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Dacia's new C-segment crossover, wagon, hatchback and SUV.

Dacia Striker revealed as sub-£22k petrol estate

New load-lugger will undercut its Skoda Octavia rival and offer range of petrol and hybrid powertrains

Dacia will continue its expansion into the market for larger vehicles with the launch of the Striker, a high-riding estate that will rival the Skoda Octavia and be priced from less than £22,000.

The new C-segment challenger, known as the C-Neo during its development, will be the firm's second quasi-estate model after the Jogger. It will join the mechanically identical Bigster SUV at the top of the Dacia line-up. While twinned with the Bigster, the new Striker is notably sleeker in order to broaden Dacia's appeal.

Brand boss Katrin Adt has previously said it is "a totally different offer to the customer than the Bigster". The Striker is slightly longer than its SUV sibling, at 4.62m, while its raked roofline sits slightly lower.

Dacia has yet to release full technical details of the Striker ahead of a full debut in June, but it will be based on the Renault Group's CMF-B platform that underpins most of the brand's line-up and it will be offered with a range of combustion powertrains.

A four-wheel-drive variant will be available from launch. This is expected to be the same set-up that was recently launched on the Bigster and the Duster: a 1.2-litre three-cylinder petrol engine paired with a rear-mounted electric motor for a combined 152bhp. Other powertrains offered are expected to be mild- and full-hybrid options that range from 138bhp to 153bhp.

An LPG version will also be offered in some markets, but that is unlikely to reach the UK. Dacia has not revealed the interior yet, but it is likely to be broadly identical to that of the Duster and Bigster.

www.autocar.co.uk

Dacia Striker revealed: £22k petrol estate undercuts Skoda Octavia | Autocar

New load-lugger will undercut its Skoda Octavia rival and offer range of petrol and hybrid powertrains
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Here’s your first look at the sub-£22k hybrid and LPG Dacia Striker

Dacia previews its new ‘multi-energy’ crossover

This is the new Dacia Striker. We know it to be a C-segment crossover that straddles the worlds of the humble estate car, hatchback and SUV, because that’s what Dacia has told us.

We also know it to be a crossover that’ll come with a few different drivetrains, like a hybrid version, a hybrid version with four-wheel-drive, and one powered by LPG, because that’s what Dacia has told us.

And now we know it to be a… good-looking car, because we can see the entire thing and not a close-up image of its nameplate which Dacia told us about last week. We do not know much more than this, because the Striker will be really really revealed in full in June 2026.

Dacia reckons on a starting price below €25,000 in Europe – around £21.6k – which gives you what it reckons is a “disruptive” silhouette and “strong aerodynamic efficiency”. There are daytime running lights, a panoramic roof, and… that’s about all we can ascertain from these launch images.

 
This is it: the sub-£25,000 Dacia Striker estate (that’s also an SUV and a saloon)

Dacia rolls every car segment into one affordable, medium-sized package

This is the new Dacia Striker. They should have really called it the new Dacia Everything Everywhere All At Once. Because its makers say it is an SUV, and a saloon, and an estate. Let’s just call it a 'Car'.

A cheap Car, because when it goes on sale, the Dacia EEAAO – sorry, Striker – will start from less than £25,000. Bit more than when it was first shown a few months ago, but still comfortably undercutting similarly sized things like Golfs and Astras and Corollas.

You’ve had a few months to digest the looks, so now we can talk about what powers them. There’s the Striker Hybrid 155 that pairs a 108bhp 1.8-litre four-pot petrol engine with a 48bhp electric motor, a starter-generator, a 1.4kWh battery and an auto ‘box.
Then there’s the Striker Hybrid 150 4x4, which offers up a tiny 1.2-litre mild-hybrid petrol engine on the front, a six-speed dual-clutch auto in the middle, and an electric motor on the rear.

 
Dacia scraps plan to launch third C-segment model in 2027

Dacia had planned to follow Bigster and Striker with a third mid-sized model but will now focus on EVs

Dacia has put its plans for a third C-segment model on ice to focus on developing its new line of electric cars, including the next-generation Sandero.

The firm began its push into Europe's biggest market (often referred to as the 'mid-sized' segment) in 2024 with the launch of the Nissan Qashqai-sized Bigster SUV, and is soon to expand its presence in the category with the closely related, estate-shaped Striker.

This move into larger cars has been a highly successful one: the Bigster ranked as Europe's best-selling C-SUV in the second half of last year and Dacia anticipates that the segment will account for a third of its sales by 2030.

However, with the firm now committed to launching four new EVs by 2030 (beginning imminently with the new Spring city car), it has scrapped plans to add a third petrol-powered C-segment model.

The Striker was originally planned to be the second of these 4.5m-long models, with the closely related third entry due to follow next year.

But now Dacia CEO Katrin Adt has poured cold water on the prospect of new mid-sized petrol cars in the immediate future, citing EVs and smaller cars as the priority.

"We have a very successful entry with the Bigster, we see the potential for the Striker and currently we don't have any other plans,” she told Autocar when asked for an update on the next car.

“We are a brand with not so many products, we are concentrating on the next generation of Sandero etc, so currently there is nothing to declare."

 
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