FSO Lanos & FSO Matiz

Polish_Kris · Post by **Polish_Kris** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 6:16 am

I'm a new member here,

For whoever is Polish, the Lanos and Matiz can be bought in Poland brand new under the FSO badge.

Check it out:

http://www.fso-sa.com.pl

Available in 1.4 8v, and 1.6 16v

4 door sedan and 5 dorr hatch... no 3 door hatch

I was in Poland in the summer and I saw FSO-built Lanos' everywhere, including as police cars, security cars and taxi cabs.

Kris

GsiTurbo · Post by **GsiTurbo** » Sat Oct 16, 2004 3:52 am

Czesc Kris!!!

I witamy w forum

Have fun, and if you have any questions, ask or search in the archives

Post by **PrecisionBoost** » Sat Oct 16, 2004 5:24 am

FSO????

What does that stand for.... are they owned by GM??

GsiTurbo · Post by **GsiTurbo** » Sat Oct 16, 2004 6:04 am

Well Erfinder, the FSO stands for Fabryka Samochodow Osobowych, which can be losely translated as "The Car Factory"

, building vehicles under the 'FSO' make. The factory itself was located in Warsaw, Poland. FSO made some some fanky models over the years....

Warszawa

Syrenka/Syrena

Fiat 125

Fiat 126

Which can also be tuned

2- cyl air-cooled engine

A real lawnmower

and Polonez

Daewoo bought the polish FSO back in the 90-ties. The plant was re-equipped for the assembly of Daewoo models, and built them for the polish, mostly, market. The factory fall into major financial problems after the Daewoo bankrupcy, and lack of trust in the Korean maker. In 2003 they sold only a handful of cars, so I have read somewhere.

Polish_Kris · Post by **Polish_Kris** » Sat Oct 16, 2004 11:19 pm

As of Sept 30 2004, and I was in Poland when I saw the news, Daewoo-FSO dropped the name and brought it back to FSO. FSO has licence to build the Matiz and Lanos models from GM-DAT until 2006. Therefore, now they're called LanosFSO and MatizFSO.

Polish_Kris · Post by **Polish_Kris** » Sat Oct 16, 2004 11:19 pm

:P

SORRY THE DATE WAS AUGUST 30, not SEPT 30