Passport Brochure...?

"RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars" (rallydarkstrike) 09/03/2018 at 23:05 • Filed to: Asuna

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Hi all! I hate how there is no search function in Kinja for your own posts (I also did a Google search on Oppo for similar search terms and can’t find anything) so I can’t remember if I posted this here before, but you folks are the folks that would be interested, so here goes! :D

In Canada, there was a failed !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! back in the late 80s, early 90s (1999-1991). It was a GM project selling rebadged import cars from Isuzu, Saab, Suzuki....Daewoo. Quite an eclectic mix! I have a near-pristine brochure from the time that I scanned awhile back and can’t recall if I posted it here, so I’m just sharing it again as I just re-found the file for the first time in awhile and figured even if I had posted it, some newer folks to Oppo might enjoy it! This one is specifically on the Isuzu Impulse and Stylus, but you see Passport’s other offerings in the front cover as well.

A lot of these vehicles were rebadged and sold as the short-lived (‘92-’94) !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! in 1992 when the Passport network was dissolved....Asuna badged cars are few and far between here these days, but you still see one once in a blue moon. Of all the Asuna rebadges, the Suzuki Sidekick/Asuna SunRunner is the most common left, at least around here...

Fun fact, !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! ! ;)

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Enjoy!

Chariotoflove > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 09/03/2018 at 23:26

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Wow, I’d never heard of this.  Nifty.

facw > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 09/03/2018 at 23:27

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Yeah, kinja search is pretty limited. Google does better, but is still incomplete (and seems inconsistent about whether it indexes comments).

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > Chariotoflove 09/03/2018 at 23:28

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Welcome to GM weirdness of the 90s! :P

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > Chariotoflove 09/03/2018 at 23:29

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Also, my link to the actual brochure seemed to have gotten Kinja’d...is it working now?

Chariotoflove > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 09/03/2018 at 23:30

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Yep.

Chariotoflove > facw 09/03/2018 at 23:31

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I have used Google to search Kinja posts successfully before.  It’s better than nothing.

vicali > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 09/03/2018 at 23:39

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My fayherinlaw wanted a sidekick for tearing around the farm- like a cross between a tractor and a sidebyside. Hunting, off-roading, checking the fields, running over to the neighbours.. real farm life stuff.

When he was ready they found a nice SunRunner- it’s been there almost 10 years now and hasn’t skipped a beat. It’s my favourite rig to bomb around in when we visit..

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > vicali 09/03/2018 at 23:46

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Very cool! I see some rust but it actually doesn’t look as rusty as I’d have thought....at least in that pic!

Urambo Tauro > facw 09/03/2018 at 23:46

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Kinja will be rolling out a “redesigned search experience ” in the “near future”. Until then, there are some search operators that you can try, and of course there’s always G oogle.

BaconSandwich is tasty. > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 09/04/2018 at 00:04

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I remember seeing an Asuna Sunfire near an old friend's place. At the time I had no idea what it was, but the name always stuck in my mind.

facw > Urambo Tauro 09/04/2018 at 00:22

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Good!

In the meantime, I’ll continue to search for my old posts on Google enough to skew our search rankings:

https://oppositelock.kinja.com/1828026818

vicali > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 09/04/2018 at 01:11

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Nothing a set of flares wouldn’t fix..