400HP Dacia Logan STCC Racer Takes to the Track, Does 0-100 Km/h in 3 Seconds

Not long ago, we wrote about the Dacia Logan STTC racecar, entered by the Dacia Dealer Team in the Swedish Touring Car Championship. Now we present to you a video of the monstrous Logan-lookalike (more on that below) that has begun testing ahead of the series’ first season race on May 3-4. Read more »

With a £6,995 Price Tag, Dacia Logan MCV Is the UK’s Most Affordable New Estate Car

Dacia announced its fourth model for the UK market, the Logan MCV, which is available from £6,995 (€8,240) – the price of the base Access version.

Dacia’s estate car can be ordered by UK customers starting today, with the first units to arrive in Britain in July. The Logan MCV will be priced around £1,000 more than the Sandero for comparable versions, with the most expensive model being the diesel Laureate version, which starts from £10,795 (€12,715).

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Auto Shop Spends €10,000 and 30 Days to Build a Dacia Logan Coupe with Bits from Hyundai Coupe

Three years ago, Romanian auto repair shop AutoK9 built a convertible version of the Dacia Logan. It was a one-off prototype aimed at demonstrating the workshop’s technical abilities. Now they did it again, only this time they built a coupe version of Dacia's first-generation budget sedan.

To convert the Logan into a coupe in a fast and cost-effective way, AutoK9 added the roof and doors from a Hyundai Coupe on a regular Logan bodywork and chassis. After integrating the Korean parts, the folks from the repair shop fitted sport seats and steering wheel, as well as a lowered suspension and a noisier exhaust.

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STCC-Ready Dacia Logan Racing Car is a Saab 9-3 in Drag

The piece we wrote earlier about the Scandinavian Touring Car Championship- or STCC-ready Dacia Logan, was such an oddball story that some may have clicked it hoping to ridicule the Romanian carmaker' attempt at making a touring car based on their most basic means of transportation.

Most of you will have noticed that the car shown in the photos was unusually long and low, nothing like the Logan on which it was supposedly based.

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Dacia Workers Want Bigger Wages After Strike Ends

We previously reported that production at the main Dacia plant, in Mioveni, Romania, stopped last week, as workers from the paint shop section of the factory flooded the courtyard demanding higher wages and better work conditions. We also reported, that according to a local source from the country, they were demanding a 25 percent pay raise. Read more »

After Pikes Peak and the Andros Trophy, Dacia Tries Sweden's Touring Car Championship

Dacia has been one of the most stably growing automakers in Europe in recent years, and in 2012, they managed to sell 360,000 cars around the world. Along the line, they decided to add a bit of zest to the Dacia name, and ended up with a monster Duster which raced at Pikes Peak, and another Duster, specially-designed to be driven on ice, which competed in the Andros Trophy. Read more »

Dacia Workers Launch Sudden Strike, Stop Production at Romanian Plant

Several hundred workers at the main Dacia plant, located in Mioveni, Romania, went on strike yesterday, fearing mass layoffs due to contracts not being signed in time, and criticizing the management for overworking them and treating them "like slaves".

According to the local media, they are asked to build a car every 40 seconds. They also decided to launch the strike because their request for a 25 percent increase in their pay went unnoticed.

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Dacia Range May Gain Larger Sedan and City Car, But Not in the Next 18 Months

The Dacia brand, recently launched in the UK, is currently doing quite well in all markets where it is present. The latest generation of the Logan and Sandero have already gone on sale, completing a range which includes the Duster SUV, Lodgy MPV and the Dokker commercial vehicle.

In addition, a new model was revealed at this year's edition of the Geneva Motor Show, the estate version of the Logan, called the MCV.

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