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1989 Pontiac LeMans

1989 Pontiac LeMans in Friends, TV Series, 1994-2004 IMDB Ep. 5.07

Class: Cars, Hatchback — Model origin: DE — Built in: KR — Made for: USA

1989 Pontiac LeMans

Position 00:01:51 [*] Background vehicle

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antp BE

◊ 2007-10-06 11:18

 I suppose that this is a Pontiac LeMans (rebadged Daewood based on old Opel Kadett)

CarChasesFanatic ES

◊ 2007-10-06 11:43

 Not a rebadged Daewoo but a rebadged Opel yes, the Daewoo was a newer model.

antp BE

◊ 2007-10-06 11:52

 :??: That Pontiac was made by Daewoo.
And the look-alike Daewoo Nexia was based on the Opel (at least the design).

-- Last edit: 2007-10-06 11:53:28

CarChasesFanatic ES

◊ 2007-10-06 13:01

 But the Opel based Daewoo is newer than the pontiac :??:

Booster

◊ 2007-10-06 13:23

 This is the 80-90s Daewoo LeMans or Daewoo Racer: images/045/075.jpg

That car was facelifted in 2000 (or so) to be sold in Europe as the Daewoo Nexia.

-- Last edit: 2007-10-06 13:24:10

CarChasesFanatic ES

◊ 2007-10-06 14:01

 Ah ok i got it now! i thought it was newer ok! :)

Ingo DE

◊ 2007-10-06 14:57

 Isn't it a shame, how Pontiac has been crushing down?
Compare the Pontiac Le Mans in the past and now: /vehicles_make-Pontiac_model-LeMans.html

Starting as an impressive big U.S.-size-car, ended as a rebadged Opel Kadett E resp.Daewoo. From a German point of view, it's not really possible to lower such an reputation.

Nowadays Chevrolet is one the same way. In Europe they're selling Daewoos under this name, in Russia the Lada Niva, in Souther America Opel Corsas and Astras.
A very big distance to a Bel Air from the 50ies or a Corvette.

A colleague drives a 1989 Corvette. When I'm telling him "Your owning the essence of a Daewoo Nexia, a Lada Niva and a Opel Corsa", he cannot lough. He even throws office material to me. Bad guy.

Weasel1984 PL

◊ 2007-10-06 15:03

 The Nexia was for sure marketed in Europe many years before 2000. Actually since 1997/98 its successor - Lanos - was available (but the production was still continued for example in Romania - Cielo).

-- Last edit: 2007-10-06 15:14:25

Ingo DE

◊ 2007-10-06 15:14

 Yes, Daewoos under the name Daewoo were sold in Europa, too, until the bankruptcy of the company. Was Daewoo completely broken down, or only the car-production? Daewoo Germany was broken down definetely.

You still can find Daewoos on our streets, also in advertises. One of the cheapest possibilities in Germany to buy a car. Similar to cars like a Fiat Tempra, an 80ies Ford Escort or sometimes a Opel Kadett E. A roadworthy, running car for less than 100 Euro, sometimes for free.

-- Last edit: 2007-10-06 15:14:34

Gag Halfrunt UK

◊ 2007-10-06 15:26

 From Wikipedia:
Quote Daewoo owned a share of ZAZ, an automobile manufacturer based in Ukraine from 1998 to 2003. The CKD assembly of the Daewoo Lanos started 2002 and lately it was adopted for full-scale production as the ZAZ Lanos. A version of the Daewoo-developed Chevrolet Aveo is being assembled for local market at the Iliychevsk subsidiary.

In August 1992, Daewoo set up UzDaewooAuto, a joint venture and a factory in Asaka city, Andizhan province, Uzbekistan, leveraging the presence of a large local ethnic Korean minority. Currently, the plant assembles the Matiz and the Nexia for both the local market and export, as well as the Lacetti hatchback and sedan for the domestic market only.

Daewoo also invested into Poland's FSO car factory in 1995, forming a joint venture for assembly of the Matiz microcar, a successor to the Tico that was very popular in the Eastern European market. Since January 2005 FSO began to produce Matiz and Lanos under their own trademark.

Since 1995, Daewoo has acquired a factory in Craiova, Romania which was producing a derivate of a Citroën model, the Oltcit. The entire production facility was refurbished to mainly produce the Cielo model and later, other models. Currently it is producing the Daewoo Cielo, Matiz and Nubira models for the Romanian market, but also exports car parts, such as engines and gearboxes to GM Daewoo and to other companies. The factory was acquired by the Romanian Government which aims to start a new privatisation procedure. GM is one of the potential buyers, along side Ford and Chery.

In 1998, the low-volume assemly of the Lanos, Nubira and the Leganza started in Taganrog, Russia, at the TagAZ factory. The cars were sold on the local market under the Doninvest brand, as the Assol, the Orion and the Kondor, respectively. The project didn't have much success, so TagAZ recently turned to Hyundai and started producing the Hyundai Accent and the Kia Rio

Following the GM buyout in 2002, GM Daewoo lost interest in its overseas assets; the deals on supplies of pre-assembled CKD kits will end in 2005 and the facilities are likely to rely on its own production capabilities from that point on.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GM_Daewoo#Overseas_engagements

The Romanian factory has now been sold to Ford, and IIRC GM has recently bought a minority stake in FSO, which will start assembling GM Daewoo (Chevrolet) cars.

-- Last edit: 2007-10-06 15:32:54

Weasel1984 PL

◊ 2007-10-06 15:27

 Ingo you mean the section which produced coolers, TV sets etc. :D I don't know much about it, but actually they dissapeared from the shops.
But about the cars - the Korean Daewoo wasn't actually in so bad situation because has been quicly took over by the GM, the real drama was in the European branches.

Edit.
The last novelty which as I see isn't yet on the Wiki is that GM made a j.v. with FSO (GM-FSO) which will produce GM-DAT Chevrolets for the European market. First one since this month. Actually the FSO produced and assembled in the 1990's nearly all Daewoo models not only these two, and from there most of them were exported to the European countries.
The Romanian plant has been took over by Ford.

-- Last edit: 2007-10-06 15:39:39

tonkatracker US

◊ 2009-09-08 23:22

 1989

maxman CA

◊ 2012-09-08 08:49

 That car makes me sad.

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