Faults:

Rear wheel bearing needed replacement.

Front wish-bones needed renewing.

General Comments:

Mine is in metallic silver and I feel the design is still relatively modern. Many people have complemented the appearance of the car, it has a distinctive bonnet and large headlights. The rear of the car also looks good. The chrome badging throughout gives a smart appearance overall.

The interior is solid and of good quality, it is quite a civilised place to be! The chrome detailing continues through to the interior with large curved chrome door handles. In terms of creature comforts, the car has every option that the modern motorist requires. Air conditioning with pollen filter, PAS, ABS with EBD, Dual airbags, dual cup-holders, Remote boot release, remote fuel release, velour upholstery, pioneer CD player, excellent 6-way speakers! It all feels well put together - after all - it was constructed in one of the most modern manufacturing plants at the time!

The car also benefits from remote central locking, alarm and immobiliser.

Fuel economy is good rather than outstanding, I tend to average 32 mpg in the city, 40-42 mpg on the motorway.

Reliability? Well I needed to have the wishbones and one rear bearing replaced, but this was not expensive. The daewoo/chevrolet dealers seem polite and efficient.

Sailed through its m.o.t.!

Comfortable to drive, even after 5 hour journeys!

Overall I am pleased with the car and will look to daewoo/chevrolet when it is due for replacement.

Faults:

Within the first year of owning the car, electrical faults began to occur. The car was taken to a main dealer and a wiring loom under the dashboard was replaced under the manufacturers warranty.

The exhaust manifold cracked at 50,000 miles and had to be replaced. The replacement manifold was very expensive.

My head gasket blew at 72,000 miles. Since the car is now seven years old it is uneconomical to have the engine repaired at a main dealers. This causes its own problems as spare parts are very expensive (head gasket set costs in excess of £100, as does the timing belt and pulley set). In addition Daewoo will not allow you to purchase a workshop manual for the car.

Electrical faults occur periodically during wet or cold weather.

General Comments:

Little dealer support.

The manufacturer will not sell workshop manuals for this car.

Faults:

Rattling timing belt tensioner (replaced about 10 miles before it failed completely - lucky!)

PAS rack leaked

Front suspension bushes collapsed

Gear linkage went out of adjustment

Fan blower packed up

Half the dash illumination packed up

Cupholder broke

Fuel gauge packed up

Demister never worked properly.

General Comments:

Took a company car allowance and bought this two year old, FSH'd Daewoo for the princely sum of £3,000. At the end of the day, I was just after a tolerable drive, reliability and something I could chuck in the bin after a couple of years while pocketing the majority chunk of my allowance each month. Using proven Vauxhall parts, I thought this would meet my criteria, and owning a Caterham 7, I didn't need to get any enjoyment out of this car, just for it to work. I screwed up!

It's a piece of junk. The engine is ace though - a good growly 2.0 16v Vauxhall lump which kicks out the best part of 140 bhp and delivers truly surprising performance. 8.something to 60 and an indicated 130 and still pulling. Trouble is the hopelessness of the chassis makes using it nothing short of terrifying. Like I said, I didn't expect fun, but it truly is horrible. The steering merits particular comment as one of the biggest pieces of evil ever to come from the engineering hand of mankind. Might as well not be connected to the front wheels for all the feel it has and the effect it has in the wet (i.e. none!)

Brakes are crap too - the ABS cuts in woefully early to the point of making the car dangerous in the wet. In the snow it simply refuses to stop at all. Rides like a skateboard, yet floats and wallows like a drunkard if you so much as point the car at a corner.

I could have lived with most of this had it been reliable. The engine never missed a beat apart from the timing belt tensioner, but the rest of the car was utter crap. After a couple of years, you can see why these cars cost so little. Despite using "proven" Vauxhall parts, Daewoo seem to strip every piece of mechanical integrity out of every part before chucking it onto the production line.

Avoid this steaming piece of junk at all costs.