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Whoose 3cyl engine is in the Daewoo Matiz
stevec - 21/1/08 at 09:04 PM

As title, what is the engine in a Matiz 3cylinder.
It looks a little Japanese to me.
SWMBO has just got one as a runaround.
I will buy her one for the other foot next month
Steve.

David Jenkins - 21/1/08 at 09:09 PM

Originally designed by Tickford originally, I believe.

Nicked from the Matiz Owners' Club site:

"It's a lively and economical performer, powered by the M-Tech 800cc engine developed in co-operation with Tickford Engineering of the UK."

My wife has a Matiz - not a bad little runaround, although I can't get the seat far enough back to be really comfortable. It would be better with the 1000cc engine now available.

Hellfire - 21/1/08 at 09:10 PM

Daewoo are South Korean. The engine is an 800cc (796cc to be exact), 50bhp three-cylinder engine.

Phil

[Edited on 21-1-08 by Hellfire]

FUORISERIE - 21/1/08 at 09:11 PM

I believe also Ricardo engineering had something to do with it......

Guinness - 21/1/08 at 09:12 PM

Don't know, but ours was pants! Great car in concept, pretty rubbish to live with day in day out! IMHO.

Mike

stevec - 21/1/08 at 09:16 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Guinness
Don't know, but ours was pants! Great car in concept, pretty rubbish to live with day in day out! IMHO.

Mike



Cheers all.
I think it sucks aswell Mike, Its better than the Fiat ClankyClunko she has got rid of though
Steve.

Danozeman - 21/1/08 at 09:18 PM

My mates mum had one with air con. With that on in the summer it barely moved!!

David Jenkins - 21/1/08 at 09:24 PM

On the wife's car we call it the 'turbo boost' button! If we're going up a significant hill we turn it off, and you can feel the car accelerate...


Here's a bit of trivia for you - many years ago, Fiat took a concept car to a big car show. It was intended to be a replacement for the Fiat 500, but they chickened out of putting it into production.
Daewoo bought the design, made it a bit more practical with ordinary doors instead of a folding-upwards one, and called it the Matiz.

ettore bugatti - 21/1/08 at 09:49 PM

Same engine as in the Suzuki/ Maruti Alto

stevec - 21/1/08 at 09:56 PM

quote:
Originally posted by ettore bugatti
Same engine as in the Suzuki/ Maruti Alto


Ahhh, Suzuki, Does that mean a Busa will fit in it?

NigeEss - 21/1/08 at 10:27 PM

quote:
Originally posted by ettore bugatti
Same engine as in the Suzuki/ Maruti Alto


I'm surprised, I'd have thought it was related to the corsa lump, Daewoo
being part of GM.

blakep82 - 21/1/08 at 10:55 PM

daewoo is now chevy, chevy is GM, GM is opel/vauxhall

didn't one of the corsas have a 3 cyl engine? i'm just guessing...

davie h - 21/1/08 at 11:19 PM

prob the same engine the vauxhall agila had one in it and that is a suzuki wagon R

Davie

MikeRJ - 21/1/08 at 11:25 PM

quote:
Originally posted by NigeEss
quote:
Originally posted by ettore bugatti
Same engine as in the Suzuki/ Maruti Alto


I'm surprised, I'd have thought it was related to the corsa lump, Daewoo
being part of GM.


The Matiz was a development of the Daewoo Tico which was more or less a badge engineered Suzuki Alto (which has a 3 cylinder 800cc petrol engine).

David Jenkins - 22/1/08 at 08:49 AM

Semi-official history of the Matiz here.

David

wilkingj - 22/1/08 at 09:04 AM

Somewhere on the Net, ther eis an article / site of a chap with a Turbo'd Daewoo (1 litre or less) churning out something like 150+ BHP..

It might have even been an article in PPC mag

But it was a very favourable article. Even I was amazed.