Tuesday, 29 December 2009

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.

Monday, 28 December 2009

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.