Dacia car news
Dacia was founded as a result of a tender by the Romanian government in 1966, it is a Romanian automobile manufacturer that took its name from Dacia, the former name of the Romanian lands, and joined Renault in 1999. It is also the brand of Renault in Romania.
In 1968, the Renault 8 model, all parts of which were imported from France, assembled and painted in its factory in Piteşti, was launched under the name Dacia 1100. The Dacia 1100 had a 4-door, 5-seater body and a rear-positioned 1100 cc, 4-cylinder, 46 HP engine. It had a top speed of 133 km/h and consumed an average of 100 lt of gasoline per 6,6 km. The Dacia 1100 model continued to be produced until 1971.
When the Renault 1969 model began to be produced in France in 12, Dacia began assembling the 1300 under the name 12 and its own logo. The Dacia 1300s used a 1289 cc 54 hp engine. Its maximum speed was 144 km/h and it consumed 100 lt of fuel per 9,4 km. The production of Renault 12s in Turkey began in 2, 1971 years after Dacia.
The Dacia 1300 has been available in three versions, with hardware differences, since assembly. These are the 1300 Standard, 1300 Super and 1301 models. The 1301 was a model produced exclusively for members of the Romanian Communist Party and included a rear window heater that is standard in today's vehicles and other equipment not available on the 1300 models.
Called simultaneously Renault 1973 Break with France in 12 and 12 Station Wagon is the most popular model in Turkey began to be produced by 1300 Break the name in Romania. Again, between 1975 and 1982, a limited number of (up to 1500) 1302 pick up models were produced. Most of the 1302 models were exported to Algeria, the former colony of the French. In this period, 20 models of Renault in the upper middle class were offered to the use of senior Romanian executives by the method of assembly.