Daewoo Lanos Midsize | Compact

Daewoo Lanos Midsize | Compact 

DESCRIPTION

The Daewoo Lanos is offered as a two-door coupe and four-door sedan with 1.6-liter, 105-hp 4 cylinder coupled with a five-speed manual transmission. ABS is standard.

USER REVIEWS

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[Sep 04, 2000]
Achi Lottan
Model Reviewed: S, SE

Strength:

price (sounds funny eh? you probably don't know anything about the taxes in Israel).

Weakness:

hm... had some problems with the brakes

i have 2 lanos cars in my family.
one (1998 S) i got from the company i work for. the car works fine for me. almost had no problems (once the AC belt was torn, and brakes replaced).

because this car worked for me, we recently bought a 5door SE for my wife. with a metalic dark red colour she couldn't be happier... add to that the great sony disc player i've added, and this baby causes people to turn around.

all in all, i think it's good value for what you pay for.

achi

Similar Products Used:

None

OVERALL
RATING
4
VALUE
RATING
4
[Aug 30, 2000]
Roberto Ronchi

Strength:

the only reason is the little price... mmmh, the seats are also good!

Weakness:

No handling, No brakes, brake disc broken after 6 months, front light broken twice, ashtray broken after 7 months (no way to have the spare part) neverending small troubles...

I'm still trying to sell it but it's really difficult in Italy, Daewoo Italy promised a tree year warranty but there are no spare parts and most of the times they find a good reason to consider your problem out of warranty... definitely one of the worst car I owned...

I payed my lanos about 10.000$ after 1 year and a half there's no way to sell it for more than 6.500$!!!!!

Similar Products Used:

None

OVERALL
RATING
1
VALUE
RATING
1
[Jul 08, 2000]
Jansa

Strength:

This is the best car I have ever driven and I just love it. My Lanos is in a very good shape and it has not had any faults. And it did not cost that much.

Weakness:

Little noise on highway, but it's not a problem.

It cost in Estonia (That's in Europe) 8000 US dollars. That is a wery good bargain. I do recommend this car to everyone in the world.

Similar Products Used:

No comment.

OVERALL
RATING
5
VALUE
RATING
5
[Jul 06, 2000]
Thomas Topol
Model Reviewed: Daewoo Lanos SE

Strength:

It was cheap. For a small cheap car, the styling wasn't bad.

Weakness:

Just about everything. The quality was very poor. The breaks went after just 10,000 kms. The crome on the front grill started peeling after three months, the paint on the hood and front bumper faded badly. Did I say poor breaks? The acceleration was non-existent, the car got in its own way! Did I say poor breaks? No air bags, poor sounding stereo. Cassette player broke down repeatedly. Sun visor had to be replaced on a monthly basis. I could go on. Did I say poor breaks...?

$9,000. I would not recommend this car to anyone. Indeed, I felt guilty when I sold it!

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Toyota Cressida, well the Toyota wasn't very good either... That said, this is a poor excuse for a car.

OVERALL
RATING
1
VALUE
RATING
1
[May 09, 2001]
Shawn
Model Reviewed: lanos

Strength:

easy on gas

Weakness:

bad head gasket, power steering or trans. howling below zero, bad door seals, bent rim from factory that they charged me for to replace. bad spark plugs, flashing engine light.

good on gas seeking lemon law in MN for new car or for them to pay it off

Similar Products Used:

chevy corsica, ford escort

OVERALL
RATING
2
VALUE
RATING
2
[May 09, 2000]
Jay Hardell
Model Reviewed: Daewoo Lanos

Strength:

I love the color (silver) and the thing is a babe magnet!!

Weakness:

Th driver side door and i is dirt slow.

I paid $9,4000 and it runs like a top. I strongly recomend this car to any 1st tome car owner. It takes barely gass and the stereo is quite respectable.

Similar Products Used:

nothing i have owned

OVERALL
RATING
4
VALUE
RATING
4
[Apr 13, 2000]
Nicolas Blais

Strength:

I guess it's good looking...or is it?

Weakness:

Everything, the mechanics, the brakes...everything!

Well, first, the car (if that's called a car) falls apart as you look at it. Riding it only makes it worse. It was the worst thing I ever bought. The toolkit should have come with it. It's not believable how many problems I had with this car: First, for no reason, the windshield came off when I was going about 60 mph. Daewoo fixed it and said it was "a manufacturer default". Then, the motor blew on me. After having that fixed, the grill-like thing in front of the car flew on the highroad and one of my back doors couldn't open nor close anymore. Oh, and the brakes only seemed to work on the left side of the car, the other side kidda gave a burnt metal smell. It's a good thing I didn't pay for the repair and I was extremely happy when I sold it at the scrap yard for 300$. WILL NEVER BUY FROM DAEWOO AGAIN. Heck, all Daewoo's good for is for TVs. And are they good at that?

Similar Products Used:

Lada cars.

OVERALL
RATING
1
VALUE
RATING
1
[Apr 17, 2000]
Frank

Strength:

Everything, I've put almost 10,000 miles on it and the only problem I had was a light bulb burnt out.

Weakness:

The only thing I would change about the car is that I would like to be able to lock the driver's door without having to use the key. Trivial, but it's annoying

I paid $10,500 and I would pay it again. I love this car and I would recommend it to anyone.

Similar Products Used:

None

OVERALL
RATING
4
VALUE
RATING
5
[Jan 24, 2001]
Ananth Veeriah
Model Reviewed: /lanos S

Strength:

Cute looks,fantastic Style, good handling, excellent road grip on highways at 90mph.Easy to use controls

Weakness:

Noisy engine,because of the small size rattles a lot.Lack of power with AC on.

Would recommend for anyone who is looking for new car and good value for $$. Not recommended for places with bad roads (oh it rattles a lot..)

Similar Products Used:

Honda civic,Mitsubishi Gallant

OVERALL
RATING
3
VALUE
RATING
4
[Feb 12, 2001]
Howie

Strength:

Put 300 miles on it as a weekend rental in Florida. Granted that's not exactly owning one but here are my impressions:
-Has decent power for an economy car. Cruising at 70mph on the freeway with little problem.
-Decent Stereo
-Paint job is top notch, paint shimmers!
-Cute looks, nice grille
-Good handling

Weakness:

-Fairly loud engine
-Only so-so acceleration off the line (but that's expected)
-Didn't care too much for the seats. Kinda stiff and not the most supportive but liveable.
-For some reason I only averaged 25mpg. I would expect better gas mileage!
-CAN'T LOCK THE CAR FROM THE INSIDE! HAVE TO USE THE KEY! ANNOYING!

I had fun in the Lanos. It's a nice little scoot around town car. Brand new it's a cheap, good bargain. I really don't like the fact that you have to use the key to lock it and the gas mileage was kind of disappointing. But not a bad car if mileage improved with future tanks. Good value in my opinion.

Similar Products Used:

Mazda Protege-classier car, quicker, more comfy but more $ too

OVERALL
RATING
4
VALUE
RATING
4
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