Saehan Camina

The Saehan Camina was a passenger car sold in South Korea in the 1970s. It began in 1972 as the Chevrolet 1700, built by General Motors Korea as a reworked version of the Australian Holden Torana, and was revised as the Camina in April 1976, when the company became the Saehan Motor Company. Unlike the Holden original it was also offered as a five-door station wagon, later called the Saehan Caravan, and an ambulance version followed in 1976. The revised car carried a smaller 1.5-litre engine imported from Opel in Germany, rated at 66 PS, to suit South Korea's tax system, which favoured small engines. Sales stayed poor against Kia and Hyundai rivals, only 992 cars sold in two years, and it was replaced by the Saehan Gemini in 1977.