Somewhere in Eastern Europe, in a country called Romania, there's a small city called Mioveni. Most of the people who live in Mioveni (let's call them... Miovenians) work in a not so small factory called Dacia. You know, the sensation brand owned by Renault which in 2009 managed to top the sales chart in Germany, the traditional playground of giants Daimler, BMW, Audi, Volkswagen and so on.
It's only obvious the world is now curious how does Dacia succeed with its low cost models in an international market up until now not so low cost-orientated? What secret manufacturing techniques do the Miovenians use when building from scratch these four-wheeled wonders called Logan, Sandero and, most recently, Duster?
Well, unfortunately, we have no idea how the people in the Mioveni plant work. But we do know the Sandero is being build in a Sandero plant somewhere in Russia. And boy, do they make them...
Forget about all the robots used in today's factories. Forget about computers, lasers, a well thought out manufacturing scheme. Just use the guy in the video below, his correcting hammer, a bit of to-the-millimeter-precise eye measurements and the super-hand as a deformation detection mechanism.
The unknown "engineer" in the video show below is, luckily, only working on the doors of the damn thing. We dread to imagine how other Dacia-Renault engineers work on the electric wiring, brakes or steering column.
Enjoy the video. If it becomes boring, endure a little longer. The final scene, when the guy bends the door to make it seat right, is a masterpiece.
It's only obvious the world is now curious how does Dacia succeed with its low cost models in an international market up until now not so low cost-orientated? What secret manufacturing techniques do the Miovenians use when building from scratch these four-wheeled wonders called Logan, Sandero and, most recently, Duster?
Well, unfortunately, we have no idea how the people in the Mioveni plant work. But we do know the Sandero is being build in a Sandero plant somewhere in Russia. And boy, do they make them...
Forget about all the robots used in today's factories. Forget about computers, lasers, a well thought out manufacturing scheme. Just use the guy in the video below, his correcting hammer, a bit of to-the-millimeter-precise eye measurements and the super-hand as a deformation detection mechanism.
The unknown "engineer" in the video show below is, luckily, only working on the doors of the damn thing. We dread to imagine how other Dacia-Renault engineers work on the electric wiring, brakes or steering column.
Enjoy the video. If it becomes boring, endure a little longer. The final scene, when the guy bends the door to make it seat right, is a masterpiece.