"Amoore100" (amoore100)
11/02/2015 at 22:14 • Filed to: Ridiculous Rebadges, Mazda 626, Mazda Capella, Ford Telstar
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"Amoore100" (amoore100)
11/02/2015 at 22:14 • Filed to: Ridiculous Rebadges, Mazda 626, Mazda Capella, Ford Telstar | 5
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Welcome to Ridiculous Rebadges, a series of articles in which I go through and examine the details and circumstances surrounding some of the more infamous and some of the more esoteric vehicular rebadges throughout automotive history.
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If you’ve noticed, I have unfortunately skipped Ridiculous Rebadges the past two weeks due to school, holidays, and illness. Still, here we are again with yet another rebadge from Australia! After the Toyota GM UAAI and the Holden Suburban, this rebadge comes from the other primary Australian manufacturer: Ford Australia. In the 60’s and 70’s, the Cortina served as the bread and butter car in the Ford line up, filling the space as a family saloon. However, by 1979 Ford acquired a 7% stake in Mazda and, feeling lazy, decided to replace the Cortina with its former competitor, the Mazda 626. In 1982, the GC Mazda 626/Capella and the First Generation Ford Telstar made their entrance onto the Asian and Oceanic market, particularly Australia. For the next nearly twenty years the Telstar, named after the communications satellite, soldiered on until replaced in 1996 by the Mk II Mondeo, and the Telstar II only was sold in Japan from then on. Interestingly enough, the Telstar experienced internal competition from the Corsair in 1989, itself a rebadged Nissan Pintara. However, this plan was dropped when the Pintara halted production in 1992. More will become clear next week as we learn about the exciting Button car plan! Confused yet?
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3rd gen (GC) Mazda 626/Capella
1st gen (AR/AS) Ford Telstar
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4th gen (GD/GV) Mazda 626/Capella
2nd gen (AT/AV) Ford Telstar
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5th gen (GE) Mazda 626/Capella
3rd gen (AX/AY) Ford Telstar
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6th gen (CG) Mazda 626/Capella (Japan only)
4th gen Ford Telstar II (Japan only)
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7th gen (GF/GW) Mazda 626/Capella
5th gen Ford Telstar II (Japan only)
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All images courtesy of Wikipedia.
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Source: Many Wikipedia articles.
Birddog
> Amoore100
11/02/2015 at 22:24 |
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I’ve been missing this feature. Welcome back!
Van Man, rocks the Man Van
> Amoore100
11/02/2015 at 22:28 |
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Have you done the Toyota Cavalier yet?
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Amoore100
> Van Man, rocks the Man Van
11/02/2015 at 22:33 |
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Amoore100
> Birddog
11/02/2015 at 22:34 |
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Thanks! I’ve been taking the time to do some reading and, well, let’s just say the Australian auto industry is a treasure trove of obscure rebadges, so hold on to your hats for more madness from Down Under!
ly2v8-Brian
> Amoore100
11/02/2015 at 22:40 |
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The best odd Japanastralian car is the Mazda Roadpacer. It was a Holden HJ Premier with a rotary. Need I say more?
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Amoore100
> ly2v8-Brian
11/02/2015 at 22:47 |
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I now know what I’m doing the week after next!
RazoE
> Amoore100
11/02/2015 at 23:15 |
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Love your ridiculous rebadge articles. I kinda wanna make my own, but I don’t want to steal your thunder. How can I submit some to you?
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Amoore100
> RazoE
11/02/2015 at 23:21 |
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If you want you can just put them in the comments of any article or email me at alexander.moore100@gmail.com
I appreciate the consideration but am totally fine if you decide to go about this on your own :)
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RazoE
> Amoore100
11/02/2015 at 23:48 |
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You got mail!
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Amoore100
> RazoE
11/02/2015 at 23:54 |
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Got it, thanks!
Cé hé sin
> Amoore100
11/03/2015 at 04:59 |
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South America can be even weirder.
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Van Man, rocks the Man Van
> Amoore100
11/03/2015 at 07:38 |
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Sorry, I must've missed that.