Dacia to Build Euro V Engines for the Renault Group

Renault’s Romanian-based low cost brand Dacia is about to make important changes in terms of engine technology. The automaker will debut the production of engines that meet the Euro V emissions standard, with the powerplants being destined for its own vehicles, as well as Renault, Nissan and Renault Samsung cars, as Mediafax writes.

The company’s Mioveni plant will receive a new production line in order to build a new Euro V engine range, which will include the H4 and H5 units.

Constantin Stroe, Dacia’s vice president told the aforementioned source that the new units will be used for cars belonging to the Renault, Nissan, Dacia and Renault Samsung brands.

The H engine range has been co-developed by Renault and Nissan and can currently be found on models like the Renault Samsung SM3 and Renault Megane.

In addition to that, one of Dacia’s current engines, the K7 unit, will be re-engineered in order to switch from the current Euro IV rating to the Euro V one.

Dacia currently builds three types of engines, all of which meet the Euro IV emissions standard. We are talking about the gas-powered K7J, K7M and the F8Q diesel powerplant. The company also uses an Euro V engine, which is installed in the 4x4 version of the Duster SUV (the company’s latest product, the Logan and the Sandero hatch, but the engines come from other plants in the Renault group).

According to the legislation, the new vehicle models that are launched after September 1, 2009 must meet the Euro V standard and the cars that are in production but have been launched before the aforementioned date must switch to Euro V engines (if their engines do not meet the standard) by January 1, 2011.