What is Daewoo Motors?
{{About|the history of the automotive division of Daewoo|its successor|GM Korea}} {{Infobox company | name = Daewoo Motors | logo = Daewoo Motors (1983-1994).svg | 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_size = 180 | image = Matiz Creative.jpg | type = [[privately held company|Private]] (1935–65) <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 = [[Tata Daewoo|Daewoo Commercial Vehicle]]<br>[[GM Korea]] | key_people = | num_employees = | industry = [[automotive industry|Automotive]] | products = [[car|Automobile]]s | owner = | parent = {{plainlist| * Shinjin (1965-1976) * [[Daewoo]] (1982–2002) }} | revenue = | subsid = [[SsangYong Motor|SsangYong]] (1998–2000) | brands = | homepage = }} '''Daewoo Motor''' was a [[South Korea]]n [[Car|automotive]] [[company]] owned by [[General Motors]]. The company started in 1937 as National motors in [[Bupyeong-gu]], [[Incheon]], South Korea.<ref name=SNN>{{cite web |url=http://www.autoevolution.com/daewoo/ |title=DAEWOO Cars and Brand History |publisher=SoftNews NET. |access-date=20 May 2015}}</ref> In 1965 it became Shinjin Motor after becoming [[wikt:affiliate|affiliate]]d with [[Toyota]].<ref name=SNN/> In 1972 Toyota withdrew. The same year