Badge engineering by . . . TOYOTA (???)

SobeSVT · 05-13-2006, 01:53 PM

Oh Lordy, lordy, lord. Badge engineering has crossed the American borders, swim across the Pacific ocean and landed in, of all places . . . Japan.

Meet ugly and uglier, sorry . . . Toyota (Scion) bB and Daihatsu Coo

Mr. Burns · 05-13-2006, 01:57 PM

is it just the one rebadge? everyone has atleast one rebadge, but ill admit, thats quite a blatent one, almost as blatent as the CSVs.

Kowalski · 05-13-2006, 02:17 PM

Not a Toyota but still Japanese.

You Americans know it as the "prestigious" Acura TSX.

Marketed as a premium midsize car in North America.

Huh?! You are kidding me right???

We Europeans know it as the very mainstream Honda Accord.

Our Euro Honda Accord looks so much better than the American one.

Japanese badge engineering is not a new thing and they are often pretty blatant.

Just remember that before Toyota introduced Lexus in Japan. All Lexus sold in America and Europe were known as Toyota in Japan and so the Infiniti models sold in America (and soon in EUR), which are Nissans in Japan and the same thing for Acura which also are known as Honda in Japan.

SobeSVT · 05-13-2006, 02:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Kowalski

Not a Toyota but still Japanese.

You Americans know it as the "prestigious" Acura TSX.

Marketed as a premium midsize car in North America.

Huh?! You are kidding me right???

We Europeans know it as the very mainstream Honda Accord.

Our Euro Honda Accord looks so much better than the American one.

Japanese badge engineering is not a new thing and they are often pretty blatant.

Just remember that before Toyota introduced Lexus in Japan. All Lexus sold in America and Europe were known as Toyota in Japan and so the Infiniti models sold in America (and soon in EUR), which are Nissans in Japan and the same thing for Acura which also are known as Honda in Japan.

Yeah but Toyota badged Lexus or Honda badged Acuras aren't sold in the same market while this two stooges do.

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Originally Posted by Mr. Burns

is it just the one rebadge? everyone has atleast one rebadge, but ill admit, thats quite a blatent one, almost as blatent as the CSVs.

Is not just one Burns, we also have these two:

Toyota Rush

Daihatsu (Be-go) Terios

Both sold in Japan.

asim · 05-13-2006, 03:57 PM

Hahaha...cool.

El_Jefe_427 · 05-13-2006, 04:16 PM

Isn't there a Daihatsu Camry rebadge as well?

Kowalski · 05-13-2006, 06:40 PM

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Originally Posted by El_Jefe_427

Isn't there a Daihatsu Camry rebadge as well?

Yes there is.

Meet the very Japanese...

...Daihatsu Altis.

griswold44 · 05-13-2006, 06:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Kowalski

Yes there is.

Meet the very Japanese...

...Daihatsu Altis.

They get folding mirrors and we don't.

Kowalski · 05-13-2006, 06:49 PM

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Originally Posted by griswold44

They get folding mirrors and we don't.

And it is available with 4WD and 5-speed manual.

But it's restricted to the 2.4 16V Engine and only 4-speed Automatic.

griswold44 · 05-13-2006, 07:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Kowalski

And it is available with 4WD and 5-speed manual.

But it's restricted to the 2.4 16V Engine and only 4-speed Automatic.

We get a manual with the 4cyl here in the states, and Japan has always had an AWD Camry. I have no idea why they don't bring it to the States.

CobaltSScrazy · 05-13-2006, 07:07 PM

and this is news...i guess we need to post it for the children who forgot their import pill this morning (LOL). I'm not surprised.

Deere_Daze · 05-13-2006, 07:15 PM

So, GM and Ford can rebadge but Toyota and Honda cant?

rmodys · 05-13-2006, 08:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Deere_Daze

So, GM and Ford can rebadge but Toyota and Honda cant?

No, alot of people say that the Big Three are the only auto companies that have blatant rebadges and this thread is pointing out that almost every auto company has at least one pair of rebadged cars. Toyhondissan are thought of as perfect by alot of uninformed people and they don't know that the companies that they worship do the same thing as the companies that they hate. I'm not saying anyone here on GMI does that though...

Oh, and it's bad that any car company makes a rebadged car.

Joevette · 05-13-2006, 08:57 PM

whats the point of those EXACT copies called Daihatsu's being sold next to toyotas in japan? wouldn't you think it would make the toyotas seem like a waste of money?

SobeSVT · 05-13-2006, 09:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Deere_Daze

So, GM and Ford can rebadge but Toyota and Honda cant?

They obvously can . . . can't you see the pics? No one has said that rebadging is bad, at least not yet.

05-13-2006, 01:53 PM	#1 (permalink)
SobeSVT Banned Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: SoFla Drives: 05 Mariner Premier, 98 SLK 230. Both Mercs ;) Posts: 5,673	Badge engineering by . . . TOYOTA (???) Oh Lordy, lordy, lord. Badge engineering has crossed the American borders, swim across the Pacific ocean and landed in, of all places . . . Japan. Meet ugly and uglier, sorry . . . Toyota (Scion) bB and Daihatsu Coo

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Mr. Burns 7.0 Liter LS7 V8 Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: British Columbia, Canada Posts: 6,217	Re: Badge engineering by . . . TOYOTA (???) is it just the one rebadge? everyone has atleast one rebadge, but ill admit, thats quite a blatent one, almost as blatent as the CSVs.

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Kowalski Banned Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: UK Drives: 2004 Vauxhall Vectra GSi 3.2 V6 24V Manual Posts: 2,402	Re: Badge engineering by . . . TOYOTA (???) Not a Toyota but still Japanese. You Americans know it as the "prestigious" Acura TSX. Marketed as a premium midsize car in North America. Huh?! You are kidding me right??? We Europeans know it as the very mainstream Honda Accord. Our Euro Honda Accord looks so much better than the American one. Japanese badge engineering is not a new thing and they are often pretty blatant. Just remember that before Toyota introduced Lexus in Japan. All Lexus sold in America and Europe were known as Toyota in Japan and so the Infiniti models sold in America (and soon in EUR), which are Nissans in Japan and the same thing for Acura which also are known as Honda in Japan.

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