Dacia Bigster

Dacia Bigster: which version to buy

The Dacia Bigster is a 1 generation SUV 5-doors sold from October 2024 with no end date in the data. Six versions sit in that single generation. The buyer’s question is not “what is a Bigster” but which of those six names actually matches the job: 1.2 MT (140 hp, Gasoline, FWD), 1.2 MT (140 hp, LPG, FWD), 1.2 AT 4WD, 1.2 DCT 4WD, 1.8 AT Hybrid, and 1.2 MT (130 hp, Gasoline, AWD).

The Dacia Bigster is a 1 generation SUV 5-doors sold from October 2024 with no end date in the data. Six versions sit in that single generation. The buyer’s question is not “what is a Bigster” but which of those six names actually matches the job: 1.2 MT (140 hp, Gasoline, FWD), 1.2 MT (140 hp, LPG, FWD), 1.2 AT 4WD, 1.2 DCT 4WD, 1.8 AT Hybrid, and 1.2 MT (130 hp, Gasoline, AWD). All six share a 50 L tank. Only three have a measured 0–100 km/h time, top speed, mixed consumption, and kerb weight. The rest of this page is arithmetic on those figures.

Bigster specs: one generation, six versions

There is only 1 generation (key 8510), body SUV 5-doors, production start 2024-10-01, stop not measured. Six modifications. Two of them start later: 1.2 AT 4WD and 1.2 DCT 4WD from 2025-09-01. The other four start with the model in October 2024. There is no restyling listed and no second generation to compare year-to-year; every “which generation” difference is a version difference inside the same generation.

What did change between the 2024-10 and 2025-09 batches is drivetrain mix, not body type. The 2024-10 group already covers FWD Gasoline, FWD LPG, FWD Hybrid, and AWD Gasoline. The 2025-09 pair adds AWD Gasoline with a Robotic gearbox and AWD Hybrid with a Robotic gearbox. If you need AWD plus Robotic, you are shopping the later pair. If you need the lightest kerb weight, the lowest mixed consumption, or the shortest 0–100, you are shopping a 2024-10 name: 1.8 AT Hybrid.

Engine and gearbox: exact version names

Use the table as the shopping list. Names are as in the catalogue. Three rows are all called 1.2 MT; they are not interchangeable.

Engine placement is Front, transverse on every version. Injection is Direct injection (direct) on five versions; 1.2 DCT 4WD is the exception with Combined injection (direct-distributed). Bore × stroke is 75.5 x 89.3 on 1.2 DCT 4WD and on 1.2 MT (130 hp, AWD); 78 x 93.8 on 1.8 AT Hybrid; not measured on the two 140 hp 1.2 MT rows and on 1.2 AT 4WD. Power rpm is 5750 on 1.8 AT Hybrid and 230 on 1.2 MT (130 hp) as stored; not measured on the other four. Compression ratio is not measured on all six.

Power per litre (hp ÷ displacement in litres):

• 1.2 AT 4WD and 1.2 DCT 4WD: 154 ÷ 1.199 ≈ 128.4 hp/L — densest in the range.
• 1.2 MT 140 hp (Gasoline or LPG): 140 ÷ 1.199 ≈ 116.8 hp/L.
• 1.2 MT 130 hp AWD: 130 ÷ 1.199 ≈ 108.4 hp/L.
• 1.8 AT Hybrid: 155 ÷ 1.799 ≈ 86.2 hp/L — lowest specific output, largest engine.

Peak power spread: 1.8 AT Hybrid at 155 hp is 1 hp above 1.2 AT 4WD / 1.2 DCT 4WD (154 hp), 15 hp above the 140 hp 1.2 MT pair, and 25 hp above 1.2 MT 130 hp AWD. In kW: 114 vs 113 vs 102 vs 95.

Torque is only fully specified on two names. 1.8 AT Hybrid lists 205 Nm at 1630. 1.2 MT (130 hp, AWD) lists 2250 Nm with moment rpm not measured. The other four have torque not measured. You cannot rank the 140 hp 1.2 MT, 1.2 AT 4WD, or 1.2 DCT 4WD on Newton-metres from this dataset.

Gearbox choice is the other split. Manual, 6-speed: all three 1.2 MT names. Robotic, 6-speed: 1.2 AT 4WD and 1.2 DCT 4WD. Automatic, 4-speed: only 1.8 AT Hybrid. If you refuse a clutch pedal, drop every 1.2 MT. If you want more than four gears without a clutch, you are left with the two 2025-09 AWD Robotic names.

Drive: FWD on both 140 hp 1.2 MT and on 1.8 AT Hybrid. AWD on 1.2 AT 4WD, 1.2 DCT 4WD, and 1.2 MT 130 hp. AWD is not bundled with the strongest FWD hybrid; the 155 hp hybrid is FWD only.

Performance, mpg, and CO2 — measured vs not measured

0–100 km/h, top speed, and consumption exist for three versions only. For the other three, write not measured and do not infer.

Among measured 0–100 times, 1.8 AT Hybrid at 9.7 s is 0.7 s quicker than 1.2 DCT 4WD (10.4 s) and 1.5 s quicker than 1.2 MT 130 hp AWD (11.2 s). Top speed is 180 km/h on all three measured cars; the other three are not measured, so you cannot claim they are slower.

Mixed consumption: 1.8 AT Hybrid 4.6 vs 1.2 DCT 4WD 5.9 vs 1.2 MT 130 hp 6.0. The FWD hybrid uses 1.3 L/100 km less mixed than the AWD 1.2 hybrid and 1.4 L/100 km less than the 130 hp AWD manual. Only 1.2 DCT 4WD has a city and highway split: 7.1 city, 5.1 highway. City and highway for 1.8 AT Hybrid and for 1.2 MT 130 hp are not measured.

CO2 is measured on two cars: 107 on 1.8 AT Hybrid vs 137 on 1.2 MT 130 hp AWD — 30 g/km less on the hybrid. Eco class is Euro 6 only on 1.2 MT 130 hp AWD; not measured on the other five. If a buyer needs a printed Euro class from this catalogue, that single 130 hp AWD manual is the only row that has it.

Tank volume is 50 L on all six, so range talk without consumption is empty. Using mixed figures only: 1.8 AT Hybrid at 4.6 L/100 km on 50 L is about 1087 km of mixed distance per tank (50 ÷ 4.6 × 100). 1.2 DCT 4WD at 5.9 is about 847 km. 1.2 MT 130 hp at 6.0 is about 833 km. That is +240 km of mixed tank distance for 1.8 AT Hybrid versus 1.2 DCT 4WD, and +254 km versus the 130 hp AWD 1.2 MT. The two 140 hp 1.2 MT rows and 1.2 AT 4WD have consumption not measured, so tank range for them is not measured.

Dimensions, weight, clearance, wheels

Kerb weight, gross weight, ground clearance, and wheels are incomplete. Missing cells are not measured, not “the same as the neighbour”.

1.8 AT Hybrid is the lightest measured car at 1419 kg — 9 kg under 1.2 MT 130 hp AWD (1428 kg) and 164 kg under 1.2 DCT 4WD (1583 kg). Gross follows the same order: 1940, 1970, 2045. Payload (gross minus kerb) is highest on the 130 hp AWD 1.2 MT at 542 kg, then 1.8 AT Hybrid at 521 kg (21 kg less payload), then 1.2 DCT 4WD at 462 kg (80 kg less than the 130 hp AWD). If you haul mass, the 130 hp AWD manual has the largest measured payload even though it has the least horsepower of the six.

Weight per horsepower: 1.8 AT Hybrid 9.15 kg/hp, 1.2 DCT 4WD 10.28 kg/hp, 1.2 MT 130 hp 10.98 kg/hp. That matches the 0–100 order (9.7 / 10.4 / 11.2 s). You cannot compute kg/hp for the two 140 hp 1.2 MT or for 1.2 AT 4WD because kerb is not measured.

Ground clearance is 220 mm on 1.8 AT Hybrid and on 1.2 MT 130 hp AWD. It is not measured on the other four, including both 2025-09 AWD cars. Do not assume the AWD hybrids sit higher; the data does not say.

Wheels: 1.2 DCT 4WD lists 225/60 R17, 225/55 R18, 205/55 R19. 1.2 MT 130 hp AWD lists 215/65 R17, 215/60 R18, 205/55 R19. Shared size: 205/55 R19. The 17- and 18-inch options differ in section and aspect. Wheel sizes for the other four versions are not measured.

Chassis pattern is almost uniform: independent spring front, ventilated disc front, drum rear, on all six. Rear suspension is Semi-independent, spring on five versions and Independent, spring only on 1.2 MT 130 hp AWD. If independent rear is a filter, that 130 hp AWD 1.2 MT is the only match.

Which version to choose

There is no price in this dataset, so “extra money” here means extra specification: more hp, AWD vs FWD, Hybrid vs Gasoline vs LPG, Automatic vs Robotic vs Manual, measured economy vs a blank row.

Choose 1.8 AT Hybrid if the job is measured speed and measured mixed consumption on FWD. It is the only Automatic (4 gears). It has the highest power (155 hp / 114 kW), the only fully specified torque pair (205 Nm at 1630), the shortest 0–100 (9.7 s), the lowest mixed figure (4.6 L/100 km), the lowest CO2 (107 g/km), the lowest kerb (1419 kg), and 220 mm clearance. What you give up: AWD, a sixth gear, listed wheel sizes, city/highway split (not measured), and Euro class (not measured). Versus 1.2 DCT 4WD you lose AWD and 164 kg of kerb but gain 0.7 s to 100, 1.3 L/100 km mixed, 1 hp, and 80 kg more payload (521 vs 462). Versus 1.2 MT 130 hp AWD you lose AWD, independent rear, Euro 6, and 21 kg of payload, and you gain 25 hp, 1.5 s to 100, 1.4 L/100 km mixed, and 30 g/km less CO2.

Choose 1.2 DCT 4WD if the job is AWD plus Hybrid plus a clutch-free 6-speed Robotic, and you accept the latest start date (2025-09-01). Power is 154 hp / 113 kW — 1 hp below 1.8 AT Hybrid, 24 hp above the 130 hp AWD manual. 0–100 10.4 s sits between the two other measured cars. Mixed 5.9 is 1.3 above the FWD hybrid and 0.1 below the 130 hp AWD. It is the heaviest measured Bigster (1583 kg) with the smallest measured payload (462 kg). Clearance not measured. It is the only version with combined injection and the only hybrid with a city/highway split (7.1 / 5.1). Versus 1.2 AT 4WD (same 154 hp, same 1199 cm³, same Robotic 6, same AWD, same start month) the DCT name is Hybrid rather than Gasoline, uses combined rather than direct injection, and is the one with measured performance, weight, and wheels. 1.2 AT 4WD has those fields not measured, so you cannot prove it is quicker, lighter, or thirstier — only that it is Gasoline AWD Robotic at the same 154 hp.

Choose 1.2 AT 4WD only if you want Gasoline (not Hybrid) AWD with a Robotic 6-speed at 154 hp. It starts 2025-09-01 with 1.2 DCT 4WD. Every performance, consumption, CO2, weight, clearance, and wheel figure is not measured. Specific output matches the DCT at 128.4 hp/L, highest in the range. You are buying a power/drive/gearbox combination, not a measured 0–100.

Choose 1.2 MT (130 hp, Gasoline, AWD) if you want AWD with a Manual 6-speed, independent rear spring suspension, Euro 6, 220 mm clearance, and the largest measured payload (542 kg). It is the weakest engine (130 hp / 95 kW), the slowest measured 0–100 (11.2 s), mixed 6.0, CO2 137. Kerb 1428 kg is only 9 kg above 1.8 AT Hybrid. Wheels are listed. Versus the 140 hp FWD 1.2 MT Gasoline you lose 10 hp and gain AWD, independent rear, and a full measured spec sheet. Power per litre is the lowest of the 1.2-litre cars (108.4 hp/L).

Choose 1.2 MT (140 hp, Gasoline, FWD) if you want the stronger 1.2 Manual on FWD and you accept blanks. 140 hp / 102 kW, 1199 cm³, Turbo, Direct injection (direct), 6-speed Manual, FWD, 50 L. 0–100, top speed, consumption, CO2, eco class, both masses, clearance, wheels, torque: all not measured. Versus the 130 hp AWD 1.2 MT you have +10 hp and FWD instead of AWD. Versus the 140 hp LPG twin, fuel type is the only listed difference (Gasoline vs LPG); power, gearbox, drive, tank, and the blank fields match.

Choose 1.2 MT (140 hp, LPG, FWD) when the fuel type must be LPG. Same 140 hp, same Manual 6, same FWD, same 50 L tank as the Gasoline 140 hp 1.2 MT. Performance, economy, and weight are not measured, so you cannot claim it is cheaper to run from these numbers — only that the catalogue labels it LPG.

Do not choose by generation. There is one generation. Choose by drive (FWD: both 140 hp 1.2 MT and 1.8 AT Hybrid; AWD: 1.2 AT 4WD, 1.2 DCT 4WD, 1.2 MT 130 hp), by gearbox (Manual / Robotic / Automatic), and by which rows actually contain 0–100, mpg, and weight. If a measured mixed figure is required, the shortlist is three names: 1.8 AT Hybrid, 1.2 DCT 4WD, 1.2 MT (130 hp, AWD). If a measured 0–100 is required, it is the same three. If AWD and a measured 0–100 are both required, it is two: 1.2 DCT 4WD and 1.2 MT 130 hp. If Automatic and measured economy are both required, it is one: 1.8 AT Hybrid.