After the news that the Dacia Duster will get new engines, we also find out that a production increase is planned. It won’t be easy though as Dacia already has a six-month delivery time. That’s a long time to be waiting for your new low-cost SUV and of the 35,500 orders taken in four months of availability, only 12,000 Dusters have been delivered so far.

If the company can get over the logistical problems associated with component parts and increasing production line potential, we could be seeing quite a phenomenon on our hands with other manufacturers a bit slow to the low-cost party. Dacia plans to take its Duster production levels from 20 units a day to 35 units a day starting January 2011. There will be a transition period with plans to get to 25 units from October this year.

The orders for the Dacia Duster started from its unveiling at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show and since then it has experienced a boom. The model was originally offered with three engine choices, but of the new engines planned for the Dacia Duster, it gets two new four-cylinder units: a 1.6-litre petrol engine and a 1.5-litre turbodiesel.

Source | AutoEvolution

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