Dacia Stepway SUV

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• Date: May 7,2009

Renault is updating its Sandero lineup with the Sandero Stepway SUV, after launching the Dacia Sandero LPG Hatchback brand there. Sandero (branded as a Dacia in Europe, Northern Africa, Middle East) has been quite successful in south America. The Sandero Stepway 4×4 SUV has a 1.6-litre 112 bhp 16 valve engine, the Hi-Flex one with bio-ethanol abilities. At 112 ponies it is Renault’s most powerful bio-ethanol powerplant. The new Dacia SUV Crossover will be popular in Western Europe because of its interesting styling, as well as higher ride height that makes drivers feel on top of the traffic situation. This should increase its popularity with the females then. With Stepway you also get chrome-finished pipe, exclusive bumpers and grille and roof bars with an integrated spoiler. Sandero Stepway based on Logan’s platform Renault knows how to spawn multiple cars from the same platform. Dont agree? Well then, have a look at their upcoming cars- the Sandup based on the Sandero’s platfrom or even the Sandero Stepway. We think that both represent the same mini-SUV based on the Logan platfrom which was displayed as a concept and is expected make its debut soon. This is a good example of platform sharing wherein the Logan platform has been used to make a variety of vehicles, conceived by Dacia. One more model to come out of the same platform is the Sand’Up. Built at Renault’s Curitiba plant in Brazil, the five-passenger Stepway will go on sale in the Brazil market in October, with Argentinean sales to follow shortly after that. The company also is studying whether to offer the Stepway in other markets where the Logan is built and sold, including India and Russia. The “urban sport” derivative of the Logan/Sandero (code name B0) features a higher ground clearance, roof bars, an integrated spoiler, exclusive grille and bumpers, plus a chrome tailpipe. At the start of production, the only engine will be a 112-horsepower 1.6-liter four-cylinder unit that is programmed to run on bioethanol. In Argentina, the Stepway will be offered with a 1.5-liter common-rail turbodiesel engine.

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