Dacia grows 14%

The Solenza model boosted the sales of Romanian carmaker Dacia in the first half of 2003, although it was only launched this spring. Automobile Dacia sold 31,493 cars in H1, up 14% as compared to the 27,449 units sold in the year-ago period. “With 7,845 units sold so far, of which 3,057 in June alone, Solenza is the best-selling Dacia model, as we have 150 new customers every day, on the average,” company officials say. Dacia’s turnover increased 6% last year as compared to 2001, while losses went up 11%, to 86 million euros. ZF