At the 2024 Geneva International Motor Show, we saw the premiere of new cars, but also got news about future generations of existing models. One of the participants in this event, Dacia, has announced that the next generation Sandero will also be offered as an EV.

The CEO of Dacia, Denis Le Vot, confirmed that the new generation Dacia Sandero will arrive on the market in 2027 or 2028 and will be produced at least until 2035. This would mean that the new generation will be the last to be powered by an internal combustion engine.

“The next generation Sander will be a big car,” Le Vot said in an interview with Automotive News Europe. He also added that the popular hatchback will benefit from the development of small electric cars, such as the Renault 5 or Renault 4, which are being developed by Renault.

The company has not yet decided whether this model will remain in the mini car segment after the electric Dacia Spring completes its life cycle. The Renault group is developing the next generation Twingo, a model that should cost under 20,000 euros and would be produced in Europe, and Dacia could potentially benefit from that project as well.

In January, Dacia was the best-selling brand from the Renault Group with 51,673 units, which is a growth of 7.7 percent compared to the same period in 2023. That is 10,000 cars more than Renault, which delivered only 41,050 cars (-12.2 percent).

Also, in 2023, Dacia sold more than 650,000 vehicles worldwide, 550,000 of which in Europe, with a record market share of 4.3 percent in the passenger vehicle segment.

Source: Dacia, Automotive News Europe