Daewoo Motors is a notable South Korean player in the automobile industry. It was established as National Motors back in 1937. The followed several name changes until it became Daewoo Motors. Daewoo Group acquired this company in 1982 and hence the name, Daewoo Motors. After several years in the limbo, it ran into definite financial difficulties. Then, Daewoo sold the majority of its stocks to General Motors in 2002. Eventually, it became a subsidiary of GM, since the American company invested $1.2 Billion in Daewoo. By 2011, GM renamed Daewoo Motors as GM Korea and replaced the brand with Chevrolet marque. Albeit losing to tough competition in the low-priced market segment and witnessing a downfall, Daewoo has a lot to offer. Owing to its brand of quality, we are dealing in used Daewoo Engine in the U.S., even to this date.
In this section, we will look into the evolution of Daewoo cars and the engines that accompanied them. A lot of them serve as a top choice for used Daewoo engines for your car. Here’s a list of models in this make and the engines featured in them:
Daewoo launched Maepsy in 1983, which sported a 1.5L engine. The engine produced a decent 59 hp and reached top speeds of 89 mph. It did a 0-60 in a decent time duration of 17.2 seconds. Featuring a 4-speed manual transmission, it impressed as a budget-friendly car. In the same year, they launched MAX, which again came with a four-speed manual transmission. With its 1.5L engine, it produced a similar 58 hp. Additionally, it also served as a handy pickup truck.
Royale Prince launched in 1983 surpassed the 100 hp limit. It sported a 1.9L engine and 3-speed automatic transmissions. It reached top speeds of 101 mph and did a 0-60 in under 14 seconds. Royale Salon topped it up with 117 hp on the 1978 engine. Also, it offered a high speed of 103 mph with a 3-speed automatic transmission. To top it all up, Daewoo launched the Royale Super Salon in 1987. Its 1979 cc engine offered 126 hp and reached top speeds of 105 mph. With its 4-speed automatic transmission, it did a 0-60 in just 13.8 seconds, quite impressive for a Salon in 1987.
Daewoo came up with the 3L engine in 1989. The Imperial again had a four-speed automatic transmission. It blitzed from 0 to 60 in just 11.6 seconds and reached top speeds of up to 121 mph. A couple of years later, the Korean company launched the Prince Sedan. With its modest 2 Liter engine, it produced 114 hp. In addition, its 4-speed automatic transmission produced a top speed of 112 mph and did a 0-60 in under 13 seconds. In the same year, the company launched Prince Super Salon to turn it into a double delight for fans. Again its 2-liter engine came along with 4-speed automatic transmissions. It produced 114 hp of power, top speeds of up to 115 mph, and did a 0-60 in just above 13 seconds.
Daewoo a.k.a GM Korea launched the premium car, Lacetti First Gen in 2002. It sported a 1.5L engine producing 105 hp of horsepower. Impressively, top speeds went up to 112 mph and the car did a 0 to 60 in just 12.2 seconds. Additionally, it continued with a four-speed auto transmission to retain the premium driving experience. Additionally, there were a couple of concept cars introduced in the same period – the FLEX concept and the OTO concept.
The following year, GM Korea released the Nubira Facelift, a sedan with a 1.8L engine, producing horsepower of 121 hp. Also, the top speed is 114 mph and 0 to 60 is under 10.5 seconds. Subsequently, GM Korea released SCOPE and SPEEDSTER concept cars in the same year. In 2004, they launched Nubira Wagon Facelift, improving on 0-60 in under 12 seconds. This 1.8 L car produced horsepower of 121 hp and reached top speeds of 114 mph. It continued on the four-speed automatic transmission, to ensure a premium driving experience.
Tacuma Facelift released in 2005 featured a 2L engine with horsepower of 127 hp. Again with a 4-speed auto transmission, it delivered a top speed of 112 mph, and it did a 0 to 60 in just 11 seconds. The Statesman released the next year, improved from 0 to 60 in just 8.2 seconds. Interestingly, it featured a bettered 5-speed transmission, delivering a top speed of 143 mph. In addition, its 2.8 L engine delivered a horsepower of 207 hp.
Also, Tosca released in 2006, again came with a four-speed automatic transmission and 1.8 L engine producing horsepower of 117 hp. Besides, it reached top speeds of 111 mph and did a 0-60 within 14 seconds. Besides, they released Magnus Facelift in 2006 with a 2.5 L engine, that produced 155 hp of horsepower. The four-speed automatic transmission generates top speeds of 131 mph and does a 0 to 60 in under 10 seconds.
GM Korea launched the supercar in 2007 – G2X Concept. It bragged a 2.4 L engine, producing horsepower of 172 hp. The top speeds are blitzing 140s and the car did a 0-60 in flashing 5.5 seconds. Moreover, it came with a 5-speed automatic transmission. Subsequently, they launched Veritas, their improved sedan in 2008, sporting a 3.5 L engine, producing 248 hp of power. The car reached top speeds of up to 147 mp and did a 0 to 6 in just above 8 seconds. Such impressive was the evolution of the once low-priced Daewoo to the bulked-up GM Korea.
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