Renault group believes that from an economic point of viewboosting production in Romania to meet West European orders is notviable, considering Dacia's priority in terms of sales is no longerthe Romanian market, but Western Europe.
As only one in ten cars Dacia makes in Mioveni is sold inRomania, France's Renault has chosen Morocco to build the thirdplant of the Romanian brand, with transportation and workforcecosts being lower in the North-African state.
"What's important when it comes to our expanding investments inRomania is the plant's competitiveness. And when we speak of thiscompetitiveness we are not comparing Romania against France orGermany, but against Morocco and India," said Jacques Chauvet,board chairman at Dacia and head of the Euromed region withRenault.
Chauvet's statements, made at the Geneva motor show, came justseveral hours after Dacia announced, at the same event, it wouldhalt the production of Logan Van at Mioveni plant starting nextyear. The model will be replaced though in Dacia range by a biggercommercial utility vehicle, to be made starting 2012 in Morocco, atDacia's future plant of Tangiers.
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