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Dacia's AMAZING Second Act

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There’s not many car brands that get a successful second act. There are brands that have such a loyal following that they’re rescued and rise again like a phoenix, but Dacia was just another ex-Communist state car company churning out dated copies of Western cars. It would take the tenacity of Dacia’s management to put together not one, but two deals to save the jobs of Dacia’s workers and help fuel a rise in Romania’s economy.
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@BigCar2 3 года назад

Erratum: The Nova's 1.6L engine only had Citroën carburettors, not the whole engine (which was just an enlarged Dacia 1310 engine).

@Mr.B.Speedy 3 года назад

One correction. Yugoslavia or know in UN under full name ‘Socialist Federative Republic of Yugoslavia’ as name suggests was a socialist country. Actually it would be a good series as there were a lot of car, truck and bus manufacturers in Yugoslavia after WWII. Just a thought

@razvanmazilu6284 3 года назад

Cheers for taking the time to clear that up. BTW, I'm Romanian and I knew a lot about most of the cars you mentioned, but I did not know about the Dacia D6 Estafette. Learning something new about Romanian cars from an English channel, how cool is that? 😀

@fgsaramago 3 года назад

Another correction is that the Dokker is actually sold in Western Europe. Its sold in at least Portugal (www.dacia.pt/gama/dokker.html, Spain (www.dacia.es/modelos/dokker.html) and Italy (www.dacia.it/gamma/dokker.html). Even in France, where it seemingly isnt sold anymore it seems it was at some point. I thought I was going crazy as I distinctly recalled seeing them here in Portugal 😂

@alexx09RO 3 года назад

Actually, the 1.6l (102-00) version was just bored-out version of the 1.3l (1289cm3) 810-99 Cleon-Fonte local version, nothing special to it. The only modifications were the camshaft (to allow more air into the cylinder) and the double barrel carb. There were OHC versions of the 1.6l made too, they were more obscure - mostly present on the 1325 and competition models.

@matrixmirage2148 3 года назад

May: ,,Good news!" Clarkson: *,,𝙒'𝙊𝙏?!"* May: ,,The Dacier Sandero is almost here in Britain!"

@neil_st6073 3 года назад

I think the running joke about Dacia on Top Gear helped sales and brand recognition in the UK too.

@nicostenfors5690 3 года назад

Good news! WHAT?? The new Dacia Sandero has arrived! A great moment in TopGear.

@barryphillips7327 3 года назад

James May liked the Dacia Sandero.

@drs66412 3 года назад

GOOD NEWS

@jamesengland7461 3 года назад

James has forever etched Dacia in my American mind which may never see one in person

@ichibanmanekineko 3 года назад

Shame they couldn't have done the same with Rover ffs...

@razvanmazilu6284 3 года назад

It's a bit funny to think that Dacia used to sell essentially rebadged Renaults and now Dacias are being sold under Renault badges :))

@Sabinathor 3 года назад

How's the saying? ... the wheel is spinning! :)

@onzaueb 3 года назад

Well current Dacia cars are Renault's anyway. But a lot of the engineering, assembly and work for the Renault cars is done in the Romanian factories.

@dixion1000 3 года назад

Buying Dacia was the best idea Renault had, they made good profit.

@mateuszzimon8216 3 года назад

@@onzaueb Basicly new Sandero is old gen Clio

@johannesvandermarliere8544 3 года назад

@@dixion1000 I totally agree with you, and it is a strong brand

@basedboomer9888 3 года назад

*Car is 30 years old* Dacia: Ah, time for another facelift!

@julianvizio2190 3 года назад

Nnononono what are you thinking. Thats too early, lets wait 10 years more. Add another trim

@annoyinguser 3 года назад

@Alex Sohan yeah but Dacia 1300 and 1310 where kept until 2006,a car first produced in 1969 and they didn't made any major change, just some facelifts

@blue7081 3 года назад

@@annoyinguser Wrong, only until 2004, the 1307 was made until 2007

@annoyinguser 3 года назад

@@blue7081 I know Dacia 1310 Break was until 2006

@ProfCalculon 3 года назад

😂😂😂👍👍👍

@bucharestbiketraffic 3 года назад

No freaking way. You did a Dacia video. That's awesome!

@theodor12 3 года назад

Wow nu stiam ca te uiti la Big Car

@ursutapan2098 3 года назад

jura te Marius ca te uiti si tu la el❤️

@jackdaniels6536 3 года назад

Dacia has grown so much. I always like to see new model on streets, and since Logan they were getting just better and better

@totalro5049 3 года назад

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-iPrUs_0zKQ4.html chio lays collection romania

@Retix_ 3 года назад

Nu cred ca te uiți și tu la el

@cosminn06 3 года назад

My father worked in Dacia factory for over 45 years, it was the only job in his life.

@richardsledgecock2110 3 года назад

Wow that's awsome a hard working dedicated worker.

@JMDrives 3 года назад

The pension he received must be like winning the lottery 10x.

@joelikespotatoes8321 2 года назад

Man I wish I had that job.

@keno77 Год назад

Did he get a gold watch when he retired from the factory.

@n0xx295 3 года назад

Big Car: "Imagine paying 4 times your annual salary for the car that you drive today" Portuguese Viewers: **sweating profusely**

@victorcenac1247 3 года назад

Here is a joke: An American, a french man and a Romanian get in an accident and total their 3 cars. The American thanks God for saving his life, looks at the car and says: oh well, I'll work harder next month and I'll get another car. The French guy thanks God for saving his life, looks at the car and says "oh well, I'll work harder for the next 3 months and I'll get a new one". The Romanian guy starts cursing and breaks down crying yelling "I worked a lifetime to buy this car!" The other two look at each other, then ask: "Why did you buy such an expensive car?"

@Banom7a 3 года назад

*Malaysian and Singaporean has entered the chat*

@Gilotopia 3 года назад

That's still the case all over the world. Even in the USA the average car costs more than the average yearly income. Cars are expensive.

@Espakho 3 года назад

Ok, Iranian here, let me tell our sad story: domestic car manufacturers here make outdated french cars like pug405 and 206. And a 206 is about 6 years of average salary. A Pug2008 which is imported and thus has heavy tariff is about 25 years of salary. So, enjoy your cars.

@Gilotopia 3 года назад

@@Espakho they still make the 206 in Iran? What's it called? I'd love to see it.

@bv2289 3 года назад

"When one door closes, another one opens" - Dacia 😅

@darius4748 3 года назад

Nice one 😂

@TinuVoicu 3 года назад

Awsome 😂😂😂

@henri0661 3 года назад

@@TinuVoicu That is the new app from Dacia.

@cixae2420 3 года назад

Yes. As a former Dacia owner I can confirm, that if you close the driver side door, the passenger side opens

@cheetor18 3 года назад

Inspirational

@razvanmiracom 3 года назад

"Hard to start, hard to stop". Running joke on Dacia 1300 back in the day in Romania.

@TopGear25S 3 года назад

At least the joke was running....

@davidsolyom5604 3 года назад

I know that from experience.

@stefana9482 3 года назад

Greu de pornit greu de oprit ;))

@mrofnocnon 3 года назад

Not that bad at all really.

@mikaelleskinen1349 3 года назад

Better then the trabi....

@rarestudor1008 3 года назад

The dacia 1310 was a briliant car , you can’t imagine how abused they were in rural parts of romania , but they kept running

@TinuVoicu 3 года назад

Defenetly

@gearjammer3688 3 года назад

And could be serviced by any blind drink Romanian farmer at the road side.

@stumerkaiba6431 3 года назад

Ok boomer

@jimby_vokk3110 3 года назад

1310 was a horrble car , the trabant was the real king :)

@RUfromthe40s Год назад

@@jimby_vokk3110 the trabant allthough it´s reconised as a car ,any 14 year old could make a better car using it´s computer or smartphone

@aaditjalal5788 3 года назад

Good newss .its the dacia sandero,

@borisjohnson7553 3 года назад

I was waiting for that comment

@robkneen7546 3 года назад

Anway

@robkneen7546 3 года назад

@Alex Sohan what

@robkneen7546 3 года назад

@Alex Sohan oh no anyway

@ZIGZAG12345 3 года назад

Didn't he flip the joke around when Dacia actually did come to the UK? I think when Hammond made a comment about how James feels about Dacia finally selling the Sandero in the UK, James gave a sort of "I have no idea what the hell you're talking about!" reply??

@vnktravi 2 года назад

Dacia is sold under the Renault brand in India. The Logan and Duster have been hot sellers. Logan was very popular with the Cab drivers, I have seen examples that have clocked 500,000 km to 700,000 km. Romanian products are very good.

@pAirA_ 2 месяца назад

They've been sold in Bangladesh as well, but it didn't succeed. Renault stopped selling these Dacias as soon as they had arrived, and I'm a bit saddened by that.

@cezartoarta958 3 года назад

Hello from Dacia home country. Really accurate, complete up to the EV just announced. Thanks a lot!

@BigCar2 3 года назад

Thanks Cezar!

@SorinVasilescu 3 года назад

Don't want to bash anybody, but you should have looked closer. A picture of Dancila next to a Duster 2 concept saying "the Romanian president would become the first Dacia Duster owner" is a bit sketchy to say the least :D

@cezartoarta958 3 года назад

@@SorinVasilescu point taken 👍🏻

@christopherkelly577 3 года назад

Had a Sandero stepway for three years then I got a 17 plate duster brand new. Loved both. Never had any problems of any kind started perfectly great fuel economy. They deserve their recent success.

@ursutapan2098 3 года назад

i ve got first gen logan 2004 at RomanianMOT 90% of them no problem smoke emission test mint. petrol simple aspirated renault engines built like tanks

@christopherkelly577 3 года назад

@@ursutapan2098 I miss my duster 😥 was the 1.5 TDI and felt fine if I had kept it i was planning to tint the rear glass and upgrade the front bulbs to xenons and a remap of the ecu but, I sadly had to give it up a year and a half after getting it. Put 16k on it in my time and, it was lovely to drive. The compliant handling and fuel efficiency made it a great choice when I was living in a rural area commuting a lot and had young children. Now I am rolling an 06 Saab 93 TiD Vector with 198k on it 7 of which are mine and, rear discs and random electrical issues and a troubling floor well leak, its a solid old tank of a car great for motorway cruising etc for very cheap money nowadays...

@retroracingshirt591 3 года назад

They are rebadged Renault

@raullk4282 3 года назад

@@retroracingshirt591 Hmm no, what do you mean? Duster , Sandero Stepway and Logan are made at Mioveni in Romania. Renault owns Dacia, but renault doesn't produce these models in their range

@blanco7726 3 года назад

@@ursutapan2098 the Sandero and Duster are fine but the Logan idk how you can drive that, every corner I thought the car was gonna tip. Awful drive.

@liminal-m3g 3 года назад

Wow, judging by the challenges Dacia has faced over the decades they must be a very a tough and resilient car company, which makes their current (well deserved) success even more impressive.

@user-ub7cf9rs9f 3 года назад

Nice thing about Dacia is that its humble and works perfectly..no wonder that in big cities (london, rome, etc) they are everywhere.. if you are not a badge snob, they are nicely build cars. Having a skoda, i am thinking about buying one!

@yehyabadr2488 3 года назад

Yes, indeed they do the job of getting your from point a to point b

@Draugenskog 3 года назад

Funny story about the Estafette: local legend has it that Ceausescu's wife, Elena, thought it was too similar to the VW Transporter of the time, and didn't want the people getting "hippie" ideas, thus never making it to mass production

@RomanTrollanski 3 года назад

This might be very plausible, I've heard that before as well.

@just_soco2422 3 года назад

Lol...:)))))

@afti03 3 года назад

LOL WUT!!

@jean-lucjanot9839 2 года назад

Very interesting (and funny)! Thanks!

@johnpersonage7220 3 года назад

I've been to Romania a few times over the years and survived numerous trips in Dacia taxis. They're fine.

@althejazzman 3 года назад

Me too. Spent hours in them over lumpy roads. There's no other choice of transport anyway!

@steve3131 3 года назад

I rode in one in Ecuador in 1994. They must have had some sort of barter agreement- Romanian cars for coffee or bananas.

@afti03 3 года назад

did you ever stop to think that maybe the Dacias survived with YOU because you were a tourist and didn't want to make a bad impression?

@bogdanrus7953 3 года назад

The cars aren't what you survived. You survived romanian cab drivers. Which, in case you wondered around Bucharest, is a remarcable achievement.

@AutumnWind92 3 года назад

@@bogdanrus7953 I've heard they are almost as bad as Sofia taxi drivers.

@VladoT 3 года назад

"Imagine paying 4 times the annual salary for the car you drive today" - I dont need to imagine, it's all around me here 🙂

@mihnealazar7039 3 года назад

Lol that’s what I thought

@purpleldv966 3 года назад

Well if you live in Romania, and i think you do, it's not true now! Dacias don't cost 34.000 euro! The income mentioned in the video was the average one, not the minimum one.

@matadorelchapo5933 3 года назад

Am si eu un Sandero 🇷🇴👍

@mariavalentina3075 3 года назад

@@purpleldv966 but not a lot of the people are getting the medium wadge, so it s true till today

@purpleldv966 3 года назад

@@mariavalentina3075 300 euro/month minimum net * 48 months = 14.400 euro A new Dacia Logan is 8.400 euro www.dacia.ro/gama-dacia/noul-logan.html but you can further shave another `1.400 euro through the state-subsidy if you turn in your old car! So then, it's 7.000 euro, and almost exactly the minimum wage for 2 (two) years! But this is the absolutely worst Financial situation possible, and you certainly would buy a second-hand car if you were in that position, for much less! I was referring to the average wage because it's the closest thing we have to understanding the most probable scenario! But why are you guys doing this? Why are you victimizing yourselves in such an exaggerated manner! You're annoying!

@stephen-rk4kf 3 года назад

I remember my grandfather giving my father a Dacia 1300 as a present in the early 2000s, it had green "leather" seats and it was white as snow, I loved that car!

@bryanmower2703 3 года назад

We rattled a Duster across Namibian dirt roads for a month I'd buy one tomorrow if they were sold here in Australia, sadly they aren't

@22b_gc8 3 года назад

Duster was the car that started the segment of mid size SUV in India (under Renault branding). It held it's position high until Korean duo caught up with Hyundai Creta and Kia Seltos. Sadly Renault is being very lethargic in pushing the car and is slowly fading into oblivion.

@tetrusadima 3 года назад

The rattling is a feature.

@afti03 3 года назад

i'll send you mine, mate! all i want in return is a baby kangaroo to raise him as my own and teach him romanian MMA

@RazvanMihaeanu 3 года назад

Look for Dacia Duster rebranded as...Nissan Terrano. 😅

@cecainemaresainnebunesc8962 3 года назад

This year or the next one they will be in Australia,lucky you

@donsolaris8477 3 года назад

In Athens Greece, for years all our dark yellow electric buses were from Romania called "trolleys"... (another great video by the way)

@kostis2849 3 года назад

Soviet Union. They were from Soviet Union.

@donsolaris8477 3 года назад

@@kostis2849 Thank you, didn't know. Soviet quality !

@mateuszzimon8216 3 года назад

I just google it, on wiki they listed Fiat's, Neoplans (germany) and Van Hool (Netherland). And new order on Solaris (Poland)

@kostis2849 3 года назад

@@mateuszzimon8216 All these were ordered in the early 90s and after. The previous ones (early 70's) were soviet made. I have been told we traded oranges and lemons with them.

@afti03 3 года назад

The almight Troleu! i will never forget it

@jean-lucjanot9839 2 года назад

Love my Dacia Duster LPG 2020. Great car so far! The Prestige version has nothing to envy (much) more expensive SUVs. Was delivered on time (6 months) despite covid factory closure. Big thanks & bravo to the Romanian workers.

@usernamechecksout 3 года назад

The Dacia 1300 was my dad's first car. We went through quite a few adventures with it. It was built as a tank. A guy with a VW Passat smashed into our rear and they broke their car. Our rear bumper had to be repainted. :-)))

@braddietzmusic2429 3 года назад

This should be guest-narrated by James May, on principle. Is one man’s undying love of a Sandero not enough? 😂

@BigCar2 3 года назад

I'll give him a call...

@Banom7a 3 года назад

"I love the Dacia Sandero" - James May while driving a Lamborghini

@Surfinbadger 3 года назад

Plus he can pronounce car brands without trying to put on a French accent. Just say the name in your own accent. It's like watching officer crabtree from "allo allo"

@TechGamer45 3 года назад

Good moaning.

@totalro5049 3 года назад

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-LTTfDuoqT94.html this is romania in 2010

@georgec89 3 года назад

It's so weird to hear the history of our car brands in English. We really have talented people that have the best ideas for new prototypes and the lack of funding doesn't help at all but the new base model from Dacia has a phone holder integrated in the dashboard that uses your phone as an Infotainment and it's also used as the car's stereo. Incredible!

@wimdeer628 3 года назад

Love already the new sandero. Build on the new Clio platform. Would be sold in Belgium for 8990 euro (basics) and the Clio price is 15.850 euro. Honostly I think it would be a hit👍

@MoreFormosa 3 года назад

Most cars today have either bluetooth or aux cable that allows you to use your phone as the radio and entertainment device

@anaraluca1181 2 года назад

De nu era daca si cu parca construiau romanii OZN-uri.

@s.w.6977 Год назад

That phone dock is, to me, honestly the best idea any car maker has had when it comes to interior entertainment systems. It saves the manufacturer from having to buy another IPad to glue to the dashboard, it (presumably) saves the driver from stupid connect-to-the-car-in-30-steps bullshit and it's the most futureproof out of all of them - you can always buy a new phone if you want.

@My-Opinion-Doesnt-Matter Год назад

"Dacia has a phone holder integrated in the dashboard that uses your phone as an Infotainment and it's also used as the car's stereo. Incredible!" Amazing, now it's on par with all the cars made in last two decades who had AUX in.

@keaixiaomeinv 3 года назад

My first and so far only experience with Dacia is when I drove a 4x4 Duster (diesel) from Zagreb to Dubrovnik, and then back again. Great car for the money.

@trwsandford 3 года назад

I first saw a Duster in Iceland a couple of years ago. They weren't highly regarded by those that had big budgets, but they were all over the place. Its a good looking thing. I wish they were sold in the States. I wouldn't mind having an unusual, cheap 4 wheel drive for occasional use.

@trwsandford 3 года назад

rastas _ true, but we don’t get a Dacia Duster to kick around either..! I still kinda want one.

@1chumley1 Год назад

I drove a rental Duster in Iceland. It was a diesel and I wish I could get one in the US.

@declanlee5440 Год назад

@@1chumley1- I also drove a 4 wheel drive Duster in Iceland- 900 km in the snow very impressive!!

@SA-zoom1 3 года назад

My kids used to love the advert with the tag line "another one drives a duster"

@oyku.akbulut 3 года назад

"Imagine paying 4 years of salary for a car." *Laughs in Turkish Economy* All you get for 4 years of salary is a 2005 smthn VW. If you want a new one, cheapest option would at least be 7 to 8 years. Which is probably a Fiat, a Renault or a Dacia with lowest of low specs. Unbelieveable that a communist country was selling cars cheaper than us. Contrary to Romaia though we can supply, there is no demand.

@neutronick 3 года назад

Laugh in Argentinian economy as well u.u

@shughume 3 года назад

I'm from the UK, and I love visiting Turkey, it's one of my favourite countries. I wouldn't mind bringing a Tofaş Murat back with me!

@AlfaGiuliaQV 3 года назад

Ask your local dictator why your economy is what it is.

@merihkaraman7176 3 года назад

I mean we have so many factories of foreign manifacturers like Hyundai, Renault, Honda, Fiat etc. It is a damn shame we can't produce our own. Every model under the Turkish car branding was a derivative. Anadol used a Cortina chassis and engines, don't get me started on Tofaşes. It's a hugely expensive and difficult job to start a car company from scratch and I can see why people were and still are reluctant though...

@oyku.akbulut 3 года назад

@@AlfaGiuliaQV You can try. If you are not a citizen of Turkey. I honestly won't

@davidov_b 3 года назад

>Imagine paying 4 times your annual salary for a car today I don't have to imagine that, it's still the case here.

@lukelovescars08 2 года назад

Thank you, David! You are right!

@EmotionGamingRO 3 года назад

as a romanian.. i thank you!

@faberrich8635 3 года назад

Greetings from Romania! Well-documented and to the point. Thank you for this video.

@JakePetrolhead 3 года назад

I still reckon the best advertising they ever got in the UK was the running Top Gear "Great News!" Joke about the Dacia Sandero. It elevated it from "here's just another cheap car" especially when it turned out to be a good little car.

@HotIceVlog 3 года назад

Maybe even from their Romania special

@Muushondje 3 года назад

Probably the best video on youtube about the history of Dacia. Well done !!

@robtheplod 3 года назад

Love my Dacia Duster - most practical and enjoyable car to drive, and I've had VW/Seat and Jaguar before!

@19UCj19 3 года назад

Thanks for the episode! Dacia 1300/1310 was our national car for four decades. In the late communist years, you had to wait around 5 years to purchase one. My dad managed to buy one faster with an additional 50% over the normal price. He still drives it everyday since, but bought an Audi in 2010 for long trips.

@Wingchunmandan 3 года назад

I love these videos. As an American I really like being introduced to cars I've never seen via this channel.

@shifty2755 3 года назад

Yes. American cars a really very poor.

@razvan_armaghedon 3 года назад

yes english very poor

@SorinVasilescu 3 года назад

There's one in New York at least: business-review.eu/culturelief/photo-gallery-remarkable-dacia-1300-auto-to-be-seen-in-lockdown-new-york-city-209525

@speedyeg-guitars-playlists4800 3 года назад

My MCV Lauréate 1.6 16V is now over 13 years old, still doing a fine job and faster than I need.

@ivanyallop4716 3 года назад

Bought a Dacia Duster last year. Fantastic jeep and I love it. Very popular in Ireland.

@sgtgrash 3 года назад

Whomever designed the Duster deserves an award, it strikes an excellent balance between off road ruggedness and urban style and practicality. To my eyes it's a good looking car... 👍

@jonkipastramki3021 3 года назад

Big Car: "Imagine paying 4 times your annual salary for the car that you drive today" Portuguese Viewers: *sweating profusely*

@horiacraciun8518 3 года назад

Great video, it's my country's car brand, and we are very proud of it!

@ronaldl9085 3 года назад

I had a Dacia MCV 7-seater for 7 years. It was the most reliable car I had, until now. Super reliable, versatile, relatively cheap.

@HotIceVlog 3 года назад

0:56 That's a photo of the central area of Oradea, Romania, the city that I live in, taken in the 1960s. It makes me feel so proud. Thank you for covering the Dacia story, sir! Your videos are awesome! :)

@BigCar2 3 года назад

Glad you liked it Omu!

@l.e.i.4111 3 года назад

@@BigCar2 You may not know but Omu is not a name but means the man, and subtire means thin, but here has the sense of well educated or wealthy. In conclusion the wealthy man. 🙂 By the way, when this pandemic creasiness will end somehow, some times, you should visit Oradea as it is a nice city which is on his way to be refurbished. The city center is an open air Art Nouveau museum, literally. You'll find also 2 brand hotels to stay: Ramada and DoubleTree by Hilton. Keep it up with your good work!

@BigCar2 3 года назад

@@l.e.i.4111 Thanks for the correction. I've been fortunate enough to visit Bulgaria, but not Romania. The churches in Bulgaria are amazing!

@lukelovescars08 2 года назад

@@BigCar2 Romania is a nice country! It has beautiful landscapes!

@james10o1 3 года назад

Good news everyone! The Dacia Sandero! Anyway...

@AWMJoeyjoejoe 3 года назад

I had a Dacia Duster as a hire car on my holiday last year. It was a great car. Loads of great tech and quite fun to drive too. I was impressed

@My-Opinion-Doesnt-Matter Год назад

What tech?

@robb5828 Год назад

@@My-Opinion-Doesnt-Matter steering wheel and pedals, jokes aside, now they gave pretty much everything you need, android auto and so on

@BryanSteacy 3 года назад

I knew that Dacia was active around Europe before they came to Ireland, but I had no idea of this much history. Thanks for the video!

@Kingdonnerkebab 3 года назад

Clear concise speaking, excellently presented well thought out and conveyed, all the reasons I love this channel

@paradisopaul 3 года назад

The Dacia Logan was a popular car here in Venezuela (sold under the Renault Logan name). Sadly Renault slowly dissapeared alongside Mazda, Nissan, Honda, Citroën, Peugeot and many others that imported cars instead of producing cars in the country like GM, Ford, Chrysler, Mitsubishi, Toyota and Hyundai did back then (right now the national production is paralyzed and you can only purchase imported cars without any kind of credit/loan, only in cash).

@RomanTrollanski 3 года назад

That's just so sad for a country that has one of the biggest oil reserves in the world.

@dansome3563 3 года назад

It is sad montly salary probably its the biggest issue how are things in Venezuela now getting better??

@simonreeves2017 3 года назад

Happy memories of my first car - a 1974 Renault 12TS. I never knew that it lived on for so long, but wearing a Dacia badge. Mine was very reliable with its 1.3 pushrod engine managing nearly 200k miles before the body fell apart around it!

@scottishcarenthusiastsandtrain 3 года назад

Cracking video, really enjoyed finding out about the history of the Dacia, it's been a car on my radar off and on for a while, it may be a contender to replace our family car next year

@cosminmilitaru9920 3 года назад

@Ambrosios3 Yup, that's why it costs half of an actual Renault. But many people don't keep them more than 5-7 years so it's still good.

@quandarioustoddricioushorn9292 2 года назад

Dacia was such a popular brand they went back in time and named a country after it!

@johndoyle4723 3 года назад

Thanks very interesting, as always. Nothing wrong with the present day Duster, and I have seen the assembly line on another youtube video, they have their quality issues sorted. Tesla could learn some lessons from Dacia on QC.

@mariojager43 3 года назад

With a basic Ford Fiesta at nearly £17k, I bought the Sandero Stepway 2017 for just over £7k. I love its looks, it's cheap to run, its white goods on wheels, but it drives like you'd expect a modern hatchback to drive. There's absolutely nothing wrong with it, for the same money I was looking at Vauxhall viva, Ford KA etc, yet this beats those on shear size alone. The 0.9 TCE turbo engine is very lively out of eco mode and it really pulls, but getting 50 mpg+ around town. Has plastic wheel trims which look like very convincing alloys, so if you scratch them you can cheaply replace them. Robust materials inside, good radio with Bluetooth so you can play music from your smartphone, basically all you need in a car.

@mateighiban4574 3 года назад

I would like to ad to the fact that Dacia did a sports car, it was called...Dacia Sport. It was just a 2 door Dacia 1310, but it's so special because Renault never made a 2 door variant of the car so it's kinda 100% romanian built. They are really sought after right now in Romania, great examples are worth up to 8.000 €. You can see the car at 6:46

@timoteiafanasie4894 3 года назад

Vrea cineva să dea 8000 e pe știfturile alea? Poate vreun colecționar. Am condus una, problema cu ele era tabla - slabă la 1300 în general, dar încă mai slabă la Dacia sport. În plus, de la uși în spate nu se găseau bucăți de caroserie de schimbat, așa că erau peticite și chituite la greu. Altfel, mai ușoară și cu același motor fiind, am făcut câteva chestii "off-road" din care m-am mirat că am trecut cu bine :-)))))

@dreamofmirrors 3 года назад

As a Romanian I'm quite impressed by the level of your documentation for this video. You got one thing wrong though, the Romanian economy was very powerful at the time, but most of it's products went for export in exchange for western currency. This is why you saw people standing in line at the grocery store. It's not because they didn't have money, but because there was nothing to buy.

@costipredoiu 3 года назад

Finally some Dacia content and also educative video! Thanks Big Car!

@BigCar2 3 года назад

Glad you liked it Costi.

@lukelovescars08 2 года назад

@@BigCar2Good evening, mr. Big Car! My favourite Dacia car is the Logan(1st gen phase 1)!

@lukelovescars08 2 года назад

My dad has a 2005 Logan(second-hand), first registered in 2005, but it become his everyday vehicle in 2009. My granddad has a 2007 Logan MCV (brought from Germany), first registered in 2007, but it become his personal transport in 2020.

@lukelovescars08 2 года назад

My granddad's car is still a second-hand vehicle

@1fortythree 3 года назад

I can't believe! Big Car made an episode about Dacia! I hit the "Like" even before I began to watch! Thank you guys! Always a pleasure to watch your "stories"!

@BigCar2 3 года назад

Glad you liked it Dan!

@willswheels283 3 года назад

Great vid again sir, very informative, I remember the original duster, a lot were an Orange colour or white or blue. Yes Dacia have come a long way thanks to the help of Renault. Wasn’t the Sandero based on the mid 2000 Renault Clio with the same mechanicals?

@mateuszzimon8216 3 года назад

Duster in orange was option, white was standard. Sandero was based on Clio 2 (generation with first Thalia)

@parrotantics2046 3 года назад

Oi, Lodgy driver here! This car, despite it's nitpicks over the build quality, is actually a nice reliable MPV, already sitting very high in it's non-crossover variants. But I can't stand that 2nd gen of this model was stripped of their reliable petrol engines (using 1.6 l unit with 102 HP output through 5-speed manual gearbox) and left the diesel units only. Pity, I wanted to give the 2nd gen a try.

@tmdosu 3 года назад

It's not pronounced Dashia, the "ci" in Dacia is the same as "ciao" in italian.

@alexander1055 3 года назад

English Speaking People can't be bother to even TRY to pronounce foreign Words correctly.

@ijustfelldown 3 года назад

Renault launched the Duster with their company logo in India. It became a massive hit. My parents have one. It's not the cheapest SUV in the Indian market but it's the cheapest from a European brand. We've had it for 8 years so far. Absolutely no issues and perfect for Indian roads that are more potholes than roads.

@matsudaindustries2530 3 года назад

Man you deserve so many more subscribers, your content is gold

@georgegherghinescu 3 года назад

Can't imagine the number of hours of research to make such a detailed video. Awesome work.

@10mbc 3 года назад

Whaaat? Nooo. Thank you sir for this episode - I am from Romania.

@BigCar2 3 года назад

You're welcome Alin. I hope it does your country justice.

@BogdanSerban 3 года назад

Romanian fan here too! My dad had a 1300, 1310 and then a Nova. I took the 1310 apart when I was a kid.

@EmyrDerfel 3 года назад

@@BogdanSerban Did you put it back together again, or is that the reason your dad got the Nova?

@BogdanSerban 3 года назад

@@EmyrDerfel it was destined for scrap anyway, the body was rusted beyond road legal. But since it was taking up space in the yard, I took everything apart and then cut the body with an angle grinder. It was fun.

@deanromania6748 3 года назад

@@BogdanSerban ,,Și așa a făcut Dacia, mecanici!" 😂😂😂

@deanromania6748 3 года назад

I am from Romania and I own my self a Dacia 1300 from 1979

@adimih2120 2 года назад

Impressive ! :)

@MsPysoul 3 года назад

"Imagine paying 4 times your annual salary for the car that you drive today" Welp, thats normal in Poland. Considering avarage polish earns 3000 PLN a month and a cheap saloon new car costs like 42 000 PLN (which is bare bones Dacia Sandero) and next cheapest car is 62 000 PLN (which is bare bones Skoda Fabia). Pretty ridiculous.

@alexander1989x 3 года назад

Nobody: Big Car: Nikolay Ciaochessku!

@XenonLxx 3 года назад

Happy second gen Duster owner here 😎 And yeah, I originally started considering the brand after James May's jokes... Who later admitted that he actually does like the brand, jokes aside.

@StudeSteve62 3 года назад

Recent history of Dacia was quite unknown to me...indeed I didn't know the name plate still existed, never mind that they were doing so well...maybe they should try Canada again! Love the blooper reel on the end, too...

@stephanalbrecht7889 3 года назад

My grandpa had a British racing green like 1300 back in the day. It was considered a upper middle class vehicle back then in east Germany. Fascinating how long it prevailed :-) you have a Lada video as well?

@christi22 3 года назад

That’s a well researched video! Impressive. I grew up with and learned to drive on these cars and I never knew half the things you presented. A lot of nostalgia watching this! Great job mate!

@BigCar2 3 года назад

Thanks Cristi!

@spaghetti9067 3 года назад

Finally a company that has managers that save the company instead of killing it

@primarulgiurgiului 3 года назад

I was going to tell about pronunciation but then I saw your comment. Anyway, after watching this video, I really want to congratulate you for an excelle t and very well documented video. Thank you!

@BigCar2 3 года назад

Thanks! 😃

@clooperman3745 3 года назад

Have several friends that have got a Duster 4x4 for use in the rural winter locations they live in and the cars handle the conditions very well (snow covered country lanes). the Duster bodyshell looks very similar to the Nissan Qashqai to me.

@JonGallon 3 года назад

Renault saved Dacia. And Dacia's cars saved Renault in Brazil. We have all those Dacias here under Renault brand. You forgot to mention a very strong point from current Dacia's cars: they may be spartan but have very good internal space. A humble Logan may look small but has more internal space than a current Toyota Corolla and it's trunk is bigger too.

@ChasingAnswers24 3 года назад

Thanks for that. I've had my Duster for over a year now and still love it. I don't understand what's not to dislike. I chopped my A3 Sportback in for it and haven't looked back.

@foudo13 3 года назад

Awesome Dacia History video . In 28 years i've been driving , i drove Audi to Volvo & a lot in between but my 2012 Sandero Base is the most reliable car i've driven with the best and fastest heater . Even more reliable than my Kia . I hope you will do Wartburg one day , since you did have the Knight version sold in Britain if i remember correctly ! Thanks again ; Greets from Flanders ,Belgium .

@l.e.i.4111 3 года назад

I don't believe my eyes what I am reading here. Did you said your Sandero is even more reliable than your Kia!? Well, man, you should explain this to all those guys who think Korean cars are the most reliable in the world. I am not saying that those are not reliable but let's be honest though. I'll drink a Stella Artois for you. Cheers or Noroc as we say in Romanian ( pronounced norok and has the meaning of good luck). 🍻

@foudo13 3 года назад

@@l.e.i.4111 I mean what i say as i live in a community that houses a lot of pensioners . 2 or 3 have been asking about my Sandero wich has led to me bringing them to my dealer to test one & my neighbor across from me being so impressed with my car that she bought a 2019 Sandero in highest trim . Mine will be 8 1/2 now with 91K km & the only thing that happened was a door pocket & door locking pin to become loose & 3 lightbulbs to replace . Only in July 2020 for the 1st time i needes new discs in front. Love this Sandero MkI . Had more trouble with my Kia Carens & Audi A4 Avant 1.8. Enjoy the Stella !

@l.e.i.4111 3 года назад

@@foudo13 👍Impressive.

@spletest8977 2 года назад

The 1st gen logan is high on my list of favorite cars. It's just cute, like the 1st gen versa was. We never got the logan in the US but I occasionally spot one that makes its way up from Mexico.

@lukelovescars08 2 года назад

Should've been arrive as an EMC E36

@lukelovescars08 2 года назад

Or the Renault Laguna

@mgkole 3 года назад

Great video. I drove logan and duster, and it's really amazing how much of a car you can get for that money!!! If you are not crazy about build materials in the interior (they mostly use hard plastic) and luxury feeling, these cars are just great.

@lordmuntague 3 года назад

You now have a new slogan; cue deep Yorkshire accent... "Big Car. Bringing you quality videos, with Dacia on You Tube."

@mugofbrown6234 3 года назад

Having a Yorkshireman advertise Dacia was a cunning plan, it just added to the air of "no bullshit" that the company likes to promote and that I've happily fallen for.

@mefastman77 3 года назад

You should do a video on Tata Motors, and how they now own Jaguar and Land Rover, now that's a heck of story to talk about! I always look forward to you uploading a new video! Good stuff! Keep going!

@mcdonelldouglas2492 3 года назад

What a brilliant video! And special congratulations for mentioning the D33 project -99% of Romanians never heard about it. I would like to add: 1. Renault tricked VW twice a. In the 60's Romania was about to produce VW beatle, but mr C. de Gaulle visit România and suddenly we switched on with Renault b. In 99' soon after VW bought Skoda, we were discussing with Hyunndai, Renault came to the table, then VW contacted the Romanian Government to present the intention to buy Dacia too. Next week, Monday Renault was the announced winner of the bid 2. Dacia Solenza was never intended to sell so much, was mainly a school project for people at the factory to think and develop a product as Renault did.

@pedalcarguy 3 года назад

This was a real eye-opener. I am glad I watched. Thank you and stay well!

@TL98 3 года назад

The Dacia Sandero Streetway here in italy can be quite the ultimate bargain for a newly-licensed driver with its reasonable starting price of 11,750 €

@wimdeer628 3 года назад

4 cilinders? You have the 1.0 12v sce 0.9 tce 12v, 1.0 tce 12v. Those are 3 cilinders. And their is the 1.5dci engines (4 cilinders). Correct me if I'm wrong

@TL98 3 года назад

@@wimdeer628 yes, you're right. Furthermore, upon further inspection, the only engine that stands with the 55 Kw/ton limit is the 75hp diesel one

@ronis_5269 3 года назад

My dad worked in the ARO Factory, those were the best offroaders ever made in the world, he was testing them, and the test was quite brutal. He was also working inside the factory. (Campulung Old Factory).

@casinodelonge 3 года назад

Good story that, I love the "trying to add value locally" way of doing things, and they seem to be be building decent cars.

@williamfence566 3 года назад

Credit to the homework you do for these videos . Informative and entertaining . Thanks

@mariangeorge4984 3 года назад

As a romanian I just want to say :" Thank you!"

@jarratt51 3 года назад

had a 2019 duster techroad for about 3 months now, fantastic car. Gloucester to bristol and back everyday in nothing but comfort

@saint-simon1134 3 года назад

When I was kid my father owned a Dacia 1310. I remember lovely long trips through the mountains with it. It was a very simple car but I have good memories.

@danhummel84 3 года назад

I wish we had bargain vehicles is the US. The absolute cheapest vehicles is the Mitsubishi mirage hatchback with a sticker of 13k to start. If Dacia could partner with someone for a dealer network in the US or Canada these things would sell all day at a sub 12k price.

@XenonLxx 3 года назад

The problem is Americans have a huge ego and they refuse and shame anything that has a "budget" reputation. They will instead dump all their savings and licence a big expensive SUV, and live from salary to salary every month for years before paying it off, just to appear like upper class. That's why USA is losing budget cars. Also, cheap gas, they don't care about fuel economy.

@AsherPiesman 3 года назад

17:48 I think the new Dacia Sandero is a surprisingly good looking car. I’d be more inclined to get one of those over the equivalent Clio it’s based on, not only is it supposedly half the price I think it’s a far more attractive car: in my opinion the Clio’s styling is an ugly mess.

@mugofbrown6234 3 года назад

I dearly loved my Panda Cross but when it died it meant that I brought a 2012 model Duster (a few days before lockdown Mk 1, phew!) I now have a good sized, capable 4x4 festooned with very useful cubbyholes, a locking differential and space for 5 adults. I hope that Dacia keeps going with the idea of allowing you to choose between a "basic" car, a "posh"(?) car and shades in between, it's a refreshing change after having so many gadgets on my Panda.

@mateuszzimon8216 3 года назад

U can have Duster Hybrid in Prestige package. Hybrid in meaning petrol LPG

@Timico1000 3 года назад

I think this was your best video yet! :) I saw an early Logan at a local used car dealer and thought that someone should save it (not me, as my wife would kill me), because THAT was the car that started Dacia´s new career.

@BigCar2 3 года назад

Thanks. I was pretty happy with how the script came out.

@lukian4625 3 года назад

România4Life Salutari din România!Congrats for this guy who didn't forgot about us🙃

@timothyhh 3 года назад

The Dacia Nova/Supernova kind of looks like a squashed Volvo 850.

@sorinm3319 3 года назад

And a little renault 11

@YsanneOshea 3 года назад

I drove a Renault 12 for many years but, as it slowly fell apart, a new car was needed and the Dacia Denen was the obvious next step. With research, I discovered that the Dacia Denem came with a substantial list of extras, one of which really caught my eye. It said '4 wheels'. Unbelievably, they were listing the wheels as extras. You had to buy them for obvious reasons! At the time, I didn't realise that this was more than it appeared to be. After watching your video, I have realised that it was more about getting extra foreign cash into their economy than it was having the nerve to try and sell a car without wheels! Needs Must. :-0)

@nematolvajkergetok5104 3 года назад

We had an 1310 combi in the early 1990's. It was an OK car, after my father spent countless hours replacing every critical part with Renault ones. It was barely a Dacia any more, but it served us well on a road trip from Budapest to Barcelona and back. After the Ceausescus received their lifetime achievement awards from the people, used Dacias were in super high demand. People stood on the roadsides on Hungary, holding up cardboard signs: "Will buy Dacias!" My father sold ours to one of these guys and our next car was a Suzuki.

@anaraluca1181 2 года назад

For a short period after comunism fell, you could import any car to Romania. The Romanians ditched their Dacias and bought old western cars. (They were still better than Dacia.) But this lasted only a few months, than the government decided that only cars not older than 8 years could be imported. Those were expensive and you had to pay customs for them. Excepted were Romanian cars, as these were considered reimports and no customs had to be payed. So the Romanians reimported Dacias (and at some extent ARO) from the entire ex-comunist countries like especially Hungary and the GDR.

@klx100 3 года назад

I would say it was a complete success story! Given all the odds Dacia still survived and now it is producing some really affordable and trendy cars :) In fact I really like the Dacia Duster and to me it is really affordable when you compare it with other cross-overs/mini suv alike :)