The price you pay (if price is the right word) changes speed. You’re a lot less upshifting than in a car with, say, a 1.5-liter engine.
Sixth is designed for over 28mph per 1000rpm, which means you never select it until you’ve hit 50mph and above. You spend a lot of time in third, fourth and fifth which at first seems wrong because you think it’s going to blow a hole in your fuel mileage. Except no. We’re averaging just under 50 mpg, and I’m using the diet more freely than ever. But why doesn’t the tacho have a red line?
My complaint about the engine flats persists, but with familiarity you get around it. The main thing is that I like the car. Every day I like to compare the modesty of its name and price with its excellent overall delivery. It’s easy to understand why so many individuals choose the Sandero.
Mileage: 5,235
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A key feature – June 30, 2021
The Stepway key card turns out to be an unexpected boon. I like how you don’t have to remember to lock the car – when paying at gas stations, for example. I was initially afraid of losing the card (I felt there was no substitute for the reassuring click of a regular key), but if you keep it in your wallet, there is never a problem.
Mileage: 4,398
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Welcome of the Sandero in the fleet – June 23, 2021
I have to admit this has been quite a change. Go from a £ 200,000-plus Bentley Bentayga with a blizzard of stylish but expensive options to a Dacia Sandero Stepway Prestige priced at £ 14,605 - including the only two extras on offer, the metallic paint at £ 560 and a £ 150 spare tire – this is the kind of step a real car buyer never takes. But I was really looking forward to it.
On the one hand, our road testers had already established that the Dacia is a very decent car according to the “fitness for purpose” criterion which guides all well-founded verdicts. And Dacia’s own sales experience across Europe, which made the Sandero the most purchased retail car, was irresistible. I have a soft spot for simple, affordable cars, as do 1.3 million Sandero buyers (of which around 10% are Brits).
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Source: www.autocar.co.uk
This notice was published: 2021-09-05 05:00:00
