Only because they use different brands in different countries, but wholly own them. Opel and Vauxhall are the same cars but in different markets, and were both 100% owned by GM. Not really brand engineering when those were GMs brand names in Europe
American brand in order to not scare away the GI generation ("we fought these people 30 years ago, now you buy cars from them?") European brand in order to appeal to younger buyers that want something sportier than their parents' Chevrolet/Pontiac/Buick Japanese brand in order to appeal to pragmatic buyers that simply want more reliable cars, and are tired of usual GM buckets on wheels. It's either pure marketing genius or a shameless cash grab attempt. Oh well, the fact that GM even stays in business is nothing but a miracle financed by taxpayers' dollars.
I have one. Buick’s name appears nowhere on the car, but it was sold through Buick dealers and you have to look it up as a Buick to get anywhere with finding parts. Mine is badged as, “ Opel by Isuzu”
Disappointed that the GM GMT360 platform wasn’t mentioned. Because it was sold in the US under 6 different brand names AT THE SAME TIME. GMC Envoy, Chevrolet Trailblazer, Saab 9-7X, Buick Rainier, Oldsmobile Bravada, and the Isuzu Ascender… all were basically the exact same vehicle, sold at the same time.
Those weren't "rebadges" since most GMT360s (excepting Ascender and Rainier) had distinct body panels and interiors. "Rebadge" doesn't go that far. Far more than badges were changed, even though so much of what you can't see is the same.
btw the trailblazer mentioned isnt the same in other countries outside the us. in the us, the trailblazer is smaller compared to asia where it’s an suv.
@@satokotsu The Trailblazer sold today is not the Trailblazer discussed in this thread. Long before "Trailblazer" was affixed to the piece of garbage wearing the name today, it was affixed to a mid-sized SUV that had either an I6 or V8 engine, RWD/4WD, and interested buyers.
In Australia, the Holden Jackaroo (Isuzu Trooper) was recognised as being a generally good thing. Largely reliable, well built and very capable off-road, it was at home in middle to upper class suburbia, as it was on outback bush farms and in rural countryside. I happened to own a Holden Gemini as my first car. Highly entertaining and fun to drive.
Agreed, my family had a mid to later 90’s one (I believe) with well over 400,000 kms on it and still going strong before it ended up getting written off, overall a very good car.
Some friends had a Jackaroo when I was a kid. My one memory of it is it repeatedly failing to make it up a big, red sand dune for lack of power. More embarrassing was that several notoriously gutless Land Rover Series IIIs were waiting at the top.
I am surprised that the Fiat 124 didn't make it to this list. I thought that this would be the most rebagded car of all time, let alone with probably around a dozen brands that sold the so called "shiguli" in eastern europe and sovjet countries, in addition to Fiat, SEAT, Tofas (Turkey), Premier-Hindustan (India) and some more.
@@user-xnopyt … which was a ruggedized version of the Fiat 124, under license 😊 Edit: It was even named after the hills near the city of Togliatti, named after Palmiro Togliatti, once the head of the Italian Communist Party (PCI) and held in high esteem by Stalin
@@user-xnopytMy father-in-law had a Zhigula in Bulgaria which he was given by his father. They had to wait a year for it and that was not at all long. It was a beautiful burnt orange colour and was extremely reliable. Its replacement, an Opel Kadet, didn't last as long. All the best.
The Isuzu Faster was actually rebadged even more than the trooper, with 14 different versions: Isuzu Faster Chevrolet LUV GMC Dragon Holden Rodeo Honda Tourmaster Opel Campo Vauxhall Brava Bedford Brava Foton SUP Jinbei Jindian Jiangling Baodian Winnerway ZH6500/ZH1021LU2 Xinkai Century Autorrad Century
Funny story: My dad's best friend bought an Opel Campo a long time ago ago. About two months ago he was contacted by the government that he needs to go to a gov window to rename the car on its papers to Isuzu Campo since the government deemed the Opel Campo name to be false. So he owned and Opel Campo for about thirty years, and now owns an Isuzu Campo without ever selling the damn car. The steering wheel still has the Opel logo though.
@@vakusRP just out of curiosity, in which country do you live? I need to know which country has a government with so much spare time on their hands to spend it bothering its own citizens like that😅
I mean arent most of the chinese cars just blatant rip-offs? (I didnt even know but googled the brand and for example the Xinkai Victory is a rip-off of a Lexus)
@@lauri9061 Most of these Chinese rebadges were made in the 90s, and at the time, it was common for small Chinese manufacturers to illegally import vehicles without key components like tires or mirrors - these missing parts would be shipped separately, and would prevent these companies from having to pay import taxes. The missing parts would then be added to the car later on, and the manufacturer would sell the vehicle under their own name for big profits. I wasn't able to confirm that this was the case for the Xinkai century, but Xinkai certainly did do this practice with Toyota Camrys at that time, so I suspect they did the same thing with the Century trucks
The Honda Crossroad(the rebadged Land Rover Discovery) should have been offered in the United States. It would have gotten Honda into the SUV market a lot earlier than 1994.
Nothing beats the good old Opel Kadett E made between 1984 and 2016 under 11 brands: Opel, Vauxhall, Chevrolet, Daewoo, Pontiac, Asuna, Passport, FSO, Holden, Buick and Bertone.,
Yes, was waiting for this! And in addition to all these brands (although I am not sure which models you mean for FSO, Buick and Bertone (which was the Opel Kadett convertible, I guess)), it also had soo many nameplates - Daewoo had 7 names for it (if you count the Nexia as a simple rebadge) and even Opel sold it as a Monza in South America, too.
Whenever I think about rebadge I will forever think "citybug". The Toyota Aygo, Citroen C1, Peugeot 107 trio. So insanely many of these were sold here.
im surprised the first gen suzuki vitara wasnt mentioned, it was sold under all of these names Suzuki Vitara/Escudo/Sidekick Santana 300/350 Mazda Proceed Levante Chevrolet Tracker/Vitara Geo Tracker GMC Tracker Pontiac Sunrunner Asüna Sunrunner Wanli WLZ5020XLD and finally, Guangtong GTQ5020XLZ (what great names these last 2 have)
@@itzmatt373 That was one of the names, and it's listed above. What names it had depends on the year and the market it was sold in. Chevy sold it as the Chevrolet Vitara in Columbia, Ecuador, & Venezuela. The Tracker name was also used on the Geo Tracker in the US & Canada and the GMC Tracker in Canada.
Have you tried Suzuki Carry? It's been rebadged by Daewoo, Ford, Autozam, Maruti, Vauxhall, Holden, Chevrolet and other brands you most likely never heard of. There are probably more than 20 versions of the same car.
It's a shame that the title of the video is 'What is the Most Rebadged Car Ever?' and not: 'What is the Most Rebadged Truck Ever?' 'What is the Most Rebadged Kei Truck Ever?' 'What is the Most Rebadged Commercial Vehicle Ever?' Also: {...}There are probably more than 20 versions of the same -car- kei truck.{...} There, FTFY.
I think the top spot should be the Mitsubishi Pajero, its been rebranded as Montero on other markets, Hyundai Galloper, Changfeng Liebao, Galloper Super Exceed, Leopard and a whole lot more, seriously there's like 20+ rebadges of this SUV, especially the 2nd Gen
Me and several other people in a Discord server spent an evening figuring out what the answer to this question was, though we counted different names within the same brand The second gen Mitsubishi Pajero was 3rd, with 21 different names The Opel Kadett E/Daewoo Lemans was 2nd with 28 names, and first place was the good old Fiat 124 with 38 names Edit: I’ve been reminded that the Kadett E is actually tied for second with the 3rd gen Isuzu Faster
I own a 1991 Mitsubishi Montero 😅 Over here can be seen some Pajero too, but there's any difference. Maybe the Wagon (Montero Wagon) could apply too. (It has the same design, but just with 4 doors and a bigger engine)
This was such a great watch! Fantastically produced, narrated, edited, etc. The quality demonstrates experience of larger channels, and I'm excited for more!
I honestly had no idea the Trooper was the most rebadged vehicle. Back in high school my friend’s dad had an Acura SLX. For some reason they looked fancier than Troopers to me. I guess it was all placebo.
The GM J-Body is another one who could be in that list too It was sold as Opel Ascona in Europe, Vauxhall Cavalier in the UK, Chevrolet Monza in South America, Holden Camira in AU and NZ, Isuzu Aska in Japan, Chevrolet Aska in South America and finally as the Chevrolet Cavalier, Cadillac Cimarron, Buick Skyhawk, Oldsmobile Firenza and a lot of Pontiac models in the US. I probably forgot a model or two lol
How about this for an honourable mention : The Perodua Myvi(1st gen) The Toyota Passo(1st gen) The Daihatsu Boon(1st gen) The Subaru Justy The Daihatsu Sirion( 1st gen) I understand that by its 3rd gen, the Myvi is completely different from the Daihatsu and Toyota except for the Sirion which is a literal rebadge of the Myvi for all it’s generations and Sirion/Boon therefore ignoring the first rule. But I just wanted to put it out there as a Malaysian living with the King for so many years 😂
In Australia we had the Suzuki Swift and the Holden Barina for sale and driving around on the roads at the same time identical cars with different badges
In Australia the Holden Barina name was used for a series of rebadged imports. The first and second generation were rebadged Suzuki Swift mini cars from Japan. The third and fourth generation were rebadged Opel Corsa cars from Europe, the fifth and sixth generations were Daewoo Kalos cars from South Korea. 😊
Also the estate version called Buick SRV. Both later transferred under Chevrolet badge, so the Buick brand could focus on premium cars. Except GM Shanghai had kept Daewoo Lacetti as Buick Excelle...which sold so well that when Holden Caprice was introduced as Buick Park Avenue, no one bought it.
Modern VX/Opel doesn't even count as a rebadge (in the context of this video) as it's literally the same car and company with a different badge purely as they wanted to retain the historical VX name in the UK.
@@buretobg3021 Vauxhall was established 5 years before opel they weren't the same brand like they are now that's a recent change. Vauxhall used to make original vehicles that slowly became rebadged opels
@@buretobg3021 GM is the company. It makes a car and calls in an Opel in one place and a Vauxhall in another. It is not "rebadging" an existing car. It is madness that today they still brand the cars differently. Back in the 60s even Ford made completely different cars in the UK and Germany.
Re badge cars goes back to the 1960's in the UK, the Austin and Morris ( ADO16 ) there were several versions of the same car. Austin and Morris 1100/1300 there was a Riley, MG, Worsley, Vanden Plass. also six versions of the Austin Cambridge and Morris Oxford using the Riley, MG, Worsley and Vanden Plass. There was the Routes group that became Chrysler UK, you had Hillman Imp and Hunter that was also badge as Hillman, Humber , Sunbeam, Singer, manufactures.
Malaysian here,and I didn’t expect RUclips would recommend me this video. Perodua was a national carmaker in Malaysia here and it’s basically a more affordable Toyota due to Non national brand has a higher tax rate in here. Hence we getting Ativa under Perodua brand here.
@@ha-kyaa7815 Third gen myvi is also design by Perodua. The current Indonesia Daihatsu Sirion is also made in Perodua factoty in malaysia anda export to Indonesia
The GM T-car had at least 17 different names, and nearly 40 different names on the platform, including re-designed versions, around the world. Just check out the Wikipedia page.
The GM T-car is, to begin with, a PLATFORM. It not only encompasses wildly different exteriors and stylings, but also body variants for the same model and mark, so the count goes way higher than 17, but it's not eligible for the criteria exposed by corsicar.
1st Gen Chevy Cavaliers had a bunch rebadged variants such as the Buick Skyhawk, Cadillac Cimarron, Oldsmobile Firenza, Pontiac Sunbird, Opel Ascona, Vauxhall Cavalier, Isuzu Aska, Holden Camira.
A lot of these are the same car for different markets under a different brand. The GMT360 was sold as a Chevy TrailBlazer, Buick Rainer, GMC Envoy, Izuzu Ascender, Oldsmobile Bravada, and Saab 9-7X (that is 6) in the same market at the same time with very little difference in any of them outside the badge and grille.
@@ryanvanderplas3998Came into the comments to say the same look for someone else who also noticed the lack of further expansion on rebadges that are within ONE market. The GMT200 minivans were also sold under 6 different names (Venture, Uplander, Montana, Silhouette, Terazza, Relay) in North America alone. It's a lot more impressive than counting across multiple markets' different brands.
I got a few more honorable mentions: GM's A-body FWD (Buick Century gen 5, Chevrolet Celebrity, Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera, Pontiac 6000) GMT325 pickups (Chevrolet S10, Chevrolet Patriot S10 [Kuwait], GMC S15/Sonoma, GMC Syclone, Jinbei GMC S10 [China]) Mitsubishi Starion (also sold as the Chrysler Conquest, Dodge Conquest, and Plymouth Conquest; that's right THREE of MoPar's divisions sold the same car under the same name at the same time!) Gen 1 Chevrolet Aveo (Chevrolet Kalos, Chevrolet Lova, Daewoo Kalos, Holden Barina, Pontiac G3, ZAZ Vida, Ravon Nexia R3, Suzuki Swift+)
Actually, the Mitsubishi ASX was sold under different brand names. Yes, it was sold as the Mitsubishi RVR and Mitsubishi Outlander Sport in a few different markets, but there was also the rebadged Citroen C4 Aircross and Peugeot 4008, which were built by Mitsubishi in Japan. Here in Australia the Mitsubishi ASX, Citroen C4 Aircross and Peugeot 4008, were all sold at the same time in our market. Today only the Mitsubishi ASX survives, as Citroen and Peugeot developed their own replacements. Also, there are two different Mitsubishi ASX's sold in global markets today, there is the original Mitsubishi ASX that is still on sale and then there is the Euro Mitsubishi ASX, which is a rebadged Renault Captur. The second generation Mitsubishi Outlander, was also sold as the Citroen C Crosser and Peugeot 4007.
Wow, Mitsubishi went out of their way to slander Lancer's legacy by turning it into a crossover and then badge-engineering it to other companies, only to badge engineer it into a Renault.
fun fact, the brazilian chevette couldn't just be produced in brazil due to a import ban on the country, so gm brazil had to redesign all the molds and presses using the original blueprints. so none of the international parts fit on the brazilian cars.
Suzuki Swift was introduced in Pakistan as Suzuki Cultus in 2000 till 2016. The sedan version was introduced in Pakistan as Suzuki Margalla in 1992 till 1998.
I had a rebaged Mustang GT--the 1986 Mercury Capri 5.0. Those were the only 2 rebadged cars from the Fox Body at the time that were specifically 'pony cars'.
The SEVEL X290 Comes as the Fiat Ducato, Peugeot Boxer/Manager, Citroen Relay/Jumper, Opel Movano, Vauxhall Movano, RAM Promaster, Toyota ProAce Max. With electric versions by Zenith and Maxwell.
Great video, I've always been interested in silly badge engineered cars. Another brand which took on the trooper is (strangely) Lotus, who partnered with Isuzu to sell the Isuzu trooper/Bighorn Lotus edition. A silly name for a very silly special edition.
Fiat Tipo in Mexico is sold atm as Dodge Neon, not too long ago the C1/Aygo and Peugeot 107 are on the fence of being one car (not only they share platform but shape 107/C1 is almost identical) and pretty much all of them stop producing it (the Aygo X is a crossover and totally misses the point of what those cars were a very affordable and economical commuters).
The Hillman Avenger should be there tied in 3rd as it was sold under 7 different badges in total (Dodge, Plymouth , Volkswagen, Sunbeam, Talbot, Chrysler)
We had the Acura slx growing up. Was my sisters first car. I got it for little bit after her. I for a time in my life. Drove the most rebadged car ever. That’s awesome.
Here in South Africa, as you mentioned at the beginning of the video.... Suzuki and Toyota are at it and going hard at it lately. Suzuki Baleno > Toyota Starlet, Suzuki Ertiga > Toyota Rumion, Suzuki Fronx > Toyota Starlet Cross, Suzuki Celerio > Toyota Vitz Suzuki Brezza > Toyota Urban Cruiser Suzuki Grand Vitara > Toyota Urban Cruiser 2024 And people are buying them more as Toyota(s) while Suzuki offers more warranty and at cheaper prices than Toyota. So the partnership works surprisingly due to badge snobs.
Speaking of which, I still question to myself why Toyota in South Africa would rather sell rebadged Suzukis instead of bringing in Daihatsu's like previous efforts? I feel like the Raize and all new Agya would do very well there.
We'll. The Second Generation Trailblazer is basically was sold under different names in counties. In AU was Holden Colorado. In Russia it's Chevrolet Trailblazer (And it's considered a very rare car, because it's discontinued to be sell and stopped production in 2014). But i can assure you. There is at least one Trailblazer in Yekaterinburg
The Chevette was still quite popular in Brazil until the late 90's. It's still got an underground following due to the fact that it's one of the few RWD cars, so it's quite popular with the drifting community here in Brazil. Thanks for the vid. Looking forward to the next videos.
i would also like to point out that the GM J platform has a lot of badges and is possible the most shameful of all the rebrands. varying from cheap brands to sporty brands to luxury brands Opel Ascona C, Vauxhall Cavalier Mark II, Toyota Cavalier, Isuzu Aska, Holden Camira, Pontiac 2000, Oldsmobile Firenza, Chevrolet Cavalier, Cadillac Cimarron, Buick Skyhawk, Daewoo Espero
@@VcrThunder no, the J plattform upon launch followed GMs plan for each individual market. Some of these other cars here just swapped hands for practical reasons, with no strategy behind it whatsoever
@@YBM2007 The claim that the J-platform wasn't re-badged and merely followed GM's market-specific plans is a bit lacking and also does not make it not a rebadge :P because so did the T platform. GM extensively rebadged the J platform into shameful models. the Chevrolet Cavalier turned into Cadillac Cimarron, Oldsmobile Firenza, Pontiac 2000 and Buick Skyhawk. These vehicles are clearly re-badged cars, with the Cadillac Cimarron often cited as one of the worst re-badged cars ever made. first image that comes up if you google "bad badge engineered cars" is the Cadillac Cimarron Also!! using a car in another market doesn't change its status as a re-badge. For example, the Holden Camira in Australia is widely recognized as a re-badged Opel, rather than an original Holden product. same with the vauxhall. nobody will say that is an vauxhall designed car. hence it has to be a rebadge
@@VcrThunder In the case of Opel Vauxhall and Holden the J-car was intended to be one, with no longer any sheet metal differences and only marginal differences on trim levels. In most cases it wasnt "rebadged", GM was split up into those different markets - what should they do, sell no cars of the J plattform in say South America or Australia?
Very nice video! Also there could be the Chrysler Town & Country which has been rebadged as: Dodge Caravan (Grand Caravan), Chrysler Voyager (Grand Voyager), RAM C/V Tradesman and the Lancia Voyager
The Mini actually just beats out the Opel Kadett! As well as the eight brands in the video, it was also sold in Spain as the Authi Mini for a few years. A car that is tied with the Opel Kadett though is the BMC 1100. At various points, it was sold under eight different brands: Austin Morris Wolseley Riley MG Vanden Plas Innocenti Authi
Pretty sure the Mini wasn't all of those at once, it was the same car made in the same factories and going to the same dealers, but being given different corporate identities (rather than the more familiar occurrence of subsequent models turning out to be the same car under new bodywork). The cannibalism of British car brands during the Mini's production was ferocious and ultimately left none alive. Equally possible the BMC1100 experienced the same fate.
I'm still counting but the Opel Kadet has been rebadged 27 times with minor modifications (I count the pick-ups and coupe versions so sometimes different names for a same brand) by 13 brands: Opel, Bedford, Vauxhall, Chevrolet, Isuzu, Buick, Pontiac, GMC, Holden, Saehan, Daewoo + Aymesa and Grumett (both in South America). 14 if counting Opel by Isuzu as a brand.
I'm glad someone made a video about the world of rebadging cars. Few months back i've seen a guy starting a video saying "did you know the new Dodge Hornet is actually an Alfa Romeo?" and all I could think of "didn't knew that one specifically but it makes total sense how these 2 companies are part of Stellantis (and former under FCA) uses the same platform for 2 different cars, they have been making it since forever". So i'm glad someone talks about how this all came to be, to those car guys and girls that act surprised when someone tells them their car is a rebadge of something "completely different".
The Lotus 7 should be top of this list. It is still sold as kit car and production car and over the years has been sold by many different companies and they all look near identical. Wiki comes back with 36 different companies 😅
Informative and interesting, and well presented. Some of them I didn't know, like the Buick Opel. I wonder some of the British companies could be well up there, like Rootes Group and the mess of makes that BMC/BL had, but I guess you researched these since the Mini is up there. But that Buick Opel reminded me of something. Which car had the most brand names, and yes on the same car? My pick is the Chrysler Talbot Sunbeam Lotus. Chrysler and Talbot as both brand names were shown for some months in the transition period after Peugeot took over Chrysler Europe. Sunbeam in this case is the model name, but was formerly a brand of the Rootes Group and for some years even marketed as Sunbeam-Talbot. And Lotus because the engine for this version Sunbeam was sourced from Lotus.
Thank you for the kind words! BMC and British Leyland are excellent examples and definitely could've been touched on further, especially as some BMC & BL cars were even built and sold by Innocenti in Italy. The only other car I can name right now with multiple brand names in one name is the Fisker Karma, though that might be considered cheating as Karma Automotive was very much named after the original Fisker Karma. Still an interesting question nonetheless.
Volkswagen Karmann Ghia also comes to mind, with three. In more modern times, there's the SAIC Motor LDV Maxus T60, with 3 brands, though two are really just made up word salad by the same company. Chrysler by Chrysler also feels like an honourable mention just for its silliness.
@@corsicar_ Indeed. I tend to think towards Vauxhall Carlton Lotus and Ford Lotus Cortina, but that is the same principal as that Lotus engined Sunbeam. As of now I can't think of a car displaying 3 brand names at the same time, never mind 4. But maybe someone has an idea?
@@fernandoguzmanfernandez3466 Yes, confusing indeed. This somehow (I think) was a thing that Simca did. There was one story that the Talbot Matra Murena was planned as a turbo, the turbo never came, but the brackets holding the turbo were mounted to some of the cars, saved them binning them. Not sure if it is true, but I would trust them doing that. I good friend of mine had a Hillman Avenger "SLK 40W", would make it actually a very late car, 81/82 or so? No, it did not have the Hillman logos any more, but it still had the Chrysler Pentastar in the front grill and the Talbot writing on the front left corner of the bonnet. So you can see where the Chrysler Talbot Sunbeam Lotus mess came from.
i like this channel, alot of people i know are always surprised when i start nerding out on cars and say something like "most diesel 4cyl turbo cars are powered by a renault engine even if the badge says mercedes" this channel atleast shows the other side of the automotive industry and that brands arent there to make good cars , good cars are made in-spite of them by people who care
2:58 'Raize' is pronounced like 'rise', because of Japanese pronunciation making this logical for Japanese people. As an English teacher I had an unexpected correction from a Japanese student who owned one.
Bro came back after 9 years with a banger 🔥🔥 IMO the Chevrolet Spark could also be considered a honerable mention. Yes, each version have a slightly different bumper, but that's about it. Chevrolet Spark, Opel Karl, Vauxhall Viva, VinFast Fadil is all the same thing.
I was SO HAPPY when you Introduced Daihatsu Rocky, I would have been disappointed if that was not the 1st thing that comes in mind. and yes, I do drive one of these rebadged cars. I got to say, we got completely bamboozled, the price for a bumper replace is extremely expensive from Toyota, and this is an economy car. Overall It's not too shaby of a car. great car for new drivers. it's got all the features Features necessary for new drivers to learn.
The Toyota Corolla was also sold as the Holden Nova, Geo Prizm, Chevrolet Nova and the Scion xB(2nd Gen). Daewoo was also notorious for selling rebadged and designed 80's Opel's in the 90' and the 2000's.
My first car ever was a 2001 Isuzu Trooper. Great Car, reliable, spacious yet compact enough on the exterior. Miles better than any other car in its vastly large class could ever be. And i knew a lot of brands got it, but I didnt realize it was 10(maybe because i never added it up). Im surprised the 2000’s Trailerblazer/Envoy/Rainier/Bravada/Ascender/97x wasnt mentioned because i think for one year only you could buy all 6 in one shot. And Buick and GMC shared dealers(still do), and i think olds also was lumped into that however i was 6 when it went bye bye so I don’t remember. But you could buy essentially the same suv at the same dealer…which is wild to me
You should look at the Daewoo Lacetti, Buick Excelle, Chevrolet Optra, Daewoo Nubira, Chevrolet Nubira, Chevrolet Lacetti, Daewoo Gentra, Ravon Gentra, Chevrolet Estate, Holden Viva, Suzuki Reno, and Suzuki Forenza. Car had a wild ride through the years.
Interesting and amazing. I can't imagine how you were able to research all this with any degree of accuracy. As you say, hard to Google. While not meeting your criteria of exterior similarity, #2, I think, there was a quasi-rebadging at GM for many decades. The BOP one. Buick-Oldsmobile-Pontiac. They shared a lot of platforms and engines. Sometimes minor differences in displacement, trim, features, things like that. Back when brand loyalty was a thing here in America, many started with a Chevrolet and as their wealth increased went Pontiac, Olds, Buick, and then last, Cadillac. There was a famous lawsuit by a guy who found out that his Cadillac had an Olds engine, for all practical purposes. He was pissed. The (in)famous Olds diesel made it into the entire GM line up of the era, top to bottom.
If you push the boundary of badging, then the king is Volkswagen AG - at one point, the following cars shared most of mechanical components and many interrior bits. First generation New Beetle, Skoda Octavia, VW Golf/Bora, Audi A3, Seat Leon, Audi TT. Engines, transimissions, chassis, wheels, etc. all were interchangeable. So yeah, the upmarket TT had the SAME crappy components as a budget Skoda Octavia.
Just because the Audi TT was based on the same platform as a Skoda doesn’t make neither the Audi or the Skoda “crappy”. VW group platform sharing allows cheaper cars like Skodas to still share the same high quality components as more upmarket brands like Audis.
One that amazed me was the MG 1100 I owned (USA) that also appeared under the Morris, Austin, Vanden Plas, Wolseley, Riley, and Innocenti brands. Same car with different grills, bumpers, and lights.
If anybody wanted to know what #4 would be I have it. I present to you the Daewoo Lacetti or Gentra,Chevrolet Lacetti or Nubira or Optra or Optra Magnum or Estate(also very hard to Google), Ravon Gentra,Holden Viva,Buick Excelle and Suzuki Forenza or Reno. If you're counting that's 6 brands and 12 names!
Here in Colombia the first and 2nd gen Swift were sold as the Chevrolet Swift (including all it's different versions). Here it was a Chevrolet Sprint, but based on a very different platform and a little engine. Until 2002, almost every Suzuki was branded as Chevrolet. The Chevette came here as a Chevrolet, including the Coupé and Sedan versions. Both of them were very popular cars and still can be seen on the roads in good shape. That particular Trooper was sold over here as the Chevrolet Trooper Caribe. All of them were Chevrolet 😅. At first I thought that Corean cars like some Daewoo would be leading the list, not the GM stuff. Great video tho, thanks!! 😃
Acabo de ver que la razón por la que aquí en España todo lo que eran Daewoos ahora son Chevrolet, y es por que lo que fue la Daewoo que quebró en 2009 se convertiría en GM Korea por últimas. Así que 'There was no Daewoo, it was always GM' 🤣
back in the 1970s I had a Vauxhall Chevette 3 door hatch in the UK. A bit agricultural with the aged 1256CC engine from the 1960s, and also with Vauxhall's then famed ability to rust at an alarming rate.
Next question. What was the longest surviving vehicle platform. Like the GM FWD t plattform, that was born in 1979 with the Opel Kadett D and survived until 2020. It was slightly modified for the Kadett E in 1984 but the underbody of the Kadett E survived until 2017 through different shitboxes. Like the Daewoo Nexia or Lanos which then were build as the ZaZ Chance in Ukraine until 2017.
The mitsubishi l300 was sold in indonesia since 1981 until this days with only receiving few minor facelift. The platform itself was first introduced in 1979 as the 2nd gen of mitsubishi delica in japan.
Speaking of Good News, the Dacia Spring could share the title of most rebadged car in production currently. The Dacia was originally sold as Renault Kwid/City K-ZE in India, Latin America. It was later rebadged as a Dongfeng, the Chinese company who had joint venture with Renault and Nissan. Then, the car was rebadged as a Venucia, a brand by which Dongfeng sold cheap rebranded old Nissans. So even ignoring the other 3 subsidiaries the car was sold under with the same Dongfeng badge(Aeolus, Fengxing, NAMMI), it could still challenge the Raize for its title.
I think an honorable mention should be given to the Rootes Arrow range, that was sold by 7 different brands under 23 different names during the 70s: -Chrysler Hunter, Chrysler Vogue -Dodge Husky -Hillman Arrow, Hillman Break de Chasse, Hillman Estate Car, Hillman GT, Hillman Hunter, Hillman Hustler, Hillman Minx, Hillman Vogue -Humber Sceptre -Iran National Paykan -Singer Gazelle and Singer Vogue -Sunbeam Alpine, Sunbeam Rapier, Sunbeam Arrow, Sunbeam Break de Chasse, Sunbeam Hunter, Sunbeam Minx, Sunbeam Sceptre, and Sunbeam Vogue
I love how you pronounce Škoda correctly. Here in Germany, even Škoda/Volkswagen Group itself consistently started pronouncing it wrongly as "Skoda" some time ago, with the lazy [s] sound instead of the original [ʃ] sound.
5:46 I don't think the Mini qualifies as a true second for a number of reasons: - Morris and Austin Minis were sold in parallel but became the Leyland Mini later on as the company name changed. So the Leyland only followed the other too but was ot a version that was available at the same time - Similarly, the Rover Mini just replaced the Leyland by another change of the company name in the course of time. - The Riley and Wolseley ran in parallel to Austin/Morris BUT were pretty different from the actual Mini due to the addition of a sepparate boot/trunk. So they were essentially another model and not simply rebadged. - The Mini Cooper originally was just the name for the sporty versions of Austin and Morris and Innocenti. Mini as a brand of it's own was a Rover subbrand So it was essentially the Rover Mini (of which the Cooper once again was just the sporty spec and trim). The final rebranding followed the takeover of the Mini subbrand by BMW but by that time Mini had already been established by Rover as the main sales brand (there never was a Rover badge on any Mini) so that essentially was just another change of ownership without impact on the Mini brand. A thing that you missed goes in favour of your placement, though: The Mini (and Mini Cooper) was also built and sold in Spain by AUTHI during the BMC/BLMC/Leyland era. So, if you stick to your list, this would place the Mini before the Opel Kadett C. which would take 3rd place and push the Suzuki Swift off the podium.
Back in the 1960s British Motor Corporation products included the Austi Cambridge, Morris Oxford, Wolseley 16/60, MG Magnette and Riley 4. All the same car with different trim.
how you butchered the pronunciation of Perodua Ativa is simply perfect 😂 . Great video! You discussed and presented the topic in entertaining way. I’m subbing for the quality.
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A close competitor to the Buick Opel for the "Hardest Car to Google" award is the creatively named Honda Logo
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what's so hard about finding the buick opel?
What is hard about a Honda Logo? 😂
@@christianlenik5307the metal they used to make it, that’s what
Another great name by Honda is That's
We all knew that General Motors would be the main protagonist of this video.
Naw dident they steal the chassis of the urus and made a car out of it😂😂
My Mother is now aware that her Chevy is also a Holden, and a Daewoo
it's too general
@@ShujitoDMThat's why they're not named Specialized Motors!
Only because they use different brands in different countries, but wholly own them.
Opel and Vauxhall are the same cars but in different markets, and were both 100% owned by GM. Not really brand engineering when those were GMs brand names in Europe
The Buick Opel is also called as “Buick Opel by Isuzu” making it so much more confusing
American brand in order to not scare away the GI generation ("we fought these people 30 years ago, now you buy cars from them?")
European brand in order to appeal to younger buyers that want something sportier than their parents' Chevrolet/Pontiac/Buick
Japanese brand in order to appeal to pragmatic buyers that simply want more reliable cars, and are tired of usual GM buckets on wheels.
It's either pure marketing genius or a shameless cash grab attempt. Oh well, the fact that GM even stays in business is nothing but a miracle financed by taxpayers' dollars.
Probably one of the best contenders for the "BMW Sauber Ferrari" of production cars
I have one. Buick’s name appears nowhere on the car, but it was sold through Buick dealers and you have to look it up as a Buick to get anywhere with finding parts. Mine is badged as, “ Opel by Isuzu”
It and the Ford Lotus Cortina share the title of “car with most brand names in its name”
It really gives "Chrysler TC by Maserati" vibes
Disappointed that the GM GMT360 platform wasn’t mentioned. Because it was sold in the US under 6 different brand names AT THE SAME TIME. GMC Envoy, Chevrolet Trailblazer, Saab 9-7X, Buick Rainier, Oldsmobile Bravada, and the Isuzu Ascender… all were basically the exact same vehicle, sold at the same time.
Came in hoping this would at least be an honorable mention.
Those weren't "rebadges" since most GMT360s (excepting Ascender and Rainier) had distinct body panels and interiors. "Rebadge" doesn't go that far. Far more than badges were changed, even though so much of what you can't see is the same.
As a car guy, I WAS EXACTLY THINKING THE SAME THING 😂😭
btw the trailblazer mentioned isnt the same in other countries outside the us. in the us, the trailblazer is smaller compared to asia where it’s an suv.
@@satokotsu The Trailblazer sold today is not the Trailblazer discussed in this thread. Long before "Trailblazer" was affixed to the piece of garbage wearing the name today, it was affixed to a mid-sized SUV that had either an I6 or V8 engine, RWD/4WD, and interested buyers.
In Australia, the Holden Jackaroo (Isuzu Trooper) was recognised as being a generally good thing. Largely reliable, well built and very capable off-road, it was at home in middle to upper class suburbia, as it was on outback bush farms and in rural countryside.
I happened to own a Holden Gemini as my first car. Highly entertaining and fun to drive.
Agreed, my family had a mid to later 90’s one (I believe) with well over 400,000 kms on it and still going strong before it ended up getting written off, overall a very good car.
I'm sorry but "Holden Jackaroo" is the most Australian name ever 😂😂
i drive a holden rodeo, more or less the ute version (i believe). can confirm the reliability claims
@@danielsmyth7508TF/R9 rodeo series is pretty much the Ute variant of the Jackaroo/MU7 platform.
Some friends had a Jackaroo when I was a kid. My one memory of it is it repeatedly failing to make it up a big, red sand dune for lack of power. More embarrassing was that several notoriously gutless Land Rover Series IIIs were waiting at the top.
Nice surprise from the RUclips algorithm
I am surprised that the Fiat 124 didn't make it to this list. I thought that this would be the most rebagded car of all time, let alone with probably around a dozen brands that sold the so called "shiguli" in eastern europe and sovjet countries, in addition to Fiat, SEAT, Tofas (Turkey), Premier-Hindustan (India) and some more.
"Zhiguli" (Жигули) is the name only for Soviet/Russian LADA (VAZ) models. All of them are face-lifted LADA 2101.
@@user-xnopyt … which was a ruggedized version of the Fiat 124, under license 😊
Edit: It was even named after the hills near the city of Togliatti, named after Palmiro Togliatti, once the head of the Italian Communist Party (PCI) and held in high esteem by Stalin
@@mkclps of course, yes. They were producing that facelifted copy of 1966 Fiat 'till 2012!
@@user-xnopytMy father-in-law had a Zhigula in Bulgaria which he was given by his father. They had to wait a year for it and that was not at all long. It was a beautiful burnt orange colour and was extremely reliable. Its replacement, an Opel Kadet, didn't last as long.
All the best.
This IS the most rebadged car of all time, i dont believe anything else!
The Isuzu Faster was actually rebadged even more than the trooper, with 14 different versions:
Isuzu Faster
Chevrolet LUV
GMC Dragon
Holden Rodeo
Honda Tourmaster
Opel Campo
Vauxhall Brava
Bedford Brava
Foton SUP
Jinbei Jindian
Jiangling Baodian
Winnerway ZH6500/ZH1021LU2
Xinkai Century
Autorrad Century
Funny story: My dad's best friend bought an Opel Campo a long time ago ago. About two months ago he was contacted by the government that he needs to go to a gov window to rename the car on its papers to Isuzu Campo since the government deemed the Opel Campo name to be false. So he owned and Opel Campo for about thirty years, and now owns an Isuzu Campo without ever selling the damn car. The steering wheel still has the Opel logo though.
@@vakusRP just out of curiosity, in which country do you live? I need to know which country has a government with so much spare time on their hands to spend it bothering its own citizens like that😅
@@RickZanardi Hungary
I mean arent most of the chinese cars just blatant rip-offs? (I didnt even know but googled the brand and for example the Xinkai Victory is a rip-off of a Lexus)
@@lauri9061 Most of these Chinese rebadges were made in the 90s, and at the time, it was common for small Chinese manufacturers to illegally import vehicles without key components like tires or mirrors - these missing parts would be shipped separately, and would prevent these companies from having to pay import taxes. The missing parts would then be added to the car later on, and the manufacturer would sell the vehicle under their own name for big profits. I wasn't able to confirm that this was the case for the Xinkai century, but Xinkai certainly did do this practice with Toyota Camrys at that time, so I suspect they did the same thing with the Century trucks
Thank you GM for entertainment, as usual. Though Honda has a surprising thing with re-badged 90s SUVs because they also re-badged the Land Rover Disco
The Honda badge Disco is the only V8 car from the Japanese manufacturer!
Which they would've been selling AT THE SAME TIME.
The Honda Crossroad(the rebadged Land Rover Discovery) should have been offered in the United States. It would have gotten Honda into the SUV market a lot earlier than 1994.
Don't forget, they also rebadged the MU (Rodeo) as the Honda Jazz (JP) and Passport (US)
Only V8 from honda. Not from all the japanese brands lol@@pervariant
Nothing beats the good old Opel Kadett E made between 1984 and 2016 under 11 brands: Opel, Vauxhall, Chevrolet, Daewoo, Pontiac, Asuna, Passport, FSO, Holden, Buick and Bertone.,
There are even 2 more: Bedford Astramax (=UK van version) and Isuzu Optima (=Nigeria).
What was the bertone model name?
Yes, was waiting for this! And in addition to all these brands (although I am not sure which models you mean for FSO, Buick and Bertone (which was the Opel Kadett convertible, I guess)), it also had soo many nameplates - Daewoo had 7 names for it (if you count the Nexia as a simple rebadge) and even Opel sold it as a Monza in South America, too.
I guess, the E Kadett hasn't been sold as Holden or FSO
Whenever I think about rebadge I will forever think "citybug". The Toyota Aygo, Citroen C1, Peugeot 107 trio.
So insanely many of these were sold here.
The Skoda VW and Seat trio aswell. Citigo, Up and Mii.
im surprised the first gen suzuki vitara wasnt mentioned, it was sold under all of these names
Suzuki Vitara/Escudo/Sidekick
Santana 300/350
Mazda Proceed Levante
Chevrolet Tracker/Vitara
Geo Tracker
GMC Tracker
Pontiac Sunrunner
Asüna Sunrunner
Wanli WLZ5020XLD
and finally, Guangtong GTQ5020XLZ (what great names these last 2 have)
Always ending in china 😅
And six of these were sold in Canada, though not all at the same time.
When I clicked on the video I was hoping to see the Vitara on the list, glad to see someone mention it lol
wasnt it the chevy tracker?
@@itzmatt373 That was one of the names, and it's listed above. What names it had depends on the year and the market it was sold in. Chevy sold it as the Chevrolet Vitara in Columbia, Ecuador, & Venezuela. The Tracker name was also used on the Geo Tracker in the US & Canada and the GMC Tracker in Canada.
Have you tried Suzuki Carry? It's been rebadged by Daewoo, Ford, Autozam, Maruti, Vauxhall, Holden, Chevrolet and other brands you most likely never heard of. There are probably more than 20 versions of the same car.
Suzuki was a partner of Maruti in India, now Suzuki is a parent company of Maruti
not forgetting bedford rascal was one of the brands/names.
It's a shame that the title of the video is 'What is the Most Rebadged Car Ever?' and not:
'What is the Most Rebadged Truck Ever?'
'What is the Most Rebadged Kei Truck Ever?'
'What is the Most Rebadged Commercial Vehicle Ever?'
Also:
{...}There are probably more than 20 versions of the same -car- kei truck.{...}
There, FTFY.
@@Brian77766 oh yeah, that one I like very much ruclips.net/video/X9k9w05hsx0/видео.html 🤣
Daihatsu hijet
I think the top spot should be the Mitsubishi Pajero, its been rebranded as Montero on other markets, Hyundai Galloper, Changfeng Liebao, Galloper Super Exceed, Leopard and a whole lot more, seriously there's like 20+ rebadges of this SUV, especially the 2nd Gen
Me and several other people in a Discord server spent an evening figuring out what the answer to this question was, though we counted different names within the same brand
The second gen Mitsubishi Pajero was 3rd, with 21 different names
The Opel Kadett E/Daewoo Lemans was 2nd with 28 names, and first place was the good old Fiat 124 with 38 names
Edit: I’ve been reminded that the Kadett E is actually tied for second with the 3rd gen Isuzu Faster
I own a 1991 Mitsubishi Montero 😅
Over here can be seen some Pajero too, but there's any difference.
Maybe the Wagon (Montero Wagon) could apply too. (It has the same design, but just with 4 doors and a bigger engine)
fun fact: it was renamed as montero because "p4jero" means "w4nker" (literally) in spanish
Also known as Dodge Raider
Well, the rule here is that a car of different names in the same brand can't be included, e.g. Pajero, Montero, Shogun Sport.
This was such a great watch! Fantastically produced, narrated, edited, etc. The quality demonstrates experience of larger channels, and I'm excited for more!
I honestly had no idea the Trooper was the most rebadged vehicle. Back in high school my friend’s dad had an Acura SLX. For some reason they looked fancier than Troopers to me. I guess it was all placebo.
could have had better paint jobs and seats
The GM J-Body is another one who could be in that list too
It was sold as Opel Ascona in Europe, Vauxhall Cavalier in the UK, Chevrolet Monza in South America, Holden Camira in AU and NZ, Isuzu Aska in Japan, Chevrolet Aska in South America and finally as the Chevrolet Cavalier, Cadillac Cimarron, Buick Skyhawk, Oldsmobile Firenza and a lot of Pontiac models in the US. I probably forgot a model or two lol
Under this video's rules it doesn't count though. The Cavalier looked quite different from the Olds, Buick, and Pontiac versions.
As my mechanic Father called the Camira, the best 4 cylinder oil pump ever made!
How about this for an honourable mention :
The Perodua Myvi(1st gen)
The Toyota Passo(1st gen)
The Daihatsu Boon(1st gen)
The Subaru Justy
The Daihatsu Sirion( 1st gen)
I understand that by its 3rd gen, the Myvi is completely different from the Daihatsu and Toyota except for the Sirion which is a literal rebadge of the Myvi for all it’s generations and Sirion/Boon therefore ignoring the first rule. But I just wanted to put it out there as a Malaysian living with the King for so many years 😂
The fastest car on the road😂
Ahh Myvi, the highway menace 😂😂😂
I see the name of the mighty king MYVI, I like. Im a simple man
@@ha-kyaa7815 the original (mid to late 90s) Sirion was actually the EU name of the JDM Daihatsu Storia, but points still holds xD
@@dariopiovani5077 I didn't know that. Tq for the info
In Australia we had the Suzuki Swift and the Holden Barina for sale and driving around on the roads at the same time identical cars with different badges
In Australia the Holden Barina name was used for a series of rebadged imports. The first and second generation were rebadged Suzuki Swift mini cars from Japan. The third and fourth generation were rebadged Opel Corsa cars from Europe, the fifth and sixth generations were Daewoo Kalos cars from South Korea. 😊
Speaking of Buick Opel, GM sold a rebadged Opel Corsa B sedan in China called the Buick Sail.
I’m surprised the Corsa didn’t make it in the video. Maybe not top ten but featured at least
Also the estate version called Buick SRV. Both later transferred under Chevrolet badge, so the Buick brand could focus on premium cars. Except GM Shanghai had kept Daewoo Lacetti as Buick Excelle...which sold so well that when Holden Caprice was introduced as Buick Park Avenue, no one bought it.
@@Dimension2010 Most Buick cars in China of 2000s and 2010s are Opels. For Comparison, Chevys are mostly Daewoos.
Those were called "Chevrolet Classic" here in Brazil past 2002
GM could stick the Triple Shields on damn near anything and it'll print money for them in China.
0:05 More like five brands, Vauxhall just slaps a different badge on an Opel and puts the steering wheel on the wrong side.
Modern VX/Opel doesn't even count as a rebadge (in the context of this video) as it's literally the same car and company with a different badge purely as they wanted to retain the historical VX name in the UK.
In Ireland is stil Opel, with the steering on the right
Opel is the original brand. Vauxhalls are the rebadged cars.
@@buretobg3021 Vauxhall was established 5 years before opel they weren't the same brand like they are now that's a recent change. Vauxhall used to make original vehicles that slowly became rebadged opels
@@buretobg3021 GM is the company. It makes a car and calls in an Opel in one place and a Vauxhall in another. It is not "rebadging" an existing car.
It is madness that today they still brand the cars differently.
Back in the 60s even Ford made completely different cars in the UK and Germany.
Re badge cars goes back to the 1960's in the UK, the Austin and Morris ( ADO16 ) there were several versions of the same car. Austin and Morris 1100/1300 there was a Riley, MG, Worsley, Vanden Plass. also six versions of the Austin Cambridge and Morris Oxford using the Riley, MG, Worsley and Vanden Plass.
There was the Routes group that became Chrysler UK, you had Hillman Imp and Hunter that was also badge as Hillman, Humber , Sunbeam, Singer, manufactures.
and now there are no longer any mass produced cars owned and built by the British....
@@jimsbooksreadingandstuff Very true
Malaysian here,and I didn’t expect RUclips would recommend me this video. Perodua was a national carmaker in Malaysia here and it’s basically a more affordable Toyota due to Non national brand has a higher tax rate in here. Hence we getting Ativa under Perodua brand here.
Only Perodua that isn't a mere Toyota rebadge is the Bezza. Truly the berBezza moment of all time
@@ha-kyaa7815 Third gen myvi is also design by Perodua. The current Indonesia Daihatsu Sirion is also made in Perodua factoty in malaysia anda export to Indonesia
The GM T-car had at least 17 different names, and nearly 40 different names on the platform, including re-designed versions, around the world. Just check out the Wikipedia page.
The GM T-car is, to begin with, a PLATFORM. It not only encompasses wildly different exteriors and stylings, but also body variants for the same model and mark, so the count goes way higher than 17, but it's not eligible for the criteria exposed by corsicar.
1st Gen Chevy Cavaliers had a bunch rebadged variants such as the Buick Skyhawk, Cadillac Cimarron, Oldsmobile Firenza, Pontiac Sunbird, Opel Ascona, Vauxhall Cavalier, Isuzu Aska, Holden Camira.
And the Chevrolet Monza
@@stift18 thanks for telling me I forgot about the Monza.
Yep, was looking for the J body comment 😅
Ahh the Camira... Did they all rust away in other countries too?
Camira is actually Australian for "piece of shit", or rather it might as well be for their awful reputation
Honorable mentions:
GMT360 (led by chevy trailblazer)
GM U-Body Minivans
A lot of these are the same car for different markets under a different brand.
The GMT360 was sold as a Chevy TrailBlazer, Buick Rainer, GMC Envoy, Izuzu Ascender, Oldsmobile Bravada, and Saab 9-7X (that is 6) in the same market at the same time with very little difference in any of them outside the badge and grille.
@@ryanvanderplas3998Came into the comments to say the same look for someone else who also noticed the lack of further expansion on rebadges that are within ONE market.
The GMT200 minivans were also sold under 6 different names (Venture, Uplander, Montana, Silhouette, Terazza, Relay) in North America alone.
It's a lot more impressive than counting across multiple markets' different brands.
@@ryanvanderplas3998 best part is the fact the parts are completely interchangeable for the platform too accept for a few things in the back
Not the GMT360.
I got a few more honorable mentions:
GM's A-body FWD (Buick Century gen 5, Chevrolet Celebrity, Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera, Pontiac 6000)
GMT325 pickups (Chevrolet S10, Chevrolet Patriot S10 [Kuwait], GMC S15/Sonoma, GMC Syclone, Jinbei GMC S10 [China])
Mitsubishi Starion (also sold as the Chrysler Conquest, Dodge Conquest, and Plymouth Conquest; that's right THREE of MoPar's divisions sold the same car under the same name at the same time!)
Gen 1 Chevrolet Aveo (Chevrolet Kalos, Chevrolet Lova, Daewoo Kalos, Holden Barina, Pontiac G3, ZAZ Vida, Ravon Nexia R3, Suzuki Swift+)
Actually, the Mitsubishi ASX was sold under different brand names. Yes, it was sold as the Mitsubishi RVR and Mitsubishi Outlander Sport in a few different markets, but there was also the rebadged Citroen C4 Aircross and Peugeot 4008, which were built by Mitsubishi in Japan. Here in Australia the Mitsubishi ASX, Citroen C4 Aircross and Peugeot 4008, were all sold at the same time in our market. Today only the Mitsubishi ASX survives, as Citroen and Peugeot developed their own replacements. Also, there are two different Mitsubishi ASX's sold in global markets today, there is the original Mitsubishi ASX that is still on sale and then there is the Euro Mitsubishi ASX, which is a rebadged Renault Captur.
The second generation Mitsubishi Outlander, was also sold as the Citroen C Crosser and Peugeot 4007.
Wow, Mitsubishi went out of their way to slander Lancer's legacy by turning it into a crossover and then badge-engineering it to other companies, only to badge engineer it into a Renault.
fun fact, the brazilian chevette couldn't just be produced in brazil due to a import ban on the country, so gm brazil had to redesign all the molds and presses using the original blueprints. so none of the international parts fit on the brazilian cars.
The American Chevette does share some engine parts with the Brazilian Chevette, the hood of a 76-78 swaps onto the Brazilian model
didn't the Brazilian Chevette was actually the very first to be released?
@@jahannamsolucionatics3739 that is correct
Not the most different rebadges but perhaps the one with the biggest cost uplift is the Toyota / Scion IQ to the Aston Martin Cygnet
It was called Suzuki Esteem over here in India, but I never knew about other examples. Great video! Subbed!
Saul Goodman-mobile mentioned
@@cannedbeverage7687 in india, that was called the baleno
@@yankymate2314 that was later varient
ah yes, the saulmobile
The very early models were actually called the Maruti 1000. With the facelift they changed the name to Esteem.
Suzuki Swift was introduced in Pakistan as Suzuki Cultus in 2000 till 2016. The sedan version was introduced in Pakistan as Suzuki Margalla in 1992 till 1998.
the example with the shared Stellantis panel van is perfect because I was just looking up on every website to search how many of them existed
Awesome video from such a small channel, the quality and narrating is on par with alot of bigger ones
Tbh I don't see his subscribers until i read yr comment
Agree
I thought this was a big channel for a second lol, ya got to make more of these
The Mini is actually missing a 9th brand, Authi, which was a brand created to sell BMC cars in Spain
3:05 That is solely because Toyota bought Daihatsu and Daihatsu had a ownership stake in Perodua.
I had a rebaged Mustang GT--the 1986 Mercury Capri 5.0. Those were the only 2 rebadged cars from the Fox Body at the time that were specifically 'pony cars'.
The SEVEL X290 Comes as the Fiat Ducato, Peugeot Boxer/Manager, Citroen Relay/Jumper, Opel Movano, Vauxhall Movano, RAM Promaster, Toyota ProAce Max. With electric versions by Zenith and Maxwell.
Great video, I've always been interested in silly badge engineered cars. Another brand which took on the trooper is (strangely) Lotus, who partnered with Isuzu to sell the Isuzu trooper/Bighorn Lotus edition. A silly name for a very silly special edition.
Fiat Tipo in Mexico is sold atm as Dodge Neon, not too long ago the C1/Aygo and Peugeot 107 are on the fence of being one car (not only they share platform but shape 107/C1 is almost identical) and pretty much all of them stop producing it (the Aygo X is a crossover and totally misses the point of what those cars were a very affordable and economical commuters).
The C1, Aygo and 107 were all made in the same factory in the Czech Republic.
Dont forget the Aston Martin Cygnet.
You have another set of french/japanese triplets in the Mitsubishi i-Miev/Peugeot iOn/Citroen C-Zero.
@@bzilla-d4i Cygnet was a rebadget Toyota iQ, not the Aygo.
@@kingtiger3390 ah yes it was, the washing machine on wheels, got my small shitboxes confused.
The Hillman Avenger should be there tied in 3rd as it was sold under 7 different badges in total (Dodge, Plymouth , Volkswagen, Sunbeam, Talbot, Chrysler)
We had the Acura slx growing up. Was my sisters first car. I got it for little bit after her. I for a time in my life. Drove the most rebadged car ever. That’s awesome.
The Trooper was also sold in S Korea as the short term Korando 2 ,thru Ssangyong & Daewoo
European guy here, to give context (Spain, to be more precise -where cars that were sold under Daewoo brand nowadays go by Chevrolet brand ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ )
Here in South Africa, as you mentioned at the beginning of the video.... Suzuki and Toyota are at it and going hard at it lately. Suzuki Baleno > Toyota Starlet,
Suzuki Ertiga > Toyota Rumion,
Suzuki Fronx > Toyota Starlet Cross,
Suzuki Celerio > Toyota Vitz
Suzuki Brezza > Toyota Urban Cruiser
Suzuki Grand Vitara > Toyota Urban Cruiser 2024
And people are buying them more as Toyota(s) while Suzuki offers more warranty and at cheaper prices than Toyota.
So the partnership works surprisingly due to badge snobs.
Speaking of which, I still question to myself why Toyota in South Africa would rather sell rebadged Suzukis instead of bringing in Daihatsu's like previous efforts? I feel like the Raize and all new Agya would do very well there.
@@vitoaditya8337Daihatsus aren't sold outside Japan and a few Asian countries now, which is a shame. Under-rated little cars.
Honorable mention: Chevrolet Trailblazer 2006, it was rebadged under GMC, Buick, Isuzu, Oldsmobile, Saab and somewhat the Chevrolet Colorado.
We'll. The Second Generation Trailblazer is basically was sold under different names in counties. In AU was Holden Colorado. In Russia it's Chevrolet Trailblazer (And it's considered a very rare car, because it's discontinued to be sell and stopped production in 2014). But i can assure you. There is at least one Trailblazer in Yekaterinburg
god i love ur videos sm. covering the automotive trends/stuff nobody else seems to care abt or notice but I DO and U DO too it's so cool
4:33 - "Not to be confused with the American Chevette". That car was actually made on the T platform as well.
There was the Pontiac T1000 as well.
Yes, and the first facelift the brazilian Chevette received made it look a lot like the first american Chevette as well
GLAD to see another Estonian hitting "The Street"! Enjoyed your video ja jõudu sulle! 🥳 Potensiaal on olemas!
I always wondered about rebadged cars and how many other versions they might have I don't know about. This is a fun little video, well done.
“Well it’s good news!” … Is it the Dacia Sande- oh it’s not…
please do more videos like this man, got instantly hooked up
The Chevette was still quite popular in Brazil until the late 90's. It's still got an underground following due to the fact that it's one of the few RWD cars, so it's quite popular with the drifting community here in Brazil.
Thanks for the vid. Looking forward to the next videos.
i would also like to point out that the GM J platform has a lot of badges and is possible the most shameful of all the rebrands. varying from cheap brands to sporty brands to luxury brands
Opel Ascona C, Vauxhall Cavalier Mark II, Toyota Cavalier, Isuzu Aska, Holden Camira, Pontiac 2000, Oldsmobile Firenza, Chevrolet Cavalier, Cadillac Cimarron, Buick Skyhawk, Daewoo Espero
It was supposed to be that way, a 'world car'
that's the point of all these rebadged cars. not special to the J platform x3
@@VcrThunder no, the J plattform upon launch followed GMs plan for each individual market. Some of these other cars here just swapped hands for practical reasons, with no strategy behind it whatsoever
@@YBM2007 The claim that the J-platform wasn't re-badged and merely followed GM's market-specific plans is a bit lacking and also does not make it not a rebadge :P because so did the T platform. GM extensively rebadged the J platform into shameful models. the Chevrolet Cavalier turned into Cadillac Cimarron, Oldsmobile Firenza, Pontiac 2000 and Buick Skyhawk. These vehicles are clearly re-badged cars, with the Cadillac Cimarron often cited as one of the worst re-badged cars ever made. first image that comes up if you google "bad badge engineered cars" is the Cadillac Cimarron
Also!! using a car in another market doesn't change its status as a re-badge. For example, the Holden Camira in Australia is widely recognized as a re-badged Opel, rather than an original Holden product. same with the vauxhall. nobody will say that is an vauxhall designed car. hence it has to be a rebadge
@@VcrThunder In the case of Opel Vauxhall and Holden the J-car was intended to be one, with no longer any sheet metal differences and only marginal differences on trim levels.
In most cases it wasnt "rebadged", GM was split up into those different markets - what should they do, sell no cars of the J plattform in say South America or Australia?
I can't think of a car name being more pure funny without any nonsense like the Holden Jackaroo
Rebaged car: *And this even isn't my final form!!!*
Very nice video! Also there could be the Chrysler Town & Country which has been rebadged as: Dodge Caravan (Grand Caravan), Chrysler Voyager (Grand Voyager), RAM C/V Tradesman and the Lancia Voyager
The Mini actually just beats out the Opel Kadett! As well as the eight brands in the video, it was also sold in Spain as the Authi Mini for a few years.
A car that is tied with the Opel Kadett though is the BMC 1100. At various points, it was sold under eight different brands:
Austin
Morris
Wolseley
Riley
MG
Vanden Plas
Innocenti
Authi
Pretty sure the Mini wasn't all of those at once, it was the same car made in the same factories and going to the same dealers, but being given different corporate identities (rather than the more familiar occurrence of subsequent models turning out to be the same car under new bodywork). The cannibalism of British car brands during the Mini's production was ferocious and ultimately left none alive. Equally possible the BMC1100 experienced the same fate.
This is such an interesting topic to me for some reason, god bless you and the algo for showing this video to me
I'm still counting but the Opel Kadet has been rebadged 27 times with minor modifications (I count the pick-ups and coupe versions so sometimes different names for a same brand) by 13 brands:
Opel, Bedford, Vauxhall, Chevrolet, Isuzu, Buick, Pontiac, GMC, Holden, Saehan, Daewoo + Aymesa and Grumett (both in South America).
14 if counting Opel by Isuzu as a brand.
I'm glad someone made a video about the world of rebadging cars. Few months back i've seen a guy starting a video saying "did you know the new Dodge Hornet is actually an Alfa Romeo?" and all I could think of "didn't knew that one specifically but it makes total sense how these 2 companies are part of Stellantis (and former under FCA) uses the same platform for 2 different cars, they have been making it since forever". So i'm glad someone talks about how this all came to be, to those car guys and girls that act surprised when someone tells them their car is a rebadge of something "completely different".
The Lotus 7 should be top of this list.
It is still sold as kit car and production car and over the years has been sold by many different companies and they all look near identical.
Wiki comes back with 36 different companies 😅
8 years. .sudently 2 days ago .. welcome back. MORE VIDEOS please ..
i didn't expect the fiat 124-131 not making it here. I expected it to win to be honest.
Accura SLX?
Was not expecting that to even exist. Lots of surprises in this video. I click Sub! Greetings from Canada!
Informative and interesting, and well presented. Some of them I didn't know, like the Buick Opel.
I wonder some of the British companies could be well up there, like Rootes Group and the mess of makes that BMC/BL had, but I guess you researched these since the Mini is up there.
But that Buick Opel reminded me of something. Which car had the most brand names, and yes on the same car?
My pick is the Chrysler Talbot Sunbeam Lotus. Chrysler and Talbot as both brand names were shown for some months in the transition period after Peugeot took over Chrysler Europe. Sunbeam in this case is the model name, but was formerly a brand of the Rootes Group and for some years even marketed as Sunbeam-Talbot. And Lotus because the engine for this version Sunbeam was sourced from Lotus.
Thank you for the kind words! BMC and British Leyland are excellent examples and definitely could've been touched on further, especially as some BMC & BL cars were even built and sold by Innocenti in Italy.
The only other car I can name right now with multiple brand names in one name is the Fisker Karma, though that might be considered cheating as Karma Automotive was very much named after the original Fisker Karma. Still an interesting question nonetheless.
Volkswagen Karmann Ghia also comes to mind, with three.
In more modern times, there's the SAIC Motor LDV Maxus T60, with 3 brands, though two are really just made up word salad by the same company.
Chrysler by Chrysler also feels like an honourable mention just for its silliness.
@@corsicar_ Indeed. I tend to think towards Vauxhall Carlton Lotus and Ford Lotus Cortina, but that is the same principal as that Lotus engined Sunbeam. As of now I can't think of a car displaying 3 brand names at the same time, never mind 4. But maybe someone has an idea?
The very last Simca 1200 made in Spain were sold with badges of Simca, Talbot and a Chrysler pentastar. So confusing.
@@fernandoguzmanfernandez3466 Yes, confusing indeed. This somehow (I think) was a thing that Simca did. There was one story that the Talbot Matra Murena was planned as a turbo, the turbo never came, but the brackets holding the turbo were mounted to some of the cars, saved them binning them. Not sure if it is true, but I would trust them doing that.
I good friend of mine had a Hillman Avenger "SLK 40W", would make it actually a very late car, 81/82 or so? No, it did not have the Hillman logos any more, but it still had the Chrysler Pentastar in the front grill and the Talbot writing on the front left corner of the bonnet. So you can see where the Chrysler Talbot Sunbeam Lotus mess came from.
i like this channel, alot of people i know are always surprised when i start nerding out on cars and say something like "most diesel 4cyl turbo cars are powered by a renault engine even if the badge says mercedes" this channel atleast shows the other side of the automotive industry and that brands arent there to make good cars , good cars are made in-spite of them by people who care
2:58 'Raize' is pronounced like 'rise', because of Japanese pronunciation making this logical for Japanese people. As an English teacher I had an unexpected correction from a Japanese student who owned one.
Bro came back after 9 years with a banger 🔥🔥
IMO the Chevrolet Spark could also be considered a honerable mention. Yes, each version have a slightly different bumper, but that's about it. Chevrolet Spark, Opel Karl, Vauxhall Viva, VinFast Fadil is all the same thing.
i don't understand,you said the cars have to be the same yet the chevettes are completely different in design
I was SO HAPPY when you Introduced Daihatsu Rocky, I would have been disappointed if that was not the 1st thing that comes in mind.
and yes, I do drive one of these rebadged cars.
I got to say, we got completely bamboozled,
the price for a bumper replace is extremely
expensive from Toyota, and this is an economy car.
Overall It's not too shaby of a car.
great car for new drivers. it's got all the features
Features necessary for new drivers to learn.
Good vid. Feeled like i'm watched a video from a big content creator.
You’re being watched by a big content creator? That’s kinda creepy man…
The Toyota Corolla was also sold as the Holden Nova, Geo Prizm, Chevrolet Nova and the Scion xB(2nd Gen). Daewoo was also notorious for selling rebadged and designed 80's Opel's in the 90' and the 2000's.
0:26 That's the Opel Combo, I think😊
My first car ever was a 2001 Isuzu Trooper. Great Car, reliable, spacious yet compact enough on the exterior. Miles better than any other car in its vastly large class could ever be. And i knew a lot of brands got it, but I didnt realize it was 10(maybe because i never added it up). Im surprised the 2000’s Trailerblazer/Envoy/Rainier/Bravada/Ascender/97x wasnt mentioned because i think for one year only you could buy all 6 in one shot. And Buick and GMC shared dealers(still do), and i think olds also was lumped into that however i was 6 when it went bye bye so I don’t remember. But you could buy essentially the same suv at the same dealer…which is wild to me
The Justy however had four wheel drive and the rest didn't
Thx, having a few of those badge-swappers myself, I enjoyed your presentation. That deserves a sub!
2:15 Mitsubishi Challenger / Pajero Sport / Montero Sport also does NOT count
You should look at the Daewoo Lacetti, Buick Excelle, Chevrolet Optra, Daewoo Nubira, Chevrolet Nubira, Chevrolet Lacetti, Daewoo Gentra, Ravon Gentra, Chevrolet Estate, Holden Viva, Suzuki Reno, and Suzuki Forenza. Car had a wild ride through the years.
8:22 What a trooper.
Interesting and amazing. I can't imagine how you were able to research all this with any degree of accuracy. As you say, hard to Google.
While not meeting your criteria of exterior similarity, #2, I think, there was a quasi-rebadging at GM for many decades. The BOP one. Buick-Oldsmobile-Pontiac. They shared a lot of platforms and engines. Sometimes minor differences in displacement, trim, features, things like that. Back when brand loyalty was a thing here in America, many started with a Chevrolet and as their wealth increased went Pontiac, Olds, Buick, and then last, Cadillac.
There was a famous lawsuit by a guy who found out that his Cadillac had an Olds engine, for all practical purposes. He was pissed. The (in)famous Olds diesel made it into the entire GM line up of the era, top to bottom.
If you push the boundary of badging, then the king is Volkswagen AG - at one point, the following cars shared most of mechanical components and many interrior bits. First generation New Beetle, Skoda Octavia, VW Golf/Bora, Audi A3, Seat Leon, Audi TT. Engines, transimissions, chassis, wheels, etc. all were interchangeable. So yeah, the upmarket TT had the SAME crappy components as a budget Skoda Octavia.
Just because the Audi TT was based on the same platform as a Skoda doesn’t make neither the Audi or the Skoda “crappy”. VW group platform sharing allows cheaper cars like Skodas to still share the same high quality components as more upmarket brands like Audis.
One that amazed me was the MG 1100 I owned (USA) that also appeared under the Morris, Austin, Vanden Plas, Wolseley, Riley, and Innocenti brands. Same car with different grills, bumpers, and lights.
5:04 ARGENTINA MENTIONED 🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷 WTF IS A STABLE ECONOMY
If anybody wanted to know what #4 would be I have it. I present to you the Daewoo Lacetti or Gentra,Chevrolet Lacetti or Nubira or Optra or Optra Magnum or Estate(also very hard to Google), Ravon Gentra,Holden Viva,Buick Excelle and Suzuki Forenza or Reno. If you're counting that's 6 brands and 12 names!
Here in Colombia the first and 2nd gen Swift were sold as the Chevrolet Swift (including all it's different versions). Here it was a Chevrolet Sprint, but based on a very different platform and a little engine. Until 2002, almost every Suzuki was branded as Chevrolet.
The Chevette came here as a Chevrolet, including the Coupé and Sedan versions. Both of them were very popular cars and still can be seen on the roads in good shape.
That particular Trooper was sold over here as the Chevrolet Trooper Caribe.
All of them were Chevrolet 😅.
At first I thought that Corean cars like some Daewoo would be leading the list, not the GM stuff. Great video tho, thanks!! 😃
Acabo de ver que la razón por la que aquí en España todo lo que eran Daewoos ahora son Chevrolet, y es por que lo que fue la Daewoo que quebró en 2009 se convertiría en GM Korea por últimas.
Así que 'There was no Daewoo, it was always GM' 🤣
I’ve been waiting for this video since 2015
back in the 1970s I had a Vauxhall Chevette 3 door hatch in the UK. A bit agricultural with the aged 1256CC engine from the 1960s, and also with Vauxhall's then famed ability to rust at an alarming rate.
Nice comprehensive video! Cheers from fellow Estonian!
I would also add Opel Kadett E to the list. (around 7 rebadged versions)
Next question.
What was the longest surviving vehicle platform.
Like the GM FWD t plattform, that was born in 1979 with the Opel Kadett D and survived until 2020.
It was slightly modified for the Kadett E in 1984 but the underbody of the Kadett E survived until 2017 through different shitboxes.
Like the Daewoo Nexia or Lanos which then were build as the ZaZ Chance in Ukraine until 2017.
The Land Rover maybe?
The mitsubishi l300 was sold in indonesia since 1981 until this days with only receiving few minor facelift. The platform itself was first introduced in 1979 as the 2nd gen of mitsubishi delica in japan.
something like UAZ-452 (didn't changed much since 1958/1965, still in production) or Hindustan Ambassador (1958-2014)
@@lvl90dru1d well these are singular models and not a real platform with a variety of cars based on it
this is the first time i am commenting to say a video is top quality, but this one is, and your video style is great!
Speaking of Good News, the Dacia Spring could share the title of most rebadged car in production currently. The Dacia was originally sold as Renault Kwid/City K-ZE in India, Latin America. It was later rebadged as a Dongfeng, the Chinese company who had joint venture with Renault and Nissan. Then, the car was rebadged as a Venucia, a brand by which Dongfeng sold cheap rebranded old Nissans. So even ignoring the other 3 subsidiaries the car was sold under with the same Dongfeng badge(Aeolus, Fengxing, NAMMI), it could still challenge the Raize for its title.
I think an honorable mention should be given to the Rootes Arrow range, that was sold by 7 different brands under 23 different names during the 70s:
-Chrysler Hunter, Chrysler Vogue
-Dodge Husky
-Hillman Arrow, Hillman Break de Chasse, Hillman Estate Car, Hillman GT, Hillman Hunter, Hillman Hustler, Hillman Minx, Hillman Vogue
-Humber Sceptre
-Iran National Paykan
-Singer Gazelle and Singer Vogue
-Sunbeam Alpine, Sunbeam Rapier, Sunbeam Arrow, Sunbeam Break de Chasse, Sunbeam Hunter, Sunbeam Minx, Sunbeam Sceptre, and Sunbeam Vogue
Extremely suprised when i saw this video and noticed its from a channel is with only 2k subs! Keep it up extremely underrated
I love how you pronounce Škoda correctly. Here in Germany, even Škoda/Volkswagen Group itself consistently started pronouncing it wrongly as "Skoda" some time ago, with the lazy [s] sound instead of the original [ʃ] sound.
5:46 I don't think the Mini qualifies as a true second for a number of reasons:
- Morris and Austin Minis were sold in parallel but became the Leyland Mini later on as the company name changed. So the Leyland only followed the other too but was ot a version that was available at the same time
- Similarly, the Rover Mini just replaced the Leyland by another change of the company name in the course of time.
- The Riley and Wolseley ran in parallel to Austin/Morris BUT were pretty different from the actual Mini due to the addition of a sepparate boot/trunk. So they were essentially another model and not simply rebadged.
- The Mini Cooper originally was just the name for the sporty versions of Austin and Morris and Innocenti. Mini as a brand of it's own was a Rover subbrand So it was essentially the Rover Mini (of which the Cooper once again was just the sporty spec and trim). The final rebranding followed the takeover of the Mini subbrand by BMW but by that time Mini had already been established by Rover as the main sales brand (there never was a Rover badge on any Mini) so that essentially was just another change of ownership without impact on the Mini brand.
A thing that you missed goes in favour of your placement, though: The Mini (and Mini Cooper) was also built and sold in Spain by AUTHI during the BMC/BLMC/Leyland era.
So, if you stick to your list, this would place the Mini before the Opel Kadett C. which would take 3rd place and push the Suzuki Swift off the podium.
This video is fantastic, I absolutely loved it and I can't wait to see more!
China: Let's copy paste!
GM: Bruh.... Hold my beer... 🍻
Back in the 1960s British Motor Corporation products included the Austi Cambridge, Morris Oxford, Wolseley 16/60, MG Magnette and Riley 4. All the same car with different trim.
The holden jackaroo has to be the most Australian car name ever conceived 😂
how you butchered the pronunciation of Perodua Ativa is simply perfect 😂 .
Great video! You discussed and presented the topic in entertaining way. I’m subbing for the quality.
He got Ativa relatively correct tho so I’ll let it slide😂