

The facelift replaced the three-slot grille with a single item for a new full-length item featuring a bold horizontal bar capped in the center by the company's logo. The hatchback featured a different exterior and interior design than the sedan.Īt the Geneva Motor Show in March 2004, Daewoo revealed the station wagon body variant penned by Pininfarina with the hatchback's updated interior and a facelifted derivative of the sedan's frontal styling. The four-door sedan, designed by Pininfarina, was launched in South Korea on 25 November 2002, following a development period of two years and six months.Ī pre-production prototype of the five-door hatchback, styled by Giorgetto Giugiaro, was shown at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September 2003 with production starting in December. The Lacetti was developed based on its predecessor Nubira under Daewoo before it was acquired by GM. Giorgetto Giugiaro at Italdesign (hatchback)ġ79.7 in (4,564 mm) (station wagon, Suzuki)ġ80.3 in (4,580 mm) (station wagon, Chevrolet) Goran Popović at Pininfarina (sedan, station wagon) Azerbaijan: Hajiqabul (AzerMash) (2021-present).The name Lacetti derives from the Latin "Lacertus", meaning "youthful". It was marketed under the Daewoo marque until the beginning of 2011, when the brand was discontinued, and was thereafter marketed under the Chevrolet and Holden brands. In November 2008, the second-generation Lacetti was launched as the Daewoo Lacetti Premiere, a badge-engineered version of the Chevrolet Cruze, co-developed by GM Daewoo, Holden, and General Motors.

After the 2004 model year, it was marketed as Chevrolet Nubira and Lacetti in Europe, as the Chevrolet Optra in Canada, Latin America, Africa, Middle East, India, Japan and Southeast Asia, and as the Holden Viva in Australia and New Zealand. The hatchback, was introduced in 2004 and marketed as Daewoo Lacetti5 in South Korea, Suzuki Reno in the United States. The sedan and wagon were marketed as the Daewoo Nubira in some European markets and as the Suzuki Forenza in North America. The first-generation Lacetti was available as a four-door sedan and five-door station wagon, styled by Pininfarina-and five-door hatchback styled by Giorgetto Giugiaro. The Daewoo Lacetti is a compact car manufactured and marketed globally by GM Korea since 2002. Buick Excelle (second generation) (China)
