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Originally Posted by FordRules
The Traverse is a Rebadged Outlook to be corrrect.
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Sorry if I come across splitting hairs but...
It's only a "rebadge" if it shares the same body; I mean identical sheetmetal pressings welded together with only a plastic badge and grille swop to distinguish one from the other.
The Milan and Mariner are rebadges of the Fusion and Escape, respectively. The GMC Savana is a rebadge of the Express, and so on.
Traverse and Outlook each have unique bodywork — granted they look virtually the same — much like the Trailblazer and Envoy only share roof pressing and tailgate, with all other body parts unique.
Traverse and Outlook, much like Trailblazer and Envoy, are more of a case of bad
overlap than of "rebadge". But since they're all but identical in execution, it's really no different than if they
were outright rebadges.
I don't see the Outlook lasting for much longer.