Part of the reason for the noise is that the engine is connected to a four-speed automatic gearbox. Automatics are notorious for making the engine work a little harder. With a manual you can better regulate the power. That's one reason fuel economy is better with a manual than an automatic. That's also why you're probably better of fin the long run with a stick shift, even though the benefits of automatics make them more desirable.
Front passengers sit in leather-upholstered individual bucket seats.
They don't offer much side support, but in a compact sedan you're usually not looking for that kind of support. The back support was very good, however. There was a good trunk behind the rear seat, and the back folded won to increase trunk capacity. We had power windows, power mirrors, power door locks, power sunroof, all for an economical price. But what has impressed me the most about the two products I've seen from Daewoo is that they appear to be solidly built there is none of the tinniness that one would expect from a small import and that I found in the early Hondas and Hyundais, for example.