They are awful, badly engineered and underpowered, even the Yanks are'nt stupid enough to buy them, that's why Chrysler fobbed them off in the UK. They could not pull a rapist off my mother.
Back in the 80s there were some really really awful cars, far worse than the Dacia. Seat for one were absolutely dire. And the Polonez...jesus. please log in to view this image
Even the top of the range Dacia is still comparatively basic Pud. They look very boxy too. The Qashqai is lovely to drive though and we didn't want something really big or powerful.