Dacia does not build many cars like the Dacia Lodgy: a 5-door MPV with Petrol engine, built from 2012 to 2020 as electrification stopped being an experiment and the crossover took every market. Its designer of record is Renault Design Central Europe.
Where it came from
The Dacia Lodgy is a compact MPV produced by the French manufacturer Renault and its Romanian subsidiary Dacia from 2012 to 2024. It was officially unveiled jointly by both brands at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show. The car was available only in LHD from launch, with front-wheel drive and a choice of five and seven seater models. The Lodgy was manufactured at a Renault factory in Tangier, Morocco. Although sales in Europe ended in February 2022, production continued in Morocco until 2024 for the domestic market.
Under the skin
Under the skin sits Petrol engine; other versions carried different engines, listed in the specification table below. Kerb weight is 1165 -. The gearbox is a 5-speed manual / 6-speed manual. The layout matters: the engine drives the front wheels, the packaging choice that gives a small car a big cabin. The wheelbase is 2810 mm. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
In context
Where it sits in Dacia's history is not in doubt: the Dacia Logan MCV (Mk1) came before it; the Dacia Jogger followed it; it was built at Tangier. On a showroom list of its day it stood against the Peugeot 208, the Tesla Model X, the Mazda CX-5. Nearby in the Dacia catalogue sit the Dacia 1100 and the Dacia 1210.