presents pictures and information about the models of this company, starting with the old dacia 1100. includes data about dacia 1300, dacia 500 and dacia nova.
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starting in order to reduce the time needed before starting a serial production, it was considered necessary to begin by making an automobile under license. a license invoice for a medium class automobile with a 1,000-1,300 cc engine, for a production series of 40-50,000 cars/year was launched. renault, peugeot, fiat, alfa romeo and austin companies made bids. also, tests were made with the following cars: renault 10, peugeot 204, fiat 1100d, alfa romeo 1300, austin mini morris. from technical and economic reasons, the offer made by renault company for the automobile renault 12 was retained. the car was in the prototype testing phase, and its production was due to begin in france, in the second half of 1969. but the contract was signed in september 1966. the renault authority allowed the romanian side to begin earlier the assembling and a partly integration of another type of automobile from the same range, until renault 12 was ready for production. renault 16 was chosen for the beginning. but, motivated by the necessary foreign currency effort, it was decided that renault 8 be assembled. pitesti motor-car plant was built in a record time of just an year and a half, and on july 1, 1968, the idling tests of tools and installations begun. after going through the 217 working stations of the assembling lines, the first control motor-car was completed in august 3, 1968, and in august 20, 1968, the plant was inaugurated and the serial production of dacia 1100 motor-cars begun (its name - dacia - was the oldest name of romania). dacia 1100 the production of 1100 motor-car (renault 8), according to the license contract, actually consisted in assembling the bodywork brought from france, painting the bodywork, general assembling, running track trials, reception and delivery, as all parts came from import. compared to the renault 8 types, dacia 1100 showed no basic changes. a chrome plated rod containing the mark of pitesti automobiles plant, an eagle, was placed between the head-lights. type 1100s, made especially for racing, was produced in a small series. that had the engine prepared for racing, a 4 head-lights battery, wider tyres. the motor-cars dacia 1100 had been produced until the end of 1971, and some 37,546 cars took to the romanian roads. first dacia 1100 ever made was offered to ceausescu family by autovehicle factory pitesti being the first autovehicle made in romania. in the rear engine, there is a platinum plate with homages inscriptions. technical data: 4 doors, 5 places, rear engine, 4 cylinders, watercooled, 46 hp, maximum speed: 133 km/h, consumption: 6.8 l/100km. dacia 1300 starting from august 1969, dacia 1300 begun to be assembled. the car was simultaneously exhibited in october 1969, at eren, bucharest, and at the auto show in paris (as renault 12). at the beginning, this type was produced with parts imported from france, which were due to be implemented in the domestic industry up to 100%. the type was a berline with four doors, five places, front traction, longitudinal frontal engine, 1289 cc, 54 hp, 144 km/h, consumption: 9.4 l. types: already from 1970, dacia 1300 had three endowment alternatives: 1300-standard, 1300-super, and 1301. type 1301 was aimed only for comrades in the romanian comunist party(pcr). in 1973, the production of type 1300 break begun. light motor truck dacia 1302 was introduced into production in 1975. that was a pick-up type, with or without a tarpaulin, and had a 500 kg load, and a platform area of 2.25 m. the mechanical part was identical to that of type 1300, and differences appeared only at the rear suspension. a relatively small number of such cars were produced until 1982 (1,500), most of them being exported to algeria. also, the type renault 20 was assembled in romania, named dacia 2000, especially for the nomenklatura. this type was painted only dark blue or black. dacia factory also assembled the renault estafette van. the reshaped dacia types were exhibited at eren`79. at the sa...
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