If you know anything about Dacia's history before the fall of communism, you'll know just how improbable the Duster's rise in ...

On March 24, 2008, about 8,000 of the 13,000 workers at the Dacia car factory in Romania went on an open-ended strike. One of their demands was a wage increase of 50 to 70 percent. For the first time ...

Dacia is celebrating a key milestone, as its factory in Mioveni, Romania, has produced its eight millionth vehicle to date. On Thursday 24 April 2025, a Dacia Bigster in Indigo Blue rolled off the ...

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Over 92% of Dacia's production is exported, and only 8% remains in Romania, said Cristian Nevzoreanu, executive director of ...

The Romanian government started Dacia back in 1966 under the watchful eye of communist dictator Nicolae Ceauşescu. It was called UAP (Uzină de Autoturisme Piteşti, or Pitesti car factory ...

but whether it will roll out of Dacia’s home plant in Romania remains to be seen. The factory doesn’t currently build any EVs, and it may require significant investment and retooling to allow ...

Such success is thanks to what de Meo calls Dacia’s “magic potion”: the reuse of proven Renault Group technology and a focus on providing only what buyers actually need in a car. That means ...

with the Dacia Factory program working with Prodrive for its development expertise. Dacia also says that its entry will run on synthetic fuel from Aramco, with the first prototypes planning to be ...