Daewoo Kalos

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Daewoo Kalos
Pontiac Wave hatchback
Manufacturer GM Daewoo
Parent company General Motors
Also called Chevrolet Aveo
Chevrolet Kalos
Holden Barina (TK)
Pontiac Wave
Suzuki Swift+
Daewoo Kalos
Production 2003-present
Assembly Bupyong, South Korea
Predecessor Daewoo Lanos
Holden Barina (XC)
Pontiac Firefly
Suzuki Swift
Class Subcompact
Body style 3-door hatchback
5-door hatchback
4-door sedan
Platform T200
Engine 1.6 L 103 hp I4 gasoline, 1.2L, 71BHP, UK (Chevrolet Kalos), 1.4 96 BHP, UK (Chevrolet Kalos)
Transmission 4-speed automatic
5-speed manual
Wheelbase 2480 mm (97.60 in)
Length Hatchback: 3880 mm (152.70 in)
Sedan: 4235 mm (166.70 in)
Width 1670 mm (65.70 in)
Height 1495 mm (58.80 in)
Fuel capacity 12 gal.
Similar Hyundai Getz
Kia Rio
Nissan Tiida
Toyota Vitz
Suzuki Swift+ from Canada
Suzuki Swift+ from Canada
Kalos-based Pontiac Wave sedan (Canada)
Kalos-based Pontiac Wave sedan (Canada)
This is the article about GM Daewoo's subcompact car. For the Chevrolet version sold in North America, Latin America, Europe and other markets, see Chevrolet Aveo.

The Daewoo Kalos is a subcompact car built by GM Daewoo, a South Korean subsidiary of General Motors. The Kalos name is used for the original version of this car sold in its home market, but there are also many other names under which versions of this vehicle are sold, which are listed below.

The Kalos is based on the "Daewoo Flex" concept previewed at Frankfurt Motor Show in 2001, and was styled by Giorgetto Giugiaro. Initial research and platform engineering work was carried out at Daewoo's (now disbanded) Worthing Technical Centre in the UK, with the bulk of the development programme being completed at Daewoo's main Technical Center at Bupyong in Korea.

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[edit] T200

The original Daewoo Kalos is based on a GM Daewoo platform called T200, which itself is a replacement for the T100 platform used in Daewoo Lanos. There are no other vehicles using that platform, so the vehicle itself is also referred to as T200. T200 models debuted during 2002 in South Korea, North America, Europe and most other markets, unless otherwise indicated.

[edit] Body styles

  • 5-door hatchback - This body style debuted in 2002.
  • 4-door sedan - The sedan also debuted in 2002. It is also the only body style for the updated T250 as of June 2006.
  • 3-door hatchback - The 3-door hatchback was added in 2005.

[edit] Names in selected markets

[edit] South Korea

The T200 was sold as Daewoo Kalos. Daewoo started selling the T250 sedan in September 2005 as the Daewoo Gentra, replacing Kalos sedan. Kalos reportedly means "beautiful" in Greek, while "Gentra" was derived from the English word "gentleman" and "transport(ation)". The tagline in the advertising campaign introducing the Gentra in Korea was "Are you gentle?", and the campaign starred Daniel Henny.

[edit] Canada

Additionally, the car is sold as Pontiac Wave (4-door and 5-door) and Suzuki Swift+ (5-door) in Canada. The T200 Wave sedan was replaced for the 2007 model year with the T250, coinciding with the release of the 2007 T250 Chevrolet Aveo.

The Suzuki Swift+ is unique to Canada for now, but may be exported to the United States in the near future.

[edit] Western Europe

Until the end of 2004, the T200 was sold as Daewoo Kalos. In the beginning of 2005, the Daewoo brand was dropped by GM in favor of Chevrolet in Western Europe, so the Kalos was rebadged Chevrolet Kalos accordingly (along with the introduction of the 3-door). The new T250 sedan is to be sold as Chevrolet Aveo and replace the Kalos sedan in 2006.

[edit] Australia & New Zealand

The T200 model was previously available under the Daewoo Kalos name before Daewoo's Australian operations were wound up at the end of 2004. It was then absent from the Australian market until Holden reintroduced it in December 2005, as the new TK Holden Barina (3-door and 5-door). The TK Barina replaced the previous XC Barina, which was an imported and rebadged European Opel Corsa. The T250 sedan was introduced in February 2006, and both the T200 and T250 models are sold together as the Barina lineup.

[edit] Engines

S-TEC

  • 1.2 L SOHC - South Korea, Europe

E-TEC II

  • 1.4 L SOHC - Europe
  • 1.5 L SOHC - South Korea, Europe, Australia (Daewoo Kalos)
  • 1.6 L DOHC - 103 hp and 107 ft.lbf of torque - North America, Australia (Holden TK Barina)

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GM Daewoo vehicle timeline, 1990s-present  v  d  e 
Type 1990s 2000s
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
City car Tico Matiz
Subcompact car Lanos Kalos
Compact car Nexia Nubira Lacetti
Mid-size car Espero Leganza Magnus Tosca
Full-size car Statesman
Compact MPV Tacuma
Crossover SUV Winstorm
GM Daewoo (edit)
Arcadia | Brougham | Chairman | Damas/Labo | Espero/Aranos | Gentra | Istana | Kalos | Korando | Lacetti | Lanos | Leganza | Magnus/Evanda | Matiz | Musso | Nexia/Cielo/Racer/LeMans/Maepsy | Nubira | Rezzo/Tacuma | Statesman | Super Salon | Tico | Tosca | Winstorm