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xxx@xxx.xxx - 01 Mar 2007 21:15 GMT

You know when a car is built by one company and sold as a different name by
another company, such as the Chevy Nova was actually a Toyota? Is there a name
for that? And is there a good list or web site of those cars?

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HLS@nospam.nix - 01 Mar 2007 23:55 GMT

> You know when a car is built by one company and sold as a different name by
> another company, such as the Chevy Nova was actually a Toyota? Is there a name
> for that? And is there a good list or web site of those cars?
>
> reply here or to redgreen202 at yahoo

Relabeling, rebranding, or rebadging are terms I have heard. Happens all
the time.

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gsxr711@hotmail.com - 02 Mar 2007 00:09 GMT

On Mar 1, 4:15 pm, x...@xxx.xxx wrote:

I've heard it referred to as a sister car. I got this quote from www.cars.com
"The 2007 Saturn Aura midsize sedan, a sister of the Chevrolet Malibu
and Pontiac G6..." I don't know of a site that lists all sister cars
but if you Google: "sister cars" Grand Am you get hits that talk about
the Oldsmobile Achieva and the Buick Skylark. I hope this helps.

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aarcuda69062 - 02 Mar 2007 01:18 GMT

> You know when a car is built by one company and sold as a different name by
> another company, such as the Chevy Nova was actually a Toyota? Is there a
> name
> for that? And is there a good list or web site of those cars?
>
> reply here or to redgreen202 at yahoo

The Chevy Nova circa 1985 was not built by Toyota, it was built
by "New United Motors Manufacturing Incorporated" (NUMMI) a joint
venture between General Motors and Toyota.
Cars that are wholly built by an offshore company and re-badged
under a domestic name are called "captive imports."
Examples would be the Daewoo built Pontiac Lemans, the Kia built
Ford Festiva and Aspire and the Mitsubishi built Eagle Summit.

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Tegger - 02 Mar 2007 02:00 GMT

>> You know when a car is built by one company and sold as a different
>> name by another company, such as the Chevy Nova was actually a
[quoted text clipped - 8 lines]
> Examples would be the Daewoo built Pontiac Lemans, the Kia built
> Ford Festiva and Aspire and the Mitsubishi built Eagle Summit.

And with the phrase "captive import" to help us (thanks, aarcuda), a quick
Googling reveals:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captive_import

Absent from the Wiki list above are a couple of obscure Canada-only models.
GM briefly had a brand called "Asüna" (the U inexplicably had an umlaut
over it). Its three models were eventually sold under the Geo banner.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/As%C3%BCna

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xxx@xxx.xxx - 02 Mar 2007 20:49 GMT

Thanks everybody.

>The Chevy Nova circa 1985 was not built by Toyota, it was built
>by "New United Motors Manufacturing Incorporated" (NUMMI) a joint
[quoted text clipped - 13 lines]
>over it). Its three models were eventually sold under the Geo banner.
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/As%C3%BCna

That's what I was looking for. I'm trying to find better cars for a better
price. Thanks.

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