Dacia Duster vs Ginetta G40R

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Feature 31 August 2012

What's fastest around our very wet, very low-grip circuit: The 105bhp, four-wheel drive Dacia Duster or the 200bhp, rear-wheel drive Ginetta G40R?

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If you factor in...

41 weeks 3 days ago

...how long it would take to save up for each, then the Dacia wins by at least six years (for me anyway)! Still love the Ginetta though.

  • Let depreciation be your friend...

Well not all experiments work..

41 weeks 3 days ago

Not the best experiment to ever take place, but it's nice to see some footage of the G40R anyway..

 

 

O.MG!

41 weeks 2 days ago

Did you see the panel gaps, the stick it there interior,£30K! for that, made the Dacia look positively premium!

Peter Cavellini.

Hopefully this will help to

37 weeks 7 hours ago

Hopefully this will help to stop people believe that 4WD gives you more 'grip'.  They still have the same no of wheels on the road so I wouldn't have expected any other results from this test.  The 4WD will help to provide more 'traction' however - but a high CoG truck with half the power and 4x the weight will not be faster round a track.

The Dacia Duster is a lot of

19 weeks 3 days ago

The Dacia Duster is a lot of car for the money, with a spacious cabin and a big boot. Smile The entry-level price is staggeringly low. Smile

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