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ENGINEERING IN VALUE

Matt_Robinson@autovia.co.uk

@matt_201

HAVING driven a Jogger ‘home’ to Romania from Paris (pages 40-49), it’d be remiss of us to not spend the remaining time before the flight home exploring how Dacia engineers such great value into its cars.

There are three main locations in Romania where the brand’s models – the Jogger included – are designed, developed and manufactured to be great-value motors. And handily, all three sites are within a short drive of each other. There’s a common theme here: cutting-edge technology often used for very pragmatic purposes. Our whistle-stop tour starts in the country’s capital.

BUCHAREST

THE sizeable Dacia Business Center to the west of Bucharest brings multiple departments once spread out across myriad locations under one roof. There’s a tram stop right outside, as is the entrance for the Preciziei stop on the Bucharest Metro. This is no accident: a key consideration in the placement of the

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