DACIA 1300 (Romanian)
May 10th, 2008 by Melvin
Who ever said that, “What is essential is invisible to the eye,” was the greatest mentor of the manufacturers of the Dacia 1300. If you look through the windows of the Romanian-made car and see the interior, you will unconsciously ask yourself the question, “Is this all?”
Two versions of the Dacias were manufactured at first, for its trial debut. The first, better version was exported and the other one was sold in Romania. The exported Dacia was built with better, stronger parts and were assembled with utmost care and precision. However, the Dacia sold locally was manufactured so badly, that the locals had to cross the border just to buy their Dacia.
The reasons why the Dacia didn’t make such a big impact positively in the European world of cars are based highly on these: lack of power steering, very poor ventilation (no aircondition), unbalanced structure of wheels and just the fact that the interior seemed to be lacking something very important. Voted also, as one of Europe’s worst-ever constructed cars.