Daewoo Tico Daewoo Tico The Daewoo Tico is a city car produced by the South Korean automaker Daewoo from 1991 to 2001. The Daewoo Tico was based largely on the 1988 Kei car Suzuki Alto. The car was equipped with a three-cylinder 796 cc S-TEC engine -upgraded version for export markets of the "Kei" engine 547 cc (33.4 cu in) F5B engine-, and came with either a five-speed manual transmission or three-speed automatic transmission (only in Korea). The Tico was exported to Europe, markets. It was highly popular in such countries as: Romania, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, Croatia, Slovenia, Hungary,
Daewoo Motors got a slight refresh, and all variants (three, four and five-door) were then sold under the Cielo model name. The first authentic Daewoo Motor product, the Lanos, was introduced in late 1996. It spawned three variants: four-door, three-door, called Romeo, and a five-door, the Juliet, being the first model of a whole new family of cars to be created. Styling was by Giorgetto Giugiaro's Italdesign firm. One of its main features was the new three-parts corporate grill, reminiscent of the Daewoo Motor emblem, which was to be used on many of the following Daewoo cars. In February 1997, the Nubira