Tata Daewoo

Tata Daewoo (officially Tata Daewoo Mobility) is a commercial vehicle manufacturer headquartered in Gunsan, North Jeolla Province, South Korea and a wholly owned subsidiary of Tata Motors. It is the second-largest heavy commercial vehicle manufacturer in South Korea.^{[citation needed]}

Tata Daewoo
Mobility

Native name	타타대우모빌리티
Formerly	Daewoo Commercial Vehicle Co. Ltd
Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	Automotive
Founded	2002; 23 years ago (2002)[1]
Founder	Daewoo Motors
Fate	Acquired by Tata in 2004[2]
Headquarters	Gunsan, South Korea
Key people	Natarajan Chandrasekaran (Chairman) Kim Bang-shin (President & CEO)
Products	Commercial vehicles
Parent	Tata Motors (2004–present)
Website	tata-daewoo.com

Tata Daewoo
Hangul	타타대우모빌리티
Hanja	타타大宇모빌리티
Revised Romanization	Tata Dae-u Mobility
McCune–Reischauer	T'at'a Taeu Sangyongch'a

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)
• The CEN (formerly 'DEXEN') , (2020~Present)
• MAXEN (2022~Present)
• KUXEN (2022~Present)
• GIXEN (2025) - Electric version of DEXEN

Discontinued

• GMK/Chevrolet/Isuzu Truck - CKD provided by Saehan Motor Company, 1971 (now GM Korea)
• SMC Truck Isuzu Truck- CKD provided by Saehan Motor Company, 1976 (now GM Korea)
• Daewoo/Isuzu Elf Truck - CKD provided by Saehan Motor Company, 1976 (now GM Korea).
• Daewoo/Isuzu Light Truck - CKD provided by Saehan Motor Company (now GM Korea), with assistance from Isuzu, 1983.
• Daewoo/Isuzu Truck New Elf Model - CKD provided by Daewoo Motor Company (now GM Korea), with assistance from Isuzu, 1986.
• Daewoo Truck New Model - CKD provided by Daewoo Motor Company (now GM Korea), with assistance from Isuzu, 1986.
• Daewoo Truck Super New Model - Own development from Daewoo Motor Company Design Department, 1993.
• Daewoo Chasedae Truck (Next Generation) - Own development from Daewoo Motor Company Design Department, 1995.
• Prima Series (2009–2022)

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