CHEVROLET. CHEVROLET in KOREA
GM Daewoo Auto & Technology,
199-1,
Cheongcheon-Dong,
Bupyung-Gu, Incheon 403-714, Korea
Tel. +8232/5202114,
fax +8232/5204609, http://www.chevrolet.com
Models produced in Korea: Matiz
/ Spark, Kalos / Aveo (sedan, hatchback), Aveo II, Lacetti / Optra hatchback,
Lacetti / Nubira II / Optra (sedan, station wagon), Evanda / Epica, Rezzo / Tacuma / Vivant.
Production volume in Korea in 2003 - 618,762 passenger vehicles
and 6,784
pick-ups
(including Daewoo and Suzuki).
In October 2002 44,6% of Daewoo shares
were acquired by General Motors, 14.9% by Suzuki, 10.6% by Chinese firm SAIC and 29.9% by banks - even the name of the
company was changed to GM Daewoo. Since 2003 GM Daewoo, alongside
vehicles under the Daewoo trademark, has also produced Chevrolets for sale on
the US and Canadian markets as well as in some countries of Africa, Asia, South
America and Eastern Europe and since January 2005 in Western Europe. Daewoo
vehicles are also built under the Chevrolet trademark in India (since 2003), Thailand (since 2003), China (starting in
2003), Ukraine (as of 2004), Colombia (since 2004), Venezuela (since 2004) and Pakistan (as of 2005). Latest premieres:
Chicago 2003
-Aveo 4 sedan; Toron-
to 2003 - Optra, Epica; Geneva 2003 - Nubira II (an export version of
the Lacetti sedan); Frankfurt/Main 2003 -the Lacetti hatchback and Rezzo / Tacuma
restyling; Las Vegas 2003 -Aveo Xtreme; Geneva 2004 - Nubira II Wagon; Montreal 2004 -Optra 5 hatchback; Paris 2004
- Kalos 3-door,
prototypes of the Matiz M3X and S3X SUV; January 2005 - Kalos Sprint; Geneva 2005
- second generation Matiz; Shanghai 2005 -Aveo II sedan.
Plans for the future: 2005 - SUV based on the S3X; 2006 - a new Evanda / Epica; 2007 - a new Rezzo / Tacuma / Vivant.
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