The budget car brand can look back on a successful first year in the UK, with more than 17,000 Dacias finding homes.

Dacia has done the maths and worked out that it claimed a 1.4% of the retail car sales market last year. Only a few hundred cars went to business users.

The Duster mini-SUV was the firm’s best-seller, with 7,830 being snapped up by customers appreciating the combination of low price, three-year warranty and four-wheel drive practicality.

The Sandero was the next-best-seller, with 5,025 finding homes. The Sandero Stepway arrived in May and sold 3,770 units, while the Logan MCV estate only pitched in with 521 sales after arriving in September.

The company offers the Sandero for a starting price of less than £6,000, and the Duster for less than £10,000.