Editing Daewoo Motors (section)

{{Short description|Defunct South Korean automotive company}}
{{About|the history of the automotive division of Daewoo|its successor|GM Korea}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Daewoo Motors
| image_caption = 2013 Daewoo Matiz Creative
| former_name = {{plainlist|
* National Motors (1937–1962)
* Saenara Motors (1962–1966)
* [[Shinjin Motors]] (1966–1972)
* GM Korea (1972–1976) {{refn|It was a joint venture established by local Shinjin Motors and General Motors, not related to the [[GM Korea]] established in 2002 after the Daewoo's bankruptcy.<ref name=snu>[https://s-space.snu.ac.kr/handle/10371/54525 Broken Strategic Alliance: A Case of Daewoo-GM Joint Venture] at the SNU Open Repository</ref>|group=n|name=notgmk}}
* [[Saehan Motors]] (1976–1982)
* Daewoo Motor (1982–2002)
}}
| logo = Daewoo logo.png
| logo_size = 180
| logo_caption = Daewoo logo (2002–2016)
| image = Matiz Creative.jpg
| type = [[privately held company|Private]] (1935–1965) <br>[[Subsidiary]] (1978–1999)
| fate = Bankrupt, acquired by [[General Motors]] in 2002, restarted as [[GM Korea|GM Daewoo]]
| foundation = 1937
| founder = 
| defunct = {{end date and age|2002}} <ref name=nyt/>
| location_city = [[Bupyeong District|Bupyeong]]
| location_country = [[South Korea]]
| predecessor = 
| successor = {{Plain list|
* [[Tata Daewoo|Daewoo Commercial Vehicle]]
* [[GM Korea]]
}}
| key_people = 
| num_employees = 
| industry = [[automotive industry|Automotive]]
| products = [[car|Automobile]]s
| owner = 
| parent = {{Plain list|
* Shinjin (1965–1976)
* [[Daewoo]] (1982–2002)
}}
| revenue = 
| subsid = [[SsangYong Motor|SsangYong]] (1998–2000)
| brands = 
| homepage = 
}}

'''Daewoo Motors''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|d|ei|w|uː}} {{respell|DAY|woo}}) was a South Korean [[Automotive industry|automotive]] company established in 1937 as "National Motors". The company changed its name several times until 1982 when it became "Daewoo Motors" following its acquisition by the [[Daewoo|Daewoo Group]]. After running into financial difficulties,<ref name=guard>[https://www.theguardian.com/business/2000/nov/09/2 Daewoo Motor plunges into bankruptcy] on ''The Guardian'', 8 Nov 2000</ref> it sold most of its assets in 2002 to [[General Motors]] at $1.2 billion, becoming a [[subsidiary]] of the American company. In 2011, the name "Daewoo" was definitively removed with the company being renamed [[GM Korea]] and the Daewoo brand replaced by the [[Chevrolet]] marque.<ref name=nyt>[https://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/23/business/worldbusiness/23iht-daewoo.html In Daewoo, GM finds gold in overall gloom] on ''The New York Times'' By Choe Sang-Hun – May 23, 2006</ref><ref name=kh>[https://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20110120000754 Daewoo cars history as GM Korea switches to Chevrolet] on ''The Korea Herald'', 20 Jan 2011</ref>