Morocco News: Dacia's new model 'Sandero' launched in Morocco

Dacia's new model 'Sandero' launched in Morocco
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BM on 04 June, 2009 02:59:00
 
Casablanca, June - Minister of Industry, Trade and New Technologies, Ahmed Réda
Chami, chaired, here Wednesday, the launch ceremony of Dacia's new model
low-cost car, "Sandero" of the French carmaker, Renault.
The new model, produced by the Moroccan car-assembling company (SOMACA), will
be sold in Morocco as of June 18, 2009 at a price varying from 78,500 to
121,900 dirhams (9,800 to 15,300 U.S. dollars), depending on the motorization
(diesel or gas) and the accompanying equipment.
The plant's executives said that the process of assembling and equipping the
Renault-Dacia "Sandero" meets international standards, recalling that Dacia
will further seek to enlarge the volume of its products that include, beside
the new Sandero, Logan, Logan MCV and soon Pick-up vehicles.
Chami hailed the Dacias new achievement.He said currently one in each three
cars sold in Morocco belongs to Dacia, considering that the integration into
the local added value is the key to such success.
Manufacturers expect Sandero to sell about 2,000 units by the end of 2009. They
said low-cost sedan, Logan, which was introduced in Morocco in 2004, has up to
now sold 51,000 units.
MAP