We no longer present to you Dacia Sandero. The star of our sales, the Romanian city car, developed and produced by Renault met wild success in France. Launched in 2008, its mission was to support the four-door Logan in the Dacia line. To offer the countries of Western Europe a product that better meets their expectations. The cheapest car in FranceSandero was available in engines gasoline, diesel and LPG.

Its original mechanics and Renault components have also saved it from serious reliability issues. It was only four years after the introduction that she bought it 2012 of the modernized second generation. Which did not distort the DNA of her elder. The third and current generation has been operating since 2020. In 2021, it underwent restyling, which received a new logo. It was in 2022, the best selling car in France!

Dacia in Europe, Renault in South America

But far from our country and our old Europe, there is a continent where Sandero is also very successful. South America ! The manufacturer has subsidiaries in 5 countries: Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico and Venezuela. Some of them have been around since 1997. It has plants in the first three, as well as a component plant in Chile (gearboxes). Sandero has been sold in the region since its first generation in 2007. It even qualified for a special sports version of the RS 2.0 in 2014, with a capacity of 150 horsepower. !

It is sold there (as in most countries outside Europe) under the Renault brand, not Dacia. So far, the two models are almost as similar as two drops of water. Changing the logo and (depending on the version) projectors, maximum. Ordinary, for rebbejage, you say. But Renault now wants to go further, and highlight the European Dacia Sandero South American Renault Sandero!

Sandero is less cheap

The current Sandero distributed there is still our second generationwhich was sold with us from 2012 to 2020. Soon the “new” should enter the market in South America, and this time Renault decided to distinguish it from the European Sandero. It was our Dutch colleagues at Auto Week who received the report. Simply by opening patents filed for the American Sandero.

Everything is played especially on the front. We detect it new Vasarely logo, LED lighting with two-stage lights and a grille studded with small diamonds. The silhouette is similar to the well-known Sandero Stepway, but at the back the design of the lights is very similar to the Renault Kiger. A small crossover based on the Kwid is available in India and South Africa in particular. Pay attention to the length of the car, and especially his muzzle to make it look bigger. Now that the patents have been released, the final version won’t be long in coming…