Daewoo · 1990–2002
Daewoo Espero
The Daewoo Espero (also known as Daewoo Aranos in Spain) is a four-door, five-seater mid-sized saloon produced by the South Korean company Daewoo Motors from September 1990 to 1997. The Espero was the first car entirely developed by Daewoo, which until then had only manufactured models developed by Opel. With the body designed by Bertone, the model is based on the platform of the Daewoo LeMans, a badge engineered version of the Opel Kadett E manufactured in South Korea. The engines were supplied by Holden, with options ranging from the GM Family 1 1.5L to the GM Family II 2.0L. The Espero was replaced by the Daewoo Nubira in 1997, but continued to be produced until 2002 in Eastern Europe.
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UK vehicles on the road
8 licensed and 70 SORN (78 total) at 2025 Q4.
| Year (latest quarter) | Vehicles |
|---|---|
| 2014 | 211 |
| 2015 | 158 |
| 2016 | 132 |
| 2017 | 115 |
| 2018 | 106 |
| 2019 | 102 |
| 2020 | 92 |
| 2021 | 87 |
| 2022 | 86 |
| 2023 | 82 |
| 2024 | 80 |
| 2025 | 78 |
DfT/DVLA VEH0120 vehicle licensing statistics, source ↗, Open Government Licence v3.0. Small counts are rounded or suppressed at source.
Sources
- Wikidata / Wikipedia profiles — https://models.autoculturesociety.com/cars/Q494447CC0 / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daewoo_EsperoCC BY-SA 4.0 · Intro text © Wikipedia contributors; revision 1368806611 · retrieved 2026-10-03
- DfT/DVLA VEH0120 licensing statistics — https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/vehicle-licensing-statistics-data-tablesOpen Government Licence v3.0
- Car Model Index — https://models.autoculturesociety.com/Compiled record. Sources that do not permit reuse are not copied; this index is credited instead.