Photographing details in cars often makes me suspicious of those that try to distract you from lower-rent materials with the odd flashy detail. Funny, then, that I like the Jogger’s shiny, knurled-effect climate control knobs so much. It’s partly because they’re so big and easy to get hold of but also because they look like something found in an Audi TT.
Thus converted, the Jogger’s boot was able to swallow almost everything we needed for the trip, allowing for a little inevitable overspill onto the vacant back seat. I’ve put the rearmost seats back into the car since – not because I need the passenger berths but just because I don’t have anywhere suitable to store them.Being fabric, they are not something you can keep outside, but they’re not quite small or light enough to leave in the corner of the living room either.
But I did find myself pretty comfy in the back most of the time, I’m pleased to say – except, perhaps, when Jonny’s driving was at its most enthusiastic, and the gorge roads were at their twistiest. If you have an active lifestyle like mine, this genuinely affordable and versatile car is in a class of one.Because I’m tall, I’m either too far from the steering wheel or too close to the pedals. When I wind the backrest up to mitigate this, the headrest pushes my head forward.
Unfortunately, I can’t quite say the same about the driving ergonomics. Visibility is fine and there’s nothing dangerous here; it’s just the driving position, which is hampered by the lack of steering-column adjustability and the fact that you can’t set these seats especially low. It means taller drivers are stuck with a short-leg, long-arm layout of the type found
Assuming you have space in your house to store the rearmost seats, the car is indecently capacious but not always the most comfortable for the driver. It’s a true tool car in this respect, which is as you would expect, but when Dacia devises changes for the eventual facelift Jogger, a more car-like driving position should be top of the list. There’s no nav, but the system is otherwise modern and generally nice, and it works well with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto.
Or will I? Not to disrespect the memory of the Citroën, but if there’s a machine to displace it at the top of my own-money buying list, it might just be the Romanian seven-seater that has recently arrived.
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