Lol well done on catching that one. (wanted to see how many would actually read the whole thing.)
johnf_456,
Jun 19, 7:19pm
A very interesting read op
antwerp87,
Jun 19, 7:35pm
But on a serious note, The whole re badging etc is weird (I know it was to reduce importing etc but still) Isuzu Mu was badged as a Honda Jazz lol. The Holden Commodore = Toyota Lexcen Nissan Patrol = Ford Maverick Holden Barina = Suzuki Swift Toyota Camry = Holden Apolo Toyota Corolla = Holden Nova.
franc123,
Jun 19, 7:37pm
It had to be an April fools joke, it didn't work the first time and wouldn't work today either.The sales of the bland ugly twins (Lexcen and Apollo) were terrible compared to Commodore and Camry.Under the Button plan Ford also sold rebadged U12 Nissan Pintara/Bluebirds as Corsairs and XF Falcon utes were sold as Nissan utes with equally terrible results.I think the author of that article was also pisstaking to a degree by implying that Toyota buyers are so dull and unimaginative that they would be accepting of a severely detuned engine and drab colourschemes.
antwerp87,
Jun 19, 7:42pm
They sure were. Altho I did see quite a few in Aus while I was there. I wonder when people were buying them new if they realised it wasnt really a holden or a toyota. (if you know what i mean) It would suck if you found out you could get a better version of the car for the same price badged by theoriginal maker.
vtecintegra,
Jul 3, 3:04am
You couldn't though, actually due to really poor sales the Apollo you could usually get a far better deal over at the Holden dealership.
I really don't see why the article counts as a joke, what genuinely counts as a joke is the Daewoo rebadges Holden sold/sells (admittedly they are getting better but the Barina, Viva, Epica were terrible cars)
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