Ferrari 812 vs Renault Duster

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Ferrari 812
Ferrari 812

2018 price

Renault Duster
Renault Duster

2026 price

Summary

2018 Ferrari 812
2026 Renault Duster
Safety Rating

Engine Type
V12, 6.5L

Turbo 4, 1.3L
Fuel Type
Premium Unleaded Petrol

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Fuel Efficiency
15.0L/100km (combined)

6.5L/100km (combined)
Seating
2

5
Dislikes
  • Electronic power steering
  • Crazy price
  • Possibly too powerful for this planet

  • Poor reversing camera quality
  • All-wheel drive not exactly quick
  • No all-wheel drive automatic option
2018 Ferrari 812 Summary

Picturing yourself driving a Ferrari is always a pleasant way to waste a few 'when I win Lotto' moments of your life. 

It’s fair to assume that most people would imagine themselves in a red one, on a sunny, good-hair day with an almost solar-flare smile on their faces. 

The more enthusiastic of us might throw in a race track, like Fiorano, the one pictured here, which surrounds the Ferrari factory at Maranello, and perhaps even specify a famously fabulous model - a 458, a 488, or even an F40.

Imagine the kick in the balls, then, of finally getting to pilot one of these cars and discovering that its badge bears the laziest and most childish name of all - Superfast - and that the public roads you’ll be driving along are covered in snow, ice and a desire to kill you. And it’s snowing, so you can’t see.

It’s a relative kick in the groin, obviously, like being told your Lotto win is only $10 million instead of $15m, but it’s fair to say the prospect of driving the most powerful Ferrari road car ever made (they don’t count La Ferrari, apparently, because it’s a special project) with its mental, 588kW (800hp) V12, was more exciting than the reality.

Memorable, though? Oh yes, as you’d hope a car worth $610,000 would be.

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2026 Renault Duster Summary

The Duster is finally in Australia! Anyway, moving on…

Dated Top Gear reference aside, Renault has just launched its version of the boxy Duster small SUV in Australia.

Badged as a Dacia in Europe, the Renault Duster features different badging, as well as more noise insulation to create a quieter interior.

This is the first new Renault passenger model to launch in Australia for a while now, following the Megane E-Tech electric SUV and updated Arkana ‘coupe’ SUV in 2024.

Balancing a fine line between the bland-looking Subaru Crosstrek and the hardcore Suzuki Jimny, is the Renault Duster worth considering? Read along to find out.

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