The Dacia Logan is the Go Go Gadget economy car of Eastern Europe. First there was the Logan, then there was the Logan race car, then there was the Logan pickup, and next up is the Dacia 4x4. It has the mien of a scrappy little guy who'll take on anyone and anything. If it could talk, it would say "Yeah?! Who wants some?!" in Romanian.The pictured car, though, is merely a mule. The finished product is expected to look much more... finished. Even so, it'll be a tiny little thing riding sky high on little wheels, but we don't doubt it will look pretty cool (Lada Niva, anyone?). Although if you were thinking about getting a Dacia off-roader for your jaunts around the Transylvanian hinterlands, the spy shooter cautions "It's not going be the safest and best looking SUV out there, but it will sure be the cheapest."
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
mammy @ Apr 16th 2008 8:31AM
ummmm yay?
psy @ Apr 16th 2008 9:17AM
wow , they only mounted a 4x4 drive terrain on the basic car , probably testing it , the actual version should look something like this :
- http://11.img.v4.skyrock.com/110/gregory121/pics/789800839.jpg
but still , having driven a Logan i can clearly say that if i would spend 10000 euros right now on a car , i'd rather do it on a 2nd hand Astra or Mondeo (with far better options and engines) than on a new Logan .
The driving position in the Logan is way to high , you can see the edge of your bonnet for christ sake , and the gearbox is simply out of this earth horrible .
I could oversee some stupid things easely like :
- no horn on the wheel (like your usual Dacia from 30 years ago)
- extremely cheap plastic
- interior door panels lack any inspiration of functionability not to mention design
- etc
.. if only the drive was better .. but thenagain , maybe the new Sandero does a better job.
skiwithme @ Apr 16th 2008 10:05AM
i like the idea of basic motoring a lot, really i do, but i just think propelling a giant sail powered barrel of carrots with my own wind would be less embarrasing than being seen in a logan. i don't mind the cheap plastics but why can't they just make it in a nice shape. its been done before, look at the old 500.
the logan, i don't know, it just does not sit right on the road. its so conspicuous.
keano @ Apr 16th 2008 2:14PM
as it says in the article..it's just a mule, they're probably just testing out the 4x4 system for the pick'up because even the old one had 4wd..
and if not..if they're building a new model I'm sure that i'll be a great car, look at how many logan's have been sold...
I own a Logan, among other(peugeot,alfa romeo, citroen,vw) and for a cheap city car I think it's a great car, with a diesel engine in it the car behaves very nice in trafic...I LIKE IT!