Vehicle
Chevrolet Optra
The Daewoo Lacetti under a Chevrolet badge, and one of the most widely rebadged cars of its decade — also sold as the Suzuki Forenza and Reno and the Holden Viva, with body styles styled by different houses so that the saloon and the hatchback look unrelated. All of those names are worth searching, because what exists in English is scattered across them. Mechanically it is conventional: Family II petrol engines shared with a great many Opels, and a 2.0 diesel in some markets. The Suzuki names are the ones to try first in North America, where far more of it was sold under those.
Generations
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First generation 2002–2008
The Daewoo Lacetti; also the Suzuki Forenza and Reno and the Holden Viva.
- Body styles
- Sedan · Hatchback · Estate
- Platform
- GM J
- Engines
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- 1.4 four-cylinder — petrol
- 1.6 four-cylinder — petrol
- 1.8 four-cylinder — petrol
- 2.0 turbodiesel — Z20S · diesel
- 2.0 — petrol · 4-cylinder, US market 2004-2007
- 1.5 — petrol · 81 kW (109 hp)
- Transmissions
- 5-speed manual · 4-speed automatic
- Drivetrain
- Front-wheel drive
Service information
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