Here's one memory I wish I could forget...

"carcrasher88" (carcrasher88) 02/25/2014 at 12:20 • Filed to: Daewoo Leganza, Daewoo, Awful Cars

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This car, the Daewoo Leganza.

My family had one of these as a rental car back sometime in '03.

It was on dealer loan, while my mom's '03 ION was in for a recall.

Had the car for around 24 hours, and it was absolutely dreadful.

The ride was rather harsh, the interior was awful (it was a low mileage car that was rather clean inside).

It was quite roomy, but far from comfortable.

How on earth did Daewoo (and later GM) think they could do well selling these things in the US?

The only things that weren't bad about it were the looks (the best word to describe the exterior would be...inoffensive), and that it had the 2.2 E-TEC I-4 (same one found in the Isuzu Rodeo/Honda Passport), which wasn't a terrible motor...but it wasn't a very good one for the kind of vehicle it was.

No wonder these things are only worth a couple thousand dollars these days, if that. Even similar age Hyundai Sonatas sell for more than that.

crown victor victoria > carcrasher88 02/25/2014 at 12:32

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"Yes, I'll have the leganza, please."
"You want meetbralls with dat?"
"No, velgatrarian is fine."
"Okay, one velgatrarian leganza, comin right up. Oh an you get a free gorlick bred with dat, too."
"Oh, that's great, thank you."

carcrasher88 > crown victor victoria 02/25/2014 at 12:36

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Ah, if only there were COTDs on Oppo, I'd nominate that.

crown victor victoria > carcrasher88 02/25/2014 at 12:40

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Haha, thanks. That car just always made me think of some bizarro, bootleg Italian restaurant where the food is all just a few letters off from what it really is.

davedave1111 > carcrasher88 02/25/2014 at 17:50

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I don't know about in the US, but in the UK they were seriously cheap. You were basically buying a previous generation larger car for the price of a then-current-gen small car. For example, it was about the same price as the original Ford Focus.