Dacia will use the 2026 Paris Motor Show to unveil two important new models, with the second-generation Spring electric car and all-new Striker crossover leading a display that demonstrates just how far the brand has developed.
The new Dacia Spring, priced from below £18,000, will continue the company’s push to make electric motoring more accessible, while the Dacia Striker will take the brand into another part of the competitive C-segment with an entry price of less than £25,000.
Both newcomers will make their premieres in Paris alongside the Sandero, Sandero Stepway, Jogger, Duster and Bigster.
What will Dacia show at the 2026 Paris Motor Show?
Dacia’s stand will bring together virtually every part of its current model strategy.
The second-generation Spring and new Striker will take centre stage, but their arrival also provides an interesting measure of how dramatically Dacia has changed.
The Romanian manufacturer was established in 1966, initially building cars through its relationship with Renault. Renault acquired Dacia in 1999, laying the foundations for the modern version of the brand that subsequently expanded across European markets.
Cars such as the Logan, Sandero and Duster helped establish Dacia’s reputation for straightforward, practical motoring at prices that frequently undercut mainstream rivals.
That underlying philosophy remains, but the range surrounding it has become considerably broader. Jogger introduced a different take on the family car, Duster has developed into an increasingly sophisticated SUV and Bigster moved Dacia further into the family SUV market.
Paris 2026 marks another step in that progression, with Spring representing the affordable electric end of the range and Striker opening another opportunity in the mainstream crossover market.
New Dacia Spring keeps the focus on affordable electric cars
The second-generation Dacia Spring will arrive with an entry price of below £18,000, maintaining the model’s position as one of the more affordable routes into a new electric car.
That price could prove particularly significant as manufacturers continue trying to reduce the gap between electric vehicles and their petrol-powered equivalents.
For Dacia, however, affordability isn’t simply a pricing exercise. It has been central to the brand’s modern identity, and applying the same thinking to an increasingly competitive electric-car market gives the new Spring a clear purpose.
Its Paris debut should reveal how Dacia intends to move the Spring forward without losing the simplicity and value that distinguished the original.
New Dacia Striker takes the brand into the C-segment
The Dacia Striker could be the more significant newcomer in terms of the company’s longer-term expansion.
Positioned as a new C-segment crossover and expected to start at below £25,000, Striker will extend Dacia’s presence in one of the most important areas of the European new-car market.
It also raises an interesting question about how Dacia intends to position the newcomer alongside Duster and the larger Bigster.
Rather than simply producing progressively larger versions of the same formula, Dacia now has an opportunity to create a broader family of models aimed at buyers with different requirements while maintaining the value-led approach connecting them.
Full specifications will provide a clearer picture of where Striker fits, but a sub-£25,000 starting point should immediately make it one of the models worth watching at Paris.
From value brand to broader model range
Dacia’s development is perhaps best illustrated by looking at the complete Paris display.
Sandero and Sandero Stepway continue to represent the affordable heart of the range, while Jogger provides an unusually practical family proposition. Duster remains one of Dacia’s best-known models, with Bigster taking the company into larger and more expensive territory.
Spring adds an electric option and Striker now extends the crossover offering.
The common thread is still value, but Dacia is increasingly applying that philosophy across a much wider selection of vehicles than would have seemed likely when the modern European Dacia story began with cars such as Logan.
The challenge will be maintaining that distinction as the cars themselves become larger, more sophisticated and inevitably more expensive.
When is the 2026 Paris Motor Show?
The 2026 Paris Motor Show takes place from 13 to 18 October, with the show’s press day being held on 12 October.
Dacia will be located in Hall 6, where visitors will be able to see the new Spring and Striker alongside Sandero, Sandero Stepway, Jogger, Duster and Bigster.
Motoring Echo Verdict
There is a bigger story behind Dacia’s 2026 Paris Motor Show appearance than two new cars.
Dacia built its modern reputation by demonstrating that affordable cars didn’t necessarily have to be undesirable ones. Logan established the principle, while Sandero and Duster helped turn it into a successful European formula.
The range arriving in Paris shows how much that formula has evolved.
A second-generation electric Spring priced below £18,000 keeps Dacia firmly connected with affordable motoring, while the new Striker suggests the company believes the same thinking can work across an increasingly broad part of the market.
That’s what makes Striker particularly interesting. If Dacia can enter the C-segment below £25,000 without losing the practicality and value that buyers associate with the badge, it could have another highly relevant model on its hands.
From a brand once best known for doing the basics inexpensively to one fielding Spring, Sandero, Jogger, Duster, Bigster and now Striker, Dacia’s journey is becoming almost as interesting as the individual cars.
