Ten Weirdest Rebadges

"Margin Of Error" (marginoferror) 10/05/2015 at 14:20 • Filed to: LISTS

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Cars get rebadged all the time, and sometimes it makes a lot of sense, or it is at least expected. Sometimes, however, it’s just so strange it makes your head explode. Let’s have a look at the ten weirdest re-badged cars in the history of automobile, and feel to add your own submission in the Kinjas below.

10 - Ford Versailles

9 - Volkswagen Routan

8 - Saab 9-7x

7 - Simca-Talbot Horizon

6 - Volga Siber

5 - Toyota Lexcen

4 - Triumph Acclaim

3 - Acura SLX

2 - Holden Apollo

1 - Toyota Cavalier

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > Margin Of Error 10/05/2015 at 14:24

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The weirdest really should be the Honda Crossroad, which was a LR Discovery.

Mercedes Streeter > Margin Of Error 10/05/2015 at 14:29

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Dodge Attitude! The newest one is just a Mitsubishi Mirage

Previous generations were just Hyundai Accents with Dodge badging and Hyundai badges on the back.

ZOOMZOOM! > Margin Of Error 10/05/2015 at 14:31

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Hey, I am sitting in front of that building at USC right now! Haha

Patrick Nichols > Margin Of Error 10/05/2015 at 14:33

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I’ll take that acura over anything in their current lineup

duurtlang > Margin Of Error 10/05/2015 at 14:33

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How’s the Simca-Talbot Horizon a weird rebadge? It’s no rebadge at all, if I’m not mistaken.

MultiplaOrgasms > Margin Of Error 10/05/2015 at 14:34

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Umm this is not a rebadge.

Jcarr > duurtlang 10/05/2015 at 14:36

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Isn’t it a rebadge of the Dodge Omni/Plymouth Horizon?

Birddog > Jcarr 10/05/2015 at 14:41

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Sort of the other way around. The L body was a modified version of the Talbot.

Margin Of Error > duurtlang 10/05/2015 at 14:41

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Dodge Omni / Plymouth Horizon

for Michigan > Margin Of Error 10/05/2015 at 14:41

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Since nobody is bothering to give sources on the Simca-Talbot Horizon:

The US market Omni/Horizon was a derivative of the Simca-Talbot Horizon , which was sold as a Simca, Chrysler, or Talbot depending on market and year.

So the Omni/Horizon that we got is actually the badge-engineered version.

Margin Of Error > MultiplaOrgasms 10/05/2015 at 14:42

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How come ?

Jcarr > Birddog 10/05/2015 at 14:42

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Didn’t know that. Interesting.

duurtlang > Margin Of Error 10/05/2015 at 14:46

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Yes, that ’s the rebadge. Sort of.

luvMeSome142 & some Lincoln! > Jcarr 10/05/2015 at 14:49

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Looks like it was the other way around, but not exactly. It’s complicated .

skinnyrook > Margin Of Error 10/05/2015 at 14:53

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Simca-Talbot was Chrysler Europe, so as rebadges go, it’s closer to Toyota’s use of the Scion name in the US. However, it gets weirder. The US Omni/Horizon shared the looks with the European version, but few major parts, including engine, suspension, and even body panels.

itschrome > Margin Of Error 10/05/2015 at 14:55

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adding info to each selection, possibly describing the car in question and why it was so would probably wouldn’t have added anything at all to this.......... I mean the Routan is a given.. but the rest?

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > Mercedes Streeter 10/05/2015 at 15:02

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where is that sold?!

Mercedes Streeter > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner 10/05/2015 at 15:03

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Mexico!

Margin Of Error > itschrome 10/05/2015 at 15:03

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I don’t always have the time.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > Mercedes Streeter 10/05/2015 at 15:05

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That thing is weeeiiird looking

Short-throw Granny Shifter is 2 #blessed 2b stressed > Margin Of Error 10/05/2015 at 15:13

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Cadillac BLS. Why Cadillac thought it was necessary to enter the European market with a reb added Saab, we may never know.

AfromanGTO > Margin Of Error 10/05/2015 at 15:18

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What about the Suzuki Equator and Mitsubishi Raider???

Stapleface-Now Hyphenated! > Margin Of Error 10/05/2015 at 15:25

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I want that Triumph badged Civic. Probably the most reliable Triumph ever.

RazoE > Margin Of Error 10/05/2015 at 15:25

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What was this a rebadge of?

punkgoose17 > Margin Of Error 10/05/2015 at 15:27

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Simca was Chryslers brand in Europe. It is like calling the Vuxhaul VXR a rebadge of the Holden Commadore, or the Infiniti Q6o a rebadge of the Nissan Skyline Coupe.

Margin Of Error > RazoE 10/05/2015 at 15:27

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VW Quantum

daender > Margin Of Error 10/05/2015 at 15:29

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B-but TRD Cavalier!

And race car!

MultiplaOrgasms > Margin Of Error 10/05/2015 at 15:39

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It was designed by Simca right? Simca (or Chrysler Europe for that matter) was bought by PSA shortly after the launch, and Chrysler got the rights to continue production for north america and further developed the car independently from PSA. That technically makes the Horizon the ‘original’, and the Dodge Omni the ‘rebadge’.

functionoverfashion > Margin Of Error 10/05/2015 at 15:45

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I remember seeing that “Acura” at an auto show when I was like, 12? I didn’t know a lot about cars, but we happened to have arrived there in a rental Isuzu Trooper. I just marveled at the Acura, thinking, how can they charge $10,000 for some Acura badges? Who would buy this?? WTF

Your boy, BJR > Margin Of Error 10/05/2015 at 15:48

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The 9-7x aero is actually the only Saab I’d willingly buy these days. An AWD Corvette SUV in a European designer suit? Sign me up!

Margin Of Error > Your boy, BJR 10/05/2015 at 16:10

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It was basically and Olds Bravada body with an Euro designer front clip.

Ed, for the old good times > Margin Of Error 10/05/2015 at 16:23

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Ford Courier / Mazda B series

Your boy, BJR > Margin Of Error 10/05/2015 at 17:46

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And the aero had a LS V8

Manwich - now Keto-Friendly > Margin Of Error 10/05/2015 at 18:46

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Knew about all of these except for #2 and #10.

There are other weirdly rebadged cars in Latin America... like the VW Apollo (Euro Ford Orion), VW Pointer/Logus (Euro Ford Escort) and the Ford Royale.

These rebadges are the result of a Ford-VW joint venture called Autolatina:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autolatin…

And if you want to read about some interesting weird model whoring/rebadging, read up on the Opel Kadett E:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opel_Kade…

And also just read up on the RWD and FWD versions of the GM T platform:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GM_T_plat…

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GM_T_plat…

Manwich - now Keto-Friendly > for Michigan 10/05/2015 at 18:59

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And here’s some detailed history on it:

http://www.allpar.com/omni/horizon-c…

ranwhenparked > Jcarr 10/05/2015 at 19:29

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No, Chrysler Europe was actually the lead developer on the Horizon project. If anything, the Dodge/Plymouth versions were rebadges of the Simca.

ranwhenparked > Margin Of Error 10/05/2015 at 19:30

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Most unreliable Honda ever.

axiomatik > Mercedes Streeter 10/06/2015 at 14:41

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My coworker just saw one of these here in Atlanta a few weeks ago. I had to look it up since I had never heard of it.

Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy > Margin Of Error 10/08/2015 at 13:19

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LIES