Renault Mecanique Roumanie might supply gearboxes to the Daimlergroup following a partnership signed by the Renault Nissan allianceand the German carmaker yesterday.
"The partnership was signed between Renault and Daimleryesterday. Chances are that gearboxes will be made at themechanical plant for Daimler as part of this partnership," saidConstantin Stroe, vice-president of Automobile Dacia.
The agreement of the two automotive groups entails cooperationon city cars, Renault Twingo and smart, as well as on commercialutility vehicles so that Mercedes Benz could build a utilityvehicle using the Renault Kangoo line. Therefore Uzina MecanicaDacia (Dacia Mechanical Plant) could manufacture gearboxes for thenew Mercedes utility model and for the smart city car made inFrance and Slovakia.
Uzina Mecanica Dacia, which opened in March 2008 and iscurrently employing 2,000 people, is already making gearboxes forDacia and for Renault models (Clio, Megane, Laguna), as well as forNissan (Tiida, Note and Qashqai).
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