By Frans van Hees | www.AboutBrasil.com | Week 21, May 2014

Sao Paulo — The Brazilian

Ayrton Senna Renault plant

in Curitiba manufactured its two millionth car this month. It turned out to be a...

Dacia

.

The two millionth Brazilian vehicle of the French carmaker is a Logan. This Dacia model is offered in South America as a Renault , ​​since the Romanian label only applies to budget models in Europe. Elsewhere in the world, Renault supplies the products under its own name.

The passenger car program of

Renault in Brazil

consists largely of Dacia models. In addition to the Logan brand, Renault Brazil delivers the Sandero, Stepway and Duster models. The remaining part of their product line is made up by the Clio and Fluence.

For 15 years, Renault has been manufacturing

cars in Brazil

. The country is Renault's largest export market. The company has set to achieve a target of 8% market share in 2016.