Daewoo does not build many cars like the Daewoo Leganza: a 4-door sedan with 2.0 L Family II engine#X20SED, built from 1997 to 2002 when airbags, anti-lock brakes and Japanese build quality became the world standard. Its designer of record is Giorgetto Giugiaro at Italdesign.
The story
The Daewoo Leganza is an executive car (E-segment), sometimes classified as luxury large family car (D-segment), that was manufactured and marketed by the automobile manufacturer Daewoo. The Leganza was only available as a front engine, front-wheel drive, four-door, five-passenger sedan in South Korea over a single generation for model years 1997-2002 and was internally designated as the V100.
The Leganza replaced mid-size luxury car Daewoo Prince and was succeeded by the Daewoo Magnus (V200) using a new V200 platform. The name Leganza was a portmanteau of the Italian words elegante (elegant) and forza (power).
What is underneath
Under the skin sits 2.0 L Family II engine#X20SED; other versions carried different engines, listed in the specification table below. Kerb weight is ~1400 kg. The gearbox is a 5-speed manual / 4-speed ZF Friedrichshafen / ZF ZF 4HP14 transmission / 4HP14 automatic / 4-speed General Motors / GM GM 4T40 transmission / 4T40E automatic / 4-speed Aisin AW / A. The layout matters: the engine drives the front wheels, the packaging choice that gives a small car a big cabin. The wheelbase is 2670 mm. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Its place in the line
Where it sits in Daewoo's history is not in doubt: the Daewoo Espero / Daewoo Prince came before it; the Daewoo Magnus followed it; it was built at Bupyong, South Korea. On a showroom list of its day it stood against the Toyota Prius, the Subaru Forester, the Lotus Elise. Nearby in the Daewoo catalogue sit the Daewoo Honker 2000 and the Daewoo Arcadia.