The Dacia 1100 is a 4-door saloon from Dacia, built from 1968 to 1976, in the decade that gave the world the pony car and the mid-engined supercar. Under the bonnet: 1108 cc.
How it came about
The Dacia 1100 was the first model of passenger car produced by the Romanian manufacturer Dacia, being a knock-down kit assembly of the French Renault 8 model. Between 1968 and 1971, 37.546 cars were produced in Romania.
The hardware
Power comes from 1108 cc. It weighs 760 kg. It shifts through a 4-speed manual. The wheelbase is 2270 mm. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Family and rivals
Its family tree is legible: its successor was the Dacia 1300; assembly was at Pitești, Romania. Its contemporaries in the catalogue — the Peugeot 504, the Toyota Hilux, the Pontiac Firebird — show what else the money bought that year. Its Dacia stablemates include the Dacia 1210 and the Dacia 1300.
What it costs now
There is no federal ownership record for the Dacia 1100 — it predates the complaint database or was never sold in the United States — so MotorJury publishes no running-cost figure for it. For a car of this age the price is set by the collector market and the condition of the individual example, not by a formula.