Dacia to Double Duster Output in 2011
19 Jul 2010, 09:08 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The first worthy-of-the-name SUV from Romania, the Duster, is not failing its creators, Dacia. The success of the model, anticipated as it was, will soon prompt the Mioveni-based manufacturer into d...
Dacia Overwhelmed by Huge Duster SUV Demand
14 Jul 2010, 13:23 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Dacia's Duster is slowly becoming a best-seller, but the success of the first ever Romanian SUV is likely to be somewhat limited by Dacia's ability to cope with the increasing demand. Sinc...
Dacia Sandero, 300,000 and Counting
13 Jul 2010, 13:37 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Romanian manufacturer Dacia announced today it has reached a production milestone at its Mioveni plant in Romania. A record in itself for the plant, the 300,000the Dacia Sandero model rolled off ass...
Dacia Duster Tops 35,500 Orders
9 Jul 2010, 10:33 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The vehicle that has been advertised as the cheapest SUV on the market, the Romanian built Dacia Duster, seems to have been the perfect vehicle to launch in the volatile 2010 economy. French manufac...
Dacia Duster Gets New Euro V E85 and Diesel Engines
8 Jul 2010, 12:14 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Renault’s Dacia brand has expanded its offer, as the company’s SUV, the Duster, has received two new engines for the French market. The new powerplants, which meet the Euro V emissions s...
Dacia Reaches 300,000 Units Gearbox Production Milestone
8 Jul 2010, 09:20 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Earlier today, we reported that Dacia will start producing engines that meet the Euro V emissions level for its own cars, as well as for Renault, Nissan and Renault Samsung vehicles. Now, it is ...
Dacia to Build Euro V Engines for the Renault Group
8 Jul 2010, 07:01 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Renault’s Romanian-based low cost brand Dacia is about to make important changes in terms of engine technology. The automaker will debut the production of engines that meet the Euro V emission...
PSA Considering Resurrecting Talbot to Fight Dacia in 2014
5 Jul 2010, 09:16 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / It looks like the success registered by Dacia, Renault’s low cost brand based in Romania, has echoes that spread much further than expected. The PSA Peugeot Citroen Alliance is currently consi...
Fire at Dacia's Mioveni Plant
5 Jul 2010, 07:10 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Renault’s Dacia brand, which has been a constant presence in the headlines thanks to the launch of new low-cost models that offer a good price-quality ratio, has had a hot weekend, but not in ...
Germany: Six-Month Waiting List for a Dacia Duster
2 Jul 2010, 07:28 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Just like the Logan sedan that managed to create quite a stir after its debut in 2004, Dacia's new Duster keeps exceeding estimates and the best proof is probably the 6-month waiting list in Fr...
Dacia Praised in Austria
30 Jun 2010, 13:26 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / It seems like the Western Europe is offering more and more credit to the Dacia brand. Unofficial reports indicated that Renault’s low cost brand took full advantage of the scrappage schemes an...
Dacia Rolls Out 300,000th Logan MCV
29 Jun 2010, 13:08 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Renault's Romanian brand Dacia today produced the 300,000th Logan MCV, the second member of the Logan family that gained worldwide fame especially in the last two years. The 300,000th model, a ...
Dacia Sandero Stepway, 15,200 Km in World Record Time
28 Jun 2010, 08:25 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Lithuanian journalist Vitoldas Milius departed from Cabo da Roca in Portugal in a Dacia Sandero Stepway on April 15 planning to cover the 16,000 km distance in 15 days. Yet, he managed to set a new ...
Dacia and BMW Go Head to Head in Satisfaction Study
24 Jun 2010, 21:27 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Often criticized for its low-budget models, Romanian carmaker Dacia manages to make the headlines once again: it was placed on the same position as BMW in the latest J.D. Power and Associates 2010 G...
Dacia Sandero How It's Made: Hammer It until It Fits
24 Jun 2010, 07:00 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Somewhere in Eastern Europe, in a country called Romania, there's a small city called Mioveni. Most of the people who live in Mioveni (let's call them... Miovenians) work in a not so small...
Dacia Train Derails in Austria, 200 Cars Destroyed
17 Jun 2010, 08:54 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / A freight train carrying Dacia vehicles from Romania to France derailed yesterday in Bludenz, Austria, due to what appears to be a technical malfunction, causing some 200 new Logan, Sandero and Dust...
Dacia Hamster Hybrid First Photos
14 Jun 2010, 07:57 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Yes, you read it right. It's a Dacia, it's a hybrid and it's called... Hamster. Even more, it appears to be as real as it gets... A few months after the world premiere of the firs...
Dacia Duster Could Be Badged as a Nissan
19 May 2010, 08:10 UTC · By: Dan Mihalascu / The new Dacia Duster SUV could be marketed as a Nissan, according to a Renault insider quoted by Autocar. The car is mainly sold with the Dacia logo, but on certain markets it will wear the Renau...
Dacia Won't Move Upmarket, Renault Promises
10 May 2010, 08:41 UTC · By: Dan Mihalascu / Dacia, Renault’s successful budget brand, is not planning to move upmarket. The global marketing boss in charge of Dacia’s roll-out has promised that the Romanian brand won’t chang...
French Car Market Slows Down in April Due to Incentives Cut
3 May 2010, 14:14 UTC · By: Dan Mihalascu / A cut in the government incentives in France slowed down growth in April, while Spanish car sales rose, with scrapping schemes continuing to fuel demand. However, the French increase in van sales, w...