The '00 Lanos was seriously cheap, with an MSRP of just $8,669 for the base three-door hatchback ( the sedan version was $9,449). That's just $15,807 and $17,229 in inflation-adjusted 2023 dollars. Another affordable South Korean machine, the Hyundai Accent, started at $9,699 that year ($17,685 in today's money). Unfortunately for Daewoo sales here, the company's CEO fled the country to avoid fraud and embezzlement charges in 1999. The following year, Daewoo declared bankruptcy.