- Daewoo Tico
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Polish Daewoo Tico
The Daewoo Tico is a city car produced by the Korean automaker Daewoo from 1991 to 2001.
The Tico was based on the 1988 Suzuki Alto. The car was equipped with a three-cylinder 796 cc S-TEC engine and had a five-speed manual transmission or three-speed automatic transmission. The Tico was exported to Europe, mainly to eastern markets. It was highly popular in such countries as: Romania, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Poland, Czech Republic, Croatia and Slovenia. It was also exported to Latin America where it also was named Daewoo Fino for some markets. It was especially popular in Peru.
Daewoo expanded to Western Europe at the beginning of 1995, but the Tico was never sold in any of these markets, although its successor (the Matiz) was launched there in 1998 and went on to be a great sales success.
Over its years of production, the Tico has seen serious modifications, mostly to the engine. Originally equipped with a carburetor (47 bhp), it was later upgraded to fuel injection, thus reaching Euro 2 pollution standard. Injection gave an increase of power. Some versions of the Tico in the Korean domestic market were powered on liquefied petroleum gas.
Daewoo assembled the Tico at the old Oltcit factory in Romania, and at the FSO factory in Poland.
In 2000, the Tico was replaced with a new car, the Daewoo Matiz. The Tico was sold alongside the Matiz until 2001.
Daewoo Motors and GM Daewoo automobile timeline, 1980s–2011 Type 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 City Tico Matiz Matiz Creative Subcompact Maepsy-Na LeMans Cielo Lanos Kalos Gentra & GentraX Compact Nubira Lacetti Lacetti Premiere Mid-size Espero Leganza Magnus Tosca Royale Series Prince & Brougham Imperial Arcadia Full-size Chairman Statesman Veritas Roadster G2X Compact MPV Tacuma Compact SUV Korando Crossover SUV Winstorm / Winstorm MaXX Large SUV Musso Categories:- Daewoo vehicles
- City cars
- Vehicles introduced in 1991
- Modern auto stubs
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