Europeans can still buy a car for £8,000 ($11,123 USD) and as AutoTrader points out, it’s pretty dang good, too! In fact, the Dacia Sandero is so cheap and so acceptable that it might make you wonder why you should spend more on something else.
So how does one of the cheapest mass production cars on sale in Europe compare to one of the more expensive? Auto Trader’s Rory Reid jumps from the Dacia to a Bentley Flying Spur to find out.
Although there’s nothing new about an extremely cheap car, the Dacia has the benefit of being based on a Renault. And the first thing Reid finds out is that the Sandero is more of a budget car than it is a cheap car.
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That means that under the skin, it’s reasonably safe and well-made. So despite the price, you don’t have to worry that the Dacia is made out of old Romanian newspapers.
Admittedly, there is no universe in which the Sandero can compare to the Bentley in terms of features, but Reid brings up a good point: Don’t have massaging seats? Buy a massage with all the money you’re saving!
The real point of comparing it to the Bentley is to point out that the Sandero is actually enough car. It manages to be exactly what a cheap car has to be: good value.
The Sandero is “a brilliant [car] that show exactly what can be done on a budget without cutting too many corners,” Reid concludes. “It just goes to show that you don’t actually have to spend a lot of cash to get a lot of car.”