Dacia Model History

Romania · founded 1966

Romania's national automaker — founded in 1966, revived under Renault ownership in 1999, now Europe's best-selling value brand behind the Logan, Sandero, and Duster.

Models

1100

Dacia's first car — a licensed-built Renault 8 that launched Romania's domestic auto industry.

Compact car · 1968–1972
1300 / 1310

Romania's 'people's car' for 35 years — a Renault 12-based saloon that sold nearly two million units and became a communist-era icon.

Compact car · 1969–2004
Logan

The car that reinvented Dacia — a €5,000 budget saloon launched in 2004 that became a global bestseller and showed Europe what value motoring could look like.

Compact car · 2004–present
Sandero

Europe's best-selling retail car — a no-nonsense budget hatchback that has topped European private-sales charts every year since 2017.

Subcompact car · 2008–present
Duster

The affordable SUV that changed Dacia's ambitions — Europe's most popular retail SUV since 2018, from a budget crossover into a genuine off-road option.

Compact SUV · 2010–present
Jogger

Dacia's seven-seat family car — a long-wheelbase Logan-based MPV-wagon hybrid that replaced the Logan MCV, Lodgy, and Dokker in one practical package.

Compact MPV · 2022–present
Spring

Europe's most affordable electric car — a compact battery-electric city crossover that put EV ownership within reach of budget buyers.

Electric city car · 2021–present

Other makes