great price! At both cars could/can improve performance with a backlot rear“He wrote.
There were other opinions. “It is not a tractor to couple with both hands. I have an old model and the levers couples very easily, anyway with both hands you could not couples if there were problems. “
“2 to 1 for NIVA, in the context in which Mr. Răzvan did not very much found the coupling of the reducer and the central blocker. On the off-road, the Duster was better at the circles”, There was another opinion.
“Dacia did you hear prices at the crate?“, Someone asked, but was immediately contradicted:”And what, do you think the crate better? With outdated design and pull 2 -handed lever”, To write another. “The price”, The contradicted one returned. “Price what? A modern car like Duster costs nothing is free in this world ”, The answer came.
“Technologically speaking, that crate is 7 generations behind Dacia. The Russian influence vs the European influence ”, someone pointed out.
Lada and Dacia, made in Russia and after the official Renault withdrawal
After the outbreak of the war between Russia and Ukraine, caused by the first of them, the French from Renault Group, who owned factories in Russia, including in Moscow, decided to withdraw from this country. In fact, the Renault – Nissan alliance has decided since the first months of 2022, after Putin decided to invade Ukraine, to withdraw from Russia. As a result, the French gave up the factories of a Russian company.
Specifically, the business was taken over by the Russian company Avtovaz, which discovered several abandoned molds in the Renault factory, including the Davia Logan MCV model. From 2024, the Russians started in the Toliatti factory the production of the new Lada Largus model, which represents, in fact, a break, MCV, the first generation Dacia Logan. In fact, if in the first months the Russians were able to use original Renault pieces, they were later forced to make them or import certain components from China.
