Test Drive Daewoo Nexia (Kletn) 1995 - NV Sedan

Daewoo Nexia or conveyor that goes east

General Motors combined efforts with the leading automaker of Uzbekistan to satisfy the automotive needs of Eastern Europe and Central Asia. The last project, over which Uz-Daewoo worked without official participation GM has become a new generation of Daewoo Nexia. In early June, the novelty officially presented to journalists from Russia and the CIS.
GENERAL MOTORS already has a number of assembly enterprises in the production of Chevrolet in Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Poland. In March 2008, General Motors and Joint-Stock Company Uzavtosanate announced the creation of a joint venture General Motors Uzbekistan. From this point on, Daewoo cars made in Uzbekistan began to be denoted by the chevrolet branded cross. In the same month, the Alliance showed a new NEXIA, which will also be produced in the domestic market as Chevy, and in the export variant will save the former shutters.
Asakinsky plant, where the second version of the Uzbek Bestseller N150 was shown (the previous generation of Nexia was the model number N100) Nadezhda and the Support of the automotive industry of Uzbekistan. And not only the car industry, but also the economy of the country as a whole, which has recently obtained a powerful impulse for growth. Following the automotive industry in Uzbekistan, the automotive components industry reached: the production of the new Nexia is half a localized in Asak, and this is not the limit. Within the framework of the Localization Program, new enterprises for the production of nodes and components for automobiles continue to be created.
The words
We are pleased to combine efforts with a reliable manufacturing partner, Uzavtosanoat, said the president and CEO of GM Daewoo Michael Grimoldi. A new joint venture GM Uzbekistan will give GM additional production facilities necessary in order to keep up with fast demand in Central Asia and Eastern Europe.
The youngest and rapidly developing industries of Uzbekistan are open to cooperation, and General Motors turned out to be as impossible. Experience, resources and technologies of the concern will help the Uzbek auto industry to develop and then GM plans to integrate Uzavtosanoate into its production network and allow Uzbeks to sell produced cars not only in the domestic market, but also throughout the CIS. In the coming years, the plant management plans to increase the capacity of Asakin auto industry to 250,000 Chevrolet cars per year.
It is not difficult to guess what brand car in Uzbekistan is the most. On the empty streets of Andijan and its surroundings, you can find the entire model range of Daewoo products in the history of Asakinsky auto plant: from Tico's baby and Damas minibus to Prince and Nexia police sedans. The traffic jams in Uzbekistan are also there, but not on the streets, but at gas stations. Can be lined up to a dozen-one and a half cars, and there is no one in the next gas station at 50 meters
The words
A partnership between Uzavtosanoate and General Motors will help bring Uzbekistan's automotive industry to a new level of development, President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov said. Our goal is to build a world-class industry, which will bring the people of Uzbekistan a wide range of modern, attractive and affordable vehicles.
 
The presented Nexia is officially considered new, although it is based on the old platform, transmission and most engines. The main changes affected the appearance and the cabin. Outside, new front and rear bumpers, stylish headlight lights, a new radiator grille, other rear lights with turns and fog lights are clearly noticeable. The location of the license plate is transferred from the rear bumper on the trunk lid with the spoiler. Of course, Nexia began to look more modern and even more different from the outside from Opel Kadett. But technologically, Nexia has not changed and will not change: the improvement of the know-how used should lead to a rise in the model, and this will become a serious interference to sell the car.
In the interior there were more notable changes. Salon Pepling with a combination of gray, black and silver plastic. In addition, the top of the center console coming up with the dashboard is seriously redone. In addition to the last steering wheel, seats and finishing doors. Also added two-way audio system, the third stop signal and electronic clock. The interior can still be called modern, although complaints about the quality of the assembly (at least on the models presented) is not.
A trip to the Test Plant Polygon is a good opportunity to look close to a new 1.6-liter 105-strong motor that meets Euro-3 requirements. The ecological framework did not deprive the engine of the sedan, the sedan pulls from the bottom and is perfectly riding at high speeds. But there is not enough elasticity: the choice is higher than the transfer, it threatens the engine reluctance to move the car further. Especially in a hill.
But the engine works surprisingly quiet. Even with increasing revolutions, the sound of the motor does not annoy. Did noise insulation and on the test track with an uneven road. The small irregularities of the suspension of Nexia swallows easily and without noise, with major copes, but already with sound. If you do not sort out at speeds (along the road placed signs with a speed limit) of vibration minimal, and Nexia retains a completely acceptable level of smoothness.
In the rotations of the Nexia (as well as the previous generation), he is strongly cubed and late with reactions: made the left turn, began to turn to the right, and the car has not yet come from the squat to the left front wheel. But this is not surprisingly finalizing the chassis at the moment is not a primary task for UZ-Daewoo engineers. The main thing is, according to the management of the Uzbek enterprise, the price of Nexia managed to maintain the same level. And the lack of machines is not expected, the conveyor is already running!
 
reference
In March 1996, the first car Daewoo Damas came off the conveyor of the Asakinsky Automobile plant. Next, the launch of the production of Nexia, Damas and Tico was launched. In August 2001, a presentation of Compact bestseller Matiz was held. Today, the factory is also available models of Chevrolet Captiva, Epica and Tacuma (in Russia known as Chevrolet Rezzo), and from January it is planned to launch the production of Lacetti from the components arrived from Korea. But all these cars are produced for the domestic market and the CIS countries and to Russia will not reach Russia. Most likely...
 
 

A source: Magazine "Wheel" [July 2008]