Dacia News

Dacia celebrates the production of 250.000 units of Logan MCV. The model has passed the 250.000 boundary of production in less than three years from its official launch. Dacia Logan MCV is the second model in Logan range and has received a face lift in October 2008. Dacia Logan MCV model has four equipment versions and is available in two configurations – with five and seven seats.

The success of the Logan MCV in undeniable, and it is at the same level as the other models built on the Logan platform. Over 82% of the Logan MCV cars produced by the Mioveni Factory were exported. The Logan MCV is exported in 60 countries on four continents.

Dacia hasn’t presented any surprises at the Auto Show in Frankfurt. The Romanian car manufacturer preferred to present the new models at the Auto Show in Geneva, in the spring of the next year. At the Dacia stand were exposed only the Duster and the Sandero Stepway.

Dacia has still presented a new prototype: YAV Prototype, a new concept based on the Logan MCV that  proposes an ingenious approach to the interior space. The new Dacia prototype was created by the Hymer, a company specialized in production of vehicles for camping, and the German division of Dacia.

According to the officials of both parties involved in the project, YAV will have a series version, with a prices between 15.000 and 20.000 euros.

Dacia will present a new concept car at the Auto Motor Show in Dusseldorf. If Dacia Duster was a futuristic concept, the new Dacia Logan MCV Young Activity Van III is based solely on the Logan MCV phase II. The new concept of the Romanian car manufacturer promises more, with an attractive design and announcing a versatile interior. The interior has been designed so that two adults can sleep comfortably seated.

The most interesting feature of the new Logan MCV Van Young Activity III is the trunk located on the roof. Once opened, the trunk offers for the customers of the MCV’s Activity Van Young III, a tent for two people, a technique solution used on some versions of Volkswagen Transporter.

Unlike Duster, Dacia will create a production version of Logan MCV Van Young Activity III, with a starting price 15.900 euros.

While all auto sites write about the latest models that will be launched at the Auto Motor Show in Frankfurt, some french blogs write about the first Dacia coupe since Renault bought Dacia.  A young Romanian, Alexandru Bogdan Maris, tried to imagine how the new Dacia Logan coupe would look like, in some digital processed photos.

Dacia announced some time ago that Logan range will be extended for the public in Romania and in Europe with a variety of low-cost models. Dacia sales grew in the first half of this year with 28.6% on the European Market.

The french Automobile Magazine announces in the online edition that the name of the new Dacia SUV could be Kanjara or Duster. Obviously, in the absence of some official information, the new name was received with reserves.

Kanjara is an Indian name with Sanskrit origin meaning as the word "mild".

Besides the future Dacia SUV name, Automobile Magazine announces that the new Romanian SUV will have a version with seven seats, like Quashquai/Quashquai +2. According to information provided by Automobile Magazine, the long version of the SUV will have a length of 20 centimeters than the classical model, and the price of the final model – around 18.000 euros – will be half of the next SUV that can host the same number of passengers.

The number of new cars registered in the European Union an Iceland, Norway and Switzerland increased in the first semester with 28.6% to 117.331 cars, the Romanian car manufacturer registering the strongest advance in the Renault group.

Last year, the number of Dacia cars registered in Europe in the first half of the year was 91.000.

The German Group Volkswagen has maintained the leading position in the European auto market, with 1.591 million cars registered in the first six months , down by 3.1% compared to the first half of 2008. In June, Volkswagen registered a increase of 9.5%, to 312.000 cars registered.

The French concern PSA Peugeot Citroen has the second place, with 947.893 cars registered in the first half of the year, representing a decline of 12.2%. As Volkswagen, PSA has recorded a growth in June of 4.4%, to 191.638 new cars registered.

In the next positions were ranked Ford, General Motors, Fiat, and Renault, the majority shareholder of Dacia. Renault registered 644.171 new cars in January-June period, down by 13% compared to the first semester of 2008. New registration of the Renault Group have increased in June by 3.4%, to almost 142.000 cars.

The Romanian site automarket.ro presented some picture of Dacia Logan in the vision of the fans. The Logan tuning has elements of many models on the market.

Dacia will launch in the next two years an MPV (multi-purpose vehicle), an Sedan and an SUV. The Romanian car manufacturer will produce 3 new models along with the 5 that are already on the market.  If the SUV is expected to be launched in the fall of this year or the spring of 2010, in Frankfurt or Geneva, the next two models will be launched until 2011.

The Dacia MPV will be a compact model that will have the same size as Kia Soul, and the Dacia Sedan will be bigger than Dacia Logan and will enter in the market segment represented by Passat, Insignia, Accord or Mondeo.

The new models will retain the classic features of Dacia and will have a good quality-price ratio. Speaking of price, the future generations of Logan and Sandero will benefit of a discount pricing of several hundred euros due to the reduction of the production costs.

Dacia estimates that this year will produce about 300.000 cars, which would represent an increase of 23% over the 242.415 units manufactured last year.

Last year Automobile Dacia has produced 242.415 cars, 8.8% more than in 2007. The Logan MCV and the Logan Sedan represented 70% of the total, followed by the latest model manufactured at Mioveni, Dacia Sandero.

The new SUV from Dacia is presented today in three photos published today by the daciaclub.ro members forum. The three photos are most likely in one of the Dacia workshops in Mioveni.

According to the existing information so far, the Dacia SUV will be based on the production platform of the Nissan Qasqai. The first Romanian SUV will borrow from Nissan the know-how in terms of integral traction systems.

The official name of the SUV is not known, but the names speculated at this time are Steppe and Duster. However, it is possible that the official presentation of the new Dacia SUV, which will take place in Frankfurt in September, will reserve a surprise.