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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.

History

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

In 2004 it was acquired by Tata Motors, India's largest passenger automobile and commercial vehicle manufacturing company.

Tata Daewoo Korea and Afzal Motors-Pakistan signed a Technical Assistance Agreement on 12 December 2005 in Pakistan. The Afzal Motors plant in Pakistan was inaugurated by Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on 8 January 2007. It assembled Truck Chassis and Daewoo Dump Trucks.

In 2013, the Vehicular Authority of South Korea ordered that the trucks sold by Tata Daewoo Commercial Vehicles be recalled due to a steering failure. The 3,276 trucks sold in the country were repaired and came back in service.

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.

Leadership

  • Choi Bong-ho (2002–2003)
  • Chae Kwang-ok (2003–2009)
  • Kim Jong-sik (2009–2012)
  • Kim Kwan-kyu (2012–2019)
  • Kim Bang-shin (2019–2025)
  • Kim Tae-sung (2025–present)

Products

Current

  • Novus Series (Tata Daewoo, 2004)
  • DEXEN (formerly 'The CEN'), (2020~Present)
  • MAXEN (2022~Present)
  • KUXEN (2022~Present)
  • GIXEN (2025) - Electric version of DEXEN

Discontinued

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

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