The first Dacia hybrid vehicle could be on its way in the form of the Dacia Hamster and these spy shots without camouflage are the first to show a complete look at the car. The pics come from a Romanian car forum which still doesn’t indicate whether the Dacia Hamster will actually become a production series model or not. Previously designed as a test model to develop Dacia experience in the hybrid sector, according to the drive-test.ro site, the Hamster is nothing more than a student project supervised by the company.

The car has a hybrid platform with a classic fuel engine and one electric motor that works on the rear wheels. As far as we can tell this system makes the Hamster an all-wheel drive model, as seen with the “E4WD” badge in the pics. If Dacia were to develop this Hamster model which became anywhere as successful as the low-cost SUV Dacia Duster, the hybrid segment could be in for a shake-up.

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