Can too much weight BREAK a Dacia Jogger? 

As much as everyone would like to see high performance cars with such testing I appreciate the carwow team and matt for doing such real world test on a rather inexpensive cars because these things matter more to us normie people than it does to someone driving an rs5, quadrofolio or x5.

To be honest ... I was expecting far worse figures from that tiny engine. Well done Dacia!

I'd love to see the same test done for a high performance family car like an Audi RS6 or a BMW M3 Touring

Back in 2010, i was travelling Romania with my basketball team mates in a 7-seater Dacia Logan MCV. Our heights are between 198 cm - 205 cm or approximately 6 foot 6 - 6 foot 8 and we didn't have absolutely any issues, except for looking like circus clowns once we all got of the car.

Just like James May said: Dacia are the essent of the car. Everything is simple basic nothing unnecessary fancy.

Now THIS is something that I would like to see more often. Absolutely great job!

This has been one of the most interesting automotive tests I've seen in a while. I'd love to see how other affordable cars stack up, both petrol and diesel, manual and auto, etc. Cheers!

Wow I'm really surprised and impressed. Basically a 50% weight increase only added 24% to the 0-60 time and no effect on the braking distance! Like the previous comment I would really love to see the same done in a high performance car!

I was crying while you were torturing the car with 1967 kilos trying to climb.. You were really cruel to the clutch. I can smell the burn of the clutch and the tires from here..

Their faces at the fully loaded ramp test was hilarious 😂

Absolute banger of a concept with mat's touch to it , WEE NEED MORE OF THIS

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It's amazing how that 1-litre turbocharged 3 cylinder engine in the Jogger can handle that huge weight!

I don't know how many Romanians stop by to leave comments, but figured I might as well do my part. The Jogger's (and the Logan MCV's) ancestor, the old Dacia 1310 Break was infamous for being used in a far more gruelling manner than what your test entailed. Being based on the Renault 12 platform, it got a carburated 1.3 liter iron-block that maybe cracked 60HP on a good day or when new. The whole car, being from a time before extensive safety features, came in at less than 1 ton (I think it was 950kgs). As getting a car was quite the big deal in Romania prior to the 1989 Revolution, and for quite a bit of time after that until the late 90s, people tended to use their hard-earned vehicle for basically everything. You would see those Dacia Breaks on every road and in every village filled with their own weight in potatoes, cabbages, corn, sacks of flour, cement, anything you can think of. Even then, people would put roof-racks on them and strap crazy things on top as well, like whole sofas, armoires, huge stacks of hay. No one ever gave it a second thought. If you drove behind one, the suspension was so low that the wheel arches would cover the top part of the rear tires, and people sometimes put solid rubber pieces as bump-stops to prevent the springs and shocks coming up through the wheel-wells. And the crazy part wasn't even doing it on a 1.3 carbed engine with a 4 speed that had no over-drive, it was doing it in all manners of weather on brakes the size of a small plate. Since the Dacias only ever came in one wheel size (which was a 13 inch steel rim), the front discs were tiny, and the rears were the same drums that had been engineered for it since 1969. For all the ludicrous lack of safety, people loved them, and still do to this day. Needless to say, I also own one, though it's only the sedan version in which you have to get a bit creative if you're trying to make use of all the available space :P

We honestly need to see this kind of testing more often, especially with MPVs and SUVs. For sure more expensive cars with more powerful engines will be faster, but what I'm curious to know is the performance drop on such powerful cars when loaded with 7 people and 200kgs of sand.

Dacia has really become an important carmaker. Good for them, I'm amazed!

Having the same braking distances for different weights is a great sign. It means that the brake themselves are good enough and that the limiting factor is the tires. When you have more weight, there is more inertia and the car wants to go further, but also the force of friction between the tires and the ground is bigger because there is more weight on the tires. So as long as the brakes and ABS work well the tires compensate and you should get the same distance (at least on dry ground)

Never expected to have a Dacia in one of the best Carwow videos ever! Credits to the editor!

Great content. Even fully loaded it's still quicker to 60 than the base configuration of the VW Polo with the 1.2 3 cyl !

Dacia really surprises me each year

This test proves how good this car is

Having the consumption that low (gpl variant) I am satisfied for this practical family vehicle. And I love the ground clearance. Truly versatile (specially for my country roads). Very useful tests, great job! Please adopt the metric sistem :D

Love the conversion from mpg to lkm edit: the 25% pull was brutal ))

if they added the Duster's awd to this, this would be a cheap and a great family car.

Great test. Genuinely surprised by the braking test - what was gained in weight was made up for by increased traction. I guess downforce is the key to achieving great braking performance. The impact on handling and acceleration was to be expected. Also, I think AWD would have made a big difference, particularly in the hill climb as weight transfers to the rear wheels.

First, the animations are really good, you have great editors. Second, I like that you added the fuel economy in L/100Km, so I don't have to calculate on my own ❤

Good video I really like the Dacia cars! Ond thing though: The max. Load capazity of a Jogger according to Dacia is 426 Kg! And you exceeded that by almost 400 Kg.

Pretty darned good little car. Slow, cheap, good mileage, and it beats walking.

2:25 Mat looks so happy with his family 🥰

still faster with 200kg and 7 people than my 60bhp corsa 1L with 1 person in it (me)

I remember being a kid in the 1960s and my dad somehow taking six of us on holiday in his tiny Austin A35 .... all the suitcases on the diddy roof rack. This reminded me of that!

Wow, i never realized that car only weighs 1.2t when empty. That's really light.

Yes, ze german here. Please keep in mind, that the maximum additional weight for the Jogger is specified at 582kg. Your 1967kg is a full 105 kg over the maximum total weight of 1862kg.

Kind of started to feel sorry for not buying a Dacia earlier this year, but something else...

Would be interesting to see the same tests, but what's happening when you change tires pressure, i.e. from 1.8 Bar to 2.8 Bar every 0.2 Bar or something similar and see how that affects 0-60, 60-0, fuel economy, etc.

I really wasn't expecting the brake performance to be identical with all that added weight. Well done Dacia! I remember when they did a similar test with a Fiat Panda on Top Gear the results were a LOT worse than this. This could be a new test / review to add on a regular basis for other cars as well because I am really curious how having more people in the car affects the performance of pretty much every car, not just cheap ones but also high performance cars.

5:58 Funniest sh.. i've seen all day😂 Well done

This is an important test for me to know now, as I'm driving to the West Midlands in a few weeks time with two passengers and some luggage in my 1.1L Honda Jazz. Thanks Mat!

this is one funny and useful test. it's amazing how this modest car can actually complete almost all tests. even with extra 700 kilos is manages to go up a steep ramp. my diesel 177hp/380Nm DSG Tiguan would be a bit affected by that ramp. so... it's a great car for what it is intended. it has a lot of volume and it can also carry a lot of weight. and the consumption of 4,5-5 litter per 100 km @ ~112 kmh is also great. this one can carry a bunch of people or a bunch of volume and weight. what more can you ask of it? what other car can equal that? i see come worried that this car cannot accelerate while going uphill. i think it does if it's not fully loaded, however slower. if you are a good driver then you addapt to the car and not compare it to some way powerful and way more expensive alternative. this car is what it is and nobody is forcing you to buy one. i would also like to have an Aston Martin but my Tiguan is what i can afford and i actually like it.

3:23 just to give you some perspective: I'm still driving my 2008 Dacia Logan MCV 7 Seater, 1.5DCi, 85hp... and that one go to 60 in 17seconds. So yeah...

I have test driven the Jogger and I also wondered what it would be like loaded up. No need to be concerned, yes it was a slower car but it's not as slow loaded up as i had expected. The little engine does need to be reved up but it's 3 cylinder nature loves it. above 2,500 rpm it pulls quite well

I think the joger did realy good for only a 1 liter engine with forwed traction . Next year with the 1.6 liter mild hybrid this car is going 2 be perfect for a large famili that is stript on cash . It might be biest from me because i em a dacia fan boy.

Tough car,great advert for Dacia. Love to see more similar testing with "better " cars Mat.☺

7:00 but did you increase the tire pressure to compensate for the added weight? I recon with correct pressure the MPG will be the same.

And now turn on the ac 😂(3:12 minutes)

Would've been ever greater of a video if you made a tesla model X or G63 go through same challenges to see how big of a difference does it make

This shows us that the Dacia Jogger is one of the cheapest 7-seater which can handle a lot of weight!

@11:02 The braking distance was not affected by weight because the maximum force that can be transferred between tyre and road is (simplyfied) proportional the the weight that sits on the tyre. So if the car gets heavier also the breakingforce increases. If you would do multiple brake tests in a row of course the breaks would not last that long on the loaded car

Now that's a good car. For it's volume the fuel consumption is quite decent. And the 0-100Kmh quite good.

Value/ money = very good value.

Really surprised on the car's performance overall, thought it would be much worse. Absolutely best price for what you get.

I had a Toyota Hillux 2.5 diesel, 5 people in it and the skiing gear, struggled up on a pretty steep climb on dry tarmac. Honda civic IX tourer: every time I used the clutch on steep climb, I got the smell. So I'm impressed with the Dacia.

For 7 seated adult people this 1l 3 cylinder engine did extremely well. I remember I couldnt get Opel Astra 1.4l turbo moving up the fking hill from the spot with 2 people seated.

I've driven this car 240kmh down the highway outside of Linköping, it's a beast that little cylinder!!

0:08 I like how the captions say white instead of weight lol

5:49 the way everybody's head goes side to side 🤣

Very well done Dacia. I'm impressed :)

The car is very good from a technical point of view. Speaking of which, other much more expensive cars cannot do what Dacia did in this video. I would buy it without hesitation!!

Try reversing up the hill, puts all the weight on the front wheels and makes it easy

this is not a porsche, this is not a truck or a luxury car, it is a budget car that can do the job within the buyer's expectations..... maybe next time climb over rocks with a sports car and race a Jeep Wrangler.... neither what these cars are built for.

During the 70mph fuel economy test, maybe you should've pumped up the tires to compensate the increase in weight. That would've reduced rolling resistance to some degree and helped with fuel economy

Never in the history of car reviews have there been more useful performance tests.

After the test Matt’s gonna list the car on CarWow w/ the caption-“Lightly driven, garage kept, perfect condition, no issues. Hahaha

What an impressive car that Dacia is. Burning its clutch at the end seemed like a cruel and unnecessary thing to do though.

Seems like tested Low MPV in my Country, but this with Dacia Jogger hahaha *Maybe brake test with full load can be implied in our test

when starting uphill, you need to handbrake-start to make it easy on the clutch + less wheelspin for traction. Mandatory with the car fully loaded. That being said, I agree that engine is way too underpowered for that kind of test. Maybe if it had more torque. Like a diesel. I think a diesel option would have been a good choice for this car..

9:55 aagghh the poor car :( my Car-mechanics heart is bleeding

You have no idea how much a Dacia can be loaded in Romania ! 🤣

I bought a Dacia Jogger top spec because I was looking at other cars around the £40k mark and they were just not worth the price. My Jogger is bloody brilliant for the price. I've had it 4 months now with no issues and I've used it for tip runs, long distance drives an the school runs etc etc. Oddly the car pulls just as well with 7 people in as it does with just myself in the car. It's witchcraft. I am so happy because I got this car brand new for £19500 (I spent about £1000 on almost all of the accessories available in that price) and I have tonnes more money left over each month for saving and spending. It's hands down one of the best purchases I have ever made in my life and I feel like a right fool for being such a badge snob before. 2 things I don't like about the Jogger: The Kumho tyres the car comes with are crap, swap them over ASAP. Secondly the sound system is a bit naff, but it is clear and loud. Bass is virtually none existent. Other than those TWO things it is brilliant on every conceivable way. A nice perk if you have kids that like computer games, I have the rear 2 seats out of the car and in the living room as my boys use them as gaming chairs when they play their racing games. This has saved me about £500 on having to buy gaming chairs! 😂😂😂 Just go ahead and BUY ONE! You'll have no regrets.

You should include that in all car reviews from now on as in fairness that weight will have effect on any make be it Dacia or BMW

Super nice Power. It was able to take 2 tons on a steep slope with only 999cc and 100 hp. Just imagine if this car had the 1.3 with 150 hp...

Nice review mat , for these are the kinda cars we usually load full or even more than what they're to be loaded, here in South Africa that's our local taxi, so it's a relevant review. Or test 😅

This was very interesting and i would love to see more videos like this one in the future. Well done Dacia!

3:33 +700kg (about 55% mass of car) and 5 sec (45%) slower.. but still much faster that I expected. P.S. I remember about 25-30 years ago when Porsche made braking 100-0 on 36 meters and that was like OMG :D :D .. Now Dacia: hold my beer 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

In the Netherlands this car is registered to have maximum 1862kg, so actually you tested it 100kg or so overweight of what its specced for. Not too bad how it performed then

I love these videos so much, carwow never fails to entertain us

Excellent video, reminds me of the time I drove the wife to go shopping at the next town, I was stuck behind a tractor on the main road and pulled out to overtake and accelerated and it took longer than usual and we just made it passed the tractor by the seat of our pants, the Mrs was not pleased and let me know all the way round the shops, when we got back to the car I opened the boot to put the shopping in and to my surprise it was full of grow bags! the Mrs had bought from the garden centre the day before and had forgotten to get them out. She got both barrels from me.

You are doing a huge service to Dacia!! Great review!

Finally some effectively smart reviews of normal and usable (buyable ) cars. I mean "smart" because they appeal to a lot more people than niche performance cars, and that's very good for RU-vidrs. Most of people don't have money to buy amazingly brilliant sports cars. Nice family cars that are made as modes of transportation and not as toys for rich grown children to toy with (doesn't matter if im one of them or not). I love big HP and torque cars, mainly ICE cars but you don't drive your family on holidays on a GT3. For a motor vehicle guy, I do apreciate normal cars as much as sports cars (and motorbikes etc), Great review.

...well, in Europe (Romania included) we learn in driving school how to take off using the handbrake lads, get on the programme

0:27 😭😭

#carwow please review a rivian R1s ❤️🔥😍 Matt could be a comedian you know

That clutch is def. screaming for help at that last test

You should do this with more cars!

Am l the only one who finds it hilarious that it's only men in the car? Probably only me...

i LOVEEEE videos like this. Please do more of these realistic real-world comparison vids for family/everyday cars!

Those acceleration figures are roughly the same as the Triumph and Rover 2000 from the 1960s. They were considered to be reasonably fast cars in those days. The Jogger looks like a pretty useful car, which is what you'd expect really.

This is the sort of testing that matters for the consumer. If I may, I suggest that instead or in addition you'd test reprise as from 30-70mph and so on, in different gears and different onboard weight as this would provide a more representative real World use than for example 0-60. The rest spot on 👌

Pretty light car for that size. A golf 7 variant weigts 200kg more

Great test very good car i just worry about the longevity of these little turbo charged engines .

This is going to be a legend in next 5 years in Morocco, taxis love dacia a lot

An excellent video Matt - informative and revealing - this core learning can be applied to virtually every other vehicle - powerful endorsement of the remarkable price/value/practicality of a most impressive product from Dacia/Renault

I'm impressed by how small of an effect the added weight caused; at least to me. I hope that you'll be including mileage(fuel consumption) figures in litres per 100 km in all other videos as you've done on this one. Hope the next video is of the same test for a family SUV like a 7 seater Honda CR-V.

Yes.....I am romanian,as had been asked in some comments, I loved the test, but didn t he have to gradually swell the tires when the car was loaded, than fully loaded🤷? I have a march 2022 new logan, but I ll change it in 2..3 years for a jogger, more appropriate for my fishing trips with my dogs.Also, the 5,6/100km at 70mph(113kmh)is very good, close to my 4,9...5/100km logan at same speed.Nice and funny faces video 👍😂,but damn those safety starting systems🙆🙆😂😂

Nice test. Much interesting is overtaking acceleration from 80 to 120 km per hour - shortest possible and on 3rd,4th,5th and 6th gear.

Damn this video was really opened up some new knowledge for me. My dad always used to say that 1 liter engines pretty much can’t drive up hill.

For the size of engine it did really well.

u guys should do these kinds of fun experimenting things... keep it up 😂🙂👍

ayy my country made this car and im actually very proud

When are you guys testing the hybrid 2024 jogger? Waiting for it!!