History of Dacia

Impelled by the Government of his country in the middle of the 60, he was born with the premise of constructing cheap cars within reach of all. There comes to our blog of the engine the history of the first Rumanian manufacturer of cars, Dacia, nowadays, integrated in the group Renault.

• Dacia; Romania.
• Founded in 1966. His first factory was constructed in Mioveni
• Emblematic models: 1100, Warsaw, Lastun 500, Nongoes, Solenza.
• Models in production: Sandero, Logan, Sandero Break, Stepway.
• Future: Dacia Duster.

Created in 1966 under the patronage of the Rumanian Government, Dacia decided to initiate his production with a low made model he licenses, since the development of a completely new model was very costly. After studying proposals of several European marks like Fiat, Peugeot or Volkswagen, finally Renault was chosen to buy the license of manufacture of one of his models. The elected one was the Renault 8 and this way the first Dacia was born, under the name of 1100, it was an exact copy of the French model.

Dacia 1100

In 1969, the manufacture of the model gave in 1100 to initiate that of the series 1200/1300/1400, this time based on the recent model of Renault called R-12, a car with engines of 1.185 cc to 1.397 cc and you promote from 48 to 63 CV respectively. Dacia includes some modifications on the original so that they are distinguishable, like a few round optical groups instead of the habitual rectangular lighthouses of the R-12.

Dacia 1300

It was running the year 1980 when Dacia receives the order of the Rumanian Government to make a micro car to a very low cost. The result is Dacia Lastun 500, made of Timisoara, this vehicle was made for 9 years and he harvested a big success between the lowest classes of Romania. This car completely minimalista, CV had an engine refreshed by air of 23, his bodywork was made of fiberglass and was reaching a 105 km maximum speed / h.

While this happened, 1300 (R-12) kept on taking place in good rhythm even being exported to other countries of the socialistic block. Dacia includes several versions different from his bodywork but the car keeps on being unmistakable. The series appears in that epoch 2000, a vehicle of major category that happened to be the official car of the leading high places of the party in the power. It was not different that the Rumanian version of the Renault 20.

In the 90s there appears Dacia Nova constructed from the bodywork of a Peugeot 309 and which was moving, thanks to an engine Renault, not precisely of last generation. One year later the Dacia include the electronic injection Bosch in his engines and it appears the Super one Nongoes, improved version of the previous one with the engine of the Clio 1.4 of Renault.

Dacia Logan de Lorenty

And n 1998, the Group Renault is done by the actions of Dacia and is then when the mark really begins progressing and his vehicles win in quality and esthetics. The first fruit of this union is the model “Solenza“, one Is completely renewed inside and on the outside. Later there would appear the Logan and the Sandero, modern vehicles that support the spirit of the mark and which price for the consumer is not very high.

Image of the logo

Image Dacia logan

Images series 1100 and 1300

Related posts:

1. Analysis Dacia Sandero
2. Dacia Duster, only one exercise of design
3. Stepway, a Dacia with adventurous spirit