{"id":64747,"date":"2026-08-13T15:34:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T15:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/64747\/"},"modified":"2026-08-13T15:34:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T15:34:11","slug":"renault-slashes-duster-prices-as-new-models-arrive-in-sa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/64747\/","title":{"rendered":"Renault slashes Duster prices as new models arrive in SA"},"content":{"rendered":"

Renault SA has launched its new Duster SUV range with substantial price cuts.<\/p>\n

Now imported from India, the new five-model range is priced from R339,999 to R499,999 \u2014 a major reduction compared to the R489,999-R549,999 price range of the outgoing three-model line-up, which was sourced from Romania.<\/p>\n

The new India-built Duster made its global debut in March with different styling to the Romanian model that has been on the local market since 2025. <\/p>\n

While the first two Duster generations were popular in South Africa, the third-generation model has seen reduced sales due to increased competition in the cutthroat compact SUV league, particularly from China- and India-sourced rivals.<\/p>\n

Top-tier models feature a panoramic sunroof and an electric tailgate. (Renault) <\/p>\n

With the keen pricing of the new India-built version, Renault SA expects to double Duster sales and better compete against the Toyota Corolla Cross, Chery Tiggo Cross<\/a>, Kia Seltos, Omoda C5 and Jaecoo J7<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It is available in four trim levels: <\/p>\n

Evolution;Techno;Techno+ Iconic<\/p>\n

The previous 1.3l turbo-petrol engine with outputs of 116kW and 260Nm is retained in four of the models, but the baseline Evolution gets a new 1.0l petrol turbo with 74kW and 160Nm. Evolution variants are available in a choice of manual 1.0l or manual 1.3l, while the rest of the line-up gets an EDC automatic transmission.<\/p>\n

Specification levels across the line-up are generous, including a 256mm multimedia system with wireless Android Auto and Apple CarPlay, a rear parking camera, cruise control, a digital instrument cluster, automatic headlamps and six airbags.<\/p>\n

Higher-specification models also have full-LED headlamps, dual-zone air-conditioning, a smart access card, wireless smartphone charging, hill-descent control, a panoramic sunroof and an electric tailgate.<\/p>\n

Specification levels across the line-up are generous, including a 256mm multimedia system with wireless Android Auto and Apple CarPlay. (Renault) <\/p>\n

While the other versions ride on 17-inch wheels, the range-topping Iconic has 18-inch versions on diamond-cut alloy wheels. The flagship also adds leatherette seats, electrically adjustable front seats with ventilation, rain-sensing wipers, ambient lights, multi-driving modes and a 360\u00b0 parking camera to the spec sheet. <\/p>\n

It also has advanced driver assistance features such as lane-keeping assist, blind-spot assist, adaptive cruise control and traffic-sign recognition.<\/p>\n

The new Duster is only available as a 4×2, but the old Romania-sourced 4WD version will still be available until the end of the year.<\/p>\n

PricingDuster Evolution 1.0T manual: R339,999Duster Evolution 1.3T manual: R379,999Duster Techno 1.3T auto: R399,999Duster Techno+ 1.3T auto: R439,999Duster Iconic 1.3T auto: R499,999<\/p>\n

TimesLIVE Motoring is attending the launch of the new Duster in Cape Town today, with driving impressions to follow soon. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Renault SA has launched its new Duster SUV range with substantial price cuts. Now imported from India, the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":64748,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13063],"tags":[22795,40263,40261,40262,27186,12198,15074,40260],"class_list":["post-64747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-renault","tag-duster","tag-india-built-duster","tag-india-sourced-renault-duster","tag-indian-renault-duster","tag-new-renault-duster","tag-renault","tag-renault-duster","tag-renault-south-africa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64747","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64747"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64747\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}