stevec
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| posted on 21/1/08 at 09:04 PM |
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Whoose 3cyl engine is in the Daewoo Matiz
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.
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 21/1/08 at 09:09 PM |
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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.
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Hellfire
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| posted on 21/1/08 at 09:10 PM |
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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]
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FUORISERIE
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| posted on 21/1/08 at 09:11 PM |
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I believe also Ricardo engineering had something to do with it......
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Guinness
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| posted on 21/1/08 at 09:12 PM |
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Don't know, but ours was pants! Great car in concept, pretty rubbish to live with day in day out! IMHO.
Mike
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stevec
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| posted on 21/1/08 at 09:16 PM |
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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.
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Danozeman
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| posted on 21/1/08 at 09:18 PM |
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My mates mum had one with air con. With that on in the summer it barely moved!!
Dan
Built the purple peril!! Let the modifications begin!!
http://www.eastangliankitcars.co.uk
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 21/1/08 at 09:24 PM |
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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.
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ettore bugatti
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| posted on 21/1/08 at 09:49 PM |
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Same engine as in the Suzuki/ Maruti Alto
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stevec
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| posted on 21/1/08 at 09:56 PM |
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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?
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NigeEss
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| posted on 21/1/08 at 10:27 PM |
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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.
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blakep82
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| posted on 21/1/08 at 10:55 PM |
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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...
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davie h
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| posted on 21/1/08 at 11:19 PM |
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prob the same engine the vauxhall agila had one in it and that is a suzuki wagon R
Davie
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 21/1/08 at 11:25 PM |
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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).
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 22/1/08 at 08:49 AM |
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Semi-official history of the Matiz here.
David
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wilkingj
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| posted on 22/1/08 at 09:04 AM |
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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.
1. The point of a journey is not to arrive.
2. Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway.
Best Regards
Geoff
http://www.v8viento.co.uk
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