No Budget Reviews: 1997 Daewoo Nexia (Cielo) 1.5 GLXi - Lloyd Vehicle Consulting 

This has been a treat much to other people's bewilderment I've always coverted 90s and early 2000s daewoos, interestingly the espero is built on the mk2 cavalier platform, its a shame the name daewoo went the way it did I currently have a 2010 registered matiz that was constructed in Korea by daewoo

Astra fantastic I remember the Daewoo very well in the 90s I was allways a little fascinated by these cars as they where sort of old vauxhall design cars but regrettably I never owned one I had the Cavaliers very nice cars but I wish I'd had a good daewoo run of cars now thanks for the video enjoyed it.

I recently bought a Daewoo Matiz and I'm really liking it! Very cheap motoring everything costs pennies (parts, tax, fuel consumption). I think you sould try to review one it with the 3 cylinder 0.8L engine. Great fun!

I think, Sir that I am weird also because I love this Nexia.

These are very popular in Russia. They seem to go on forever here. Good to see a rare British spec version. Cheers

Basically a mk2 astra i prefer the daewoo version over the old vauxhall version the softer rounder look is a major improvement over the old astra i would totally snap one up if i found a 3 door version as they are as rare as hens teeth do the astra c20let swap

You can get one in a very good condition for around $5000 and it is modified a little bit than this one here in this video. As I am from Uzbekistan, spare parts are not a problem at all. In fact, this is one of the cars which is really reliable. I own nexia made in 2010

My dad had a brand new nexia in 1997....we came from a fiesta popular plus, it was like a Bentley compared to that😂

I knew I would love this car. At the time it was new I had a 1995 Vauxhall Astra 1.4 Merit. It had power steering and 60 lethargic horses and nothing else. New price in 1995 was £10,500. The Astra was well built, comfortable and gave no trouble but the handling on the limit was terrible. However, the worst complaint was the non adjustable steering which became painful in the neck and shoulders after a few hours. You have shown me that for similar money I could have had a 3 year warranty, much more power, better seats, adjustable steering, electric windows and possibly A/C. I admit that I went with the well known Make that guaranteed my wife reliability for a 440 mile weekly commute and power steering and rear doors that our Peugeot 205 1.1 Junior didn't have. To my shame I never considered the Daewoo Nexia 1.5. Thanks Joseph, I loved this.

Lovely old car which is perhaps viewed better through the rose tinted spectacles of time. Looking forward to an Espero review in due course. Plus you really ought to drive a Matiz (come and see mine) as they are so much fun!

I had 1 in 1998 hated it, I traded it in for a 1999 Laguna 3.0 Executive & finally found love

These and the espero used to be very common at auctions 20 years back and cheap, looking forward to the espero review there are hardly any of those left running. Nice to review a leganza if you can find one, another rare car now.

45k miles and the gear knobs in that state oh my goodness. I’ve always been intrigued by these cars. Don’t have a clue why though.

Wow not seen one of them in years not sure about the 16v bit I think 10 of them are in the radio 😆😅👍👌

I remember the Pontiac Le Mans being sold in New Zealand around 1990ish. That was a mk2 Astra body. With 1.8 or 2L engines I think.

An extremely interesting vehicle! And your information about Daewoo and the nameplates is was sold under globally is spot on! When Daewoo came to the US, it only sold the Nubira, Lanos and Leganza before it went bankrupt. Inexpensive and disposable, which makes a Daewoo very very rare. Excellent video!

I had 1 about 10yrs ago.. I loved it.. Bloody flew when pushed too.. Only reason i got rid was it got harder to start, immobiliser problem but did always start eventually and never let me down otherwise..

Like it too! Reminds me of few Mk2 Astra cars and vans from back in the day.

Hi. I just saw this video in my 'suggested feed', and as I used to own a Nexia back in 2002 (where have those 22 years gone!, lol) I just had to watch. I remember my old Nexua with fondness, it was a great car. I bought my 'P Reg' 3 door 1.5GLXi 16v from a BCA auction for £1250 including fees in 2002. It had just one owner and only done around 30K miles (in 6 years). Interestingly it also had a tow bar fitted like the one in your video. Maybe it was thing back then. I used it for a daily 1 hour commute each way of around 45 miles, 60% of which was motorway, the rest city, and it was suberb. Smooth, comfortable, very economical, and reliable too. Suprisingly quick for just a 90BHP engine too. A friend at the time who ran an astra GTE and a bit of a Vauxhall geek was facinated by the engine, as it appeared to be a 'de tuned' GM / Izuzu block with some "Red Top" components, whatever that meant. Anyway, after I had owned it for a while my friend bought it from me, in excellent condition, for £500 in around 2004. He wanted to tinker with it and ended up tuning the engine using Vauxhall parts and he claimedo he got it to 130BHP, calling it his "stealth daily driver". They were a seriously underrated car at the time. Ironically there is a massive demand for simple to work on reliable and corrosion resistant cars these days, and I would imagine that if there were more on the road and known about they would be a sought after budget buy for simple motoring. Great video, enjoyed the trip down memory lane. All the best.

Learnt some facts here on the Nexia, I didn’t realise they were still made into 2016. Both the Nexia and Espero are a mash of various GM bits. It’s just a nightmare to get parts for them now however. Great review as always. Keep it up.

My older nephew had this car in 2000 same color. We drove with a few cars to wintersport.in Tsjechië. 1000km. In the night like a convoy. It did a good job. . We had a mazda 626 with us. A ford sierra. A opel vectra and this Nexia. It did great in the snowy mountains but it also had no problem with keeping up with the bigger sedans on the autobann.

I want one

Mine was the same spec albeit the Saloon GLXi in the same green ; mine sold eventually to an Iranian, apparently they were made there too. Literally cannot believe you reviewed both manual and Auto same year, mental

Great knowledge as always Joseph. I always liked the Mk2 Astra and I remember when these came out. Could you ever buy these cars from Halfords ? I seem to recall that was a route to market for them ?

Do you get excited by Daewoo's or something?

Huh that's interesting, I've never seen one of these with a speedometer in miles before. I actually own the 3 doors version of this car, they were called Cielo over here in Lebanon. Got it in summer of 2019, I'm absolutely IN LOVE with it!! Sadly it's nowhere near as well kept as this one... Mine came with the 3 speed automatic transmission, but I plan on swapping it with the 4 speed auto at some point in time! I really hope I'll get to restore it to its former glory. It's always nice seeing new Daewoo content in English on the internet hahaha Also fun fact, you're literally the first English speaking person I've heard who pronounces Hyundai correctly!

I am sure that a certain 'wiper enthusiast' would be appalled to note that the driver's & passenger wiper arms have been transposed - they were probably re-fitted the wrong way around after having been removed for a windscreen replacement at some point in the car's past.

It's interesting that you mention Lada in this video. These Korean cars and tha Malaysian Protons ousted Lada and Yugo as budget brands by the mid 1990s.

Oh wow. Top of the range too and still with the original plates. I always liked the MK2 Astra as a child and remember being quite intrigued when it came back in Daewoo guise. In Perth, where I lived, our nearest Daewoo Motor Show branch was in Edinburgh but, as consolation, you used to be able to go into Halfords and build your own Nexia and Espero in the natty touchscreen, then print it out and take it to a desk to place your order. I'm sure I still have a quote for a red Nexia 1.3GLi 5 door somewhere printed out on computer paper. This really makes me want to go and find a sub £1000 car with sunroof and cassette player. I'm with you on the Lanos. It seemed to have less charm, especially for those who grew up with 80s Vauxhalls

Yes ! I remember seeing these Daewoo cars at the 1994 motor show too ! If anything better now than they were then ! Much the same as my dads old Mk2 Astra’s and my Belmont, which I didn’t get on with . Why do you say you’re not very tall at 5,11 ? I’m not very tall at 5,5 !

Nice review, am half tempted to get one of these as a cheap runaround.

Used to have lots in New Zealand but sadly now mostly in the junkyard. An earlier version of this (More Astra -like!) called the Pontiac Le Mans was sold in New Zealand during the late 1980s and early 1990s. New Zealanders were suspicious of Korean cars back then so they went for an American brand and the TV ads screamed: 'Pontiac Le Mans - German-designed European Car of the Year!'

This is the legend of uzbekistan not hAtchback one, sedan one

It’s been a while since I last saw a Daewoo Nexia on the road. The mother of a former employer had a 3 door in the same colour as this car., she had her car from new.

There can't be many Nexia's left now as nobody wanted them and got turned into razor blades.

At which country is it

5:41 Should ask Ian @ Hubnut to change it. He can do it really easily 🤣🤣🤣

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What is the price

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