Alexxxxx escribió:
You cant hardly recognize the MAN F2000 cab underneath all that plastic 
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...F2000 cab never made in Brasov - ROMAN/DAC never use F2000 cab! ROMAN/DAC use from MAN, only F8 COE - Cab Over Engine! All "new" ROMAN/DAC model, with or without bonnet - do not confound ROMAN/DAC bonnet cabin, with SR bonnet cabin - you ever seen, had "underneath all that plastic", a F8 COE basis!
The other cabin, from military models, it was made in Brasov/Romania, started from the same F8 COE basis and was named CN - Conceptia Noastra (romanian name); "our conception" - in english!
The ROMAN trucks are made in Brasov/Romania, under patent, which was legally bought in 1969, from MAN. This patent, contained a full range of trucks and buses, which was made under patent, in Romania.
About the names ROMAN/DAC: first time, the factory named DAC, first diesel face-lifted SR trucks. After the end of the MAN patent, the factory named DAC all trucks manufactured in Brasov. In present, don't have a logically use for this models - factory named ROMAN or DAC aleatory!
The origin of the names result from:
- ROMAN - come from the ROmanian MAN - "MAN ROmanesc".
- DAC - come from the Diesel Auto Camion.
The other romanian cars names result from:
- Malaxa - come from the name of the owner of Malaxa factories, Niculae Malaxa.
- SR - come from the factory name Steagul Rosu - "red flag".
- Dacia - come from the ancient name of romanian country - Dacia.
- IMS - come from the Intreprinderea Mecanica de Stat - "state mechanical enterprise" - became in time, ARO factory.
- UMM - come from the Uzina Mecanica Muscel - "mechanical factory Muscel" - this name was used by the Intreprinderea Mecanica de Stat, for short time, before became ARO factory.
- M - come from the Muscel - the name of the place where was situated the ARO factory: Campulung-Muscel.
- ARO - come from the Automobil ROmanesc - "ROmanian Automobile".
- TV - come from the name of an oldest romanian regnant, Tudor Vladimirescu; export name was "Tudor".
- Oltcit - come from the OLTenian CITroen - "CITroen OLTenesc"; export name was "Citroen Axel". Olt is the name of the county, where was situated the Oltcit factory.
- ROCAR - came from the ROmanian CAR; name used by the buses factory Autobuzul, for the last range of models.
