1999 Daewoo Nubira review from North America
"Sweet ride and capable of blowing off Hondas all day at the light"
What things have gone wrong with the car?
Bought the car used from a local in house financing car dealer (yeh, 20+%interest lol). Car looks to have once been in an accident, fitment wasnt exact on on any drivers side body parts, but not off by far at all. engine sounded a little tinny, but dunno if that's normal.
The only problems that have been noticed thus far is occasionally the check engine light will come on for no reason (with no loss in performance or anything) - so I just bought me an OBD code reader and tomorrow I hope to find out why.
The major problem I have is keeping the front wheels firmly planted. The car just has WAY too much low end - I would have given some of that up (I don't plan on drag raciong anytime soon) for a better top end. seems that near 4000 rpm is a bit high to be at when only doing 85 mph (comparing it to my old protege that barely broke 3000 at 90).
General comments?
A really comfortable car, performance is off the wall with this baby. Handles extremely well. good look, distinctive and unique without being stand-outish.Installing aftermarket speakers looks like a painful process, no real play in the rear speaker wires (haven't pulled them yet to upgrade from their 20 watts to something a bit better that will compliment my 2200 watt system :) )
I would have liked a BIT more insulation in the doors and such to make the interor a bit quieter at freeway speeds.
Trunk space is really surprising for a car of this size. Seems that opening the trunk on it is opening the trunk on a 1966 Cadillac :).
Great gas mileage.
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| All around good buy |
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| Cheap. You get what you pay for! |
| Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? | Yes |
| Model year | 1999 |
| Year of manufacture | 1999 |
| First year of ownership | 2005 |
| Most recent year of ownership | 2005 |
| Engine and transmission | 2.0 Manual |
| Performance marks | 10 / 10 |
| Reliability marks | 8 / 10 |
| Comfort marks | 10 / 10 |
| Dealer Service marks | 6 / 10 |
| Running Costs (higher is cheaper) | 9 / 10 |
| Overall marks (average of all marks) | |
| Distance when acquired | 72400 miles |
| Most recent distance | 73200 miles |
| Previous car | Mazda Protege |
| Date of Entry | 16th July, 2005 |