ROME (ITALPRESS) – Dacia enters the C-SUV segment with the new Bigster, a model that meets key customer needs in terms of equipment, with an emphasis on comfort and ease of daily use, offering a wide range available as an option or as standard depending on trim. Access to Bigster is facilitated by Keyless Entry and the power-operated tailgate. The latter, standard on Bigster Journey and optional on Extreme, can be operated in three ways: by pressing the button on the tailgate located next to the license plate light, through the button located on the dashboard, or with the control on the key.
The ergonomics of the driver’s seat are of paramount importance for safety. In the Journey version, New Bigster comes standard with a seat with electrically adjustable seat height and backrest tilt, equipped with manually adjustable lumbar supports. Bigster Journey and Extreme also come standard with Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC) in hybrid versions, which meets the expectations of private and business customers for long journeys.
Dacia Bigster is the first model in the Renault Group to feature the new hybrid 155 powertrain, with a 109-horsepower 4-cylinder gasoline engine, two electric motors (a 50-hp motor and a high-voltage starter/generator), a 1.4-kWh (230-volt) battery, and an electrified automatic transmission. The latter has 4 gears for the heat engine and another 2 for the electric motor. This combined technology is made possible by the absence of a clutch. The regenerative braking, combined with the strong energy recovery capacity of the battery and the performance of the automatic transmission, makes it possible to drive around town up to 80% of the time in 100% electric mode. In addition, the engine always starts in 100% electric mode. Bigster mild hybrid 140.
This engine, available for the first time in the Dacia range at this power level, is derived from the TCe 130 fitted to New Duster. This first level of electrification combines a new-generation 1.2-liter 3-cylinder turbocharged gasoline engine and adopts the Miller cycle (optimized efficiency and less pumping losses) aided by a 48-volt mild-hybrid system and 6-speed manual transmission. The hybrid system supports the heat engine during start-up and acceleration, optimizing driving pleasure and enabling about 10 percent reduction in average consumption (5.6l/100 km) and CO2 emissions (129 g/km) compared with thermal engines of equivalent power.
Bigster mild hybrid-G 140 offering bifuel gasoline-LPG fueling on all its thermal models, under the name mild hybrid-G.
On Bigster, DACIA is innovating by offering for the first time an engine combining bifuel power and a 48V mild-hybrid system. The latter assists the 1.2-liter 3-cylinder turbocharged engine-regardless of whether it runs on gasoline or LPG-when starting and accelerating, optimizing driving pleasure and efficiency. When using LPG, Bigster mild hybrid-G 140 emits on average 10% less CO2 than equivalent non-hybrid gasoline engines. Bigster mild hybrid 130 4×4. New Bigster was born to get off the beaten path with all-wheel drive combined with a 6-speed manual transmission, optimizing efficiency with the 48-V mild-hybrid system. The latter assists the 1.2-liter turbocharged 3-cylinder engine during start-up and acceleration, thus enabling it to reduce fuel consumption and CO2 emissions and provide superior driving pleasure.
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