The Daewoo Lanos was a subcompact car designed by Giorgetto Giugiaro and produced by Daewoo Motors from 1997 to 2002. Three body styles of the Lanos were available, a hatchback with 3 or 5 doors and a sedan. The cars were equipped with GM Family 1 D-TEC engines ranging from 1.5 L SOHC to 1.6 L DOHC. Giorgetto Giugiaro Giorgetto Giugiaro (born 7 August 1938) is an Italian car designer, one of the most influential and prolific ever. ... This article is about the auto company GM Daewoo. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII in Roman) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2002 (MMII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A hatchback is a type of automobile design, consisting of a passenger cabin which includes an integrated cargo space, accessed from behind by a hatch or flip-up window. ... A Ford Taurus, a recognizable sedan. ... The Family 1 is a straight-4 piston engine that was developed by Opel Powertrain, a subsidary of Adam Opel A.G. to replace low-displacement versions of GM Family II engine for use on subcompact cars from Opel/Vauxhall. ... Single overhead cam (also SOHC) refers to the internal combustion engine design where one camshaft is located above the valves. ... A double overhead cam (also called a dual overhead cam, DOHC, or twincam) engine is a type of internal combustion engine where the camshafts that operate the intake and exhaust valves are mounted above the cylinders, and where there are separate camshafts for inlet and exhaust valves. ...

CKD kits were supplied to the Polish car factory FSO and the Ukrainian factory ZAZ. In 2002, ZAZ equipped some of the kits with a domestic MeMZ-307 engine and sold this version under the Daewoo Sens name. CKD is a three-letter acronym that stands for Complete, Knocked Down. ... Fabryka Samochodów Osobowych (FSO) means in Polish Passenger Car Factory, simply. ... ZAZ or Zaporizhia Automobile Building Plant (Ukrainian: ЗАЗ, Запорізький автомобілебудівельний завод) is the main automobile-manufacturer of Ukraine, based in the south-eastern city of Zaporizhzhya. ... 2002 (MMII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Melitopol Motor Plant or MeMZ (Russian: Мелитопольский моторный завод, МеМЗ) is a leading Ukrainian engine factory. ...

By late 2002, the Daewoo Kalos had succeeded the Lanos in the lineup. 2002 (MMII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2003 Daewoo Kalos hatchback The Daewoo Kalos is a subcompact automobile built by GM Daewoo, a South Korean subsidiary of General Motors. ...

The Lanos today

In 2004, ZAZ adopted the Lanos chassis for full-scale production and installed new welding and painting lines. The updated version is called the ZAZ Lanos. The engines are still supplied by GM Daewoo, although ZAZ is currently seeking a way to acquire modern engine technology. 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In 2005, GM contracted with ZAZ to provide Ukrainian-assembled Lanos models for the Russian market, to be imported duty-free and sold through the GM dealer network. Sales of the Chevrolet Lanos commenced in Russia in November 2005. The Chevrolet brand was utilized to compete effectively with the Russian-built Renault Logan. Moreover, ZAZ intends to market the Daewoo Sens in Russia starting in 2006. 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... General Motors Corporation (NYSE: GM), also known as GM, is a United States-based automobile maker with worldwide operations and brands including Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, GMC, Holden, Hummer, Opel, Pontiac, Saturn, Saab and Vauxhall. ... Logan is a low cost automobile produced by Renault and Dacia. ...