Daewoo Leganza: Elegance and Power
This vehicle comes with an exterior that has been jointly designed by in-house stylists and Giugiaros renowned ItalDesign operation. The latter is an Italian studio that has been the very reason for the Lexus GS300s faade. Daewoo claims that the name for this vehicle, Leganza, is a combination of two words taken from the Italian language Elegante, meaning elegant, and Forza, meaning power.
The Daewoo Leganza made its way into the American automobile market as Daewoos flagship small car. This midsize sedan is fairly cheap and holds loads of equipment. It is made from respectable quality materials. Statistics and sales show that the Daewoo Leganza is the largest and the most expensive vehicle model that Daewoo, the automobile company, has presented and introduced to the United States. This vehicle has been made available in three trim levels which comprise of the SE, the SX, and the premium CDX.
The Daewoo Leganza cries out with a confident styling as well as an advanced powertrain and suspension. Giving the vehicle a distinctive kind of look is its chromed radiator grille. This grille also gives the car more elegance. For a very affordable sedan, the Daewoo Leganza sports along with it a unique and creative style and design. Impressing its competition as well as the customers, the Daewoo Leganza holds high quality body parts, a range of options for comfort, and a variety of choices for paint finish and color. Available for the interior and cabin is a leather option and a nice wood trim. As per performance, this sedan comes with a modest body roll during cornering and light steering, a fully independent strut-type suspension, four wheel disc anti-lock brakes, and a rack and pinion power steering. It holds Daewoos D-Tec engine as well as a five-speed manual for its base transmission.
Customers can choose from an array of body colors for the Daewoo Leganza. The available colors comprise of scarlet mica, poly silver metallic, olive silver metallic, midnight blue mica, harbost mist mica, granada black mica, and galaxy white. The available colors for its interior are gray and beige.
This vehicles comes with a variety of features. The list includes a front wheel drive, a front anti-roll bar, coil rear springs, front and rear mud flaps, a chrome grille, an illuminated entry, driver airbags, passenger airbags, dual power remote heated mirrors, a day/night rearview mirror, front bucket seats, a full cloth headliner, a carpet floor trim, front reading lights, an air filter, an AM/FM stereo with seek-scan, an auto-reverse cassette, six speakers, power door locks, an in-dash clock, a tilt steering wheel, power front and rear windows, a rear defroster, and a tachometer.
By Joe Thompson.
Visit the Blog about daewoo matizGet Ready for the GM Daewoo Lacetti Sport Wagon and Lacetti Diesel
GM Daewoo has recently launched two new models on Jeju Island---the Lacetti Diesel and the Lacetti Sport Wagon. These two new vehicles will provide GM Daewoo with a more comprehensive diesel lineup beginning with the SUVs to compact and midsize sedans plus a range of body styles. The Lacetti Diesel Sedan Hatchback and Sport Wagon complement the much-admired diesel Winstorm SUV and the Tosca Diesel premium sedan which made its debut in last 2006.
GM Daewoo at present offers two variants of its top-of-the-line direct fuel injection common rail diesel engine in Korea. Both have 2.0 liter displacements and are tuned in accordance to the characteristics of their respective models. All of GM Daewoo eco-friendly diesel vehicles are equipped with maintenance free-free DFP short for Diesel Particulate Filter and EGR or Exhaust Gas Recirculation. These vehicles were built in accordance to the EURO IV standard, reducing emissions by almost 50 percent compared to the common Euro III compliant engines without sacrificing performance.
The Lacetti is also equipped with top-of-the-line GM parts starting from the big, complex parts such as its exhaust system which is similar to the quality of Chevrolet exhaust system and comparable in performance with the Dodge exhaust.
The 2.0 liter TCDi or Turbocharger Common-Rail Direct Injection engine produces 89 kW or 121 PS at 3,800 rpm and maximum torque of 28.6 kg m (280 Nm) at 2,000 rpm. The four-valve powerplant features a state-of-the-art Bosch common-rail system, which injects diesel fuel directly into the engines combustion chambers at a pressure of up to 1,600 bar.
To provide supreme performance ninety percent of the maximum torque is generated throughout a wide rpm zone between 1,800 and 3,400 rpm to deliver maximum performance. This provides the three-diesel-powered Lacettis with superior pulling and climbing power which is comparable to gasoline-powered models.
The Lacetti Diesel can reach peak speed of 188 km/h offered in both sedan and hatchback variants with an automatic transmission. Outstanding fuel efficiency is a hallmark of the Lacetti Diesel which is courtesy by the models advanced five-speed automatic transmission which is a first among Korean-built cars in its segment.
The Lacetti sedan and hatchback with a manual transmission obtains fuel efficiency of 18.4 km per liter exceeding the already marvelous Lacetti 1.6 liter gasoline model by almost 30 percent. On the other hand the versions with an automatic transmission achieve fuel efficiency of 14.9 km per liter and in combination with its 60-liter fuel tank; the Lacetti Diesel can be driven by up to 1,100km or 900 km in versions with an automatic transmission.
The Lacetti Diesel Sport Wagon is the only Sport Wagon from the Korean automaker that offers a one-of-a-kind combination of sedan-like comfort plus driving performance courtesy of its low center of gravity. It also has a much spacious luggage room plus flexibility that can match those of compact SUVs while exceeding them greatly in terms of fuel economy. But the best thing about the Lacettis is their price since its much lower compared to a typical 2.0 liter minivans and compact SUVs.
The generous headroom for the driver and front-seat passenger measures 1,000mm while the legroom in the rear measures 932 mm. The Sport Wagons interior is second to none. The seatbacks can be folded in ration of 60:40, an aluminum-look roof rack is offered as a standard. There were also 25 trays and holders that are offered as additional storage that makes the Lacetti an ideal vehicle for leisure activities.
By Jerick Brooks.
