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Daewoo
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After years of disappointment with so called reliable cars, including Citroen and SEAT, I bought a Daewoo Nexia. Although the body shell was a Mk1 Vauxhall Astra, the 1600cc, twin cam engine, air conditioning, 3 year/50,000 mile warranty, and a year’s insurance was felt too good to miss. In the following 3 years, we travelled over a good part of the UK and the continent, and the car never let us down. So pleased with it, that we traded it in for a Tacuma. This resulted in Daewoo sending me a case of fine wine, after I had mockingly responded to Jeremy Clarkson’s road test report in the Sunday times. Sadly, after 7 years of trouble free motoring, we had to say goodbye to Daewoo as, by that time, the motoring side had run into trouble. I was told that the problem had been due to an agreement between Daewoo and the Chinese government to produce the Matiz, a small city car, under licence in China, which resulted in Daewoo suddenly being made to pay back a loan they had taken out from the Chinese government, to build a factory. Being unable to pay this meant that the motoring side went into liquidation. Whether this was true or not, I have no idea. Since then, still being impressed by Korean cars, Hyundai has been the car of choice. I just hope they never enter into a deal with the Chinese.
After years of disappointment with so called reliable cars, including Citroen and SEAT, I bought a Daewoo Nexia. Although the body shell was a Mk1 Vauxhall Astra, the 1600cc, twin cam engine, air conditioning, 3 year/50,000 mile warranty, and a year’s insurance was felt too good to miss. In the following 3 years, we travelled over a good part of the UK and the continent, and the car never let us down. So pleased with it, that we traded it in for a Tacuma. This resulted in Daewoo sending me a case of fine wine, after I had mockingly responded to Jeremy Clarkson’s road test report in the Sunday times. Sadly, after 7 years of trouble free motoring, we had to say goodbye to Daewoo as, by that time, the motoring side had run into trouble. I was told that the problem had been due to an agreement between Daewoo and the Chinese government to produce the Matiz, a small city car, under licence in China, which resulted in Daewoo suddenly being made to pay back a loan they had taken out from the Chinese government, to build a factory. Being unable to pay this meant that the motoring side went into liquidation. Whether this was true or not, I have no idea. Since then, still being impressed by Korean cars, Hyundai has been the car of choice. I just hope they never enter into a deal with the Chinese.
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JH: Interesting.