2025 Renault Duster confirmed for Australia: Rugged small SUV due this year

The 2025 Renault Duster small SUV – a rebadged model from the low-cost Dacia brand – has been confirmed for Australia, with local showroom arrivals due in the second half of the year.

Renault Australia has announced the Duster – which slots between the Captur and Arkana in length but is almost as wide and tall as a Koleos – will be offered in two variants locally, with front- and all-wheel-drive options.

Plans to bring the Renault-owned Dacia brand here started in mid-2021 – soon after third-party business Ateco, which also manages LDV, Ram and Maserati, took over the distribution of Renault vehicles in Australia – but later moved to selling rebadged Dacia models as Renaults, mirroring some other markets.