Dacia brand was ranked second in a survey of satisfaction made by JD Power and the German magazine Auto Test on vehicle owners in Germany. Dacia was ranked second in this top along BMW with 836 from 1000 points.

Dacia and BMW were surpassed by Mercedes with 838  points in the study that measured the levels of customer satisfaction based on four key criteria: vehicle attractiveness (performance, design, comfort), quality and reliability, the maintenance cost (consumption, insurance policies, costs of repair) and the quality of services by  approved repairers.

Dacia Logan was ranked second in the small class models category with 839 point. In the first place of this top was Nissan Note with 846 points and on the third place was Toyota Yaris with 833 points.

The study was conducted during January and March 2010 and was based by 16.330 online interviews by customers who have owned a car for about two years. The models evaluated came from 25 brands and covered all car classes.

Since the launch on the German market in 2005, Dacia sold 150.000 vehicles in Germany until may 2010.

The importance of the Lada factory was underlined by Putin himself, the Russian prime minister, who has approved a loan of 930 million euros and bought a Lada Niva model to show his support. He then made pressure on the Renault-Nissan alliance, who reached an agreement with the local government to produce a new model in the Togliatti factory. It is the low-cost Dacia Logan which will be assembled under the Nissan logo.

Currently, the Logan is sold under the Nissan brand in Mexico, where it is sold as the Nissan Aprio.

"We are thinking at a model of 3.5 to 3.6 meters long" said Vincent Carre, the global marketing director of Dacia in the Renault Group.

Dacia-Mini will have four seats and four doors, and will take elements from Logan and the second generation of Renault Clio. The reduced price of the new model is due to the design and the use of components from other models.

"Dacia is not just a brand, is a philosophy. The objective is to obtain low costs at each stage of the production"said Carrie.

Dacia City will be powered by an 1.2 liters engine from the Renault Twingo.

Currently, Dacia produces 6 models of cars, Logan, Logan MCV, Logan Van, Logan Pick-up, Dacia Sandero and Dacia Sandero Stepway.

The Romanian car manufacturer, member of the French Group Renault, sold 311.282 cars last year, up 20.5% over 2008, but sales in Romania have decreased by over 50% to 41.862 cars. Dacia still managed to slightly increase its share on the Romanian market.

The strong increase of sales last year was driven mainly by success in Western Europe, where Dacia has sold over 200,000 cars.

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.