1999 Daewoo Matiz Friend from Poland - Comments

Plastic door handle in back broken

Battery Broken

Wheel caps (all) cracked and one fell off

Muffler problems

Front bumper falling off

Rear left light bulb constantly needs to be replaced

cloth tearing off front seats

dashboard plastic peeling off.

This car is Cheap Junk. My second car, Kia Picanto, is much better, but since the Daewoo's poor performance I am starting to lose interest in Korean Cars. My friend had a Daewoo Nubira, and he sold it after 3 months. I also sold my Matiz at 210% less than I had bought it in 2000.I now bought a Skoda Superb and I am very happy with it. Daewoo stopped prodcution in Poland, I guess now that Poland is growing people can afford better cars.

I will also add that the size plus the quality makes it scary to drive even in the city. A big accident would be scary in a Matiz!

How can you sell a car at 210% less a year later. That means you must of paid to get rid of it!

I have been looking at buying a Matiz and some say it's great others say it's nothing, but trouble, so what is solution buy something else.

I have a 1.1 Rover Metro which is not the safest car by todays standards but very reliable and old.

As for losing 210% on price that must be a joke?

I think it would be a mistake to change from a rover metro to a daewoo Matiz as I did this last year and have had nothing, but trouble. My fan belt has fallen off three times and I have had a mountain of problem's with my electrics all in the past six months and now have to change car again with a loss.