Dacia has confirmed that its all-new European-made EV will carry a familiar name when it arrives later this year.
The budget Romanian brand announced plans last year to replace the current Spring, which has been on sale since 2021.
Now it has confirmed that while developing an entirely new model, the car will “continue the legacy” of the Spring name with a low-cost, back-to-basics approach.
Set to square up against the inbound Citroen 2CV, Fiat’s “Pandina” and the Volkswagen ID.1, the new Spring is likely to make its public debut at this year’s Paris road show, ahead of a launch in early 2027.
The Spring launched in mainland Europe in 2021. A facelifted version went on sale in the UK in 2024 priced from £14,995, making it the country’s cheapest electric passenger car.
Over the past five years the cut-price city car has found nearly 210,000 buyers seeking no-frills zero-emissions motoring.
Dacia says that the new model will stay true to the Dacia spirit, delivering the “essentials of a 100% electric powertrain, four real seats and a proper boot”. Renault Groups’ former CEO Luac De Meo confirmed last year that Dacia was targeting a starting price of around £15,000.
The 2027 Dacia Spring will be closely related to the upcoming Renault Twingo and is share its mechanical underpinnings. That would mean an 82bhp front-mounted motor and 27.5kWh battery. In the Twingo, that setup delivers up to 163 miles of range.
Unlike the current Spring, which is built in China, the second-generation model will be manufactured in Europe. The move will help circumvent tariffs on Chinese-made cars and make use of the Renault Group’s expanding European manufacturing operations, which already produce the Renault 4, 5, Megane, Scenic and the Alpine A290 and A390.
The new Dacia Spring will be one of four all-electric models launched by the value-focused brand before 2030. An all-electric Sandero has been confirmed, but details of the other two models are still under wraps.
