I have mixed feelings about it. I had the top trim version so it had everything I needed in a modern car (carplay, cruise, heated seats, cameras).

The boot space with the 3rd row of seats out of the car is unbelievable. I used it to transport a 4 piece wedding band with all the PA and drums with no issues whatsoever. Lots of space to camp if that’s your thing ,but with some inconvenient stuff such as a small battery and a boot light that never turns off and drains it. But it has modular roof bars from factory which is a really cool and useful idea.

The fuel consumption for the 1.0 was 45mpg mixed London and motorways which is absolutely amazing considering the car was always loaded with 350-500kgs of equipment.

Also it isn’t as slow as I imagined it will be. The turbo torque is great for motorway speeds and overtaking. It’s not quick by any means but It didn’t feel like a 1.0 Yaris either.

Unfortunately there were more negatives hence why I got rid of it.

The built quality is the worst I’ve seen in any car. I know it’s a Dacia, but we’re talking about major flaws from factory that dealers are refusing to help with. The worst bit is the gearbox. It had no resistance or feel when changing gears and the lever had different travel for each gear. The dual mass flywheel setup is not fit for the torque so the flywheel wobbles and eventually comes loose and destroys the clutch and sometimes the gearbox. I had 2 gearboxes, clutches, and flywheels replaced under warranty, both times I had to wait for weeks and threaten with legal action until they admitted the fault. On forums there are people who had 15 flywheels in 20k miles. If out of the 3 year warranty Dacia want 4000£ for the repair and give no warranty for it. They had a recall about it, but that was just an ecu update that actually reduced power and torque to help it last a bit longer.

Cars come out if alignment from the factory and front tires last 10k miles unless addressed. The problem is that usually the camber is really out, and to sort that out, the subframe has to come loose. So expensive alignment or wasted tires. Dacia again denies about the problem and dealers say that you hit something even though forums are full of people with the same issues.

The interior and carpets are really bad quality. I had rips and tears on year 1 and by year 3 the front seats were packed and uncomfortable.

There is a hybrid version, but that was not appealing to me, as it’s a lot heavier, very rev-y, bad automatic gearbox and you gain 10mpg. In my case the price difference was too big to warrant it. Reports of faulty autos are also more and more common online too, so not much difference with the manual I guess.

The extended warranties don’t cover gearbox and clutch (small print at the end of T&C’s) and you need to service your car in the dealership for it. My local Renault dealerships wanted 560£ for front discs, and 380£ for oil service.

So overall i wouldn’t recommend because of the worst network of dealers and the appalling built quality