HOW THE HYBRID WILL WORK

The Jogger rides on the same CMF-B platform that underpins the current Renault Captur, so it shouldn’t come as much of a surprise to learn that next year this will become the first Dacia to get a hybrid powertrain.

The powertrain combines a 1.6-litre petrol engine, an electric motor, a beefed-up alternator and a multi-mode automatic gearbox, plus a 1.2kwh battery to make electriconly running possible for short distances. So it will help the fuel economy but won’t transform it like a plug-in hybrid.

There are no plans for a PHEV at this stage, although the flexibility of the platform means that one could be offered in the future. David Durand, Dacia’s design director, said: “We can take this existing technology and adapt it very quickly, because the platform is the same. We would need less than one year to change it.”

Given the way the wind is blowing, you’d have to bet that it won’t be long before Dacia does make that change.