Aro 10.4 is a three door, five seater combi all terrain vehicle. It uses the I.A.P. 810-R-99 1289 cmc engine from Dacia 1300. The Aro 10.4 has a 2.4 m wheel base, 0.225 m ground clearance, weighs 1100 kg and holds a 46 l fuel tank. The 54 HP at 5250 rpm engine drives the car to a maximum speed of 115 km/h.
Some images with a very nice red Aro 10.4
Bibliography:
Autoturisme si performante, AUREL BREBENEL, DUMITRU VOICHIN, 1983
Dacia Sport is a two door coupe made between 1981 and 1992, in 5141 units. It was available with the 1289 cc or the 1397 cc engine. Dacia Sport is 192 mm shorter than the Standard sedan version. Some time after production began, the doors have been extended by 120 mm. Maximum speed was at 150 km/h. Dacia Brasovia is one if it`s predecessors and Dacia MD87 one of it`s successors.
The Dacia 1410 Sport uses the 102.00 type engine, having 1397 cmc with a compression ratio of 9.6 : 1 and develops 65 HP at 5250 rot/ min. The engine has a maximum torque of 10.2 kgfm at 3000 rot/ min. The 1410 Sport had either a four speed or five speed gearbox and clutches type 180 DBR or 170 DBR. The car had an improved air conditioning, better back supporting seats with headrests and radio cassette player.
Bibliography:
Autoturisme Dacia, CORNELIU MONDIRU, Editura Tehnica, 1990
AUTOSHOW magazine 23/2007
Slideshow video about Dacia Sport, made by admin.
Dacia MD87 is a mid-engined rear-wheel drive coupe prototype developed by Engineer Nicolae Cosmescu. The MD87 uses a modified Dacia Sport bodywork, with the engine moved in the back while in front remained only the radiator and spare wheel. The clutch cable is 3 m long, and that made it hard to push the clutch pedal. It was fixed by making it hydraulic.
The whole car was made in 3 months, and it could have taken less than that if Eng. Cosmescu was pleased with the initial red paint of the coupe. The MD are the initials of engineer`s wife and son : Monica and Dragos. A later version had hidden headlamps.
The sports prototype had as inspiration the Ford GT40. We can observe similar names as well. This must be the most valueable Dacia vehicle ever made, the whereabouts of any of the versions are unknown.
Magazine scans of Dacia MD87 articles.
Bibliography:
AUTOSHOW magazine 1-2/2008
AUTOTURISM magazine 8/1992
Dacia 1100 S is a rare racing version of the production series Dacia 1100. It was produced in 100 units. It has 4 headlights and a modified 1108 cc 60 HP engine, type 688-09. It uses a Weber carburetor. Initially produced for the rally department, 50 units of Dacia 1100 S were allocated to the “Militia”(the police at that time). They were used as high performance patrolling vehicles. The rally team of Uzina de Automobile Pitesti (UAP) consisting of Constantin Pescariu and Ioan Cârjoabă competed at the 1969 “Golden Sands” championship.
Bibliography:
CHIRIAC VASILIE, Automobilul in Romania, 1994, Editura Flux
DeAGOSTINI, Masini de Legenda magazine nr. 5
Dacia 1100 Club meeting video.
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