Part of France’s Groupe Renault, Dacia is currently an international brand, present in 44 countries, on four continents.
Founded in the late ’60s following a collaboration agreement between the Romanian state and Renault, Dacia returned to Renault in 1999, when the French company took over the brand and the car assembly plant in Mioveni.
Dacia is now the largest company in Romania, with a turnover of more than RON5 billion in 2017. It makes nearly 350,000 automobiles a year. The plant in Mioveni currently has 14,000 employees.
Dacia is the leading carmaker in Romania, with 30% of new car sales. Its top three export market in the first half of 2018 were France, Germany and Italy.