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44-745: The company was established as "National Motor" in 1937 in Bupyeong-gu, Incheon , Japanese Korea . The name was changed to "Saenara Motor" in November 1962. Saenara was assembling and selling the Datsun Bluebird PL310 . The first automobile company in South Korea, Saenara was equipped with modern assembly facilities, and was established after the Automobile Industry Promotion Policy was announced by

88-812: A joint venture in Asaka , Uzbekistan , leveraging the presence of a large local ethnic Korean minority . Currently, the plant assembles the Matiz and the Nexia for both the local market and export, as well as the Lacetti hatchback and sedan for the domestic market only. In 1994, Daewoo acquired the Automobile Craiova company in Craiova , Romania , which was producing a derivate of the Citroën Axel model,

132-474: A metropolitan prefecture in early Joseon , and was a military centre for coastal Gyeonggi area, covering old Incheon, Tongjin, Gimpo, Yangcheon, Ansan, Siheung, Gwacheon, and so on. At the core of the district is Bupyeong Station . The station lies at the intersection of the Incheon Subway Line 1 and Seoul Subway Line 1, instantly making it one of the busiest subway stations in all of Korea. It

176-479: A popular weekend destination for residents of Incheon. Nearby is Bupyeong Market, a large traditional market where vendors sell fresh meat, produce, and traditional medicine. Daewoo Motors which is now GM Korea is a subsidiary of largest American automotive manufacturer General Motors , has its company headquarters and is the largest automobile manufacturing plant in Bupyeong. The GM Korea Design Center, which

220-558: A revolutionary aftersales service which included free servicing for three years. In 1996, it gained a 1% share of the new car market in Britain with some 20,000 sales. The European Daewoo range was updated in 1997 with the launch of the Lanos , Nubira and Leganza from 1997. The Matiz city car was released in 1998, and was a great success for the company, most notably in non-Asian countries such as Italy , where it won many awards such as

264-837: A share of AvtoZAZ , an automobile manufacturer based in Ukraine , from 1998 to 2003, establishing the AvtoZAZ-Daewoo joint venture. The CKD assembly of the Daewoo Lanos started in 2002 in Ukraine and later it was adopted for full-scale production as the ZAZ Lanos . A version of the Daewoo-developed Chevrolet Aveo has been assembled for local market at the Chornomorsk subsidiary. Following

308-654: A very bad image, so that GM simply decided to extend the Chevrolet strategy that was already used in most other markets (Canada, India, Israel, Russia) since 2003 to create a real global brand, replacing the Daewoo "dual kidney" with the Chevrolet "bowtie". The Winstorm and Tosca were presented as the Chevrolet Captiva and the Chevrolet Epica. Some of the former Daewoo models changed their names after

352-590: Is also possible to reach Bupyeong-Gu Office via Seoul Subway Line 7 and Incheon Subway Line 1. The area around Bupyeong Station includes the Bupyeong Underground Market, which boasts hundreds of small shops selling mostly clothing and make-up, and the Bupyeong Cultural Street, a walking street which holds several performances and cultural events throughout the year. The area also contains many restaurants and bars, making it

396-455: Is located north of Namdong District , east of Seo District , and south of Gyeyang District . The city of Bucheon , in neighboring Gyeonggi Province , comprises its eastern limit. Bupyeong District was created as its own district in 1995 when 'Buk-gu' was split into 'Gyeyang District' and 'Bupyeong District' due to rapid growth in the region. Before the 1970s, much of the area was rich farmland. However, with rapid industrial development and

440-514: Is said to "play an important role in GM's Global Design organization," is located there. Incheon's professional basketball team, the ET Land Elephants , plays at Samsan Gymnasium in Bupyeong. Bupyeong District is also home to Camp Market , a small United States Army depot. The administrative divisions of Bupyeong District consist of 22 dongs. Bupyeong District is approximately 3.09% of

484-497: The Fabryka Samochodów Osobowych ) until 2008. Slogans: Bupyeong-gu, Incheon Bupyeong District ( Korean :  부평구 ; RR :  Bupyeong-gu ) is one of the 10 administrative divisions (eight municipal districts and two counties) that comprise Incheon , South Korea. Bupyeong District comprises an area of 12.35 square miles (31.98 square km), and has a population of 508,587. It

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528-668: The Nissan Vanette . In 1990, they created the Espero , designed by Bertone , initiating a tradition at Daewoo Motor of models created by Italian designers. Daewoo Heavy Industries (DHI) introduced in 1991, the Tico mini car which was sold at Daewoo Motor's dealers. DHI was also selling since 1981 the Damas minivan and the Labo mini pickup, all three being based on Suzuki models. When

572-677: The Oltcit Club . The company's name was changed to "Romanian Daewoo Motor", abbreviated "Rodae", and later "Daewoo Automobile Romania". The entire production facility was refurbished to mainly produce the Cielo model and later, other models. Until 2008, it was producing the Daewoo Cielo, Matiz and Nubira models for the Romanian market, but also car parts for export, such as engines and gearboxes to GM Daewoo and to other companies. The factory

616-580: The Opel Kadett E. Its three-door versions were called the Racer and the five-door version were called Penta-5. This car had an international ambition for GM, as it was sold almost worldwide, as the Pontiac LeMans, Asüna GT and SE, or Passport Optima. This car was produced until February 1997, being one of Daewoo Motor's greatest successes. In 1986, Daewoo also offered a badge-engineered version of

660-677: The Tico , that was very popular in the Central European market. Since January 2005, FSO began to produce Matiz and Lanos under their own trademark. When making a joint venture with the Polish company Fabryka Samochodów Ciężarowych (FSC) in 1995, Daewoo also created "Daewoo Motor Polska" which produced the Daewoo Lublin van and the Daewoo Honker pick-up truck, based on the former Tarpan Honker . Daewoo Motor Polska and

704-513: The 1990 British International Motor Show . The Kensington was designed by Italdesign as a possible successor to the then current Jaguar XJ . It featured a sleeker design and swoopy roofline, with the intention by Giugiaro being to move away from the XJ's conventional three box design and update it for the 1990s. Jaguar did not end up putting the Kensington into production, and later the design

748-733: The British van manufacturer LDV developed together during this period of time the Maxus van and, after Daewoo Group's bankruptcy, LDV secured the exclusive rights to the vehicle, purchased the tooling and moved it from Daewoo's plant in Poland to the LDV site in Birmingham . FSC was then sold by Daewoo's new parent company General Motors to the British investment group Intrall and the Honker's design to

792-788: The Car of the Year award three times in a row, in 1998, 1999 and 2000. The Rezzo (or Tacuma), Evanda (Magnus) and Kalos models were then released, before the SsangYong -based SUVs : Korando , Musso and Rexton . After the General Motors buyout, the Daewoo models received a new badge, and were sold under the Daewoo name until 2003. The Lacetti was the last car to bear a Daewoo badge in Europe. The other Daewoo models were later rechristened as Chevrolets. Daewoo cars were also available in

836-412: The Daewoo brand continued to exist in some overseas markets several years after its replacement with Chevrolet, particularly in those countries where Daewoo Motors' former facilities were not part of the General Motors take over plan. Examples of markets where it continued to be used for former Daewoo models are Romania ( Daewoo Automobile Romania , until 2008), Ukraine ( ZAZ , licensed production, under

880-607: The Daewoo brand until 2012), Egypt ( Daewoo Motor Egypt , until 2012) and, as an exception, Vietnam ( Vietnam-Daewoo Motor , which was a wholly owned subsidiary of GM Daewoo , produced models under the Daewoo brand until 2011, when it was discontinued in South Korea). Furthermore, the brand continued to exist in Uzbekistan (as Uz-DaewooAuto ) until 2015, whereas in Poland the Daewoo models continued to be produced (under

924-591: The Daewoo-SsangYong badge in South Korea, contrary to other areas where they were sold under the Daewoo brand name. SsangYong's flagship limousine, the Chairman , was integrated to the Daewoo range, becoming the Daewoo Chairman, with a new three-part Daewoo corporate grille. By 1999, the whole Daewoo Group ran into financial trouble, and was forced to sell its automotive division. Candidates for

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968-704: The GM Korea marque , together with the Chevrolet 1700, a rebadged Holden Torana . After the Daewoo Group gained control in December 1982, from January 1983, the name was officially changed to "Daewoo Motor Co." Until 1996, all cars were based on models from General Motors . All Saehan models were named 'Daewoo', the Maepsy being refreshed became the Maepsy-Na. The Royale Series models were kept, Daewoo adding

1012-457: The General Motors buyout, Daewoo cars were available in different countries. In Europe, Daewoo Motor started selling the Espero and the Cielo (or Nexia) from the beginning of 1995, and achieved reasonable sales success, particularly with British buyers, where Daewoo proved popular largely due to its competitive prices and revolutionary dealership network, where cars were sold at fixed prices with

1056-671: The Magnus L6 was introduced, equipped with Daewoo's first straight-six engine , with a new front grille and lamps. The same year, Daewoo also presented the Kalos subcompact, designed to replace the Lanos. In 1998, after the Asian financial crisis , Daewoo Motor took over the troubled four-wheel-drive specialist SsangYong Motor , only to sell it off again in 2000, because the conglomerate ran into deep financial trouble. Its models were sold under

1100-591: The Polish company Andoria-Mot. In 1998, Daewoo Motor bought 50.2% of Avia , a Czech automotive company. The year after, the trade name of the company was changed to Daewoo-Avia. In the same year, the company became the exclusive importer and distributor of Daewoo vehicles for the Czech Republic, and started manufacturing the Polish Lublin van and the new Avia D60/90 series truck range. General Motors' buyout plan did not include Daewoo-Avia in 2001. In

1144-526: The Royale Series range was discontinued, its models were slightly refreshed and offered under the Prince and Super Salon or Brougham model names until respectively 1997 and 1999. In 1992, the joint-venture with General Motors ended, leaving Daewoo Motor as an independent company. In 1994, Daewoo started importing the second-generation Honda Legend to replace the discontinued flagship Imperial, under

1188-575: The Royale XQ and Royale Duke (March 1982), Royale Prince (July 1983) and Royale Salon Super (March 1986). Above the Royale range, the Daewoo Imperial flagship luxury car was added in 1989, with styling reminiscent of the contemporary Chrysler Imperial and New Yorker , but also luxury Japanese sedans. It was produced until 1993. The first Daewoo addition was the 1986 LeMans model, based on

1232-639: The South Korean government in 1962. Saenara Motor was then bought by Shinjin Industrial in 1965, which changed its name to Shinjin Motors after establishing collaborations with Toyota . After Toyota's withdrawal in 1972, Shinjin Motor started a joint venture with General Motors under the name "GM Korea", but was renamed again in 1976 to " Saehan Motors ". GM Korea shortly sold their Rekord model under

1276-704: The United States and Canada between 1997 and 2002, Australia and many other countries, until Daewoo's bankruptcy. Since Daewoo's withdrawal from many markets, the Lanos was replaced with Chevrolet 's as the Aveo , whereas the Nubira and Leganza were given replacements from either the Chevrolet or Suzuki brands. In January 2005, the Chevrolet brand was introduced in Europe, the whole Daewoo range being simply re-badged as Chevrolet. General Motors' official tagline

1320-407: The area of Incheon with an area of 31.98 km . 37°30′25″N 126°43′19″E  /  37.507°N 126.722°E  / 37.507; 126.722 Jaguar Kensington The Jaguar Kensington is a concept car designed and built by Italdesign for Jaguar . It debuted as a non-running, full-size mock up at the 1990 Geneva Motor Show , and later as a fully functioning prototype at

1364-582: The bankruptcy of Daewoo Motor in 2001, UkrAVTO corporation bought out the AvtoZAZ holding in 2002. All of the AvtoZAZ manufacturing facilities (most notably MeMZ and the Chornomorsk assembling plant) were reincorporated into ZAZ. The company even adopted a new logo. The Daewoo part in the joint venture was bought out by the Swiss venture Hirsch & CIE in 2003. In August 1992, Daewoo set up Uz-DaewooAuto ,

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1408-783: The construction of large apartment complexes, the farmland quickly disappeared leaving what is today a large urban district. Old Bupyeong was an administrative district, distinctive from Incheon, before 1914, when the Japanese colonial government merged it with outer parts of old Incheon into Bucheon County. Bupyeong Metropolitan Prefecture (i.e. Buyeong Dohobu, 부평도호부) consisted of today's Bupyeong District, Gyeyang District , Seo District (excepting Geomdan) in Incheon, Bucheon in Gyeonggi Province , and western part of Guro District , Seoul . In 1895, Bupyeong Metropolitan Prefecture

1452-762: The local market under the Doninvest brand, as the Assol, Orion and Kondor respectively. The project did not have much success, so TagAZ turned to Citroën to produce the Berlingo , and Hyundai to produce the Accent . Following the General Motors buyout in 2002, Daewoo lost interest in its overseas assets. The deals on supplies of pre-assembled CKD kits ended in 2005 and the facilities were forced to rely on their own production capabilities from that point on. Before

1496-435: The mid-sized Leganza followed, also designed by Giorgetto Giugiaro, borrowing some styling cues from the existing 1990 Jaguar Kensington concept car. In 1998, one of Daewoo's best-known cars was introduced, the Matiz . The design was signed by Fabrizio Giugiaro and based on his 1992 "Lucciola" concept car which was initially imagined as a replacement for the Fiat Cinquecento . This car became Daewoo Motor's best-seller for

1540-413: The name of Arcadia. This year, the LeMans also got a slight refresh, and all variants (three, four and five-door) were then sold under the Cielo model name. The first authentic Daewoo Motor product, the Lanos , was introduced in late 1997. It spawned three variants: four-door, three-door, called Romeo, and a five-door, the Juliet, being the first model of a whole new family of cars to be created. Styling

1584-409: The next four years. In 1999, Daewoo presented the Magnus which was a development of the existing Leganza. Sold in South Korea, alongside the Leganza, until the end of the latter's production in 2002, it existed in two variants: Classic and the sportier Eagle, the Nubira received a facelift in the same year. The Rezzo minivan was also introduced in early 2000. The Matiz got a facelift in 2001. In 2002,

1628-451: The operation included Hyundai associated with DaimlerChrysler , Ford Motor Company and the GM - Fiat alliance. Finally, General Motors was the one who acquired Daewoo Motor's assets at $ 1.2 billion in 2002. In 2002, Daewoo Commercial Vehicle Company was spun off from parent Daewoo Motor Co. Ltd. In 2004, it was acquired by Tata Motors , India's largest passenger automobile and commercial vehicle manufacturing company. Daewoo owned

1672-421: The re-branding decision. Examples are the Matiz which became Chevrolet Spark in some markets (although Chevrolet Matiz was also used), or the Kalos which became the Aveo (alongside the Chevrolet Kalos in other countries). Later, the tendency went towards a uniformisation in the Chevrolet Europe range: the Spark and the Cruze bear the same model names throughout all European markets. However, besides in South Korea,

1716-403: The year 2005, the company was overtaken by the investment group Odien Capital Partners and in October 2006, the division of light trucks moved under the concern of Ashok Leyland of India , becoming Avia Ashok Leyland Motors Company (AALM). In 1998, the low-volume assembly of the Lanos, Nubira and the Leganza started in Taganrog , Russia , at the TagAZ -Doninvest factory The cars were sold on

1760-411: Was acquired by the Romanian government and sold to Ford in 2007 (the official agreement was signed on 21 March 2008). The production of Daewoo models was stopped in May 2008, and Daewoo Automobile Romania became Ford Romania . Daewoo also invested into Poland's Fabryka Samochodów Osobowych (FSO) in 1995, forming a joint venture called Daewoo-FSO, for the assembly of the Matiz city car, a successor of

1804-569: Was adapted by Italdesign for the smaller, front wheel drive Daewoo Leganza . Some reviewers have theorized that the first generation Lexus GS , also designed by Italdesign, was also an evolution of the Kensington's design, but Italdesign clarified that the GS concept was developed in 1988, long before the Kensington. The Kensington is based on the Series 3 Jaguar XJ12 chassis and uses that car's 5.3 L (5345 cc) Jaguar V12 engine producing 295 hp (220 kW; 299 PS) at 5500 rpm and 432 N⋅m (319 lb⋅ft) of torque at 3250 rpm. Power

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1848-408: Was by Giorgetto Giugiaro 's Italdesign firm. One of its main features was the new three-parts corporate grille, reminiscent of the Daewoo Motor emblem which was to be used on many of the following Daewoo cars. In September 1997, the Nubira was launched, the first Daewoo model to be produced in their new Kunsan motor plant. It was designed by the Italian-based I.DE.A Institute . Also in late 1997,

1892-424: Was degraded to Bupyeong County. The city centre was in Gyesan -dong, Gyeyang District . The two remaining buildings of the Bupyeong prefecture office are located in Bupyeong Elementary School. Only Sipjeong-dong was part of Juan township of old Incheon, other than old Bupyeong. Old Bupyeong was traditionally a district of higher hierarchy than old Incheon in the administrative district system before Incheon became

1936-400: Was that: “Daewoo has grown up enough to become Chevrolet.” It was also considered that this new name was an opportunity for Daewoo to become stronger. Unofficially, after Daewoo's bankruptcy, former chairman Kim Woo-Choong 's escape and most notably the "Daewoo Affaire" in France (closure and conflagration of the Daewoo-Orion Electronics plant in Longwy, France), the Daewoo brand name had

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