Dacia does not build many cars like the Dacia Pick-Up: a 2-door regular cab / 2-door chassis cab / 2-door king cab / 4-door double cab / 4-door short bed with 1.3 L I4, built from 1975 to 2006 as the oil crises and the first emissions rules rewired the industry. Its designer of record is Ionuț Velea.
The story
The Dacia Pick-Up was a range of pick-up trucks manufactured by Romanian auto marque Dacia from 1975 to 2006. A total of 318,969 vehicles were manufactured in 31 years of production. The Pick-up was the last of the Dacia models to be based on the Renault 12 that made up the majority of the Dacia model range since the late 1960s. In 2006, the line was discontinued and replaced by Dacia Logan Pick-Up. A popular name for this car is the "Papuc" which translates to, slipper due to its shape that resembles a slipper.
What is underneath
Under the skin sits 1.3 L I4; other versions carried different engines, listed in the specification table below. Kerb weight is 1125 -. The gearbox is a 4/5-speed manual. The wheelbase is 2441 mm (1302/1309) / 2675 mm (1304) / 2795 mm (1307). These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Its place in the line
Where it sits in Dacia's history is not in doubt: the Dacia Logan Pick-Up followed it; it was built at Mioveni, Romania. On a showroom list of its day it stood against the Hyundai Pony, the BMW 3 Series, the Volkswagen Polo. Nearby in the Dacia catalogue sit the Dacia 1100 and the Dacia 1210.
The money
MotorJury scores cars on the United States complaint and recall record, and the Dacia Pick-Up has none: too old, too rare, or never sold there. Its value today is a collector's question, decided by provenance and condition rather than by a class average.