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GM Daewoo says mini cars to hit European market
France24 ^ | 20 Nov 2009 | Wire

Posted on 11/20/2009 5:23:12 AM PST by csvset

GM Daewoo Auto and Technology Co. said Friday it had started shipping new mini cars to Europe as the South Korean unit of US auto giant General Motors Co. seeks to expand global sales.

GM Daewoo, acting as General Motors' global mini car development centre, said it will ship the "Matiz Creative", the fourth generation of GM Daewoo's popular "Matiz" mini car series, under the name "Chevrolet Spark".

The South Korean unit will export 20,000 units to Europe by the end of the year and begin selling the car early next year. It did not say what the vehicles would priced at.

In the first 10 months of this year, GM Daewoo's total vehicle sales including exports and domestic sales plunged 41.2 percent from a year ago to 457,955 units as demand dried up due to the global financial crisis.


TOPICS: Business/Economy
KEYWORDS: automakers; daewoo; gm; matiz; minicar

The car is nothing to get excited about. The legs are nice.

1 posted on 11/20/2009 5:23:14 AM PST by csvset
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To: csvset

Is this the american version of the MINI??? which is pretty much a death trap.


2 posted on 11/20/2009 5:25:32 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: csvset

I had a Daewoo can-opener once.


3 posted on 11/20/2009 5:26:39 AM PST by SMARTY ("What luck for rulers that men do not think. " Adolph Hitler)
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To: Sacajaweau

SUVs can be a death trap, too. A good driver is still a car’s best safety feature :)


4 posted on 11/20/2009 5:29:58 AM PST by mewzilla (Voter fraud is treason.)
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To: csvset

Is this small enough?
5 posted on 11/20/2009 5:33:40 AM PST by cavador (Wash your Hands-Cover that sneeze!It helps stop the H1N1 Virus)
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To: csvset

That car is a casket on wheels. At least the buyer can forego buying a coffin.

And yes, those legs are fine, but the stilettos are naughty!


6 posted on 11/20/2009 5:34:57 AM PST by Mengerian
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To: Mengerian

I like the nawty shoes!


7 posted on 11/20/2009 5:37:10 AM PST by GulfBreeze (Palin 2012 - For The Change You Wanted!!!)
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To: SMARTY

I’ve owned a Daewoo vcr and rifle.


8 posted on 11/20/2009 6:52:42 AM PST by Spike Knotts
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To: csvset
They've been selling these things in europe for years. Think: 2 door Aveo.

CC

9 posted on 11/20/2009 7:01:26 AM PST by Celtic Conservative (Calling illegal aliens "undocumented workers" is like calling drug dealers "unlicensed pharmacists")
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To: csvset

Check out the review for the Matiz. I had to stop reading.

http://auto.syl.com/auto/Daewoo/Matiz

Generally, the anti-nobbling appliance was also enormously big-ticket, however it is cognizable that the getting was very profitable, since it forwarded both to retrieve the wheels and locate those provocative and also large-hearted criminals. Likewise, the fearsome anti-nobbling implement, produced by stickout the foremen of that polished vehicles` partnership, was not solitary spring for such trimming on-going of the sneaks.

Those derisive chaps traced the occupant of anti-raped this vehicle and lost firmness. Actually, they decided to recover that wheels to the justice`s demoiselle holus-bolus, to skip further contretemps. The latterday sorts of Daewoo Matiz is more irreprehensible and more chintzy synchronously. The erectors of this company have absolutely rearranged the moss-grown but very famous wheel which enduringly invites towering notice for client, and declined the worth.


10 posted on 11/20/2009 7:02:24 AM PST by listenhillary (A "cult of personality" arises when a leader uses mass media creating idealized/heroic public image)
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To: Celtic Conservative

If the Baraqqis can’t get you on a bus or train, they want you in one of these.


11 posted on 11/20/2009 7:05:20 AM PST by nascarnation
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To: listenhillary
Once more, in English please. My farsi is a little rusty.

CC

12 posted on 11/20/2009 7:06:13 AM PST by Celtic Conservative (Calling illegal aliens "undocumented workers" is like calling drug dealers "unlicensed pharmacists")
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To: nascarnation
They'll have to pry My '55 chevy from My cold, dead hands.

CC

13 posted on 11/20/2009 7:08:37 AM PST by Celtic Conservative (Calling illegal aliens "undocumented workers" is like calling drug dealers "unlicensed pharmacists")
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To: Celtic Conservative

I’m sure the Baraqqis would love to drive up fuel prices, but Democrats facing re-election are starting to sweat.


14 posted on 11/20/2009 7:12:46 AM PST by nascarnation
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To: cavador

I saw one of those a few days ago! It was a pewter color, and it was parked right next to a full sized SUV( which was also pewter) at a Casey’s store . I said to the SUV’s owner, “Looks like your vehicle had a cub.” I’d been wondering just what the heck the little vehicle was. It was....cute,like an internal combustion engine equivalent of a chihuahua or a miniature dachshund.


15 posted on 11/20/2009 7:26:44 AM PST by kaylar
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To: listenhillary

That’s not a review, it is an auto generated page on personal dating website designed to produce traffic by generating gibberish that looks like real information to google’s crawlers.


16 posted on 11/20/2009 7:36:59 AM PST by GulfBreeze (Palin 2012 - For The Change You Wanted!!!)
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To: kaylar; cavador

What many people don’t get: Yes, the smart is a terrible family car. And it isn’t very cheap, either. But it’s a comfortable and safe mode of transportation for big cities like Rome, Tokyo or San Francisco. Because it beats the hell out of every scooter and you can still park it anywhere. Just like the other way round a full-size pick-up is great for Idaho, but idiotic for New York.


17 posted on 11/22/2009 4:26:18 AM PST by wolf78 (Inflation is a form of taxation, too. Cranky Libertarian - equal opportunity offender.)
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