Hey Mark....

[cornercamping]

http://www.clickondetroit.com/automotive/3421120/detail.html

[Super Dave]

All I have to say is Daewoo...

[cornercamping]

Maybe, but it may put the "Big 3" into trouble with the entry level vehicles like the Neon, Focus, and Sunfire.  If I was buying a entry level 4 cyl. for daily driving, I'd seriously consider a $10k car with a 10/100K warranty, even if it was a dirt cheap Kia Rio type import.  If you think about it, for  $100.00 a month, you really can't beat it.  Plus, they're guarantee'n they're quality with the 10/100, something that the Big 3 have YET to do....  :-/

[Johnny B]

....from the man who gave us Subaru's first attempt at the US market (which failed), the Bricklin sports car with no ashtray ("You shouldn't smoke while driving.") and the Yugo.  ;D
I can't help but wonder if the market these cars are aimed at might stir a backlash because of China's human rights record. (Not that I give a rat's ass, but you read these things in the paper)
Is Daewoo still around? I know Hyundi pulled Kia's butt out of hot water and put them on the 10/10,000 program, as well as squelching labor problems and putting the suppliers on notice about quality.
I'm sure the Big 3 are shaking in their boots.  :P

[Super Dave]

Ah, warranties...

Those are for manufacturer's defects, not wear.

Good luck to those people that buy on warranty merits.  When it's worn out, or the company folds like Daewoo, it's not covered.

If there was a huge market for four cylinder $hit boxes, they would be outselling pic ups and SUV's...but they don't.

So........

Daewoo is gone.  The dealership I'm working at used to sell them.  You can't really get parts, there is no warranty on those parts, and there is no warranty regardless.  

The one's that are around for oil changes are just falling apart.  Belts, cam sensors, etc.  

[Mark Bernard]

Ah, warranties...

Those are for manufacturer's defects, not wear.

Good luck to those people that buy on warranty merits.  When it's worn out, or the company folds like Daewoo, it's not covered.

If there was a huge market for four cylinder $hit boxes, they would be outselling pic ups and SUV's...but they don't.

So........

Daewoo is gone.  The dealership I'm working at used to sell them.  You can't really get parts, there is no warranty on those parts, and there is no warranty regardless.  

The one's that are around for oil changes are just falling apart.  Belts, cam sensors, etc.  

I couldn't have put it any better Dave. I could add a few other issues , but I wont. Bottom line is you get what you pay for! Mark!

[Super Dave]

Yeah...

Here's my issue.

At what point did some people of the soccer mom era lose sight that differences in price might have meaning?

If you pay less than 10k for a new car...great...

But what does that buy you?  For current Daewoo owners, no dealers, no warranty, no parts, no resale.

Really cheap cars are for socialist economies like Europe and Asia where the nanny state taxes everyone to death.  

And that's why those little foreign cars were so good during the early gas crunch years;  they already had to make tiny engines and all for their economies.

Car of the Year in China was the Ford Mondeo.  So, what's up with that?  

[Woofentino Pugrossi]

Car of the Year in China was the Ford Mondeo.  So, what's up with that?  

For those who dont know what the Ford Mondeo is, its the non-North American version of the Ford Contour. ;D

[r1owner]

I'd like to have that Austrialian inline six turbo sedan here that Ford makes over there (name escapes me at the moment)...  That thing is freaking awesome...

[Old808]

Aren't Daewoo cars sold as Chevys for 2005?

[Woofentino Pugrossi]

I'd like to have that Austrialian inline six turbo sedan here that Ford makes over there (name escapes me at the moment)...  That thing is freaking awesome...

Ford Falcon XR6T is the one you are thinking of. I owned a XF Falcon in 88. Vicious little 6 cyl. ;D

[Super Dave]

Aren't Daewoo cars sold as Chevys for 2005?

Kind of a bizzare blend...

Chevy sells Chevy branded Suzuki's...Some of them used to be Geo's, then became Chevy's.

Some Suzuki's use Daewoo parts, etc.

Daewoo US is gone.  I think Chevy bought Daewoo Korea?