Dacia 2000

Dacia 2000 was a car designed in the 80s for the Romanian Communist Party elite. It was a limited edition, nearly identical to the Renault 20, was painted only in black or dark blue. Today, there are very few, are sought by collectors. In addition to the facilities that we used, Dacia 2000 had at that time and new stuff: 95 or 109cp engine, electric windows and ashtray with illumination. It seems that this model was the basis for future Dacia Liberta, model appeared in the 90s.

Dacia D33

On the forum DaciaClub were presented first and the only really interesting pictures of a prototype ready for those of Dacia. In 1997, Romanian officials have ordered the Italian designers from Idea Torino a compact sized car with 4 doors, able to accommodate 5 people. This was to be sold at a price of $ 5000 and would replace the Nova. As you can see from the pictures, the design was very modern for those times but the dust settled over the prototype.This is because the prototype was forgotten in a warehouse after Renault bought Dacia. What happened after that we all know.

Dacia Duster

Based on the B0 platform, the Duster measures 4.31 metres (169.7 in) in length, 1.82 metres (71.7 in) in width and has more than 200 mm (7.9 in) ground clearance. It's luggage space has a volume of up to 475 litres (16.8 cu ft), while with the rear benchseat folded and tipped forward, its carrying ability can exceed 1,600 litres (57 cu ft).

The Duster will be offered with two-wheel or four-wheel drive. The 4x4 variants make use of Nissan's all-wheel drive system which allows the driver to choose from three different driving modes: Auto, in which the front/rear torque split is calculated automatically as a function of available grip, Lock, whereby 50 per cent of torque is consistently fed through the rear axle, and 4x2 where the transmission is locked into two-wheel drive for maximum fuel efficiency.

Dacia Sandero

Compared to the 4-door saloon, it has a slightly shorter wheelbase. Designed and developed in France by Technocentre with Brazilian and Romanian teams involved in the project, produced first in Brazil under the Renault brand in December 2007, Dacia Sandero was launched in Europe on 3 June 2008. Also, in February 2009, Renault started producing Sandero in South Africa. The car, under the Renault brand, is also built in Colombia, where it receives a grille closer to the Dacia version than to the Brazilian-made Renault, and from where it's exported to countries like Chile.

This medium-sized hatchback has been the first vehicle Renault has introduced in any place other than Europe. The chosen country for the premiere has been Brazil, where the car has received the Renault badge. The European version of the hatch keeps most of its characteristics, apart from the engines, the brand’s badges and the front fascia.

Logan Pick-Up

The pickup version of the Logan, also based on the MCV, was introduced on September 10, 2007 and replaced Dacia Gamma. Sales have begun in Romania in 2008 and now the prices ranging are between €7300 and €9450.

Starting October 2008 the Logan Pickup is sold in South Africa as Nissan NP200. Visually it resembles a mildly facelifted Logan bakkie and it is being built in South Africa alongside the Renault Sandero.

Logan VAN

The van variant of the Logan was launched on January 23, 2007 in Bucharest. It is a small business oriented vehicle, with 2500 litre loading space and 800 kg payload. The Logan VAN / Express is more or less an MCV without the rear side windows and therefore has the same safety features and uses the same engines as the other models (except the 1.6 16v engine). Sales have started in Romania, and now the prices ranging are between €7100 and €9700.

Logan MCV

The Logan MCV (Multi Convivial Vehicle), launched at the 2006 Paris Motor Show, is the station wagon version of the Logan. It has five or seven seat versions, with a luggage space that varies between 200 and 2350 litres depending on how many seats are folded, as well as numerous storage spaces for smaller objects.

It uses the same engines as the sedan version.[17] An important improvement is the availability of side airbags. Sales began in October 2006 on the Romanian market with prices ranging between €8200 and €12,550. Sales to other countries began in early 2007. A revised version, with the new lights and bumper from the New Logan saloon, was released in late 2008.

Dacia Logan

Designed at Renault’s Technocentre near Paris, the Logan was the end result after four years of development of Project X90, announced by Renault in 1999 after the buyout of Dacia in 1998.

During a visit to Russia by French President Jacques Chirac, Louis Schweitzer noted that at Lada and Renault dealerships the €6,000 Ladas were selling very well, while the €12,000 Renaults stayed in the showroom. "Seeing those antiquated cars, I found it unacceptable that technical progress should stop you making a good car for €6,000." (He later revised this target to €5,000). "I also drew up a list of specifications in three words – modern, reliable and affordable – and added that everything else was negotiable."[citation needed] However, the cheapest version of the car is priced at almost €6,000, and can reach €10,700, depending on equipment and customs duty (the base model for Western Europe, where it is badged as a Dacia but generally sold in Renault dealerships, is somewhat more expensive). As it was designed from the outset as an affordable car, the Logan has many simplified features to keep costs low.

The car replaces many older cars in production, including the Romanian Dacia 1310 series of Renault 12-based cars.

It was officially launched in 2004. Renault originally had no plans to sell Logan in Western Europe, but began importing a more expensive version of the car in June 2005, starting at around €7,000. It became an unexpected success with people wanting an inexpensive, no frills car they could repair themselves. The Logan was launched in India in April 2007 as a collaboration with Mahindra, who helped Renault cut costs by 15%. India was the first right hand drive market for the Logan. It was almost an instant success with impressive sales in the first few months and is the best-selling car in its class.

Dacia SupeRNova

A small front wheel drive hatchback car, Dacia SupeRNova was produced from 2000 to 2003, being the first car released after signing the contract with Renault. The SupeRNova is in fact a Dacia Nova which has been improved by Renault.

It has the Renault Clio engine, a Straight-4, and the appropriate five-speed manual gearbox. It has also been equipped with air conditioning, aluminium wheels and cassette player. The car's original cost was set for the most equipped version to 5800€. The car was sold in 5 different versions depending on its features: Europa, Confort, Rapsodie, top version Clima and special edition Campus. The car is Euro 2 compliant.

Dacia Nova 1995 - 2000

Dacia Nova was the first car designed by the Romanian engineers, taking a very long time to complete. This is the reason for the car looking slightly outdated when it exited the factory's gates for the first time, in 1995.

Urban myth in Romania suggests that it was a version of the Renault 11 or the Peugeot 309; this is incorrect, as the Nova is a 100% Romanian design, started in 1983, after the end of any French involvement in Dacia.

The car was a small hatchback, with front wheel drive, 5-doors and 5 seats. The newest engine appeared in 1998 and was called the GTi. It was the GT engine that was upgraded with a Bosch MonoMotronic injection, thus reducing the GT's high consumption which was originally equipped with a two barrel carburator.

Class: Subcompact

Body style: 5-door hatchback

Layout: FF layout

Engine: 1.4 L I4
1.6 L I4

Transmission: 5-speed manual

Wheelbase: 2,475 mm (97.4 in)

Length: 4,030 mm (159 in)

Width: 1,640 mm (65 in)

Height: 1,430 mm (56 in)

Weight: 940 kg (2,072 lb)

Dacia 500 Lăstun

The Lăstun, also named "Dacia 500", was a cost-effective Romanian car for urban transport built by Tehnometal in Timişoara under the brand Dacia between 1986 and 1992. It featured a two cylinder air-cooled engine of 499 cc, producing 22.5 hp, with a fuel consumption of 3.3 L/100 km (86 mpg-imp; 71 mpg-US) and having a maximum speed 106 km/h (66 mph).[1] The body was of glassfibre, and was not dissimilar to that of the Lancia Y10. A stretched bodywork prototype 500 Lăstun was also made, and exhibited at the 1989 Bucharest trade fair.[2] There was also a luxury prototype made in the early 1990s, with hubcaps, body-coloured bumpers, and head restraints. The advertising slogan was "Un Autoturism de Actualitate" (A Contemporary Vehicle). The name means literally in Romanian "House Martin", which is a small bird related to the swallows.
It is a commonly held belief that the Lăstun production stopped after 1989, which is incorrect: it continued until 1992. However, there is little doubt that the Lăstun was not adapted to the needs of Romania at the time. Due to its size and fragility, the Lăstun was only really a city car, suitable for second car status, something which was heavily frowned on by the regime and which was in any case economically inaccessible for most Romanians. Furthermore, the build quality was universally decreed to be atrocious, and the Lăstun was unable to cope with the scrapes and knocks it received on Romanian roads. Yet there were some modifications made by the Lăstun factory. For example, in 1989 cars received the luxury of side lights, and in 1991 the Lăstun was lightly restyled to the front, the only modification being a new bonnet with a one-piece grille. However, despite the car's one selling point of excellent fuel economy, there was very little market for such a car assembled in such a manner, and the last few were sold in 1992.[1]

Due to its small size and low quality the Lăstun was subject to many jokes. Few have survived, and the number on the road has been estimated to be in the low hundreds. It was never exported.

Class: City car

Body style: 3-door hatchback

Engine: 0.5 L

Transmission: 4-speed manual

Wheelbase: 1,915 mm (75.4 in)

Length: 2,950 mm (116 in)

Width: 1,410 mm (56 in)

Height: 1,340 mm (53 in)

Weight: 525 kg (1,160 lb)

Dacia 1320

Dacia 1320 was a hatchback made by the Romanian automaker Dacia from 1987 until 1990. It was actually the hatchback version of the second generation Dacia 1310 (1983-1989), but with new front grill and lights that they were later used in the third generation Dacia 1310 (1989-1993). It was replaced by Dacia 1325 Liberta (also known simply as 1325 or simply as Liberta) in the early 1990s. However, the car was still used in many countries as taxi and civilian car the following years.

Dacia 1310

In 1979, Dacia presented the 1310, a revised version of the 1300, at the Bucharest Auto Show.[2][3]

In 1979, the sedan 1310 was launched, followed by an estate and van the next year.[4] The pickup version was introduced in 1981. In 1983 the whole range was facelifted, the only exception was the pick up, which was facelifted in 1984. In 1985 the drop-side pick up was introduced and in 1987 the hatchback Dacia 1320. In 1989 the production for the facelifted 1310 sedan, van and estate was over, although the pick up continued until 1990. The 1320 stopped in 1990.

In 1989, a new generation Dacia 1310 was launched in estate and sedan versions. It was a minor modification of the previous generation with new headlights. The hatchback named Dacia 1325 Liberta was introduced in 1990. The 1310 van was launched in 1990 and the pick up versions in 1992. A double cab version was introduced, and also a king cab version. The fully facelifted Dacia 1310 was introduced in 1993. In the same time the facelifted 1325 Liberta was introduced.

The last generation 1310 was introduced in 1998, after the old one was dropped in early 1998. The hatchback version named Liberta was dropped in 1996. The production for the sedan and the estate 1310 was over in 2004. The van version production stopped in 2004. The pick up versions were dropped in December 2006. The car that succeeded Dacia 1310 is Dacia Logan.

Dacia 1300 1969 - 2004

Dacia acquired the tooling and basic designs of the Renault 12.[1] Most of the resulting automobiles were sold to consumers in the Communist Eastern bloc; in export markets, the car was known as the Dacia Denem.

Minor cosmetic changes were made every few years in an effort to increase the public's interest in purchasing a newer model, but the main design features of the car remained the same year after year, quickly rendering it outdated: most of the technological improvements made during the years the car was produced, such as air conditioning and anti-lock brakes, were never offered.

In addition to the sedan and wagon versions of the original, there was also a pick-up version, and later a hatchback. A sport version of the car had only two doors and a lowered roof. As an effort to keep up with modern standards, the last version was equipped with fuel injection system and catalyser, still achieving only Euro2 standards.

Dacia was never a high comfort nor a high performance car. However, it had relatively low fuel consumption, it was easy to maintain and it was simple and reliable. Many of the car's versions still run today and they probably will keep on running for a long time.

Techical details:

Class: Large family car

Body style: 4-door saloon
5-door estate

Layout: FF layout

Engine: 1.2 L I4
1.3 L I4
1.4 L I4
1.6 L I4
1.9 L Diesel I4

Transmission:4-speed manual
5-speed manual

Wheelbase: 2,440 mm (96.1 in)

Length: 4,345 mm (171.1 in) (saloon)
4,410 mm (173.6 in) (estate)

Width: 1,635 mm (64.4 in)

Height: 1,435 mm (56.5 in)

Weight: 900 kg (2,000 lb)

DACIA 1100 1968 - 1971

Dacia is the most representative brand of cars in Romania, around which it designed and developed automotive industry in Romania. He was born in 1966, Colbasi, Arges county. Since that time united close ties of cooperation with Renault, and today is increasingly asserted as international brands, so gratifying for us. Mioveni car factory construction began in 1966. After signing a license agreement between Renault and the Romanian state in 1968, the construction of the 1100 model started.
The Dacia 1100 was the first mass-produced Romanian car, built under licence from Renault. Technically a clone of the Renault 8, it was manufactured for three years as a stopgap model until the tooling required to build the Dacia 1300 (Renault 12) was ready. Over 40.000 models were produced until 1971, with a minor design refresh at the beginning of 1970. This was a rear wheel traction sedan.
The first dacia 1100 model which left the factory gate was given as a present to Nicolae Ceausescu, the President of the Socialist Republic of Romania. Under the agreement, Renault provides all the parts from the model, folowing the romanian workers to assemble them.
Technical features:
Class: Small family car, Compact
Body style: 4-door sedan
Engine: 956 cc
1108 cc
1255 cc
1289 cc
Wheelbase: 2,275 mm (89.6 in)
Length: 4,000 mm (157.5 in)
Layout: RR layout
Width: 1,490 mm (58.7 in)
Height: 1,375 mm (54.1 in)