This is it: the sub-£25,000 Dacia Striker estate (that’s also an SUV and a saloon)

This is the new Dacia Striker. They should have really called it the new Dacia Everything Everywhere All At Once. Because its makers say it is an SUV, and a saloon, and an estate. Let’s just call it a 'Car'.

A cheap Car, because when it goes on sale, the Dacia EEAAO – sorry, Striker – will start from less than £25,000. Bit more than when it was first shown a few months ago, but still comfortably undercutting similarly sized things like Golfs and Astras and Corollas.

You’ve had a few months to digest the looks, so now we can talk about what powers them. There’s the Striker Hybrid 155 that pairs a 108bhp 1.8-litre four-pot petrol engine with a 48bhp electric motor, a starter-generator, a 1.4kWh battery and an auto ‘box.

Then there’s the Striker Hybrid 150 4x4, which offers up a tiny 1.2-litre mild-hybrid petrol engine on the front, a six-speed dual-clutch auto in the middle, and an electric motor on the rear.

Naturally it’s primarily FWD (as is the 155 version), engaging the back axle when necessary. This 150 4x4 version also gets many modes (auto, eco, snow, mud/sand, off-road), plus hill descent control.

It also gets all the usual safety assistance like emergency braking, traffic sign recognition, speed alert, lane departure warning, adaptive cruise control and even an auto hold function.

And if you’ve ever sat in a modern Dacia, all will feel familiar inside here: there’s a standard-fit 10.1in central touchscreen, a digital instrument cluster, six-speaker Arkamys stereo, some actual physical buttons, and the option of Dacia’s dandy ‘YouClip’ accessories.

There’s also the option of a panoramic roof that opens up the capacious interior, fit for five humans and their chattels. The boot is a 600-litre job with an auto-opening hatch, while Dacia notes there’s much recycled material inside the car – more than both the Bigster and Duster.

You’ll get the familiar trim options – Essential (basic), Expression (mid-tier), Extreme (not a portal-axled V8 nutjob, sadly), and the top spec Journey (18s, electric seats, that sort of thing). Dacia reckons the whole thing weighs in at around 1,400kg.

“Combining the performance of a saloon, the interior space of an estate and the robust design of an SUV, it offers a more comprehensive and relevant response to today’s needs,” said Dacia.

“This approach is reflected in a design that fuses flowing lines with more vertical contours, reflecting the vehicle’s dual nature: efficient on the road, but also able to cope easily with more demanding conditions.”

It certainly looks, um, what’s the word, ‘striking’, and like all Dacias appears to offer up a lot for a little. Reckon it’ll… hit the mark?