Dacia Duster ute, three-door, coupe and convertible rendered

The new-generation 2024 Dacia Duster is one of the most hotly anticipated compact SUVs in recent memory owing to its unique blend of modern tech, cool styling and off-road versatility – not to mention it’s likely to be sold here as a Renault – but what if the five-door body was switched out for something else?

Well social media digital creator X-Tomi Design has done exactly that with a series of new renders that imagine what the new Duster would look like as a three-door, pick-up truck, convertible and even a coupe.

The talented com-gen sleuth has even mocked up his idea of a fleet-spec version rolling on steel wheels and wearing scrape-friendly black bumpers.

Perhaps unsurprisingly it’s the pick-up that’s generated the most amount of fanfare and we have to say the compact white and black would-be Ford Maverick rival absolutely looks the part.

The ute features the new Duster’s signature front-end and the bulk of its passenger compartment, but blends them with an extended wheelbase and a modest-sized rear tub, dispensing the with SUV’s pumped-up rear haunches in the name of practicality.

A neat set of black sports bars round out the utilitarian look, complementing the contrasting black exterior trim and cladding adorning the side skirts and wheel-arches.

Next up in terms of audience response (likes and reactions) is the three-door, which does pretty much the opposite to the ute in having a shortened wheelbase, traditional tailgate and those emphasised rear haunches.

The nearest competition for the hypothetical Duster Shorty would the three-door Suzuki Jimny, but calling them direct rivals would be a stretch seeing as the Suzuki is designed an out-and-out off-roader while the Dacia is more of an off-road capable road-going SUV.

Easily the sexiest and most likely of the bunch to make production is the five-door Duster Coupe, which for all intents and purposes could be seen as a more rugged version of the existing Renault Arkana.

To our eyes at least, the Duster Coupe looks so good it could’ve been the original plan for the Duster before being altered into the traditional and family-friendly five-door wagon shape.

The Duster Convertible, meantime, is probably the least likely to become reality but still looks the part and like something university students might be tempted by, especially if they live near the coast.

The recipe for the drop-top is resolutely simple: take the aforementioned three-door, remove the roof, lower the windscreen height and bob’s your uncle.

As for the Duster tradie’s special, there’s really nothing ground-breaking to report given the textured front fascia of the production Duster has been replaced with an all-black plastic arrangement that feeds into the standard black body cladding and wheel-arches, within which reside five-stud steel wheels.

Powering the actual new-generation Duster is a 1.2-litre three-cylinder turbo-petrol engine good for 96kW with the help of a 48V mild-hybrid system, however, a more advanced 103kW hybrid powertrain is also available overseas, combining a 1.6-litre four-cylinder engine with an electric motor/starter-generator and a 1.2kWh battery.

The Duster is yet to be officially confirmed for Australian release, but local Renault importer Ateco Automotive has previously expressed its intention to sell a range of new-generation Dacia models Down Under, where the popular Romanian offerings will be badged and sold as Renaults.

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