Olive added that he can’t estimate the level of production for each Dacia car model (Logan, Sandero and Sandero Stepway) in 2013, as it depends on demand. He highlighted that any estimation may prove false, as markets are deceitful.
According to Olive, Renault Romania’s investments rose to EUR2 billion between 2000 and 2011, plus EUR250 million allotted for 2012.
The new Logan, Sandero and Sandero Stepway are manufactured at Renault’s plant in Mioveni (southern Romania) for the European market, as well as at its plant in Casablanca, Morocco, for the regional market and Tunisia.
Referring to the state of Romanian road infrastructure, Olive said he prefers to see the better side of things.
The bad state of the Romanian road infrastructure has kept investors away over the past 20 years. German carmaker Mercedes preferred other markets to the Romanian one for this precise reason.
Romania’s Government will for the second straight year fail to open at least one section of the Transylvania highway, which was due to be finished this year. Ten years after the project was approved, only 52 kilometers of the 415-km highway have been finished, while the project currently has no fixed date for completion. In 2010, only 10 kilometers were inaugurated.
According to an official document presented Wednesday, the opening of an 18-km section of the highway, scheduled for 2012, has been put off because of lack of financing.