Korean Daewoo workers protest GM take over

[TheGreatAndPowerfulOz]

http://www.ananova.com/business/story/sm_496555.html

[lanos2001]

see now that what makes me proud of being korean.
go get 'em guy, get 'em


nick

[TheGreatAndPowerfulOz]

On the right side of that photo, one of the signs being held up says "Anti USA" with a red X over the US flag and under it says "No GM"

[lanos2001]

On the right side of that photo, one of the signs being held up says "Anti USA" with a red X over the US flag and under it says "No GM"

it does? hold on let me look...........well besides that part then. didn't notice that.

nick

[PrecisionBoost]

Ummmmm.... Daewoo's are made on a GM chassis with GM engines, GM suspension, GM transmissions, GM Brake system, GM Engine management..... so..... how is it a Daewoo??

If GM wasn't involved there might not have been a Daewoo Lanos, Nubira or Leganza.

Perhaps this might piss a few people off but really..... the Daewoo plant was just another "assembly point" for a GM vehicle sporting a body designed by an Italian design company.

I don't know why they would say "Anti USA" since GM is an international company and GM north america has absolutely zero involvement with Daewoo..... it's actually Holden that owns the majority of GMDAT.... which makes sense because the engine is made in Australia in the Holden engine plant at Port Melbourne, Victoria.

Here is the statistics for this plant....

2004 Engine volumes:

Family II four cylinder: 143,897
ECOTEC V6: 57,341
Global V6: 55,999

2004 Average Daily Engine Production

Family II and V6: 1136
2004 Exports
Total Engines 147,029

[flat6]

it's actually Holden that owns the majority of GMDAT.... which makes sense because the engine is made in Australia in the Holden engine plant at Port Melbourne, Victoria.

Here is the statistics for this plant....

2004 Engine volumes:

Family II four cylinder: 143,897
ECOTEC V6: 57,341
Global V6: 55,999

2004 Average Daily Engine Production

Family II and V6: 1136
2004 Exports
Total Engines 147,029

Yes, it makes me sick, I feel dirty every time I think my car is a holden

But yeh, daewoo or "daewong" in australia are fully operated by holden

Received the letter a few months back informing me to go to holden for spare parts

[PrecisionBoost]

I don't know why you would feel sick about the Familly II engines they seem to last for ever.... unless you forget about the timing belt.

I like to think of my car as an Opel product more than a Holden product but when it comes right down to it the parts for these engines are manufactured all around the world.... so Australia and Korea are really just "assembly points" for our Daewoo vehicles.

I heard that Holden killed Daewoo in Australia...... which I can understand.... they probably don't want the Daewoo's competing against their own brand for some reason.

Who knows.... they might follow GM north americas lead and simply change the names..... you might get a "Holden Optra" some time soon.

[DomWoo]

actaully on the daewoo web site.. somewhere it has all the news from day to day and they are making daewoos for holden

[nefary]

I think that is the proplem where the daewoo made . all cars company have factories any many places (India , China , australia ,..........) and daewoo as a new car company must have a world designed car . I mean that it had to have exprience from Italy ( design) & GM for technecal. all new company also did that( ex.. seat, hyundai & the new chinees cars like cherry & jeely) .
I dont know what made the daewoo to have all this debt . but I think that daewoo would be a good company ( like KIA & Hyundai for example ) but it had bad luck

I realise now that GM will Kill daewoo forever . it will be a local car only like Holden as I think . GM will replace daewoo name in europe . & it is done here in the middle east by replacing the daewoo (lacetti, kalos , evanda) by chevrolet (optra , aveo ,epica)

In here (EGYPT) daewoo is a very famous car . & the last factory made woos is in here ( still produce Lanos 2 & Nubira2) . NOw chevrolet will introduce the chevy optra & aveo here - I think if this cars introduce as daewoo will meet sucess than a chevrolets

realy I dont know what is the policy of that . but it makes me sad because we will have no woos in the future