ROMANIAN car-maker and Renault subsidiary Dacia remains to be on the want checklist of Australian importer Ateco, which says all it could take for the European worth model to return right here is for head workplace to say, ‘let’s go’.
Chatting with native media final week in Sydney, Renault Australia boss Glen Sealey stated the Bigster and Duster SUVs from Dacia’s portfolio maintain essentially the most promise for Australia.
The Dacia Duster is an present compact SUV accessible in Europe in front- and all-wheel drive codecs. First launched in 2010, the Duster has been in-built right-hand drive for the UK market since 2013 and is due for alternative with an new-generation mannequin in 2025.
In the meantime the Bigster is a bigger, all-new seven-seat massive SUV that has appeared in idea type solely to this point and is, like the brand new Duster, anticipated to be revealed in manufacturing type in 2025.
Mr Sealey indicated that these new fashions are one of the best probability for the native importer to carry Dacia to Australia.
Whereas all indicators are to this point optimistic for these to reach because the Dacia spearhead in Australia, Mr Sealey cautioned that “there is no ensures with Renault”.
“However these two automobiles are what we’re finding out, engaged on,” he added.
Requested what Renault Australia is ready for, Mr Sealey responded: “For them to say, ‘let’s go’. They’ve given optimistic indications, however you by no means know till there’s automobiles on the boat coming right here.”
Dacia was based in 1966 and has had an affiliation with Renault from the start.
It used the tooling of fashions from the French producer, beginning with the rear-engined Renault 8 after which for a protracted interval from the Nineteen Sixties to the early 2000s the Renault 12.
The Dacia 1310-badged 12 was manufactured in Romania and offered initially in Japanese European nations. The corporate was purchased by Renault in 1999, and now includes the Spring metropolis automobile, Sandero small automobile, Jogger folks mover and Duster SUV.
