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

trucke wrote:

Kramer wrote: Ford HD trucks became Sterling. Then this was born.

Bodywork more closely resembles a Ram than a Ford. Sterling was owned by Daimler.

That's because it is.

In reply to trucke:

It's a Ram 4500, rebadged as a Sterling. Who is owned by Daimler. Headquartered at the Detroit Diesel factory, which was once "Jimmy Diesel" owned by GM.

Im partial to this oddity..

Don't forget the KIA Elan (based on the Lotus Elan)

http://s11.photobucket.com/user/JesZeK/media/Kia/KiaElan.jpg.html

Do you think Doug DeMuro reads this fine forum? I note this went up long after this thread was started.

http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2015/06/qotd-whats-the-most-cynical-rebadge-of-all-time/

I wouldn't be surprised.

The thread was much more interesting than the article

There was also a Buick version of the trailblazer, I don't remember what its called but I saw one recently and I had forgotten that they existed.

Travis_K wrote: There was also a Buick version of the trailblazer, I don't remember what its called but I saw one recently and I had forgotten that they existed.

The Rainier!

Infiniti ESQ - based on the Juke Nismo.

Brett_Murphy wrote: Do you think Doug DeMuro reads this fine forum? I note this went up long after this thread was started. http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2015/06/qotd-whats-the-most-cynical-rebadge-of-all-time/

Seems like that article is a cynical rebadge of one he wrote two years ago.

http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2013/01/474891/

I thought of more that somewhat count. There was a (I think) Datsun that was rebadged as an Alfa. I can't think of the name right now. Also, although it had a different body, the maserati quattroporte 2 was a Citroen sm otherwise. And the quattroporte 3 and kyalami (if that's how you spell it) were both rebadged versions of cars that were sold as detomasos with ford engines.

Travis, you are talking about the Alfa ARNA. It was a JV with NIssan.

How about the SsanYong Chairman:

Current Version of the Chairman:

And because fair is fair, the MB Musso:

Or a Saab-Lancia Delta

That belongs in the "Once it is seen, it cannot be unseen" Thread in Off-Topic!

Jukes are gross - that is even worse.

Mike wrote: Infiniti ESQ - based on the Juke Nismo.