2019 Dacia Sandero Comfort TCe 90 UK review

In reality, the biggest rival for the Sandero remains the various used cars you can buy for the same money. Ten grand will get you a better equipped and infinitely nicer to drive model, like a Ford Fiesta or Seat Ibiza, but it will be a year or more old. You buy a Sandero because you want a new car for the price of a used one and the benefits of a warranty (three years or 60,000 miles in this instance). Barring the kind of car that comes along not even once in a generation and both revolutionises and democratises the cost of a new car at this end of the market (something that’s highly unlikely with the march towards electrification and the tight margins small cars provide), the Sandero still has little corner of the market to itself. Dacia Sandero Comfort TCe 90 specification Where Berkshire, UK Price £9795 On sale Now Engine 3cyls, in line, 898cc, turbocharged, petrol Power 89bhp at 5000rpm Torque 103lb ft at 2250rpm Gearbox 5-speed manual Kerb weight 1081kg Top speed 109mph 0-62mph 11.1sec Fuel economy 52.3mpg (WLTP combined) CO2, tax band 123g/km, 25% Rivals Suzuki Baleno, Skoda Fabia