Dacia expands eco2 range with LPG and E85 cars

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Dacia has expanded its eco2 brand name with a few new vehicles – the Sandero and Logan 1.4 LPG, the Logan MCV 1.6 LPG, the Sandero 1.6 E85 bioethanol, and a new engine variant for the Sandero and Logan that users a 1.2 litre 16 valve 75 horsepower engine with emissions of 139g/km.

To qualify as an eco2 vehicle, a Dacia vehicle has to meet the same standard’s as Renault’s own eco2 brand. The vehicle must have CO2 emissions of less or equal to 140g/km, or must be biofuel compatible. The car must also be produced in one of two ISO 14001-certified plants, which are either the Somaca factory in Morocco or the Pitesti factory in Romania. The car must also be 95% end-of-life recoverable by weight, and at least 5% which they contain must be sourced from recycling.

Their argument for bioethanol can be seen in the image above, which not only takes into account vehicle CO2 output but the total CO2 output of the whole process of getting the fuel from its source into your car’s fuel tank. Plus the source of the bioethanol actually consumes CO2, which further improves the fuel’s “carbon footprint“.

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  • tolan (Member) on Feb 02, 2009 at 9:56 pm

    Good news! The Dacia Sandero is coming to the UK!

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  • hyundai (Member) on Feb 02, 2009 at 11:52 pm

    Hope TC can bring us some Dacia…

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  • TitoBR (Member) on Feb 03, 2009 at 1:13 am

    Renault Logan and Renault Sandero, both made in Brazil, have flex fuel engine wich works from 100% ethanol to 100% gasoline or in any proportion between.

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  • rexis (Member) on Feb 03, 2009 at 8:26 am

    and at the so called “sources” that consumes C02, it will produce mega tonnes of NOx due to intensive fertilizer application.

    Not to mention all those leftover that got flushed into river and lake.

    What priceless here is the willingness to do their little part of saving the world while most of us couldn’t care more about saving a piece of plastic bag.

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  • Sex is wonderful, but it's like champagne.If you're forced to have four glasses at every meal you start to fantasize about water. (Member) on Feb 03, 2009 at 12:48 pm

    very nice car, better than stupid proton

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  • TitoBR (Member) on Feb 04, 2009 at 4:06 am

    I’ve never read so much stupid things if applied to ethanol from sugar cane. There are none leftovers, they’re used as liquid organic fertilizer. Intensive fertilizer use? My god, maybe on the poor soils elsewhere. Not Here. Does superphosfate produce NOx? Lime or gypsum? Of course not. Bleargh!

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  • Sex is wonderful, but it's like champagne.If you're forced to have four glasses at every meal you start to fantasize about water. (Member) on Feb 04, 2009 at 7:24 pm

    lovely

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