Liked that Dacia Duster van? Romania gets this super cool dinky Duster pickup truck

It’s probably for the best that we don’t get full-size American pickups here in the UK. Ford F-150s, Chevrolet Silverados and Toyota Tacomas just don’t fit on our roads. And yet, here’s a truck we don’t get that would be perfect for our narrow lanes.

Say hello to the brilliantly rufty tufty Dacia Duster Pick-Up. Yep, hot on the heels of the Duster Cargo comes this, a crossover with its roof chopped and a proper pickup bed in the back. We love it.

This is an official Dacia product, and it’ll go on sale in Romania with prices starting at a very reasonable €25,983 before tax.

There are two engine options – a full hybrid 140 with a 1.6-litre four-cylinder and two electric motors, or a mild-hybrid 130 with all-wheel drive and a chirpy 1.2-litre three-cylinder.

Inside you get two rows of seats with room for four – the rear passengers, Dacia proudly states, receiving a central armrest for the very first time. Oh the luxury.

Payload in the back is up to 430kg, while the bed itself is around 1m x 1m. The Duster’s overall footprint remains exactly the same as the standard car, and we’re told this pickup version gets all the same active safety tech too. Just one simple button to turn it all off in a Duster though. Hurrah!