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Saehan is a South Korea
South Korea
The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...

n corporation established in the beginning of the 1970s. It is now mostly based on textile production. The Saehan Automobile division later became Daewoo Motors
GM Daewoo
GM Korea Company is South Korea's second largest automobile manufacturer and is a division of the General Motors Company. GM Korea's roots go back to the former Daewoo which was split from its parent company, Daewoo Group, in 2001...

. SaeHan Information Systems
SaeHan Information Systems
SaeHan Information Systems is a South Korean information systems company based in Yeouido, Seoul. The company started out as a small subsidiary of Jaeil Textiles in January, 1973. SaeHan Information Systems is credited with the development of the world's first MP3 player....

, now Saehan Media, made the world's first mass-produced hardware MP3 player - the MPMan.

Cars

Under the name Saehan Motor
Saehan Motor
The Saehan Motor Company was a South-Korean car maker founded in 1976, part of the Saehan Corporations, which was born on the collaboration of Shinjin Industrial Company and the will of General Motors to introduce their products on the South Korean market...

, Saehan built the Saehan Max
Daewoo Maepsy
The Daewoo Maepsy is a compact car that was manufactured by Daewoo Motor in South Korea from 1973 to 1989. The Maepsy was a badge engineered version of the Opel Kadett C, or to be more precise, of the PF50 Isuzu Gemini...

, a small 2-seat pickup with the Opel Kadett
Opel Kadett
The Opel Kadett is a small family car produced by the German automobile manufacturer Opel between 1937 and 1940, and then again from 1962 until 1991 , when it was replaced by the Opel Astra.-Original model :...

-front, under license from Opel
Opel
Adam Opel AG, generally shortened to Opel, is a German automobile company founded by Adam Opel in 1862. Opel has been building automobiles since 1899, and became an Aktiengesellschaft in 1929...

. The car was identical to the Kadett
Opel Kadett
The Opel Kadett is a small family car produced by the German automobile manufacturer Opel between 1937 and 1940, and then again from 1962 until 1991 , when it was replaced by the Opel Astra.-Original model :...

, sharing the doors, hood, lights, interior, etc. However, the cabin was very short, and the seats could not be adjusted very much back. The car's front part was shorter than the actual Kadett
Opel Kadett
The Opel Kadett is a small family car produced by the German automobile manufacturer Opel between 1937 and 1940, and then again from 1962 until 1991 , when it was replaced by the Opel Astra.-Original model :...

, making it very tight for larger people. The Saehan Max
Daewoo Maepsy
The Daewoo Maepsy is a compact car that was manufactured by Daewoo Motor in South Korea from 1973 to 1989. The Maepsy was a badge engineered version of the Opel Kadett C, or to be more precise, of the PF50 Isuzu Gemini...

 is now a part of Korean automobile history
Automotive industry in South Korea
The Korean automobile industry is currently the fifth largest in the world in terms of production volume and the sixth largest in terms of export volume. While its initial operations were merely the assembling of parts imported from Japan and the United States, Korea is today among the most...

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Cars made by Saehan

  • Saehan Maepsy-Na
    Daewoo Maepsy
    The Daewoo Maepsy is a compact car that was manufactured by Daewoo Motor in South Korea from 1973 to 1989. The Maepsy was a badge engineered version of the Opel Kadett C, or to be more precise, of the PF50 Isuzu Gemini...

     (Saehan Bird in export)
  • Saehan Max
    Daewoo Maepsy
    The Daewoo Maepsy is a compact car that was manufactured by Daewoo Motor in South Korea from 1973 to 1989. The Maepsy was a badge engineered version of the Opel Kadett C, or to be more precise, of the PF50 Isuzu Gemini...

  • Saehan Gemini
    Daewoo Maepsy
    The Daewoo Maepsy is a compact car that was manufactured by Daewoo Motor in South Korea from 1973 to 1989. The Maepsy was a badge engineered version of the Opel Kadett C, or to be more precise, of the PF50 Isuzu Gemini...

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