What the ever-loving fudge did I just discover?!

"If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent" (essextee) 12/04/2016 at 21:05 • Filed to: ridiculous rebadges

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Yes that is a Chevrolet badge on a Subaru Forester. No, that’s not a photoshop. When the second gen Forester debuted, GM owned a stake in Fuji Heavy Industries. They saw this as an opportunity to get their grubby little hands into a new market with no effort of their own, and thus India received a Chevrolet Forester.

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 12/04/2016 at 21:09

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They got a better deal than Toyota did with this one:

Racin'Jason001 > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 12/04/2016 at 21:09

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This. I never knew before today. Do it again!!

dogisbadob > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 12/04/2016 at 21:13

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I hope they offered a Forester SS :p

Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) > dogisbadob 12/04/2016 at 21:17

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LS1 powered Forester... why not, lol.

Amoore100 > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 12/04/2016 at 21:19

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Haha, thanks for keeping the tag alive! I’ll get back to it after college apps; I promise! In the meantime, take a stab at these:

S65 > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) 12/04/2016 at 21:22

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Been done

S65 > TheTurbochargedSquirrel 12/04/2016 at 21:23

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Why does it look better with Toyota badges

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > S65 12/04/2016 at 21:35

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Because it makes you believe it’s not a total shit box

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > S65 12/04/2016 at 21:38

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Headlight regulations.

In fact, on second look, there is a bunch of stuff they clearly had to change for it to meet Japanese regulations. It makes me wonder how much is different that we can’t see.

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 12/04/2016 at 21:45

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Fuji Heavy Industries: The Town Bicycle of Automobile Manufacturers.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Eric @ opposite-lock.com 12/04/2016 at 22:19

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If anything that’s Daewoo or Suzuki.

Connqr > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 12/04/2016 at 22:34

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*Best Chevrolet branded car of 2005*

IanZ - limited-slip indifferential > S65 12/04/2016 at 22:40

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Because it’s not a huge gold blemish.

Frenchlicker > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 12/04/2016 at 22:49

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I love this generation Forrester yet I despise it with that friggin gold bowtie. It is just hideous. I’m a blue oval type.

DrJohannVegas > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 12/04/2016 at 22:56

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LIIIIIKE A ROOOCK!!!

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > IanZ - limited-slip indifferential 12/04/2016 at 23:56

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But most Cavaliers have blue bowties.

Matthew Phillips > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 12/05/2016 at 02:21

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The best Chevrolet to ever be produced in 2005. You guys in India are lucky.

pip bip - choose Corrour > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 12/05/2016 at 04:04

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Opel/Vauxhall/Chevrolet/Holden Zafira & Subaru Traviq

gawdzillla > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 12/05/2016 at 09:23

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only if they made a SS version with STi everything and 6 speed manual ....

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 12/05/2016 at 17:25

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Daewoo was sold to GM, so I can’t count them. For that matter, Daewoo had nothing on Kia prior to their sale.

After a little research, Suzuki does appear to beat out Subaru on this front. I knew they did some badge engineering for GM, but I wasn’t aware of the extent to which they do outside the US for others.

Fuji Heavy/Subaru is probably the most mainstream brand to do it at the moment. Toyota is also up there, though.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Eric @ opposite-lock.com 12/05/2016 at 18:04

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I don’t think the Mazda 2/Toyabaru/Neu Supra count though because they were co-developed rather than outright rebadged.