On 21 July 2004, the last Dacia 1310 (sedan version), number 1 959 730, rolled out the gates of the Mioveni production facility, just one month before its 35th anniversary.

[1] The Romanian government of the 1960s had decided to acquire the tooling and basic design of a western car to decrease Romania's reliance on imported consumer goods.

[3] Part of the resulting vehicles were sold to consumers in the Eastern Bloc, and in export markets such as South America, Canada, China,[4] and North Korea,[5] but also Great Britain, Denmark and the Netherlands.

[6][7] The 1300 was subject to multiple facelifts in an effort to maintain consumers' interest in the model, but the basic design was kept for its entire 35-year lifespan.

Although performance and fuel consumption were gradually improved, quality didn't always meet the standard once they had stopped importing CKD kits.

By the 1980s, the model was becoming dated and its chassis was no longer able to meet safety standards of the era, prompting Dacia to start work on a replacement.

Since the original model in 1969, constant change in automobile size meant that the 1310 was a compact sedan by the end of its production, despite having started life as a mid-size car.

The model scored solid sale numbers right up to its last day of production, mainly due to its low price, value for money, and easy and inexpensive maintenance.