Any other car was a collaboration??
 

Random though pop in my head.

Just wondering have there ever been a car like the twins that is a collaboration between two or more companies, and BOTH of the company produced the same car.

I know there are many collaborations, one on top of my head was the Lotus that used a Celica engine from Toyota, but Toyota did't have that exact same car.

Soooo any?

Only one that pops into my head is the Saabaru.

...still not quite a collab

The Eclipse and the Talon. The Firebird and Trans Am.

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technically, lotus uses a Yamaha engine, just as the celica did;) there is another collaboration for you...

The Taurus SHO, which housed a Yamaha engine

collaboration between tesla and incumbents?

Aston Martin and Ford... for those that remember the DB7 had cheap ford window buttons...

lotus elan had an Isuzu engine in it...lotus and Isuzu have had some history I know, the impulse was "lotus tuned suspension" I remember as well..

Oh God... I forgot just how ugly the DB7 interior was... that dash screams ford design...

http://www.beanoboys.com/db7/images/...1_interior.jpg

Thank God Aston Martin is by itself again...

Don't use sharing parts as an example of a "collaboration", that's something that happens across way more cars than you'd believe.

I get what the original post is talking about - there's a few examples around, not so many these days as there were back in the 80s and 90s when there was a lot more of this stuff going around. Ford & Mazda had this kind of arrangement, but now it seems to have dialled back to the Mazda BT-50/Ford Ranger (the Ranger isn't sold in the US or Canada.)

Right. My speed6 had FoMoCo stamped on the brakes along with various other parts. Happens a whole lot. Real collaborations are much less common.

We could also say that badge engineered doesn't count either... like the Talon and Eclipse.

Yes, seems like people almost started to drift away from my original question.

omg that thing has a full range equalizer in it? lol

The bt-50 and ford ranger are badge engineered as well... same as the Ford Escape and Mazda Tribute...

everyone gets a kick outa that lol

Dodge stealth and Mitsubishi 3000gt.

Toyota Matrix and Pontiac Vibe

Interestingly it's known as Toyota Voltz in JDM, as expected the sales was horrible...

dodge dart and the alfa giulietta? kinda?

The last time I remembered seeing the commercial of the Dodge Dart is that Dodge is claiming it is "designed from the ground up, being unique and not copying anyone else"

DMC used a Volvo engine?

Well it was built from the ground up.....just not by Dodge's engineers :lol:

SLR McLaren !
and I guess Pagani uses engines built by AMG...

How about the Geo Prism/Toyota Sprinter/Corolla?

They were actually triplets, don't forget about the Plymouth Laser.

There's a difference in the size though - the Dart is on an extended version of the Giulietta, which in turn is basically the Fiat Group compact platform.

Given that I know people on the team that developed the Ford Ranger, it's not "badge engineered" as you say. Mazda & Ford co-developed it.

im surprised there hasnt been a skystice mention considering its probably the most recent and in the same category as the twins.

And Plymoth Laser

man you beat me to it.

I own a Vibe. Yes it was also the Voltz in Japan and only lasted from 03-04, but where as in the states the sales didnt start to slide until the 07-08 model year since GM and Toyota cut out the GT(6spd Manual with the 2jz VVTL-i) and AWD models. both got a redesign in 09. Vibe only lasted until late 09 with the 2010 models and the Matrix lasted until the end of this year. Both were designed by GM but built by Toyota Exact same inside and mostly out with the exception of the rear hatch and rear Quarter areas. Front sheet metal was different but structure remained the same, drive train, engine, chassis, and interior were all identical.

Its still somewhat of a reskin of each other, since Saturn and Pontiac are both GM product (they reskin everything to death with every brand they have). Toyota and Subaru are completely separate entities.

-The Saab 9-2X is a rebadged impreza
-The Talon/Eclipse/Laser triplets were rebadges/reskins of each other
-Anything made in the NUMMI plant (Corollas/Prisms and Vibe/Matrix) were just reskins of mostly Toyota product. But GM and Toyota shared the plant.
-Uplander/Montana/Outlook/whatever pos GM minivans they had were rebadges.

I suppose Aston Martin Cygnet and Scion/Toyota IQ might fit the mold of collab, but its more or less Aston Martin luxofying an IQ.

I think another actual one but not really was a Lotus Elise and a Vauxhall VX220 or whatever it was called. Basically GM took a Lotus Elise and put their own motor and skin on it.

Then along time ago there was the Chrysler Lebaron and the Maserati TC. But that was pretty much the same thing as the IQ and Cygnet (Maserati Luxofied a Lebaron)

I actually don't think theres been any real collabs in recent years that are not just reskins of each other.

come to think of it, maybe the Vibe/Matrix is the only real one. But how much input did GM have on those?

i do believe that the vibe/matrix is a true collaboration

i believe GM did the Same as subaru, let one design the car and the other supply the chassis parts and assembly

There are a lot of badge engineered cars that aren't really collabs on this thread.

The DSM triplets are the best example. Mitsu under the skin, Chrysler designed skin.
I don't know if it's quite the collab, but the Chrysler/Diamler cars would probably fit that category for this thread.

The Ford Probe/Mazda MX6, the Mazda MPV/Windstar, the Chrysler/Hyundai/Mitsubishi world engine was a collab.

Interesting badge engineered car: Toyota Cavalier. Yes, that Cavalier.

They weren't. The chassis was developed by MMC off the e39 Galant. Chrysler designed the exterior/interior.

Ford Fiesta vs Mazda 121

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This thread should only be about near identical vehicles, preferably demonstrated with photographs.

I bet no one guessed this.
Nissan quest and mercury villager.

I forgot what year lotus but i inow they used integra type r engine.

I didn't see this one yet but thanks to the new partnership the Chevy silverado has a nissan motor. I guess GM bought part of Nissan and they are now able to use any motor in their line up. I have seen the nissan stamp on a silverado engine but I don't know the details I heard about it from some friends that still work for GM.

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Mitsubishi Starion / Chrysler Conquest
Mitsubishi Talon/ Plymouth Laser

These two I know off the top of my head