7. The Dacia Manifesto is more spartan than Dacian
Dacia stage featured actual cars and, with a show of its palette, resembled the most closely to what factory stages looked like in the past. Their most impressive vehicle was arguably the Manifesto Concept keeping up with the Alpine in the neighbouring stand. The car was never intended for production in any way, but is made use as a testing ground on wheels for new ideas.
It is indeed a cool off-road car, sporting a spartan interior and cool-looking tyres (though without off-road tread!). The most important novelty is the Dacian implementation of the BYOD principle.
When the first LCD dashboards were introduced, some speculated that they would replace the dashboard even in the cheapest cars. LCD screens will become much cheaper to produce than a complex set of instruments with mechanics.
We are getting there, but the Romanian company managed to bring the Dacia into this method. The car does not have a dedicated screen for media control, but you have to bring your own device to get one. Now that is more spartan than Dacian…
strange car, strange concept. I would say it’s a Hopium for the masses, but the price tag will most probably be eye-watering