What's the most obscure re-badge out there?

I vote for the Chevrolet Forester. Anything more obscure or weirder out there?

Daewoo G2X.

In reply to Swank Force One:

Oooh, good one!

In reply to SlickDizzy:

Wow.

I thought the VW Routan was out there. A Chrysler product with VW badging. Has that been done before?

For obscure in the US, I give you the Sterling 825
Less of a rebadge and more of a joint effort, the Sterling was a British Rover effort with the drivetrain of an Acura Legend but all the poor build quality and bad electronics of a British car.

Here is a sample of each currently for sale in metro Cleveland, OH

'88 Sterling 825

'87 Acura Legend

The Volkswagen Taro?

The Trollblazer, aka Saab 9-7x:

In the US, there is a good chance that you have never seen a Suzuki Equator and even if you did see it, you may not have noticed the difference.

Not obscure but the Acura CSX cracks me up.

G_Body_Man wrote: I vote for the Chevrolet Forester. Anything more obscure or weirder out there?

I was going to ask when and where this was, but I assume from the image URL that it was in India. Why on earth wouldn't they just sell that as a Subaru?

These two threw Consumer Retards for a bit of a loop.

Corolla = Charmant

I've always wondered exactly what Toyota saw in the Cavalier that made them say, "Why can't we make anything that nice?"

Toyota cavalier... A dang travesty. "Toyota shame whole famiry"

Mazda Roadpacer: a Holden Premier with a rotary

Honda Crossroads...all of that "Honda" reliability from Land Rover:

Mitsubishi Raider

Datsun1500 wrote:

I found one of these in the junkyard and my mind was blown.

And now i want one. Seriously nice interior, and that sunroof is ridiculous.

oldeskewltoy wrote: Corolla = Charmant

Hey I just saw this car recently!

Maruti Gypsy = Suzuki Samurai

Autozam AZ3 = Mazda MX3 (an obscure rebrand of a JDM-only car, what do I win?)

Isuzu Ascender:

GM gets even more mileage out of the Trailblazer platform.

G_Body_Man wrote: I vote for the Chevrolet Forester. Anything more obscure or weirder out there?

Okay, what market is that from? I NEED ONE OF THOSE GRILLES.

We have an '01 Forester as a shop loaner car. It needs to have Chevy badging to match the other loaner vehicles.

I think the reason for the Toyota Cavalier was some US-Japan trade negotiation thing where we whined and said they had to allow US made cars in their market. Because the reason they didn't sell there was because they weren't allowed, not because they were POSes even in our market, let alone one with different constraints/demands.

Knurled wrote:

G_Body_Man wrote: I vote for the Chevrolet Forester. Anything more obscure or weirder out there?

Okay, what market is that from? I NEED ONE OF THOSE GRILLES. We have an '01 Forester as a shop loaner car. It needs to have Chevy badging to match the other loaner vehicles. I think the reason for the Toyota Cavalier was some US-Japan trade negotiation thing where we whined and said they had to allow US made cars in their market. Because the reason they didn't sell there was because they weren't allowed, not because they were POSes even in our market, let alone one with different constraints/demands.

India.

2009 Pontiac G3. Only offered one year, made 6223 of them, and check out the accolades:

• One of Forbes.com's 'Worst-Made Cars On The Road'
• Worst in overall safety' from Consumer Reports
• The Aveo and Aveo 5 placed 2nd and 3rd on Consumer Report's list of 'Worst in Fuel Economy' for subcompact cars.
• The Aveo sedans and Aveo5 placed 12th and 8th respectively in Consumer Reports 2007 Least satisfying Cars.