He was not originally destined for the licensed production in Romania. But since the remodeling of the factory is completed rather than the preparation of the new Renault 12, must be fallback to the Renault 8. He comes from the generation of the long built rear engines by Renault. There is even a successor model, the Renault 10, front and rear slightly longer. But in Pitesti, built the Renault 8, but with the larger engine.

There are basically only made changes to the lettering. Otherwise, the car runs like in France from the treadmill. Otherwise, the car runs like in France from the belt-conveyor. Actually, it's just a final assembly. After all, it remains in the program until 1972, with a slight facelift and the S version, which is also taken over by Renault. So you can still buy it even as a new car, even though the Dacia 1300 is also produced. Presumably, its chances are so good because there are waiting lists for the 1300. 08/13