things not so good

[1ManCnMkeADffrnce2006]

J-Knight, They are doing it in their home country as well, their Aveo's here is basically a Daewoo witha bowtie on the front instead of their logo. So yeah it is interesting how they are doing things nowadays to save a buck or two.

[T.A.H.O.E.]

With Gas ( as shadow gov plot shows/toys with prices that hurt us ) prices rise -flux & fall...keep the car but use him in a covert sort of situation-yeh it seems like a stretch.

But as bikers ,MUscle car owners know....
we use 'em on special occasions....yeh,my parental units thot like that about my 67 GTX & I still have that car!( in storage)

Hang in there fellow Flag operative....we shall prevail....!

[AtariKnight]

Well Vauxhall was an UK brand many many years ago and GM bought the company and decided to use Opel cars but rebadged them as Vauxhall for the UK market, up until of late the Vauxhall has had different names to the Opel equivelent. But as far as I know all Vauxhall's and Opel's share the same model name now days.

But since last year ALL Vauxhall models have been retuned to suilt UK roads better, so they will handle different to the Opel model

Holden (Australian division on GM) did the same thing. A few years ago, they brought in a couple of Opels and put Holden badges on them. The Vectra and Astra kept the same name, but the Corsa was called a Barina. Holden tuned them to suit Australian conditions and they sold heaps of them and won stacks of awards and built a solid reputation.

Stupidly, Holden are now replacing the Euro cars with Korean cars. They are rebadging Daewoos as Holdens. The Viva is a rebadged Lacetti and the latest Barina is a rebadged Kalos. The Astra will also be replaced with another Daewoo.

Yes, it will save money, but it will destroy the good reputation that the brand name had earned with the Euro cars. Sigh. etc ...

General Motors Holden have been Rebadging, Since they released the VB Commodore in 1978, It was originally an Opel Rekord.....They changed, the grill and a few other body parts, But the basic design is exactly the same.

Ford Australia, Do a similar thing, But they don't have to rebage.

The model Rebadging/Swapping between, GM, Opel, Vauxhall and Holden, has been going on for ages....As they're all General Motors owned companies and of course now the korean 'Daewoo' company comes under the same banner.