Chevrolet Spark First Generation Hatchback Car

Chevrolet Spark M100 (1998-2008) 

The production of Daewoo Matiz started in 1998 and sold in South Korea and many European markets with the code M100. The exterior design based design Lucciola, a Fiat Cinquecento concept car by Ital design Giugiaro which has been rejected by Fiat. 0.8-liter gasoline engine and the transmission is adapted from the Daewoo Tico. Engineering the technique is done by Daewoo's Worthing Technical Centre in the UK. This car became the best selling Daewoo models in Europe and India for the next few years. 

Matiz originally launched with engine capacity of 0.8 L 3-cylinder. This machine was developed by TICO unit by Tick ford, a UK company based in Milton Keynes. Tick ford connection recognized from circulating in the showroom brochure-showroom in the UK 

Plagiarism Controversy 

Currently marketed in China as the Chevrolet Spark, Matiz traced also by Chery QQ, which is produced by local manufacturing Chery Automobile. 

GM also demanded Chery, alleging piracy of the Spark design will, and prove it by showing that the door of the car and Spark Cherry interchangeable. GM China Group indicated the two vehicles "have the same body structure, exterior design , interior design and key components. "[5] MotorAuthority.com call QQ as a "carbon copy."International Herald Tribune newspaper in an article in 2005, called the QQ as a clone. 

Putting the controversy in important context, the Detroit News reported that "the dispute reflects the confusion, risks and ambitions in China as a new player the automotive industry, where car manufacturers compete including the new world plunge as a new player to win the world car market to be the greatest. "

Chevrolet spark M150 (2000-2004) 

Designed by Daewoo's Worthing Technical Centre in England and introduced in South Korea late 2000, began in 2001 exported from the front fringe structure can be modified to accommodate a 4-cylinder engine, although the introduction of the engine 1.0-liter S-Tec unit was delayed until Daewoo taken by General Motors in 2002  

M150 is still produced by UzDaewooAuto diUzbekistan. In Japan, sold under the name GM Daewoo Matiz II.

Second generation for this type here