Daewoo · 2002–2024
Daewoo Lacetti
The Daewoo Lacetti (Korean: 대우 라세티) is a compact car manufactured and marketed globally by GM Korea since 2002. 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 sedan and wagon were marketed as the Daewoo Nubira in some European markets and as the Suzuki Forenza in North America. The hatchback, was introduced in 2004 and marketed as Daewoo Lacetti5 in South Korea, Suzuki Reno in the United States. 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, Pakistan, Japan and Southeast Asia, and as the Holden Viva in Australia and New Zealand. In 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. 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. The name Lacetti derives from the Latin "Lacertus", meaning "youthful".
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UK vehicles on the road
52 licensed and 158 SORN (210 total) at 2025 Q4.
| Year (latest quarter) | Vehicles |
|---|---|
| 2014 | 2,099 |
| 2015 | 1,786 |
| 2016 | 1,465 |
| 2017 | 1,098 |
| 2018 | 823 |
| 2019 | 639 |
| 2020 | 506 |
| 2021 | 405 |
| 2022 | 332 |
| 2023 | 288 |
| 2024 | 239 |
| 2025 | 210 |
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/Q493989CC0 / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daewoo_LacettiCC BY-SA 4.0 · Intro text © Wikipedia contributors; revision 1376006642 · 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.