Dacia Nova

The Dacia Nova was a supermini built by Dacia from 1995 to 2000 and the first model the company developed in-house. Work on it had begun in the 1980s, so it already looked dated when it left the factory in 1995. It was a five-door, five-seat liftback with a transversely mounted, front-engined, front-wheel-drive layout and the old Cléon-based engine used across the rest of the Dacia range; the 1.6 litre GT version was fuel injected in 1998. A more modern-looking facelift arrived in 1996. Weaker bodywork quality, less boot space and a higher price meant it never became a bestseller, and the SupeRNova replaced it in 2000.