Daewoo Motor Co., Ltd., a South Korean company specializing in the production of automobiles. The headquarters is located in Seoul. In 1972, the Korean authorities legislated the right to engage in automobile production behind four companies - Kia, Hyundai Motor, Asia Motors and Shinjin.
Then the merger happened Kia companies and Asia Motors. And the Shinjin company turned into a joint venture Daewoo and General Motors, and a few years later - to the Daewoo Motor company. A fairly young, dynamic company, Daewoo, collaborated with General Motors until 1993. In 1995, Daewoo entered the German market with the small-class Nexia and medium-class Espero models.
Opel Kadett E 1986 model became the donor for Daewoo Nexia, the company's future bestseller.
In the US, the Nexia was sold under the name Pontiac Le Mans.
Daewoo Nexia is the latest generation of the ever-memorable Opel Kadett E, which began to be produced under license in 1986 in Korea. The car was exported to the USA and Canada under the name Pontiac Le Mans, local market it became known as the Daewoo Racer.
Russians first met him in 1993. After another modernization in March 1995, the model was renamed Nexia (Cielo for Korea). And soon the assembly was transferred to Daewoo branches in various countries: “UzDaewoo” - in Uzbekistan, “Red Aksai” - in Russia and Rodae - in Romania.
This is what Nexia looks like today, but a restyling of the car is just around the corner.
The Tico front-wheel drive mini hatchback for city trips based on the Suzuki Alto has been produced in South Korea since 1988, and since 1996 in Uzbekistan. Until 1993, the company collaborated with General Motors. By the beginning of 1996, Daewoo had built three large technical centers: in Worthing (Great Britain), near Munich (Germany) and in Pulyang (Korea). The main technical manager of the company's projects is Ulrich Betz (formerly a high-ranking BMW manager).
Daewoo Tico - Korean "oka" affordable car with a good level of build quality.
The basis for the Daewoo Prince was another Opel model, this time large sedan Senator
Since 1993, the Prince sedan and its more comfortable version, the Brougham, have been produced based on the discontinued Opel car Senator Espero sedan designed by Bertone based on units of the Opel Ascona model. It was first introduced in 1993. At the end of 1997, the company introduced international motor shows three latest models- Lanos, Nubira and Leganza.
Lanos car was developed and put into production in 30 months and cost the company $420 million. This is Daewoo's first in-house design. In Russia, the Lanos version was called “Assol”.
Lanos was supposed to replace the Daewoo Nexia model in our market, borrowing from it the suspension and steering. But it didn’t replace it, Nexia remained on the Russian market, and Lanos is now assembled in Ukraine and sold in our country under the auspices of Chevrolet.
Appearance Daewoo Espero- the work of Italian craftsmen from the Bertone design studio.
Daewoo Nubira - own development company (branch in England), design - I.D.E.A. Work on the Nubira model (translated from Korean as “to travel around the world”) began in 1993 and lasted 32 months. The design was developed in Worthing, and the first layout, later modified, was presented at the end of 1994. This is a golf car with a transverse engine and front-wheel drive, replacing the Espero. In Russia the version is called "Orion".
With the help of Daewoo Nubira, the Korean company has made a big step forward in the field of creating a modern car.
The Leganza model is the company's attempt to produce business class models. The most comfortable and equipped car of the company. The design of this model is based on the body of the Opel Senator, modified by Italian specialists from Italdesign. Russian analogue of the Korean Condor model.
Again the Opel Senator, but already changed beyond recognition by Italian designers from the ItalDesign studio. The result is a Daewoo Leganza - a modest entry into the business class.
Daewoo Matiz, a mini-car model with a transverse engine and front-wheel drive. The model was first presented in 1998 in Geneva. On Paris Motor Show in October 2000, an updated Daewoo variant Matiz.
After the Asian financial crisis of 1998, Daewoo faced enormous difficulties. However, the government South Korea abandoned the idea of nationalizing the company. They fought for the right to acquire it largest corporations peace.
Daewoo Matiz is one of the most successful cars a company that has gained popularity in many countries around the world, including Russia.
Since September 2002, South Korean Daewoo officially came under the jurisdiction of General Motors, changing its name to GM Daewoo Auto & Technology Co. Today the Daewoo brand is familiar to domestic consumers mainly thanks to cars produced in Uzbekistan at the UzDaewoo plant, which remained outside the framework of the newly created company.
We never asked much from this car. Nexia was attractive due to its low price and good reliability. It must be said that the first generation of “Ksyusha” (as this car was popularly called) more or less justified the trust placed in it. The car spent its first 100 thousand, as a rule, without special problems. In mid-2008, the plant presented updated model- Nexia N150. Now, almost 3 years later, we decided to summarize all the sores and problem areas updated model...
Engines
Nexia buyers can choose from two engines. The 1.5-liter eight-valve engine (80 hp) is accompanied by a relatively modern 16-valve engine with a volume of 1.6 liters and a power of 109 hp. Both comply with Euro 3 standards and are not fast. This is especially true for the 1.5-liter unit.
Motors are oil eaters. However, this largely depends on operating conditions and driving style. Consumption of 300 g per thousand km is considered normal for them. Under our operating conditions, it is better not to forget about the oil level in the intervals between scheduled service visits. Speaking of maintenance. In 2010, new regulations were developed Maintenance. Previously, the so-called zero maintenance had to be completed after a thousand kilometers, but now the service interval has increased to two thousand. Scheduled maintenance visits are required to be made at intervals of 10 thousand kilometers or once a year, and not every six months, as was previously the case. Violation of service rules leads to loss of warranty, in fact, like with any automaker.
Note that, according to the new regulations, the warranty for Nexia is 3 years or 100 thousand km.
Maintenance is prescribed scrupulously and quite extensively. Thus, TO-3 (20 thousand kilometers) involves changing oil, air and fuel filters, spark plugs. Together with original components, a service visit will cost about 8 thousand rubles. (work - up to 2 thousand rubles, parts - about 6 thousand rubles). A little expensive, of course, but under the hood they will update you with a lot of things.
The timing kit on both engines is changed every 40 thousand kilometers (TO-5). On an eight-valve engine, a tensioner pulley is included with the belt. The timing structure of a 1.6-liter engine with 16 valves is more complex. In addition to the belt, it includes an automatic tensioner roller and a support roller.
The “sweating” of the 1.5-liter engine is the talk of the town! Oil regularly leaks from under the gaskets valve cover and cylinder head. Replacing gaskets helps best case scenario for a couple of thousand km. One way to eliminate oil “excess” is to install a valve cover from Chevrolet Lanos. The other is washing the engine at every service. The procedure will cost 300 rubles, but under the hood it will always be clean.
Transmission
It was on the Nexia in the new body that the clutch for some reason began to look thoughtful. To switch on a particular gear without any problems, you need to wait a 3-second pause. Agree, in city traffic conditions this is not the most pleasant feature.
There was a period when quite a bit of water was poured into the gearbox at the factory. liquid oil. It heated up very quickly, losing its viscosity. The first symptom is knocking in the gearbox when the clutch pedal is operated suddenly. Experts recommended not waiting for the second and third symptoms, but simply pouring time-tested semi-synthetics into the box.
Today the plant has corrected itself: they began to pour SAEW80W-90 specification fluid into the gearbox, which in terms of viscosity is more appropriate for operation in summer conditions. In the Vehicle Operating Manual, the manufacturer recommends winter conditions use less viscous oil specification SAEW75W-90.
As for the frequency of oil changes in manual transmissions, it is 120 thousand km. The clutch lasts about 80 thousand km. CV joints run about 50–60 thousand km.
Electrical equipment
At first there were a lot of complaints Check light Engine, which suddenly caught fire and did not go out, despite any tricks. Let us reassure you right away - as a rule, there is nothing criminal, the reason is a controller glitch. The controller simply “did not see” the position sensor crankshaft engine (error P13360). It could only be cured at the dealer, and often by replacing the controller itself. By the beginning of 2009, the plant had overcome the problem. If you are disturbed today Check Engine Most likely, this is due to low-quality gasoline.
Relays, sensors and other electrical devices are manufactured in various parts of our planet, from Kaluga and Pskov to India. Alas, at first they could not boast of either quality or maintainability. Thus, the instrument cluster, made in India, suffered from “stuck” arrows. A phantom malfunction sometimes appeared on both the new Nexia and on a car that had run more than tens of thousands of km. This did not change the essence of the matter: we had to wait at least two to three months for the “socket”. In 2009, complaints about Indian devices reached a critical mass, and at the urgent request of the manufacturer, the Indians finally got down to business. As a result, by 2010, cases of freezing became rare.
Chassis and body
Not very tolerant of road potholes ball joints and shock absorbers. Active off-road driving will reduce their service life by almost half - somewhere up to 60 thousand km.
Front brake pads They run about 60 thousand km, the discs are changed every second pad replacement. Rear drum pads last up to 120 thousand km.
Increasingly, specialists at dealership technical centers are paying attention to deteriorating quality paint coating. Today, cars with shagreen, unpainted, and different colors are the order of the day. But this is a problem not so much for Nexia, but for all automakers in this segment.
But the low quality of sealing the joints of body panels, alas, is a feature of Ksyusha. It happened that in heavy rain Water leaked into the cabin and trunk. The same thing happened with glass seals.
In my opinion...
Editor:
This car is not taken at the behest of the heart; Nexia is often used solely as a means of transportation or delivery. It is clear that the requirements for such a car are purely pragmatic: efficiency, reliability, unpretentiousness. And although at first the N150 model could not boast of much reliability, we should give the plant its due - today “Ksyusha” is confidently on the mend.
Daewoo Nexia – compact sedan from Korean manufacturer. Daewoo Company began production of this car back in 1986.
Nexia is equipped gasoline engines volume 1.5 and 1.6 liters and mechanical five-speed gearbox transmission Currently, the car is produced at the Uz-Daewoo plant in the Uzbek city of Asaka.
Production of the model at this plant began in 1996.
History of Daewoo Nexia
The prototype of the Daewoo Nexia was the German Opel Kadett E, produced from 1984 to 1991.
At first the car was known as Daewoo Racer. In Canada, the model was sold under the name Pontiac LeMans.
Having found its niche among comfortable inexpensive cars, Daewoo Nexia has changed both externally and in terms of equipment over the many years of production. The car was sold as a sedan, as well as a three- and five-door hatchback. But greatest distribution I received the sedan.
Until 1996, Daewoo Nexia was imported into Russia in small quantities from South Korea. Then production was established in Rostov, thereby relieving motorists of the burden of customs duties. Nexia dropped significantly in price and began to rapidly gain popularity. The quality of the car remained the same - at the Krasny Aksai plant only large-unit assembly of cars was carried out.
An English design company took part in creating the modern image of Daewoo Nexia
In 1992, the UzDaewooAuto company was created in Uzbekistan, which is engaged in assembly production passenger cars. By 1996 it was established mass production, including the manufacture of bodies. Uzbek Nexia quickly forced cars from Rostov out of the market. Both in Rostov and Uzbekistan, Nexia was produced only in a sedan body.
The management of the successful UzDaewoo decided to acquire trading Daewoo brand Nexia and . In May 2007, a strategic agreement was signed between the government of Uzbekistan and GM DAT. It provided for the right to modernize acquired brands, localize production and release new models at UzDaewoo.
A year after the conclusion of the strategic agreement, a new enterprise, GM Uzbekistan, was created.
In 2008, Nexia underwent a restyling. The body remained the same, but the front and rear optics, bumpers, reinforcing beams appeared in the doors, the interior was updated. They began to install more modern ones on the car that meet the new environmental standards engines.
In 2012, Nexia's production volumes will begin to gradually decline. IN soon The model will be replaced by a new one – Cobalt.
Technical features
Daewoo Nexia was equipped with a basic 8-valve engine with a volume of 1.5 liters and a power of 75 hp. The car's dynamics were moderate, but sufficient for city driving. Since 2002, Nexia has been equipped with a 16-valve power plant, volume 1.5 liters and power 85 hp.
Daewoo Nexia received a global restyling in 2008. The car is still produced in this form today. The English design company Concept Group International took part in creating the modern image of Daewoo Nexia. The front and rear end sedan body. The U-shaped radiator grille is decorated with a chrome fin that crosses it horizontally. The headlights have been modernized - they have acquired lenses. Became more attractive front bumper with trapezoidal air intake and fog lights. Has changed noticeably luggage door car. The rear bumper is decorated with a solid protrusion and a trapezoidal stamping at the bottom. Rear lights took on an arched shape and decreased in size.
New engines also appeared: engines from Lanos and . Their power is 80 and 108 hp. respectively.
Statistics claim that Daewoo Nexia becomes the first foreign car purchased by a Russian car enthusiast after owning a domestically produced car
There have also been changes to the interior of the car. The dashboard features a new speedometer, combined gauge cluster and tachometer. The center console, as before, is combined with dashboard and turned towards the driver. The front seats have wide cushions and backrests with sufficient lateral support
There are currently several options Daewoo trim levels Nexia. IN budget options There is no tachometer, power steering or air conditioning. The trunk lining is also missing. The extended configuration includes an electrical package, sound system, fog lights, central locking, air conditioner, etc..
The achievements of Daewoo Nexia include sustained popularity and large sales volumes. In the first 5 years of UzDaewooAuto's existence alone, 250 thousand copies of this model were produced and sold. Currently, this figure exceeds 500 thousand. In Russia alone, the company is represented by 5 distributors. This allows Daewoo Nexia to maintain its leading position in the budget car segment.
The sedan is popular not only in Russia. It is a leader in sales in its class in the countries of Transcaucasia, Moldova and Ukraine. The secret to success lies in the vehicle's performance and affordability.
Statistics say that Daewoo Nexia becomes the first foreign car purchased by a Russian car enthusiast after owning a domestically produced car.
Pros and cons of Daewoo Nexia
Basic Daewoo competitors Nexia are cars produced by VAZ (such as Priora), as well as Renault Logan and Chevrolet Lanos.
The indisputable advantage of the Nexia over them is a huge trunk with a convenient opening for loading, a soft and energy-intensive suspension and good sound insulation.
The disadvantages include the inability to fold the backrest rear seat, small glove compartment, prone to rusting and not very long term rear spring service.
However, over the many years of its existence, Daewoo Nexia has confirmed its reliability. In addition, the network Daewoo service well developed in Russia, spare parts can always be found in stock.
Daewoo Nexia is the most common and popular car, created in Southeast Asia. However, it would be wrong to consider it “purely Asian”. The birth of the “daushka,” as its owners affectionately called it, owes its birth to the Opel Kadett E, produced in Germany from 1984 to 1991.
The first copies produced under license Opel models rolled off the Daewoo assembly line back in 1986. The car was exported to the USA and Canada under the name Pontiac Le Mans, and in the markets of other countries it became known as the Daewoo Racer.
The first Racers appeared on the Russian market in the early 90s and were sold unofficially through “gray” dealers. In 1994, the first restyling of this model took place, during which the front and rear parts of the body, headlights, tail lights, besides wheelbase the car increased by 100 mm. After modernization, the model received a new name - Nexia (on domestic market Korea it was offered under the name Cielo).
And soon Daewoo branches in various countries began to assemble: “UzDaewoo” - in Uzbekistan, “Red Aksai” - in Russia and “Rodae” - in Romania.
For Nexia until 2002, only one 1.5-liter was offered Gas engine, developed at the time by Opel. Its power was both 75 and 90 hp. With. depending on the block head: if it had 16 valves (which was extremely rare), then the car produced almost 100 hp. Well, if it’s 8 valve – 75 hp. For Nexia there were 2 types of gearboxes: 4 step automatic(only for European versions) and a five-speed manual transmission, which has proven itself on Kadett. The front suspension is a classic MacPherson strut, used on most foreign cars. The rear one is the so-called twisted beam, which is also a stabilizer lateral stability. Porsche had a hand in the settings of both suspensions. Perhaps this is why the Nexia behaves so confidently at speed without sacrificing comfort. The downside is slight roll when cornering.
Nexia was produced in 3 body types: sedan, 3- and 5-door hatchback. Hatchbacks were produced in Romania only for European market. Their production ended in 1997.
For Russian market Nexia was offered only in a sedan body and in two trim levels: GL and GLE. The first trim level was frankly “empty”: a simple cassette radio and air conditioning (until 2002), there was not even a tachometer. GLE is richer: electric drive of all windows, air conditioning, radio with electric antenna + 4 speakers (by the way, the sound quality is not bad), bumpers in body color, power steering, central locking. On European cars There was a driver's airbag and ABS.
The salon, by the standards of the class, is not bad and is designed to more or less comfortably accommodate 4, not too tall people. Its finishing is high for such cheap car level. Look no further than the velor, which is very pleasant to the touch and covers the interior and door trim. Sound insulation is also excellent. The front seats have good lateral support. The dashboard is made in a purely German style: everything is in its place; but clearly outdated in design. One of the trump cards of the car is a huge 530-liter trunk.
By 2002, Nexia production at factories in Romania and Russia was curtailed and transferred entirely to Uzbekistan. At the same time, restyling was carried out, during which Nexia acquired rear “crystal” lights, a decorative plastic trim on the trunk lid, a chrome radiator trim and new door panels in the cabin.
But the main innovation is more modern engine 1.5 DOHC 85 hp c, having a sixteen-valve cylinder head with two camshafts or more modern system distributed injection fuel, capable of accelerating Nexia to hundreds in 11 seconds and having maximum speed 185 km/h.
The car, due to its attractive price, good road performance and reliability, is very popular in Russia, three times became the sales leader among foreign cars from 1999 to 2002 and to this day is confidently in the top five. To maintain the interest of car buyers, another, third restyling is planned for 2008.
During which Nexia will receive new look front and rear parts (new headlights, radiator grille, mirrors with turn signals, new front and rear bumpers). It is also planned to equip Nexia new a 1.6-liter engine that will meet Euro-3 requirements.
