Having owned one for the last year I would recommend anyone looking to buy a new car of this size and price range (and above come to that) to test drive one. I am very pleased with mine and think they make alot of sense. Maybe others will be pleasantly surprised too. Given the generous equipment on offer including A/C, wireless Android Auto/Apple CarPlay, reversing camera and sensors, LED dipped headlights, keyless locking/unlocking and more, it offers tremendous value and with nice touches of a leather feeling steering wheel, chrome (plastic) and cloth inserts together with precise steering and gearbox, it doesn't feel cheap. It's good to drive and whilst the 1.0 999cc 3 cylinder turbo engine does not have immense outright performance, the low down torque and smoothness of the engine together with the light kerb weight makes it feel surprisingly lively and enjoyable down a B road. I don't think you can compare any new car with a secondhand one as on value, the secondhand one will usually win, but if you are looking for a new generously equipped car, with proven Renault mechanicals that comes with the peace of mind of a 3 year warranty that can be extended until the car is 6 years old for as little as £420 then very worth consideration. Also unless Dacia have changed it, the spare wheel option is a full size 15 inch wheel with a tyre fitted that has a speed rating above the maximum speed of the car. It is not a space saver/restricted to 50mph. The biggest criticism I have is the tyre/road noise which is due to the lack of noise insulation. It's not horrendously intrusive but is the area that creates most noise. The standard Sandero (non stepway) are fitted with very good premium tyres, Bridgestone Turanza T005, Auto Express Winners no less so there is nothing cheap here. Mine (non stepway) has a 6 speed gearbox. It is a shame if they have changed this to a 5 speed in the latest changes. Still a lot of value in this brand and car in my opinion

@dyl_nnn

Жыл бұрын

They don't sell the new ones in my country, this car is such good value !

@forresg500

6 ай бұрын

I would happily buy the cvt one of these Cheapest Renault aroubd 19.5k Corsa around 22.5k I aware of high depreciation in these cars so would suggest better buy at 2 Yr old

@forresg500

6 ай бұрын

I think back end looks like a vw polo

Just bought mine 2 weeks ago automatic 1.0 expression, cost just over £16,000, traded in a 7 year old low mileage skoda for £6500 so worked out less than £10,000 for a brand new car. So far im delighted with it drives nicely and all these negative points that have been mentioned i never even noticed. I only travel about 5000 miles a year and this car will do nicely for a few years. A no brainer to buy for me a good value for money car.

@lkrnpk

5 ай бұрын

I will probably buy it in 2 years or so, after some of the ''new car'' inflated price drops a bit :D although it is nicely priced as is

CarSnobs UK. What else can you get as good as this car £15.5K I don't know what car genos expect for the price, Soft touch plastics and then pay an extra 5k for something no one will ever touch again apart from once in the showroom. Soft touch and chrome bits only really costs a few hundred pounds in manufacturing terms but put them in a car with a heavily marketed badge made for snobs add 5K to the asking price and the average car gerno will love it. That's why the Sandero is the second best selling car in Europe. They are not for car snobs, as over there they just take a car for what its meant for, to do get you to you destination in some form of comfort and as cheaply as possible and screw what your neighbours think as they wont care one bit anyway..

I'm honestly quite miffed at all the reviewers that keep banging on about the price no longer being "cheap and cheerfull". Oh really? What competition does Dacia have with the level of comfort and options that are available for the price?! What? Price is still a major factor and Dacia is still the the champion of price-comfort.

For the money - the best new car you can buy ... On planet Earth. Period.

Had our new Stepway Prestige over a year, had no issues whatsoever. This was the top of the range in white and ordered Jan 22. Price was £14,500. Crazy over £16,500 just a year later. I laughed when in the video the expression Sandero is almost the same price. The top of the range Stepway is a lot more comfortable than those lower down the range.

@anthonybrown4874

3 ай бұрын

Stepwise get the 6 speed too so for me a used version of either with that box would be the way to get value.

A lady accidentally bumped into my Dacia Sandero and broke the nearside headlamp. Three months on and Dacia still haven't delivered a replacement,with no reason or explanation given for the shocking delay......So be warned, after sales care is shocking from Dacia and Renault.

The expression with lpg starts from 13950 euros in Germany and 13600 euros in France, for example. Let's put this on Brexit, it's already a cliché.

Bought an automatic cvt gearbox and it’s been amazing!!!! Sooo relaxing

Could you do an updated video on the stepaway ive ordered one in khaki with bi fuel engine . In the expression spec cant wait !

'Cheap and Cheerful' no longer but an honest review. I guess it is up to individuals to decide whether they want a basic, not as refined car or pay a bit more and get some refinement. It may all come down to what purchasers can afford but I find that cheaper cars are usually not looked after as well by owners after a couple of years; maintenance and servicing is often overlooked as interest wanes so the value for a second owner is often not there.

I only have a 5 mile daily journey so this would be my perfect last car. No one in the back only shopping. This or a better quality car but older? Never sure which way to go. Retired now and at 67 years old only have myself to please.

@samuele5931

Жыл бұрын

Why not a smaller car like Kia Picanto or Fiat Panda?

@WastelandH

4 ай бұрын

Honestly, if you enjoy a simple, nice car that won't give you trouble, this is perfect for what you're asking for!

Really good review - all the prices are going through the roof - personally always changed my car every three years but with the increases, keeping it as long as I can - shame but that's life

@Anonymous-ib8so

Жыл бұрын

Inaccurate though. Looked at one of these and cut my finger on an unfinished edge on the dashboard. Awful cars

The most spot on assessment ive ever seen on these cars. Bought one new (Stepway), 1 year ago, trading it in next week for second hand Captur, the panel gaps r so bad i would guess in a few years a prospective buyer will think its been in an accident. Couldn’t live with it on daily 80 mile commute. Engine way too good for the car.

Good conclusion 👍

The Essential in white is the best option in my opinion. I own one of them and it does exactly what I need it to do.

Thanks for such informative and really frank feedback about your experience. That is exactly my feelings between Dacia and Toyota. It has s about quality and reliability. Although, nowadays the technologies are not on marathon now, but on sprint. Developing so fast. And I don't mentioned II involvement 😳 Seems between Dacia Sandero Extreme and Toyota Yaris, last one is much more reliable. Thanks in advance for advice.

For future I wonder how easy would it be to remove that screen and put something aftermarket in. Seems like it is placed in a great position to do so if it can be unscrewed and just taken out and replaced, which would be great for people who would buy the car used later on, to replace the screen with better and more responsive tech. Seems like a great placement to add a screen also with a dashcam built in (if it does not have it already) in future but maybe it is not that easy to remove it?

Really nice review. Thank you. The reviewer has a nice way about him. I have opted for the extreme stepway. Ian hoping it'll feel abit more refined 😊

@googler38

Жыл бұрын

I hope the aircon knobs have LED displays on them - the ones in this review looked awful

@markbrum

Жыл бұрын

@@googler38 only on the stepway I think

I bought a new stepway 11 months ago - cheapest new, sizeable, auto I could find in Ireland (we are penalised by VRT so it was €24k+). The swift has a tiny boot. The problem is that a 2 year old alternative (kia eg) will not be much off its own new price given the state of the market at moment. Also for new - the next car up - say the clio is 32k auto - that's > 30% more. Some people just want a car to get around.

Kia Rio & Mazda 2 are smaller cars - are you saying that the noise insulation in the Sandero is so poor that it's as noisy as these smaller competitors (e.g. at 70mph)?

Well sir I am wery pleased with mine for two years now and its less equiped than the car you tested . Yes it has wery bad sound isolation and sometimes dodgy eletrics but thats where the moans stop. It's extremly economical, fast enough to get me anywhere I need to be has DAB radio with Bluetooth,AC partly LED lights and all that your one had apart from a unecesery touch screen . I would definitly highly recomend it to anyone who need a great car for not that much money eventhough today its not the cheapest car no longer which is unfortunate but still it would not put me of one

I agree with you that this car range has now lost the value brand image especially as this newer model has crept up in price by thousands in only a short time. Despite the tech updates and features if you examine it closer the safety equipment is way behind other brands as reflected in ncap score and as you say the overall fit and finish is cheap in some areas. Dacia is going the same way as Skoda has recently, yes improved cars and put in latest gadgets to attract a younger clientele but at what cost? They used to be the vw group value arm but at todays prices not sure how they see themselves and Dacia appear to be on the same path with the Renault Group.I still, have a sales brochure for the sandero stepway model from 2013 and the top of the range Laureate with the diesel engine was £10795 on the road. Yes its 10 years ago but if Dacia keep having price increases the equivalent model to that one will have almost doubled in cost.

Like the car but hate the buggy electronics. Ours spends most of its time telling me to check hill start assist or check braking etc. etc. When it is stopped, it often tells me 'forced engine stop encountered' and other pointless messages like this. VERY irritating and we've only had it snce Jan 23. Would we buy a other? Probably not.

We own a stepway journey spec love the car for the price and standard equipment we have the bi fuel so range is massive with two tanks however we had a car crash where the driver drove into the drivers side of ours at a low speed ( 15 mph) the damage to ours was huge it was written off very concerning as the Vauxhall corsa who hit us was unmarked we won’t replace it with another Dacia as the safety and build is questionable

The Dacia Duster was available in the UK back in the late 80’s

Citing a price 'increase' of 72% is more than a tad disingenuous, for comparing the past and present Sandero base model is like comparing an apple and an orange. In addition, all car manufacturers have been leapfrogging their prices over each other in the past three years, meaning that their prices can look steep or reasonable compared to others, simply dependent on the point in time you look. Review this Sandero again in 6 months and the price might look much more reasonable.

Probably Dacia Sandero Stepway is a better choice. It is a huge success around Europe, it looks better, it has a little more ground clearance...of course not at the same money.

I will stay with my used diesel 2015 Astra j with cost me half the price and averages 62 mpg it also is very comfortable and still feels like new

@patriotbarrow

Жыл бұрын

It's a new enough car and as long as it doesn't need fixing too often there's no need to change it.

Please can you show me where i can get a suzuki like you said at the price you stated???

@CarGurusUK

Жыл бұрын

Here is our recent review of the Swift kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZHeI3LKJibupg7g.html

Given the loss of 6 speed and the price rises 3 year warranty it has lost its key value selling point might be a better buy nearly new, in fact an older 6 speed dual fuel is probably the way to go for a lower cost quite new car. The Suzuki Swift is a lot more appealing as a new car with the longer warranty just the 5 gears holds it back a little.

To update my earlier comment we bought a new car for my wife as her 2012 y old zafira was getting close to the lifetime warrant expiry at 100k was it a Sandero as we gave it some thought nope its a swift szl £13800 (Tier 1 discount NzHS etc discount) with that warranty its hard to beat though 6 speed would be nice.

Have owned a 2019 Hyundai i10 & now have a 2021 ( current) model & am totally delighted with it. Being the premium spec heated seats & steering wheel plus DAB radio cruise control reverse camera it has just what i need & drives like a car thats in a class above if you see what i mean ...sooo i think Dacia might be a cheaper car but in terms of quality it is not as food a value as the i10..but that's only my opinion 🎉

My wife has the 1.5 diesel Stepway and they're great cars. One point to note it's not the older 900cc 3 cylinder turbo in the new Sandero but the newer 1.0 litre 3 cylinder engine. Really annoys me when these reviews get their facts wrong.

@stevencampbell1150

Жыл бұрын

@FuskerFisker I actually didn't know that as I assumed they'd stop making the 900cc version in favour of the 1 litre which I would assume is exactly the same engine but bored out a little bit more as they both produce the same output.

@happysnapper6132

Жыл бұрын

@FuskerFisker You must stop reading Danish reviews all variants of this car are 999cc latest engine there is no older engine 0.9 engine variants being sold or have sold with the older engine for a while,the review is wrong it is classed as a 1.0T engine...

You got it wrong RE Dacia I'm afraid. They had been on sale in the UK many years before with the original Duster. This car still undercuts nearly all alternatives. People want the peace of mind of a new car. Should it be £14k. Probably not but rivals are even worse at taking the at the moment

@seanriordan6726

4 ай бұрын

Agree. Moaning about price increases only makes sense when every other manufacturer has not done the same.

Oh no! Anyways...

Iv just ordered one after my ford cmax decided its time to die, now this was the cheapest option and unfortunately need to wait 2 weeks to get the bottom range as was the fastest option (not happy at all with it but couldnt wait for sept for the better version) a few things i noticed after buying and watching the videos and looking on the comparisons is the lack of fog lights ? this should be standard in all cars tbh, the media system and back cameras i can just install myself so not to much issue ( finance be dammed) and ofc the manual back windows (what are we cavemen lol) should all be automatic especially since most the time ppl will use backseats for kids. i wanted the duel fuel but had to yet again settle with petrol (massive step down from diesel) but 3 years and can get shot of it and upgrade i guess ill deal with it. id say if you can wait and go for a sandero get the better version or like myself be stuck with a disapointing car with lack of what would be saftey options, iv paid to get reversing sensors installed.

They look decent value now but not great. It makes me think twice when considering my next purchase as there isn't the saving there once was

It's funny but I do not want the old Dacia just because of the logo, because it is associated with cheap-ness where I am, but the new cars are not as bare bones anymore even if still affordable and the new logo also does not have that stigma

Well, all prices have doubled in the last 3 years.

Unfortunately it's lost the only thing that interested many. Low price. Shame really

Good news

Is it worth the money ? No, definitely not ! Am I buying one ? Yes, delivery in 3 or 4 months. Why am I buying it ? Because I have no choice due to the crazy prices of new cars. They cannot blame energy costs as they fell back to 2020 levels ages ago.

Its a 1.0 engine not the old 0.9 engine....

@happysnapper6132

Жыл бұрын

@FuskerFisker The configuration in the UK says 999 cc turbo latest engine for this car shown here its completely different to the ancient 0.9 Renault unit hope it helps

MG3 is from 13,820

Blimey you do some moaning, people look at price and space in this area it is a decent car that does the job, stop comparing it against 20 grand cars.

I think this review is a bit unfair. The swift is miles behind the sandero in terms of quality, when you compare the base model swift to the expression sandero (same price). The quality and finish of the base model swift is absolutely shocking. Yes, the dacia isnt 8 or 9 grand anymore, but thats because theyve had to keep up with the mandatory safety features for the western market, such as lane keeping assist, collision alert, pedestrian safety, .... And those have a cost. This added to the extra cost of energy and transport due to the cost crisis that started in 2022, its not really possible for manufacturers to make cheap cars anymore. Theres also the fact they dont use an old platform too, its now the same platform as the 2024 renault clio. The only car competing is the mg 3 , which has an engine from the 90's and gets about 28 mpg, or the swift, which you can only get in the base model for that price, and the base model has manual windows in the back, no AC, and not even a reach adjustable steering wheel. And the infotertainment system on the swift seems to have the operating system of an old nokia 3310... Theres also the base model kia picanto in the same ball park, but thats a tiny city car. The fiat panda is 1500 quid more too. The sandero remains absolutely crazy value for money, when you compare apples to apples, yes, some tiny city cars do cost anout the same nowadays, but the sandero is better built, better equipped, and 2 classes above... The cars you need to compare to it are the polo platform, fiesta, i20 , and if you do so, the vaue remains undeniable.

Overpriced

@ridehead8771

6 ай бұрын

Everything is sadly overpriced these days. Even a Picanto now costs pushing 20 grand lol

Yet again it wrongly states it shares the platform with the Clio, there are 2 variants the Clio has the CMF-B HS variant, whilst the Dacia has the CMF-B LS (low cost) variant because it is manufactured in Morocco. Please get the facts correct.

Hmm,this review looks to me that you are not so onest abaut this ,you seem to me that you are payed by someone to talk more bad things abaut this car.

It's fairly priced

@JamesSmith-qs4hx

Жыл бұрын

15 grand....? Are you 'avin a tin barrrrf or summink?

@georgimihaylov5432

Жыл бұрын

@@JamesSmith-qs4hx 15 grand, while everything else in this class is literally 18-19 and above. Yes, it's fairly priced compared to the rest.

@portman8909

Жыл бұрын

@@georgimihaylov5432but only 3k more and you can get a much nicer car than this..

Cheap is always with a *compared to...* So Dacia us still fine.

15.5 k…. Jeez 😮. Terrible value

You are WRONG Dacia were being sold in the UK in the late 1980s! I know as I worked for a finance company. WE used to offer finance on them. Also the name was pronounced DAYSEEAH. Check your facts next time

annoying music

Car reviewers are so pretentious and full of themselves

Too plastici for me...I took a Renault Clio insteed and adore it!!!

@pealecrim

Жыл бұрын

Isn't it too low compared to the Sandero? I feel like the Sandero fits the Captur more, at least when considering trunk size and height from the ground... what do you think? How does the Clio perform on bumpy roads for example? 🤔

@georgimihaylov5432

Жыл бұрын

@@pealecrim you are comparing the Stepway to the Clio. The regular Sandero is identical to the Clio.

@pealecrim

Жыл бұрын

@@georgimihaylov5432 oh, it certainly doesn't look or feel the same. Thank you for pointing that out!

@nocapproductions5471

Жыл бұрын

Clio and Sandero are built on the same platform. Renault owns Dacia.

@samuele5931

Жыл бұрын

@@pealecrim it is lower but it is not going to be too low. Go for the Clio if you can afford it.