1998 Daewoo Lanos SE from Australia and New Zealand - Comments

No problems as yet.

Great service from the Daewoo dealer.

Have ten Lanos' on the fleet at work, have no problems with them and still swear by them.

Great little car for its price range.

Smooth as silk manual box.

Good economy (600 km's on 3/4 tank last weekend with the A/C on).

Great dealer support, good warranty.

If anyone doesn't like their Lanos, they should have taken it for a proper test drive before they bought it.

Great handling with wider, lower profile tyres.

Drive a Commodore, still love driving the Lanos.

I TOOK a test drive.

Too bad it didn't last for two years... then, all of the things that have gone wrong with it wouldn't be my problem.

I'm glad you like your car, but I know so many people who had have myriad problems that it is NOT worth it to buy a Daewoo.

Last year alone I spent an extra $1500 on fixing the car... things the warranty did not cover. Add that to the price of the car and the $600 I'm about to spend to fix it (again), and it is NOT worth it.

Hmmmm I spose all cars have the odd model that fails on some things... and I'm sure that the reason Daewoo gets bad press is the same reason car makes like Skoda and Kia do... because they are a smaller firm... Fords, Toyotas and even Hondas have miriads of problems on a lot of their car models, but they mass manufacture far more so more of them don't have problems.. but being a small company Daewoos unreliable cars seem to be more common than they are... I've seen lots of good comments and have driven one myself... which I am having as a birthday girt... I look forward to recieving my Daewoo Lanos Se... :)

I have just bought a daewoo lanos 1998 model, from a rental car firm who ran a fleet of them and there policy is to sell

cars once they have done 200000kms.

They have assured me that apart from normal maintenance these cars have only required brake and tyres replaced.

This should be a testimonial for this vehicle.

The only bad thing I have to say about the car is that tends to emit lot of road tyre noise.

Those reading this may bear in mind my other car is a jaguar xj6.

PAUL WILLIAMS AUCKLAND NZ.

Hi there, in regards to Paul William's comment earlier. I myself have also just purchased a Daewoo Lanos from a rental car firm in Onehunga. I dealt with a man named Stuart, and he assured me that the car would give me no trouble!

I've had it for a few weeks now, and am very impressed with the fuel consumption, it seems to be very economical!

It's very peppy for a little 1500cc engine and starts every time. I was very excited to have purchased a later model car for the price that I got it for. Mine is manual and I just love it! It has plenty of room inside and a very roomy boot! Just love it...

My Daewoo Lanos rocks. I wanted a smaller car for economy reasons. I found a 98 Daewoo with 43000 on the clock. I used to hate driving to work, now I wish my journey was longer. A very comfortable ride, great gear shift and roomy interior.