Dacia

On Thursday, Dacia presented the concept of a 4.6 meter long SUV model, which foreshadows the solution for a C-segment vehicle at the affordable price of a lower segment model. According to a statement from the car manufacturer, the Bigster concept incorporates the values of simplicity and authenticity specific to the Dacia brand.

Romanian archaeologists have discovered a well preserved alleyway and a building in Sarmisegetusa Regia, the ancient Dacian city located in Orastie Mountains, which served as the capital of Dacia before the Roman Conquest.

Thousands of people attended on Sunday events organised in Herastrau Park in Bucharest to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first Dacia automobile.

Car enthusiasts could watch automobiles produced in the last five decades at the Mioveni plant displayed in Piata Charles de Gaulle. The dozen models then participated in a parade between Piata Charles de Gaulle and Arcul de Triumf.

The Mioveni Dacia factory turns 50 on Monday, half a century since making its first Dacia brand automobile, all the while the production of Romanian Dacia automobiles passed 6 million units.

Archaeologists in the eastern Romanian region of Buzau have hailed the discovery of nine well-preserved tombs dating back to the Bronze Age, at site already known to hold a city built during the North Thracian Dacian era, long before the Roman conquest.

The Pirelli plant in southern Slatina is an example of the good co-operation between Romania and Italy in economic field, on Friday said Prime Minister Dacian Ciolos.

Around 8,000 people, most of them union members at the Dacia car factory in Pitesti, took to the streets of the southern town on Monday to protest about the Romanian government's failure to start work on a new highway in the south. 

The project has been discussed for years, but the government postponed it several times due to disagreements over the best route. 

Seven cars having arrived directly from Frankfurt will be on display for the first time in Romania at the 13th Bucharest Auto Show & Accessories (SAB&Accesorii 2015) to take place over October 1-11 at Romaero Baneasa aerospace company, on a 4,000-square meter area.

Dacia Logan motor vehicle number 1,500,000 was delivered on Wednesday to a customer in Romania, who purchased it through the national car fleet renewal programme.

A project for the stereoscopic reconstruction of the capital city of ancient Roman Dacia Ulpia Traiana Sarmizegetusa using state-of-the-art devices is currently being conducted by Romanian specialists of the National Museum of Transylvanian History (MNIT) of Cluj-Napoca assisted by a team of the National Research Centre of Rome.

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