Dacia announced today that the following two new models that will be launched by the Romanian car manufacturer will be named Dokker. One of them – called simply Dokker – will be a versatile model with sliding doors and five seats, built on the concept of Renault Kangoo. The second will be a cargo version of the Dokker – the same as Kangoo Express – and will be officially named Dokker Van. The names of the two models are inspired from the English word dockworker –that is a worker that loads and unloads cargo ports.

According to official release, the Dacia Dokker addresses to customers who want a spacious five-seater car that can carry large items if necessary by folding the rear seat. The new Dacia Dokker provides a intuitive modularity, and will be – most likely – a car that will offer multiple configurations for all the passengers to be satisfied. The Dokker is the second MPV in the Dacia range after Lodgy, but the new model has sliding doors and is what the French call a ludospace.

Dacia Dokker Van, the utility version of the model, will help small traders who need space and a car that can meet the needs of a commercial company or a small to medium enterprise level. Although Dacia does not provide technical data about the new Dokker Van, the official press release announces that the model provides a cargo volume at the best level of the segment and the lowest level of consumption.

Dacia Dokker and Dacia Dokker Van will be launched on the European market in the second half of this year. The two models have officially been launched today at the Auto Motor Show in Casablanca (Morocco), and they will be assembled at the Tangier factory that also builds the recently launched Dacia Lodgy.

The Dacia Lodgy will be available with three engine versions: two petrol engines of 1.6 liters and 85 HP and of 1.2 liters and 115 HP and one diesel engine in two output versions: dCI 90 and dCI 110.

The Dacia Lodgy is the first Dacia model that will have a speed limiter, a multimedia navigation system, Bluetooth connection, rear parking assist system and heated front seats available as optional equipment.

The Dacia Lodgy will be available in 7 colors: Brown Ash, Grey Star, Mineral Blue, Pearl Black, Glacier White, Navy Blue, Grey Comet.

The Dacia Lodgy will be available for orders starting March 7.

More details about the Dacia Lodgy on the www.DaciaLodgyMPV.com

More details on www.dacialodgympv.com

The characteristics of the new commercial model are also a mystery, the only statement that the Dacia officials give about the new vehicle being: "it will meet the demands of our fleet customers", customers that are very important to Dacia.

Most likely, the new commercial vehicle will receive the front from a new Dacia model, along with a number of common components. The most likely hypothesis suggests that the new Dacia commercial vehicle will take the front of the Lodgy and will have dimensions close to it, like the other models from the Dacia range, the Logan and the Logan MCV. The launch of Logan’s successor has not been confirmed by the officials of the Romanian brand, a sign that the Logan 2 debut could take place in 2013, at the Geneva Motor Show.

The Dacia Lodgy will be the future MPV model of the Romanian car manufacturer. The Dacia Lodgy will be launched at the Geneva Motor Show in 2012 and has a design that fits in the Mioveni manufacturer lines, but has a distinct personality.

The Dacia Lodgy will be produced for the Western European markets, because in Romania and other Eastern European countries, the MPV models have not found  a segment. The Lodgy will be the first model in the history of Dacia that will not be produced in Pitesti, the Dacia MPV will leave the assembly lines of the Tanger factory in Morocco.

The competition version of Dacia Lodgy, presented last week in France, will be the first MPV in the history of the Andros Trophy. The model (officially called Dacia Lodgy Glace) will take some technical elements and the chassis from the Duster ICE and will have the same V6 engine with 355 HP and 360 Nm and a mass of 950 kg.

Eric Pasquier, director of the entry range declared for Automarket that the Dacia Lodgy will have two versions: with 5 and 7 seats. Regarding the price, Pasquier declared: Like the Duster and the Logan models, the Lodgy will be a pleasant surprise. Wait until March and will be pleasantly surprised. The Dacia Lodgy will not be a conventional MPV. It will have a clever design that will break the pattern, and that will keep the price difference of around 3000 euros to the rivals.

More details about Dacia Lodgy on www.dacialodgympv.com

The new colors of the Dacia range will be available around the Paris Motor Show, so the fans will have to wait until late September 2012 to see new Dacia shades. The Renault officials said, the designers and the marketing specialists will take into account "all the missing colors in the range", with several interesting options for every market.

"The introduction of new colors is a very important step, since the preferences in this matter differ from one country to another. For example, if in Germany the yellow cars are very popular, in Spain is very hard to sell this color," said Norman.

Now, Dacia offers cold colors of the spectrum or non-colors. There are however two interesting shades of red – "Rouge de Feu" and "Rouge Passion", and the Logan range includes a non-metallic shade of yellow "Jaune Turnesol".

Some voices suggest a starting price of 13,000 euros for the petrol version while the diesel version will have a starting price estimated at 15,000 euros. The production will take place in Morocco (because the Mioveni factory has already reached the maximum capacity) and the components will be taken from the X90 platform and other platforms of the Renault-Nissan Alliance.

The future Dacia Popster is the Renault proposal for the emerging markets and promises to have a big influence in the seven-seater MPV market in Europe. According to some estimates, the model has a length of 4.5 meters and the seven seats could be offered as standard. If Dacia will offer this model at a price close to the values ​​stated above, the Popster will be the cheapest seven-seater MPV in Europe, which should ensure its success in this market.

Source: L’Automobile

After the Renault design chief, Larens van den Acker said about the new model, which was codenamed X52, "it will have a German look", the French magazine "La Revue Automobile" presented recently, several images. Of course, we are dealing only with a design study.

"The new car is seen as somewhere between Renault Fluence, Skoda Octavia, VW Passat, Ford Focus and Chevrolet Cruze. At least from a visual standpoint. In other words, the Logan 2 will be low-cost with a "human face". I do not want people to feel ashamed that they are driving a Logan" said Larens van den Acker, the head of design at Renault.

According to the French from "La Revue Automobile", the new Logan might have more in common with Renault Fluence. The Logan2 Will measure 4.60 meters in length, will have a giant 500-liter trunk, and will powered by the new Euro5 engines: H4 and H5 of 1.4-and 1.6-liter, with lower carbon emissions and that consumes less fuel. It is not excluded that the next generation of Logan will bring the first "eco" built exclusively for the developed markets.

The new Dacia Logan 2 will benefit from a range of top class facilities like automatic box, and LED lights, of course for the version models. The French will also bring new colors, from red to yellow and other lighter colors. Currently, Dacia is characterized by gray, black, blue and brown.

The main strengths will be, as with the current model, the competitive price, the large interior and the luggage space, luggage and the road holding.
The French magazine speculates that the standard price of Logan 2 will be 13,000 euros for the 1.6 and 110 HP version and 15,000 euros for the dCi with 85 HP.

According to an official announcement made ​​by the Indian company, the Logan will be renamed Mahindra Verito and will have the Mahindra logo on the grid (so far, the sedan was exclusively sold under the Renault brand). Moreover, Mahindra will restore some subtle design elements of the model, but without violating the values ​​and technical instruments that define the Logan in the Indian market.

While preparing the rebranding of the Logan model, Mahindra is planning to develop a shorter version of the model now borrowed from Renault. This will be under four feet and will have a shortened trunk, the Asian manufacturer expecting better sales because the Indian market is built more for models with such features. The new Logan with small dimensions  will be launched in India until the end of the year.