Ugly, weird, silly, and just plain stupid car rebadges

[GTV0819]

Wow, that design looks weird overall.

 

[GranTurNismo]

Yema SQJ6451, a Chinese rebadged Subaru Forester.

 

[GTV0819]

A rebadged second generation Mitsubishi Pajero/Montero.

 

[xprojected]

I know the Lincoln Mark LT was posted here already, but not its predecessor, the Lincoln Blackwood.

Dig those stripes! The back actually opened like a trunk lid, with swinging doors on the tailgate.

And there was a Cadillac pickup truck of sorts as well, the Escalade EXT, based on the Chevrolet Avalanche.

Nowadays, they know better not to put a luxury brand name on trucks, and fill up the regular truck brand with luxury goodies instead.

 

[GTV0819]

The extreme variants or trims of some pure full-size trucks, like the F-150 Raptor/SVT Raptor and Ram Rebel are a lot better looking than those things.

 

[GranTurNismo]

All this talk about the PSA-Chrysler merger reminds me of the Lancia Thema, a badged-over 2nd-gen Chrysler 300, exclusively for Italy.

 

[GranTurNismo]

Hongqi CA 7465 C8 (quite a mouthful) a rebadged Lincoln Town Car for... you guessed it, China.

 

[GTV0819]

I still love how it looks though..

 

[Draggon]

I still love how it looks though..

Chanfeng? I looked at wiki and there's 15 Chinese versions. Yikes!

 

[GTV0819]

Chanfeng? I looked at wiki and there's 15 Chinese versions. Yikes!

You mean they have 15 different rebadged models from other brands?

 

[Draggon]

You mean they have 15 different rebadged models from other brands?

No, the Pajero has been rebadged by by 15 different Chinese car companies.

 

[GTV0819]

No, the Pajero has been rebadged by by 15 different Chinese car companies.

Really? I didn't know that until now. However, I can recall Hyundai rebadging the SUV as the Galloper before.

 

[Draggon]

Really? I didn't know that until now. However, I can recall Hyundai rebadging the SUV as the Galloper before.

I recounted and there are 'only' 12 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsubishi_Pajero

 

[GTV0819]

I recounted and there are 'only' 12 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsubishi_Pajero

So there are at least 12 different copies that almost looked like it? Rofl.

 

[MedigoFlame]

Randomly found out about this vehicle while helping a co-worker do some research on a first generation BMW X1. Apparently BMW had an EV venture in China called Zinoro. And they rebadged the first generation X1 as the Zinoro 1E.

 

[GranTurNismo]

1968-1969 Karmann Javelin, a rebadged AMC Javelin for Germany. Supposedly only 300 were made.

 

[GranTurNismo]

2013-2015 Alpheon. A rebadged Buick LaCrosse exclusively for South Korea. The Alpheon marque was quickly dropped after very poor sales.

 

[Wiegert]

Badge/front-bumper engineering born from the need to keep a brand's CO2 emissions down in the EU and UK.

Enter the Suzuki Swace. Based on the Corolla Touring Sports hybrid which is already sold in Europe. I suppose it was a Swift way to lower Suzuki's fleet emissions.

 

[MedigoFlame]

Buick Exelle HRV (also known as the Suzuki Reno or Daewoo Lacetti)

 

[Centroid]

Yema SQJ6451, a Chinese rebadged Subaru Forester.

Actually that's a knock off and is based off this:-

 

[05XR8]

One that puzzeled me back in the day and it still goes on with the German brands:

Mercedes-Benz 500E

It was renamed/rebadged an E500.

 

[TheCracker]

One that puzzeled me back in the day and it still goes on with the German brands:

Mercedes-Benz 500E
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It was renamed/rebadged an E500.

Just naming conventions across the whole Mercedes range. It started when the 190E was replaced by the C-class. Mid way through this E-class's lifecycle Mercedes moved all their segment markers in front of their engine-sizing markers, hence the 200E became the E200 etc.

 

[ToyGTone]

Hyundai Galloper, back when Hyundai had rebadged Mitsubishi's like this Pajero.

Oh how times have changed.

 

[MatskiMonk]

Randomly found out about this vehicle while helping a co-worker do some research on a first generation BMW X1. Apparently BMW had an EV venture in China called Zinoro. And they rebadged the first generation X1 as the Zinoro 1E.

I know I'm responding to an older post, but I don't often see this thread. The 1E wasn't really a rebadge, I know it looks like it is, but there was never a corresponding model from BMW, the 1E had a primitive EV powertrain, the first gen X1 didn't.

It had a follow up, the 60H, this was more rebadge since it was pretty much an X1 25e ...

.. though rebadge is perhaps a little harsh given it had quite a few sheet metal changes compared to the F48 X1.

Zinoro is a sub brand of the BMW-Brilliance Automotive alliance.

 

[DemioXDTourng]

OK so I remember seeing this car that was based off a civic, and was electric, but I can't remember the name.


It was very uncreative.

 

[RandomCarGuy17]

I just learned that the US still gets a Yaris hatchback, only that it's a hatchback version of the IA. Which was a Mazda 2.

It's kinda neat knowing that the US sort-of has the Mazda 2 hatchback again, but um...why?

 

[EvolutionWRX]

The Yaris iA sedan is also based on the Mazda2 sedan.

 

[RandomCarGuy17]

The Yaris iA sedan is also based on the Mazda2 sedan.

I just said that...

 

[DemioXDTourng]

Why not?

I just learned that the US still gets a Yaris hatchback, only that it's a hatchback version of the IA. Which was a Mazda 2.

It's kinda neat knowing that the US sort-of has the Mazda 2 hatchback again, but um...why?

 

[SPhilli911]

It's kinda neat knowing that the US sort-of has the Mazda 2 hatchback again, but um...why?

If the pandemic didn't happen I was going to get one of these for a daily driver/ commuter car simply because it's so cheap. I honestly kinda like them, but I can't really explain why. Not many new, small, cheap car options anymore, I suppose.