Dacia will make more than 1.1 billion euros in turnover this year, almost five times more than at the time Renault became a shareholder in 1999. The domestic manufacturer will also break even this year. "This has been the best year for Dacia until now. We have achieved record sales on both the domestic market and in terms of exports. Under the circumstances, we will achieve an over 1.1 billion-euro turnover this year," stated Francois Fourmont, the general manager of Automobile Dacia.
This is an approximately 85% growth on the same time last year and higher than initially anticipated by the carmaker, which set out to attain one billion euros.
"The better than expected sales of Logan will bring the first year of profits in Pitesti," says Francois Fourmont.
He would not disclose the estimated profit level, explaining the financial results of the group would be made public early next year. The French group''s president Carlos Ghosn had previously said that the operating income margin in Logan''s case was somewhere close to the industry average, 5%.
Dacia sold more than 95,049 vehicles on the domestic market in the first ten months, almost half of which were Logans.
Exports of this model exceeded 43,000 units at the end of October. The full-year plans targeted an output of 175,000 vehicles.
The volume will increase next year, with the manufacturer already announcing substantial investments in the expansion of the production capacity. Next year will also see the station wagon Logan launched, to add up to the already existing range.
Furthermore, the Dacia officials announced a pick-up truck version based on the Logan model would follow a year later.
Information on the market this autumn hinted at the launch of a multi-purpose vehicle or an all-wheel drive car based on the Lo
