Faults:

-Did timing belt and water pump just in case when I bought it second hand.

-The remote control for the door locks has been a big pain. I changed the remote because the one I was given didn't work properly, and I still have the same problem, with both keys. Quite annoying because the actual physical door lock feels very cheap and flimsy, so I really try to avoid opening the car's doors the old fashioned way.

General Comments:

Apart from the remote system on the car keys, absolutely nothing has gone wrong, and that's been now 55.000 km, about 33.000 miles. So very very happy with that. I got this one which isn't as fuel efficient as the 0.9 tCe but it's just sooo much nicer to drive, revs beautifully, has plenty of low end grunt for such a small and light car... it's an old school gasoline engine and I love it.

Fuel economy is about 7.5 litres with lively driving and getting the lovely 1.6 often into the 3500 - 4000rpm range. It's old school so it loves a bit of revs, just like your first 1970s/1980s car, and not at all like a modern turbocharged gas engine.

I did a whole tank at less than 3000rpm and driving it like a diesel car the fuel economy went to a staggering 5.7l/100km on a good motorway run at 100km/h (60mph), but as I said my average is quite a bit over that, at 7.5l/100km (I do 70% motorway at 130-140km/h and then 30% city). If I do 100% city fuel economy can go up to 8 or 8.5l/100km, never worse than that.

Love the steering, quite responsive and fairly heavy. Seats are comfortable, suspension is very comfy and soft, steering wheel is a bit disgusting, it feels very plastic in your hands if you know what I mean, gear shifter is precise. 5th gear is ridiculously short, just 32kmh/1000rpm, don't understand why, a Ford Focus has a much better ratio. Main reason is the Dacia's 4th and 5th gear are very, very similar. A real shame and a big reason to not buy these cars actually, if you want to do motorway cruises, you'll be at 4000 revs which is quite a lot, and some noise and vibration does get in the interior at those engine speeds.

All in all a beast of a car, stunning reliability, and feels like it'll go forever.

Faults:

Nothing.

General Comments:

Much nicer to drive than all the reviews suggest. Plenty of power for town and country driving.

Not meant to be a touring car, but comfortable on long journeys. Has all of the equipment we need, including PAS, ESP, central locking, electric windows, aircon and an excellent stereo. Lots of room for a big driver.

Turns better than anything I ever drove. Suspension handles broken roads better than anything except a 4WD. Very well-built. Looks nice in metallic red. Tows a small trailer with no problems.

Faults:

Nothing much to be fair - servicing and a bulb was replaced. Lots of squeaks and rattles, but nothing has broken yet. Oil leak most likely from rocker gasket, no big deal, but poor at such low mileage.

General Comments:

After my 2010 Ford Focus was written off in an accident (not my fault) I was on the hunt for a new car. Saw this two year old Dacia for a great price and thought to myself how bad can it be? I'm not into cars as much as I used to be and just needed a modern runabout.

Having owned this car for a couple of years now, its reliability has been OK, but that is expected, it is a 2019 car with low mileage. The biggest disappointment for me is overall quality - now on only 26,000 miles and there are squeaks and rattles here and there. Interior has terrible fade already. The car looks and drives like a Renault from the 1990's and you'd be mistaken for thinking it was one.

Very poor equipment levels for a 2019 car, I don't care that it is lower range, this is terrible and I should have waited for a better trimmed car, but needed to purchase in a hurry.

Engine is just awful, slow and only just about economical (45 mpg or a little more at best).

Good points? It actually drives OK, is reasonably quiet, and is very cheap to buy and run. But honestly do yourself a favor and get the cheapest Ford or Vauxhall, they will be better, do not bother with this.