Can too much weight BREAK a Dacia Jogger?

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It’s time for carwow to get scientific!

We’ve got our hands on a 7-seater Dacia Jogger, and we’re going to put it through a number of tests to see whether weight affects performance.

The tests we have lined up are launching to both 60mph & 1/4-mile, brake test, slalom run, hill descent and hill climb! We’ll be testing them with just a driver, with 3 passengers, with 6 passengers, and then with 6 passengers and an extra 200kg of weight in the boot!

So what do you think - will cramming the Jogger full effect performance? You’ll need to stick with Mat to see for yourself!

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[the-regularguy]

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.

[kissgergo]

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

[gazgandalf]

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

[liviujivan]

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.

[aluxtaiwan]

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

[atefelabed]

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!

[mikerelvas]

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!

[georgea]

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

[vtr]

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

[omermuhammet]

Their faces at the fully loaded ramp test was hilarious 😂

[flexprog]

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)

[ajaikashyap]

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

[okithdesilva]

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

[muhdalamin]

2:25 Mat looks so happy with his family 🥰

[fotoseyhan]

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..

[ShreksFarm]

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

[Reggro]

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

[fatih.tavukcu]

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.

[szogpkb]

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.

[supervitz]

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 !