Renault Sandero is a French-Japanese car of a subcompact class in a hatchback body, produced since 2007 by the Renault-Nissan alliance of manufacturers. Since 2012, the second generation of the model has been produced. The first generation model was assembled in Romania until 2012 and continues to be produced in Brazil, Colombia, South Africa and Russia. Second generation cars are produced in Brazil, Morocco and Russia. An off-road version of the car, the Sandero Stepway, is also being produced. The vehicle has a Renault Logan chassis as a base.
The 1.2-liter 16-valve Renault D4F engine was produced by the company from 2001 to 2018 and was installed on such compact models as Twingo, Clio, Symbol, as well as Dacia Logan and Sandero. There was a modification of this turbocharged power unit with a different D4Ft index.
The 1.4-liter 8-valve Renault K7J engine was assembled at the concern’s factory from 1997 to 2016 and installed on many of the company’s budget models, such as Logan, Sandero and Symbol. First, the release of the motor was carried out in the Turkish Bursa, and then in the Romanian city of Pitesti.
The 1.6-liter 16-valve Renault K4M engine was first introduced at the 1998 salon and is still actively produced at a plant in Spain, Turkey, and since 2009 at AvtoVAZ. There is a version of such a motor with and without a phase regulator, as well as a sports version of the RS.
The 1.6-liter 8-valve Renault K7M engine was first introduced back in 1995. At first, the engine was produced in Spain, until in 2004 its assembly was transferred to Romania, where it became the main engine of the budget models Dacia Logan, Sandero, Stepway or Lodgy.
The Franco-Japanese concern has been assembling the 1.6-liter Renault H4M gasoline engine since 2004 and installing it on its most popular models, such as the Logan, Duster, Kaptur and Arkana. This power unit is essentially one of the variants of the well-known Nissan HR16DE engine.
The 1.5-liter Renault K9K or 1.5 dCi diesel engine has been produced by the concern since 2001 and is installed on a huge number of company models under the Renault, Nissan or Dacia brands. The same motor can be found under the hood of front-wheel drive Mercedes called OM607 and OM608.
