The Dacia 500 Lăstun () is a small city car manufactured by Tehnometal, Timișoara, under the auto marque Dacia. The name derives from the Romanian word for house martin, a small bird related to swallows.
History
The Lăstun is a low-cost Romanian car made for urban transport, and it was built between 1988 and 1991, featuring a two-cylinder air-cooled engine of 499 cc, producing , fuel consumption of , a maximum speed and fiberglass bodywork, with a design sharing some similarity to the Lancia Y10. A stretched bodywork prototype 500 Lăstun was exhibited at the 1989 Bucharest trade fair. Another prototype from the early 1990s featured hubcaps, body-coloured bumpers, and head restraints.
The Lăstun was marketed with the advertising slogan: "Un Autoturism de Actualitate" (A Contemporary Vehicle).
Production continued until 1992.
References
External links
- Dacia 500 Lăstun at autoevolution.com
- Dacia 500 at automobileromanesti.ro