Dacia Logan | |
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Overview | |
Manufacturer | Dacia |
Production | 2004–present |
Body and chassis | |
Class | Small family car |
Layout | Front-engine, front-wheel-drive |
Chronology | |
Predecessor | Dacia 1310 |
Logan I | |
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Overview | |
Also called | Renault Logan Nissan Aprio Mahindra Verito Renault Tondar 90 Nissan NP200 Lada Largus EMC E36 |
Production | 2004–2012 (Romania) 2005–2014 (Worldwide) 2005–2015 (Colombia) 2005–present (Russia) 2007–present (Iran) 2009–present (South Africa) |
Assembly |
Mioveni, Romania São José dos Pinhais, Brazil (Renault Brazil) Envigado, Colombia (Sofasa) Nashik, India (Mahindra) Tehran, Iran (Pars Khodro, IKCO) Casablanca, Morocco (Somaca) Moscow, Russia (Avtoframos) Tolyatti, Russia (Lada) Pretoria, South Africa (Nissan) |
Body and chassis | |
Body style | 4-door saloon 4-door notchback saloon 5-door station wagon 5-door panel van 2-door coupé utility (pick-up) |
Platform | Dacia B0 platform |
Related |
Dacia Sandero Dacia Duster Renault Clio II Renault Clio III Nissan Tiida I Nissan Note Nissan Micra III |
Powertrain | |
Engine | 1.0 L I4 (flex-fuel) 1.2 L I4 (gasoline) 1.2 L I4 (flex-fuel) 1.4 L I4 (gasoline) 1.4 L I4 (flex-fuel) 1.6 L I4 (gasoline) 1.6 L I4 (flex-fuel) 1.5 L I4 (diesel) |
Transmission | 5-speed manual 4-speed automatic |
Dimensions | |
Wheelbase | 2,630 mm (103.5 in) (sedan) 2,905 mm (114.4 in) (station wagon & pick-up) 2,900 mm (114.2 in) (panel van) |
Length | 4,288 mm (168.8 in) (sedan) 3,991 mm (157.1 in) (notchback) 4,473 mm (176.1 in) (station wagon) 4,450 mm (175.2 in) (panel van) 4,496 mm (177.0 in) (pick-up) |
Width | 1,740 mm (68.5 in) (sedan, station wagon & panel van) 1,735 mm (68.3 in) (pick-up) |
Height | 1,534 mm (60.4 in) (sedan) 1,540 mm (60.6 in) (notchback) 1,640 mm (64.6 in) & 1,674 mm (65.9 in) (station wagon & panel van) 1,554 mm (61.2 in) (pick-up) |
Curb weight | 1,090–1,360 kg (2,400–3,000 lb) |
Logan II | |
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Overview | |
Also called |
Renault Symbol Renault Logan |
Production | 2012–present |
Assembly |
Mioveni, Romania Casablanca, Morocco (Somaca) Bursa, Turkey (Oyak-Renault) Togliatti, Russia (AvtoVAZ) São José dos Pinhais, Brazil (Renault Brazil) Oran, Algérie (Renault Algérie) Envigado, Colombia (SOFASA) Santa Isabel, Argentina (Renault Argentina) Renault Iran ((Renault Symbol)) |
Designer | Renault Design Central Europe |
Body and chassis | |
Body style | 4-door saloon 5-door station wagon |
Platform | Dacia M0 platform |
Related | Dacia Sandero II |
Powertrain | |
Engine | 0.9 L I3 turbo (gasoline) 1.0 L I3 (gasoline) 1.0 L I4 (flex-fuel) 1.2 L I4 (gasoline) 1.2 L I4 (gasoline/LPG) 1.6 L I4 (gasoline) 1.6 L I4 (flex-fuel) 1.5 L I4 (diesel) |
Transmission | 5-speed manual 4-speed automatic 5-speed automatic manual (Easy-R) 6-speed automatic manual (Easy-R) |
Dimensions | |
Wheelbase | 2,634 mm (103.7 in) |
Length | 4,346 mm (171.1 in) (sedan) 4,492 mm (176.9 in) (wagon) |
Width | 1,733 mm (68.2 in) |
Height | 1,517 mm (59.7 in) (sedan) 1,550 mm (61.0 in) (wagon) |
Curb weight | 1,049–1,268 kg (2,313–2,795 lb) |
The Dacia Logan is a small family car produced jointly by the French manufacturer Renault and its Romanian subsidiary Dacia since 2004. It is currently in its second generation and has been manufactured at Dacia's automobile plant in Mioveni, Romania, and at Renault's plants in Morocco, Brazil, Argentina, Turkey, Russia, Colombia, Iran and India. It is also produced as a pick-up at Nissan's plant in Rosslyn, South Africa.
It has also been marketed as the Renault Logan, Nissan Aprio, Mahindra Verito, Renault Tondar 90, Lada Largus (the MCV), Nissan NP200 (the pick-up) or Renault Symbol (the second generation), depending on the existing presence or positioning of the Renault brand.
From 2004 to July 2015, considering only the Dacia Logan model, 1.5 million units were sold worldwide. The same number was reached in 2014 for the Renault Logan/Symbol. Thus the Logan has then been sold at more than 3 million units till 2014.
Designed at Renault's Technocentre near Paris, the Logan was the result of four years of development of the project X90, announced by Renault in 1999, after the buyout of Dacia in 1998.
During a visit to Russia by French President Jacques Chirac, Louis Schweitzer noted that at Lada and Renault dealerships the €6,000 Ladas were selling very well while the €12,000 Renaults stayed in the showroom. "Seeing those antiquated cars, I found it unacceptable that technical progress should stop you making a good car for €6,000." (He later revised this target to €5,000). "I also drew up a list of specifications in three words – modern, reliable and affordable – and added that everything else was negotiable." The cheapest version of the car is €5,900, and the price can reach €11,200, depending on equipment and customs duty. (The base model for Western Europe, where it is badged as a Dacia but generally sold in Renault dealerships, is somewhat more expensive).