Dacia produces 8-millionth car in Mioveni

Dacia, a leading car manufacturer, is celebrating a key milestone, as its Mioveni factory in Romania with the production of its eight millionth vehicle to date. On 24 April, a Dacia Bigster in indigo blue rolled off the production line in the plant that produces a car every 55sec, and where 1,357 vehicles are built every day.

Spanning 355,000m², the plant is of great historical importance to the brand. Following its opening on 20 August 1968, it began producing the Dacia 1100 model, under the Renault R8 licence. During the first three decades that followed, production was dominated by the family of models developed under the Renault 12 licence. These were the Dacia 1300/1310 and its derivatives (1310 Sport, 1320, 1325, Pick-Up).

Between 1969 and 2006, almost 2.3 million units were produced, of which 319,000 were commercial vehicles. A new generation of models, designed entirely in Romania, was launched in 1995, under the name Dacia Nova. Based on this, Dacia later developed SupeRNova, and Solenza. In 1999, a new chapter in Dacia’s history began when the Renault Group took over the Mioveni site, later launching the Logan in 2004. Over the 57 years that have passed since the production of the first Dacia car, six model generations have followed one another on the assembly line.

Multi-award-winning formula
The production record belongs to the famed Dacia Duster. Launched in 2010, and already in its third generation, over 2.6 million have rolled off the production line to date. Building on the merits of its predecessor, the latest generatiopn Duster enhances the multi-award-winning formula with a distinctive design, greater interior comfort and space, as well as incorporating the latest technologies.

Dacia’s latest model, and the most recent to begin rolling off the line is the Bigster. Strongly reflecting Dacia’s values, it is designed to shake up the C-SUV segment, offering buyers of larger, family-friendly cars a robust, well-equipped model that represents great value for money.

Even before any cars have arrived at retailers showrooms across Europe, the Bigster has already seen over 13,000 orders. In the UK, customers will see deliveries in the coming month, with cars available for test drive in retailers within weeks.