What happened to the Daewoo Motor Shows?

[LunchMondey]

Watching an old episode of Top Gear where they have the Nexia and the Espero, and a Daewoo Motor Show is showcased.

What has since happened to these showrooms, and is there a list of locations available where they were based?

[rix]

We're they not sold out of Halfords or am I misremembering?

[dudleybloke]

They got sold to GM in 2002 and stopped making Daewoo branded cars in 2011.
I doubt any of the sales boutiques are still open!

[dudleybloke]

rix said:

We're they not sold out of Halfords or am I misremembering?

They had showrooms in shopping centres, don't think it was connected to Halfords but could be wrong.

[Wacky Racer]

dudleybloke said:

They had showrooms in shopping centres,

Correct

[Silvanus]

dudleybloke said:

rix said:

We're they not sold out of Halfords or am I misremembering?

They had showrooms in shopping centres, don't think it was connected to Halfords but could be wrong.

They also operated out of Halfords.

[MattsCar]

It was the servicing that you got done at Halfords.

[Davie]

MattsCar said:

It was the servicing that you got done at Halfords.

Nope, they were also sold from Halfords stores. Couple of demo / staff daily’s outside and a desk with brochures and a rep and that was it.

[fourstardan]

I learnt to drive in a Matiz LOL

[SimonTheSailor]

Use to make great taxis !!

Edited by SimonTheSailor on Saturday 2nd December 22:13

[Ussrcossack]

The showroom in Bradford is MB motors kilkinghall road

[LunchMondey]

Come across a couple of articles displaying the Halfords service element

motortrader.com/general-news/daewoo-keeps-halfords-link-16-06-1997
motortrader.com/general-news/daewoo-dismisses-halfords-rumours-26-02-2001

Another good article has shown me that known Halfords Service centres were at Hull, Blackburn, Reading, Swindon, Wrexham, Horsham, Perth, Waterlooville, Lincoln, Dartford, Bromborough, Worcester, Pontypridd, Hartlepool, Dundee and Newport Road, Cardiff

am-online.com/news/2001/10/17/daewoo-cuts-back-halfords-operation/2646/

Interestingly, there are some clues I've been able to find with the Daewoo Approved Service Centres.

Here, in Halfords Dundee in 2008, there were dedicated Daewoo shutters, painted in Green, which have since disappeared.


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Same here in Swindon, with Green shutters showing what possibly were dedicated Daewoo bays, which have since been removed.

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Unable to post thumbsnap links with pictures unfortunately, but if you follow the links above, they will display.

Edited by LunchMondey on Sunday 3rd December 12:54

[LunchMondey]

Ussrcossack said:

The showroom in Bradford is MB motors kilkinghall road

Don't think that was one of the motor shows though, such as this

youtube.com/watch?v=kOoXrNKBzAI&t=186s