All credit to Dacia’s PR folk for breaking the mould and providing me with a base-spec model for a press loan. This is extremely uncommon behaviour, because press fleets invariably comprise higher-spec variants, usually with some choice additions from the options list – gigantic wheels, upgraded audio systems, “comfort” packs, electric tailgates, that sort of thing.
No matter how hard I have begged to sample the bottom-of-the range stuff, the answer is negative: even when (as with one memorable old ad campaign for the £10k Mini) the thing is being sold on price. Fully loaded is the usual deal.
