Great video. Just like the UK, Israel had a similar history with Dacia. There were a few attempts to sell these cars here in the past, each time with a different importer and under a new name - 'Galidi', 'Delta', 'Shifter'. And each time it wasn't a success because of the bad build quality. Dacia did return to Israel in 2015 with their latest models, to become quite the hit they are today.
Hi! I am glad to see these cars still being covered in RUclips videos. There are quite a few videos about them in Romanian, but not so many in English. I am Romanian myself and saw many 1310's growing up. These days, you don't see many on the road anymore. Most were scrapped or driven into the ground, but some were still restored. You mostly see them at enthusiast events, they are not usually used as daily drivers. It would be nice to see a video from you about Aro's. There are a lot of variants and body styles, especially of the 24 and 32 series.
Like your style of presentation, very facty, but quite laid back, easy on the ear, lots of things to get your teeth into with racing rallying looking forward to seeing 😊
Early 90s... I remember a Duster owner brandishing a driveshaft demanding us to supply him with a new one. We were a Renault dealer, so his optimism was not entirely misplaced. It became clear very quickly however that we had never seen such a part on any Renault we knew. He left disappointed.
There was a place in Pembroke Dock that sold Dacia in the 80’s. There were three Dusters parked out the front for sale that were there until they rotted into the ground 🙈
That 'The Very Acceptable' slogan can be seen as a shocking rush of honesty on behalf of the PR team. Of course, with the obligatory cheerfully upbeat slide. It is, after all, better then a donkey ride on a dark, rainy november evening on the way home from the coal mine.
Excellent video I had no idea the duster and pick up were sold so late. I never remember seeing a dealer for them A workmate at British rail Thornaby actually had a demem for some years in the late 80s I seem to remember it being quite unreliable and corroding when not too old , it was white so did shoit
I think 7 had been sold new in holland in the last year on the dutch market in1985 or so. We got a 1976 one in holland. I havent seen any others in holland
Brilliant. Best car content on RUclips these history videos like. More Eastern European stuff wouldn't go amiss, it's a rarely touched upon, interesting, subject.
I don't think the mention of the supremely reliable, and well built Suzuki SJ (Sierra in our market) in the same company as these Eastern block vehicles is warranted. The Suzuki was about as close to nuclear proof as it is possible to get in a vehicle.
@@full-service-history Ah, I miss understood 👍 I'd have one of those Suzukis over almost any other 4x4 from the same era, full sized or not, About the only exception would be a Nissan Patrol. 🙂
@@full-service-history Oooo, I'd have to say no to a Niva, having had to repair them here in Australia. 🙂 They used good thick steel for the bodies, but the Fiat running gear left a lot to be desired.
Well, to be honest one can call modern Dacia just "Renault of Romania" because there is almost no engineering inlovement of Romanian side. Dacia 1300-series has never been sold in the USSR, although with private export growth in late 1980's some cars made their way to Ukraine, Belarus and even Russia. Yep, that was a horrible car for sure, worse than 1980's Moskvich or Izh.
If you had one that was built right and the workers weren't drunk, they're wonderful cars. Engine is silky smooth, the ride is very french, it's really stable in corners and extremely reliable, the only things really going wrong being the distributor and CV Shafts. I've owned 5 but I probably will never own another one, as they're becoming collectible and parts are scarce, it's not worth the headache anymore.
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Great video. Just like the UK, Israel had a similar history with Dacia. There were a few attempts to sell these cars here in the past, each time with a different importer and under a new name - 'Galidi', 'Delta', 'Shifter'. And each time it wasn't a success because of the bad build quality. Dacia did return to Israel in 2015 with their latest models, to become quite the hit they are today.
Hi! I am glad to see these cars still being covered in RUclips videos. There are quite a few videos about them in Romanian, but not so many in English. I am Romanian myself and saw many 1310's growing up. These days, you don't see many on the road anymore. Most were scrapped or driven into the ground, but some were still restored. You mostly see them at enthusiast events, they are not usually used as daily drivers. It would be nice to see a video from you about Aro's. There are a lot of variants and body styles, especially of the 24 and 32 series.
I had no idea the Denim had sold so poorly in the 80s. Back then I used to pass a yellow one each day on my way to school.
Yep! Goes to show how much our local motors affect our view of the wider motoring world!
James will forever be associated with great news
Like your style of presentation, very facty, but quite laid back, easy on the ear, lots of things to get your teeth into with racing rallying looking forward to seeing 😊
Early 90s... I remember a Duster owner brandishing a driveshaft demanding us to supply him with a new one. We were a Renault dealer, so his optimism was not entirely misplaced. It became clear very quickly however that we had never seen such a part on any Renault we knew. He left disappointed.
There was a place in Pembroke Dock that sold Dacia in the 80’s. There were three Dusters parked out the front for sale that were there until they rotted into the ground 🙈
Nice and great video :)) good information's and picture slidshow :))
That 'The Very Acceptable' slogan can be seen as a shocking rush of honesty on behalf of the PR team. Of course, with the obligatory cheerfully upbeat slide. It is, after all, better then a donkey ride on a dark, rainy november evening on the way home from the coal mine.
brilliant vid! keep it up!
Excellent video
I had no idea the duster and pick up were sold so late. I never remember seeing a dealer for them
A workmate at British rail Thornaby actually had a demem for some years in the late 80s I seem to remember it being quite unreliable and corroding when not too old , it was white so did shoit
The Dacia shown at 3:46 is a Dutch market one.
Yes, I had to use various non-UK photos due to the scarcity of the Denems
@@full-service-history Thanks! I have never seen a Dutch Dacia 1300, not even on a picture. The pictures in magazines where even non Dutch ones.
I think 7 had been sold new in holland in the last year on the dutch market in1985 or so. We got a 1976 one in holland. I havent seen any others in holland
Brilliant.
Best car content on RUclips these history videos like.
More Eastern European stuff wouldn't go amiss, it's a rarely touched upon, interesting, subject.
I can only ever remember seeing one Denem.And a local landscaper had a pick up in the mid 90s.Other than that I can't think of another.
Dacia Duster also puts me in mind of the Mahindra Jeep
Yes, and the Asia Rocsta - all little 'jeep-alikes' trying to appeal to people who couldn't afford a Land Rover or actual Jeep
I don't think the mention of the supremely reliable, and well built Suzuki SJ (Sierra in our market) in the same company as these Eastern block vehicles is warranted.
The Suzuki was about as close to nuclear proof as it is possible to get in a vehicle.
I'm not saying it was unreliable in the slightest, I was merely listing the cheap off-roaders available in the UK at the time
@@full-service-history Ah, I miss understood 👍
I'd have one of those Suzukis over almost any other 4x4 from the same era, full sized or not,
About the only exception would be a Nissan Patrol.
🙂
@@Danger_mouse no worries! I'd also have one of those SJs, maybe a Niva if I could find one
@@full-service-history Oooo, I'd have to say no to a Niva, having had to repair them here in Australia. 🙂
They used good thick steel for the bodies, but the Fiat running gear left a lot to be desired.
@@Danger_mouse that's very fair!
Renault 12 is a great car
I'm neutral on the 12, any opinions expressed in this video are strictly about the Dacia variants.
Well, to be honest one can call modern Dacia just "Renault of Romania" because there is almost no engineering inlovement of Romanian side.
Dacia 1300-series has never been sold in the USSR, although with private export growth in late 1980's some cars made their way to Ukraine, Belarus and even Russia. Yep, that was a horrible car for sure, worse than 1980's Moskvich or Izh.
If you had one that was built right and the workers weren't drunk, they're wonderful cars. Engine is silky smooth, the ride is very french, it's really stable in corners and extremely reliable, the only things really going wrong being the distributor and CV Shafts.
I've owned 5 but I probably will never own another one, as they're becoming collectible and parts are scarce, it's not worth the headache anymore.
We never got Dacia here in Au.
Now making up for it with Chinese crap tho 🙄