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2002–2010 South Korea Sedan 9 production years
Production2002–2010
Recorded originSouth Korea
ClassSedan
Background

The Daewoo Lacetti is a compact car manufactured and marketed globally by GM Korea since 2002. The first-generation Lacetti was available as a four-door sedan and five-door station wagon, styled by Pininfarina—and five-door hatchback styled by Giorgetto Giugiaro. The sedan and wagon were marketed as the Daewoo Nubira in some European markets and as the Suzuki Forenza in North America. The hatchback, was introduced in 2004 and marketed as Daewoo Lacetti5 in South Korea, Suzuki Reno in the United States. After the 2004 model year, it was marketed as Chevrolet Nubira and Lacetti in Europe, as the Chevrolet Optra in Canada, Latin America, Africa, Middle East, India, Pakistan, Japan and Southeast Asia, and as the Holden Viva in Australia and New Zealand.

Text adapted from “Daewoo Lacetti” on Wikipedia ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗ · retrieved 2026-07

Chronology ledger

Dates with their meaning intact

Production chronology2002–2010

Sourced production or model lifecycle range used by the main catalog timeline.

curated ↗9 years
US EPA model years2005–2007

Model years represented in FuelEconomy.gov; a US-market observation, not a worldwide production range.

EPA FuelEconomy.gov ↗Observed bounds
Canadian NRCan model years2004–2007

Model years in Natural Resources Canada retail fuel-consumption data; Canadian-market evidence, not a worldwide production range.

Natural Resources Canada ↗4 years