The subsequent-generation Dacia Sandero will retain its typical hatchback form, even when it will get an electrical choice and is restyled with affect from the chunky Duster and Bigster SUVs.

Due in 2027, the next-generation Sandero shall be a robust evolution of immediately’s automotive, using on prime of the Renault Group’s CMF-B structure – permitting it to retain combustion energy whereas including an electrical choice.

Chatting with Autocar on the Brussels Motor Present, Dacia design boss David Durand admitted that whereas the model’s design language is more and more off-road-influenced in its thickness and utilitarianism, there aren’t any plans for Dacia to develop into a pure SUV model not, and it will not give the Sandero an overtly rugged makeover and a suspension elevate for its second outing.

“It is true that the outside and really robust formal language match completely, however nothing is forbidden, and I feel one thing essential for us and for the Sandero will not be displaying off an excessive amount of. It is a very severe and well-made automotive , and it fits so many shoppers.

“It is not that simple to innovate on each physique kind, and the hatch could be very common with prospects, and that is what they want: a automotive with plenty of house, which is absolutely a part of Dacia’s DNA, and compact on the identical time, as a result of it’s simple to park, simple to drive, not too heavy, not too excessive consumption, so the hatch is the great resolution.

“We additionally need to face CO2 emissions, so aerodynamics (are essential), and we take all of that under consideration to proceed to tick the field masking this very important and central automotive in our vary.”

Requested or Dacia will flip the Sandero right into a mini SUV like the brand new Citroën C3, Durand mentioned: “No. Redesigned, after all, however the physique form is a hatch.”

He added that the higher-riding, off-road-flavoured Sandero Stepway is seen as nearly a totally separate mannequin from the usual Sandero and it is very important keep that distinction within the subsequent era.

“We observed that Sandero house owners do not hesitate in regards to the Stepway. They arrive to purchase a Sandero, and individuals who come for the Stepway do not contemplate Sandero in any respect. So we speak to totally different folks, and that is why we now have to take everybody contemplate and perceive that some folks simply want a superb automotive and never exhibit an excessive amount of.”

When requested if Dacia may contemplate differentiating the 2 mannequin traces extra overtly, he mentioned: “We may have a separated Stepway or extra differentiation between them, however the truth that we use plenty of frequent elements between the 2 automobiles and we actually utilizing the identical base can be a part of the components to maintain the price down We will say ‘okay, we’ll make two totally different automobiles’, however we’ll need to double the funding, and other people will find yourself paying for it someplace.