Uploaded June 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
At the end of the 20th century, it looked like the future belonged to Asia. Japanese electronics were second to none, as were their cars, and Korea wasn’t far behind. And one bright star was Daewoo. Founded in 1967, in just 30 years it was Korea’s second largest company. A meteoric rise then, but today its name has all but disappeared. Why did Daewoo decide to make cars, what’s its connection with General Motors and what became of it?
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinjin_Motors
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icmrindia.org/casestudies/catalogue/Business%20Strategy1/Business%20Strategy%20The%20Fall%20of%20Daewoo%20Motors.htm
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saehan_Motors
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GM_Korea
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Spark
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economist.com/special-report/2004/01/22/cadillac-comeback
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Woo-choong
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carsalesbase.com/us-daewoo
ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%8C%80%EC%9A%B0%EA%B7%B8%EB%A3%B9
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At the end of the 20th century, it looked like the future belonged to Asia. Japanese electronics were second to none, as were their cars, and Korea wasn’t far behind. And one bright star was Daewoo. Founded in 1967, in just 30 years it was Korea’s second largest company. A meteoric rise then, but today its name has all but disappeared. Why did Daewoo decide to make cars, what’s its connection with General Motors and what became of it?
If you'd like to support what I do, and get early access to advert-free videos and exclusive channel updates, please consider supporting the channel from just $1 or 80p a month: patreon.com/bigcar
Support me using PayPal: paypal.com/paypalme/bigcartv
Big Car merch: teespring.com/stores/bigcartv
Twitter: twitter.com/bigcartv
My second channel - Little Car: youtube.com/littlecar
Sources
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinjin_Motors
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daewoo
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daewoo_Motors
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Daewoo_models
icmrindia.org/casestudies/catalogue/Business%20Strategy1/Business%20Strategy%20The%20Fall%20of%20Daewoo%20Motors.htm
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saehan_Motors
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isuzu_Gemini
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GM_Korea
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_Legend
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daewoo_Motor_Sales
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daewoo_Lanos
economist.com/business/1999/08/19/the-death-of-daewoo
economist.com/unknown/2000/11/08/the-fall-of-the-house-that-kim-built
economist.com/news-summaries/2001/02/22/business-this-week
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daewoo_Leganza
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Spark
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daewoo_Nubira
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GM_Korea
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Aveo_(T200)
economist.com/special-report/2004/01/22/cadillac-comeback
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Woo-choong
ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%95%9C%EA%B5%AD%EC%A7%80%EC%97%A0
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Motors
caranddriver.com/news/a18743309/suzuki-ends-u-s-car-sales-why-it-had-to-do-it
carsalesbase.com/us-daewoo
ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%8C%80%EC%9A%B0%EA%B7%B8%EB%A3%B9
#bigcar
