Over in South America, the Duster Oroch is available solely as a dual-cab pickup truck with 1.6- and 2.0-liter powerplants. Come 2022, the larger of the two free-breathing mills will be allegedly replaced by a turbo four.
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Romanian automaker Dacia introduced the second-generation Duster at the 2017 Frankfurt Motor Show. Given its age, the CUV is scheduled to receive a mid-cycle refresh in 2022, which is the year Renault will roll out the second-generation Duster Oroch pickup truck in Latin America. 13 photos
The French automaker’s Argentinian and South African divisions both confirmed the redesign, and word on the street is that prototypes will be out and about by the end of 2021. Imagined with pre-facelift Duster styling by pixel artist Kleber Silva, the newcomer looks already dated in this guise.
In all likelihood, Renault will adopt the design language of the facelifted crossover for the all-new Oroch, then refresh the dual-cab truck with cues from the Bigster Concept. The what, I hear you say? Bigster is a design study that previews a seven-seat CUV that was previously called Grand Duster by the media, and it’s going to be very n
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Introduced as a concept at the 2014 São Paulo International Motor Show, the Duster Oroch is “a recreational pickup truck” according to Renault. Designed in Brazil for Latin America, the unibody workhorse entered production the following year with very modest payload figures. 103 photos
The cargo area isn’t going to impress you either at 1.35 meters or 4.4 feet in length and a payload rating of 680 kilograms or 1,499 pounds. For reference, the Ford Ranger offers a 5-foot (1.52-meter) bed for the SuperCrew body style and up to 1,860 pounds (843.6 kilograms) of payload.
Be that as it may, the Duster Oroch doesn t feature a ladder-frame chassis or a forced-fed engine with low-end torque. Renault has developed it with cost-sensitive customers in mind, which is why the most Spartan configuration is available to order from 82,490 reais or $15,360 at current exchange rates. The mid-sized Ranger in XL trim with the Single Cab, by co