Dacia Jogger - cheap 7 seater or bad value?

No Joggers available for test drive, the only one there was sold, the salesman said they can't keep them in stock, whether that's a supply issue or not I didn't ask. They have my name down for a test drive, so hopefully in a week or two I'll get a spin.

Looking at the Sandero, Duster interiors, I'd have no problem using these as my daily cars and I love the simplicity of the base models, it's just a bit mad they didn't put in dedicated radio controls or screen just for the radio, just something basic.

I didn't mind the jogger interior either when I sat in the Brothers rental.

I drove the 1.3 CTDI in the Combo van, it wasn't bad to be honest, it was 75 Hp, it was very economical in the van , probably even better in the Astra and Corsa.

Agree its not written in law but I like to drive with due consideration for others. If I see a car coming down a ramp with no gaps in traffic I'll check rear view mirror and if safe ease off slightly to create a bigger gap in front of me.

Otherwise how is someone able to join a motorway safely in heavy traffic without having to slow up on ramp, which creates its own potential problems. I'm not having a go at you btw but what really grinds my gears is reading posts saying people should accelerate down the entry ramp and magically join the motorway irrespective of how heavy the traffic is

Sometimes reality does not match utopian fantasy

Interesting that there seem to be few new Joggers. If they were that popular I think the

second hand values would be holding up better. 2022 Joggers with average mileage are around 18k for mid spec, this is 10k

depreciation over 3 years which is a lot given its from a low base. Also it means that trade in values are probably poor (say 2 - 3k less than they are being sold at)

I haven't traded mine so I don't know what the exact figures are but they seem to depreciate faster than the Dusters and Sandero etc

"I wouldn't worry about politics when choosing a car."

I don't either except when it directly relates to grossly over priced cars, I'm not going to be the one paying for other countries poor political decisions and paying tax on it.

https://www.focus2move.com/europe-best-selling-cars/#:~:text=Considering%20data%20up%20to%20October,cumulative%20sales%20(%2B10.4%25).

Interesting , the Sandero was Europe's best selling car in 2024, the Clio 2nd Golf 3rd place, I would have assumed SUV/Crossovers would have been the top selling but thankfully not.

I'm finding it hard to find where the Jogger sits, not even chatgpt can help me lol.

While I was looking for a spin in the Jogger, I had a look at the Sandero, it's pretty decent inside to be honest but I don't get why they didn't have a proper layout for the radio instead of a hole for a phone on the dash for the basic version, that bugs me because the basic version would be all the kit I need in a car.

Some here

62		DACIA	JOGGER	550	1,006	−45.33%	0.45%	0.82%

Maybe look to UK for indicative sales figures.

Same as it ever was, if the deal doesn't suit you walk away.

How much was the quoted for the OTR price of the version you drove ?

I'm still waiting on a test drive from the Carlow dealer. I don't know if I'll get to bring her on the M9, might do Dacia dealer to M9 Heading for Castledermot then at the M9 Junction head south For Tinryland and back in the Enniscorthy/Carlow road back to town. That would be a decent spin. Kind of sorry I didn't take the rental Jogger the Brother had when he was here.

I'm driving a 1.0L 3 cyl 120 Hp car now, granted it's smaller and lighter but I actually enjoy it a lot, it's not fast either but fast enough for a family hatch, it's got decent torque once the turbo spools up but I'd rather a 1.8l petrol without a turbo and lag, but that's the way it is now. It did surprise me how the little 1.0l is able to pull me up decent size hills without much fuss.

Mazda still make very good petrols, but they're expensive.

Not sure I'd pay 5,500 more for the hybrid to be honest and it's got that absolutely horrible CVT box and CVT are bad enough at the best of times but the experience is even worse with lower powered engines, the hybrid setup isn't that powerful @145 Hp , if there was a sort of fixed gear ratio setup it might not be so bad like the last generation Audi Multitronics before they went Dual Clutch, not sure that would be possible with a Hybrid with the leccy motor in the mix.

Kawasaki make a hybrod motorcycle and it has proper manual gearbox too giving a more normal riding experience, even with the electric motor, you still get manual gears in EV mode.

The RRP of the basic Jogger is 26,090 and the Hybrid is 31,600, not a hope in hell I'd pay that much extra for the Hybrid, for what ? 30 odd more Hp and a crappy CVT ? no way !

I'm actually looking forward to the test drive now.

I drove far slower yokes in my day, diesel vans that could hardly get above 100 Km/h with roof rack and ladders and took maybe 20 seconds to get to 55 Mph ffs, lol. and the older I get I couldn't care less about power and 0-100 times. Now-a-days I just want cheap A to B transport.

Thanks for the info, didn't know it was that light, should make a difference alright, My Kia Cee'd 1.0l is 1300 Kg I think strange that the Jogger is a bit lighter.

Thanks for confirming, yeah I had a good idea the engine in the Jogger would be fine considering I drive a 1.0L Turbo, it has 8 more Hp so not going to make much of a difference, these little 1.0L Turbo engines have a decent amount of torque.

All the kit I need at the end of the day is AC, Electric windows and mirrors and rear parking sensors. Don't want or need anything else. It's a car at the end of the day.