# Oltcit
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{{Short description|Romanian automobile manufacturer (1976–1991)}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Oltcit S.A.
| logo = Oltcit logo.png
| logo_caption = Oltcit logo (1986-1991)
| type = [Joint venture](/source/Joint_venture)
| industry = [Automotive industry](/source/Automotive_industry)
| founded = {{Start date|1976|11|14}}
| defunct = {{End date|1991|03|01}}
| fate = Change of ownership
| successor = [Oltena](/source/Oltena)
| hq_location_city = [Craiova](/source/Craiova)
| hq_location_country = [Romania](/source/Romania)
| products = [Automobiles](/source/Car)
| owner = [Romanian state](/source/Romania) (64%)
[Citroën](/source/Citro%C3%ABn) (36%)
}}
'''Oltcit S.A.''' ({{IPA|ro|oltˈsit|lang}}) was an [automobile](/source/automobile) manufacturer, established as a [joint venture](/source/joint_venture) between the [communist Romanian](/source/Socialist_Republic_of_Romania) government (64%) and [Citroën](/source/Citro%C3%ABn) (36%).[{{Cite web |url=http://www.at.ford.com/news/Publications/Publications/@Ford84_Gb.pdf |title=Ford-Romanian Expansion |publisher=Ford Motor Company |date=5 May 2008 |accessdate=31 July 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725051259/http://www.at.ford.com/news/Publications/Publications/@Ford84_Gb.pdf |archivedate=25 July 2011 }}] Their main products were the [Oltcit Club](/source/Oltcit_Club) and [Citroën Axel](/source/Citro%C3%ABn_Axel) [hatchback](/source/hatchback)s, assembled in [Craiova](/source/Craiova), [Romania](/source/Romania).
==History==
Oltcit emerged as a result of a partnership between the Romanian state authorities (government) and the French car manufacturer Citroën. Thus, a year later, in 1977, in Craiova, the construction of a modern factory for the construction of a small car began.
In 1979, at the EREN exhibition in Bucharest, the "National Economy Achievements Exhibition", the new Oltcit car brand was officially launched, which had two variants: a 652 cc and 36 HP engine and a 1130 cc and 56 HP engine. The new Oltcit cars were to be mass-produced from 1980.
Four versions were produced at the factory:
* [Oltcit Special](/source/Oltcit_Special) - equipped with a 652 cc engine from the [Citroen Visa](/source/Citroen_Visa) and LNA.
* [Oltcit Club](/source/Oltcit_Club) - equipped with a 1129 cc engine and 4-speed gearbox.
* [Oltcit Club 12 TRS](/source/Oltcit_Club_12_TRS) - originally fitted with a 1200cc engine but replaced with a 1299cc engine and 5-speed gearbox; it was a car destined for export to [France](/source/France), the [Netherlands](/source/Netherlands), [Belgium](/source/Belgium), [Hungary](/source/Hungary), [Czechoslovakia](/source/Czechoslovakia), [Poland](/source/Poland), [Yugoslavia](/source/Yugoslavia), [Argentina](/source/Argentina), [Uruguay](/source/Uruguay), [Paraguay](/source/Paraguay), [Ecuador](/source/Ecuador), [Venezuela](/source/Venezuela), [Costa Rica](/source/Costa_Rica), [Colombia](/source/Colombia), [Syria](/source/Syria), [Jordan](/source/Jordan), [Egypt](/source/Egypt), [Turkey](/source/Turkey) and [Bulgaria](/source/Bulgaria).
* [Oltena Club 12 CS](/source/Oltena_Club_12_CS) - available since 1993, a two-seater small [pick-up truck](/source/pick-up_truck); 1299cc engine and a 5-speed gearbox with power-friendly ratios.
Production continues under the name of Oltcit until 1991, when the name was changed to [Oltena](/source/Oltena) (the logo was also changed) because [Citroën](/source/Citro%C3%ABn) decided to withdraw from the joint venture. The production of those versions continued until the signing of the contract with Daewoo, when another name change took place, from Oltena to [Rodae](/source/Rodae).
In 1991, as a result of the withdrawal of Citroën from the joint venture, the name of the company was changed to [S.C. Automobile Craiova S.A.](/source/S.C._Automobile_Craiova_S.A.) and production continued under the [Oltena](/source/Oltena) brand.[Business operations report: Central Asia Economist Intelligence Unit (Great Britain) - 1999. "Daewoo Automobile Craiova The Oltcit legacy — Romania's other producer of passenger cars also derives from communist-era co-operation with a French carmaker, in this case Citroën, which in 1976 formed a joint venture in Craiova in the...".][Istvan Oliver Egresi, Geographical dynamics of FDI in Romania - Page 214. The University of Oklahoma, Department of Geography - 2008. "Automobile Craiova/Daewoo The story of Automobile Craiova begins in 1977 when the Romanian government contacted Citroën to establish a joint venture137 to manufacture a certain model of Citroën 138 renamed Oltcit 139."]
In 1994, a [joint venture](/source/joint_venture) (49%-51%) was established between the Korean company Daewoo Heavy Industries and S.C. Automobile Craiova S.A., called Rodae, later renamed Daewoo Automobile Romania.[{{cite web | url=https://www.automobileromanesti.ro/index.php?categ=Oltcit | title=Automobile Romanesti - Oltcit - }}]
In 2008, [Ford of Europe](/source/Ford_of_Europe), a division of [Ford Motor Company](/source/Ford_Motor_Company), took over the former Oltcit/Daewoo factory, which became known as [Ford Romania](/source/Ford_Romania).[{{Cite web |url=http://www.at.ford.com/news/Publications/Publications/@Ford84_Gb.pdf |title=Ford - Romanian Expansion |publisher=Ford Motor Company |date=5 May 2008 |accessdate=31 July 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725051259/http://www.at.ford.com/news/Publications/Publications/@Ford84_Gb.pdf |archivedate=25 July 2011}}]
==Models==
* [Special/Club](/source/Oltcit_Club)
* [Citroën Axel](/source/Citro%C3%ABn_Axel)
==Gallery==
File:Oltcit Auto.jpg|Oltcit Club
File:Axel Grey-Side.jpg|Citroën Axel
File:Oltcit Special.jpg|1984 Oltcit Special
==See also==
* [Bulgarrenault](/source/Bulgarrenault)
* [Oyak-Renault](/source/Oyak-Renault)
* [Polski Fiat](/source/Polski_Fiat)
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
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Category:Vehicle manufacturing companies disestablished in 1991
Category:1991 disestablishments in Romania
Category:Former joint ventures
Category:Citroën
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