Tata Daewoo
Commercial Vehicle Company
FormerlyDaewoo Commercial Vehicle Co. Ltd
TypeSubsidiary
IndustryAutomotive
Founded2002 (2002) [1]
FounderDaewoo Motors
FateAcquired by Tata in 2004 [2]
Headquarters
Gunsan, South Korea
Key people
Natarajan Chandrasekaran, (Chairman)
Kim Bang-shin (President & CEO)
ProductsCommercial vehicles
ParentTata Motors (2004–present)
Websitetata-daewoo.com
Tata Daewoo
Hangul
타타대우상용차
Hanja
타타大宇商用車
Revised RomanizationTata Dae-u Sangyongcha
McCune–ReischauerT'at'a Taeu Sangyongch'a

Tata Daewoo (officially Tata Daewoo Commercial Vehicle Company) is a commercial vehicle manufacturer headquartered in Gunsan, Jeollabuk-do, South Korea and a wholly owned subsidiary of Tata Motors. It is the second-largest heavy commercial vehicle manufacturer in South Korea.

History

The company was established in 2002 as "Daewoo Commercial Vehicle Co. Ltd", after it was spun off from parent Daewoo Motors.[1]

In 2004 it was acquired by Tata Motors, India's largest passenger automobile and commercial vehicle manufacturing company.[2] The Tata Daewoo has a collaboration with Tata Motors its parent company in India.

Tata Daewoo Korea and Afzal Motors-Pakistan signed a Technical Assistance Agreement on 12 December 2005 in Pakistan. The assembling plant of Afzal Motors in Pakistan was inaugurated by Prime Minister of Pakistan Mr. Shaukat Aziz on 8 January 2007. And assembles Truck Chassis and Daewoo Dump Trucks.[3]

In 2013, the Vehicular Authority of South Korea has ordered that the trucks sold by Tata Daewoo Commercial Vehicles, has been recalled due to a steering failure.[4] The 3,276 trucks sold in these country has been repaired and now are in service.[5]

Tata Daewoo-Korea and BadanBas-Malaysia signed a Technical Assistance Agreement in May 2015 in Malaysia. In 2017 Tata-Daewoo began to sell their trucks under the Daewoo brand in South Korea.[6][7]

Products

Current

Tata Daewoo Novus 8×4
  • Novus Series (Tata Daewoo, 2004)
  • Prima Series (2009~Present)
  • The CEN (2020~Present)
  • MAXEN (2022~Present)
  • KUXEN (2022~Present)

Discontinued

In all of its recent versions, these trucks are engined by a Euro VI emissions standard engines.[8]

References

  1. 1 2 Company history (official website)
  2. 1 2 India's Tata Motors Buys Daewoo Commercial Vehicle By Joanna Slater on The Wall Street Journal – February 18, 2004
  3. ↑ "INDIA: Tata Daewoo commercial vehicles to be assembled in Pakistan". www.just-auto.com. 20 December 2005.
  4. ↑ "Tata Daewoo told to recall 3276 trucks in S Korea". 19 October 2009 – via economictimes.indiatimes.com.
  5. ↑ "Tata Daewoo told to recall 3,276 trucks in S Korea". Press Trust of India. 19 October 2009 – via Business Standard.
  6. ↑ "Tata Daewoo launches heavy truck in South Korea". WardsAuto. 11 June 2004.
  7. ↑ "Tata Daewoo launches heavy truck in South Korea". Automotive News. 11 June 2004.
  8. ↑ "Los camiones Tata Daewoo equiparán motores Euro 6 de FTP Industrial - Camión Actualidad-Noticias de camiones y Furgonetas". www.camionactualidad.es.
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