Romania's government set a hard rule for its first mass-market car, an engine no larger than 1.3 litres, and named the result after that number.
Lead trim: 1300 (1,289 cc OHV, 54 PS)
Dacia 13001969–1984
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FactRomania's government set a hard rule for its first mass-market car, an engine no larger than 1.3 litres, and named the result after that number.
The Dacia 1300 is a medium-sized family car based on the Renault 12 that was built during the Cold War by Romanian automaker Dacia; the "1300" stands for the engine displacement. The Romanian government of the 1960s decided to acquire the tooling and basic design of a Western car to decrease its reliance on imported consumer goods, with the terms that the vehicle be inexpensive, large enough for a family, and powered by an engine displacing not more than 1.3 litres, and the winner was the Renault 12. The first Dacia 1300 left the assembly line on 23 August 1969, and the last Dacia 1310 sedan, number 1,959,730, rolled out of the Mioveni plant on 21 July 2004. In the first few years the plant assembled CKD kits imported from France. The 1301 luxury version went into production in 1970, the 1300 Break estate in 1973 and the 1302 pickup in 1975, and after cooperation with Renault ceased in 1978 Dacia presented a revised version at the 1979 Bucharest Auto Show, renamed the 1310 in 1982. Air conditioning, airbags and anti-lock brakes were never offered.
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| Trim | Years | Engine | Power | Torque | 0–60 | Drive | Gearbox | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1300 (1,289 cc OHV, 54 PS) | 1969–1984 | 1.3 L Inline-4 | 53 hp | 69 lb-ft | — | FWD | — | — |
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