If you need 7 seats but you’re keen on getting a bargain, then you should definitely consider leasing a Dacia Jogger. It manages to not only squeeze seats for 7 people into a compact estate-body shape, but it also makes your pennies go further, with low lease prices and low running costs.
With no comparable rivals on price, the Jogger is a unique people-carrier in this sector of the automotive market.
Spacious.
7 seats as standard.
Excellent value-for-money.
In the 2nd-row seats, there’s decent space for 2 adults, with enough room left in the middle seat for a 3rd person to squeeze in. The Jogger’s stepped roofline means that there’s plenty of headroom back there and passengers in the rear will have a good view out, thanks to ‘stadium’ seating that places the back seats slightly higher up than the front ones.
The Jogger’s party piece is in the boot, though. There you will find another 2 seats and unlike many 7-seat SUV models, there’s proper space in the 3rd row for adults. Even 6-footers will have enough leg- and headroom to get comfortable.
If you don’t need to carry people, you can fold the backs of these seats down, or tumble the seats forward to open up even more boot space. You can also undo a couple of catches and lift the seats out. They weigh 10kg each so they’re not too hard to lug around. Do that and the boot holds a massive 699 litres, which can be expanded further by folding and tumbling the middle row, which opens up 2085 litres of space.
With all seats in use, there’s still a useful 212 litres of boot space on offer, and you get 3 hooks for shopping bags, an elastic retaining strap and tie-down hooks as well, for added cargo versatility.
There are 2 USB sockets up front, plus a 12-volt accessory connection, and there are optional folding picnic tables in the back seats. Seats in the rear also get their own 12-volt socket. Up front, there is a maximum of 23 litres of storage space spread around the cabin, between the door bins, the centre console and the generous 7-litre glovebox.
Obviously, the whole point of leasing a Dacia is to save money and given how cheap the Jogger is, it won’t cost you much in monthly payments. On top of which, with the 1.0-litre petrol engine you should be able to get pretty close to the official 49.6mpg fuel economy figure most of the time. Emissions of 132g/km means that road tax costs won’t be too high, either. Dacia tends to perform well in reliability surveys, so we wouldn’t be too worried about any major problems along the way, and for peace of mind there’s a 3-year, 60,000-mile warranty as standard. For a fee, you can extend the warranty out to a maximum of 6 years and 100,000 miles.
The Citroen Berlingo is arguably the closest rival to the Dacia Jogger and it exudes a similar style of sensible practicality with rugged reliability. The only problem is that the Berlingo is now only available as an electric car, which means that it’s much more expensive to lease than the Jogger.
The Suzuki S-Cross, likewise, has a no-nonsense, hard-wearing attitude about it, and being an SUV it’s arguably more desirable than the Jogger. However, it’s not as roomy inside and it can’t be had with 7 seats.
It certainly should be, as it uses well-proven mechanical components that have already seen service in various Renault and Nissan models, and Dacia has typically done very well in reliability surveys.
If you’re using all 7 seats, then the boot holds 212 litres. Remove the 3rd-row seats and you have 699 litres. Remove the 3rd row and fold and tumble the 2nd row forwards, and you have 2085 litres to play with.
The basic Essential spec gives you what you need and nothing more. Mid-spec Expression gets an 8-inch touchscreen, blind-spot warning and automatic air conditioning, while top-spec Extreme SE gets all of that plus heated seats, 16-inch alloys and more rugged styling to up the Jogger’s SUV credentials.
Yes, basic Essential models come with rear parking sensors as standard. Expression and Extreme SE come with front and rear sensors, and a reversing camera as well.
Arguably, it’s the single most practical car you can lease, packing large SUV interior space and seating into a relatively compact body.
The Jogger is popular because it has an enticing combination of practicality, affordability and an intriguing sense of anti-style appeal.
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