Next year, the main Romanian car producer is counting on boosting demand with the launch of a new SUV model, whose development requires investments worth some €100 million.
The General Manager of Automobile Dacia, Francois Fourmont, said that the company is presently producing 1,200 cars a month, and orders from Germany are a priority.
One of Dacia’s goals is to operate on over 70 markets by year-end, with export destinations including exotic countries such as Benin, Burundi, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Congo, Gabon, and Cote d’Ivoire.
The enterprise is considering investments worth €138 mln in 2009, a slight increase compared to the €123 mln invested in 2008, but far below the €249 mln invested two years ago. Investments are expected to slide to some €115 mln in 2010.
The company’s net sales soared by an annual 10.1 percent last year, to RON 7.64 billion (€2.07 bln), although profit halved to RON 222 mln (€60.28 mln).
