Daewoo Espero is a four-door, five-seater mid-sized saloon produced by the South Korean company Daewoo Motors from September 1990 to 1997.
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17 Facts About Daewoo Espero
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The Espero was the first car entirely developed by Daewoo, which until then had only manufactured models developed by Opel.
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The Daewoo Espero achieved very good results in the wind tunnel, at 0.
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The styling was very different from the European Daewoo Espero's, including no badge at the front but at the rear and on the steering wheel; the badge was black and had white three waves and white writing 'ESPERO' underneath it.
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When Daewoo arrived in the UK at the beginning of 1995, Daewoo was aiming the Espero to the Cavalier and Mondeo market, plus providing good promotions and offers in the package.
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Daewoo Espero provided fixed prices and they claimed this was the best way of selling a car.
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On 6 December 1996, Daewoo announced that from 9 December 1996 they will raise the prices of their range reflecting changes made to the vehicles for 1997 model year :.
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Daewoo Espero was given an 'AUTOMATIC' badge at the boot lid for those which had an automatic transmission or a 'TWIN CAM 8v' badge on the 1.
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People were not sure what was the replacement for the Espero, but a new Daewoo range was added in September 1997 and in 1998 the Matiz.
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One of the main reasons the Daewoo Espero became so rare was because of an ABS control module which was not only difficult to replace but very expensive when it was faulty.
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Daewoo Espero was praised however for its durability and long-term reliability, so taxi drivers often used them.
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Daewoo Espero was marketed as 'Aranos' because the word 'Daewoo Espero' translated to 'I hope'.
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In 1994, the Daewoo Espero was launched in the Brazilian market, imported from South Korea.
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In 1995, the Daewoo Espero was updated which included new badging, the 'knickers' like badge, exterior and interior.
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Some Daewoo Espero's had the '2000i' emblem at the back to represent this.
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In Top Gear 1997, the Daewoo Espero was placed 39th out of 120 in an 'N' registration JD power survey.
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