Worth-for-money automobile model Dacia is celebrating its first decade within the UK.
The primary UK-registered Dacia was a Sandero in January 2013. Since then, a complete of 240,010 Dacia automobiles have been bought.
The rugged Duster is the UK’s hottest mannequin, recording 88,488 registrations.
Dacia’s success reveals no signal of slowing because the model enters 2023 having achieved a rise in year-on-year gross sales of 55% final yr.
When Dacia launched, David Cameron was the Prime Minister and the final phrase in tech was the discharge of the Apple iPhone 5S and 5C.
The yr was even be memorable for the delivery of Prince George, whereas Sir Alex Ferguson retired as Supervisor of Manchester United.
The Sandero supermini and Sandero Stepway quickly complemented the Duster and a decade later the trio nonetheless characteristic within the Dacia vary. The Sandero Stepway has notched up 71,236 gross sales, whereas 59,987 examples of the Sandero have been bought.
The rising variety of accolades the Renault-owned model has acquired embody a number of wins on the What Automobile? Automobile of the 12 months Awards, Auto Specific New Automobile Awards and Auto Dealer New Automobile Awards.
Right this moment, Dacia instructions a powerful 3.1% retail market share, a exceptional achievement for a model that has solely been within the UK for 10 years.
