Dacia Bigster

What do you get when you make a Duster bigger? A silly name and a real worry for the likes of Ford and Hyundai

The Dacia Bigster is a Dacia Duster but bigger. Sometimes naming cars doesn’t have to be complicated. Sure, the name is a bit of an oddball, but we’ll get used to it.Being named after a household cleaning tool hasn’t been a barrier to success for Dacia’s other SUV, after all, and it’s good to know where a particular model sits in the hierarchy.Despite the overt similarities with the Duster, the Bigster differs in many respects and marks the brand’s entry into the ultra-competitive and wildly popular C-segment class that includes leading lights such as the Kia Sportage, Ford Kuga and Volkswagen Tiguan.Whereas with most car makers this class represents a significant step up from the one below in terms of technical sophistication, Dacia actually sticks with the same CMF-B platform for the Bigster. As its name suggests, these are effectively the underpinnings for a B-segment ca