Leganza
Daewoo
Luxury large family car
The Leganza, along with Lanos and Nubira, were central to Daewoo's effort to develop a proprietary range to replace vehicles previously licensed from GM.
BRAND: Daewoo
MODEL: Leganza
YEAR: 1997
BODY TYPE: Sedan
POWER SUPPLY: Combustion
CATEGORY: Production car
DESIGNER: Giorgetto Giugiaro
Daewoo turned to global consultants and suppliers in developing the three new lines. Under design direction of ex-Porsche and ex BMW engineering chief Dr. Ulrich Bez, the Leganza was developed in just 30 months, using Daewoo's growing in-house R&D network in Korea, Worthing and Munich along with other global consultants. The Leganza was styled by Giugiaro, using the themes developed for the 1990 Jaguar Kensington concept, which also heavily influenced the 1991 Toyota Aristo (sold as the first generation Lexus GS outside of Japan). Styling was also compared to the Maserati Coupé, another of Giugiaro's designs.