Good for idiots, Ceausescu said of the first Dacia. Today the brand is a European bestseller
Romanian Dacia is now known practically all over Europe, and even in countries where cheap cars were not supposed to go, the Duster or Sandero are now breaking sales records. It all started 55 years ago, in August 1968, the carmaker produced the first 1100 saloon in Mioveni, a slightly modified Renault 8. Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu was of course present.
Source : https://zpravy.aktualne.cz/pro-idioty-dobre-rekl-ceausescu-o-prvni-dacii-dnes-je-ze-zna/