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===Daewoo Motor Co., Ltd.=== {{main|Daewoo Motors|Daewoo Motor Sales|GM Korea}} [[File:1999 Daewoo Leganza.jpg|thumb|left|[[Daewoo Motors]]' 1997 [[Daewoo Leganza|Leganza]]]] [[Daewoo Motors|Daewoo Motor Co., Ltd.]] was founded when the Daewoo Group purchased [[Saehan Motor]] in 1978, but the Daewoo Motor name did not appear until 1983. The Daewoo Motor brand appeared in the [[United Kingdom|UK]] in 1995. At the time, it was the only manufacturer not using traditional dealerships β it owned and operated its own retail network. It was once considered to be among the top 10 motor companies in terms of production.{{Citation needed|date=October 2012|reason=By who? Top 10 in UK or what?}} Due to financial trouble, Daewoo's automotive arm, Daewoo Motors, was sold to [[General Motors Corporation|General Motors]] (Korean) in 2001. The Daewoo nameplate continued in South Korea and [[Vietnam]] until 2011. The former Daewoo facilities are now producing General Motors vehicles for Asian markets. Daewoo Commercial Vehicles Division was sold to [[Tata Motors]].<ref name="Tata press">{{Cite press release|url=http://www.tata.com/article/inside/g!$$$!uQcBt5PoY=/TLYVr3YPkMU=|title=Tata Motors completes acquisition of Daewoo Commercial Vehicle Company|date=March 29, 2004|website=www.tata.com|access-date=2016-07-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161029051628/http://www.tata.com/article/inside/g!$$$!uQcBt5PoY=/TLYVr3YPkMU=|archive-date=October 29, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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