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02-20-2012, 09:13 PM | #1 |
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Worst Badge Engineered Vehicles
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Pontiac G5/Chevy Cobalt Chevy Tahoe/ Cadillac Escalade/ Gmc Yukon Chrysler T&C/ Dodge Caravan Chevy Silverado/ Gmc Sierra And you're going to hate me for this but I also think..... Scion FRS/ Subaru BRZ |
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All of those are built by the same company though, just altered for the different markets the sub-brands represent. The FRS/BRZ is a collaboration project, it is different.
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So wait, what is this thread about again?
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I can swap the BRZ fascia with an FRS, and I'll have a BRZ! |
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But the inside will still look cheap
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Your name says it all.
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Not really...just pointing out there a lot of differences between these cars, interior, headlights, fronts, suspension... So I think they did do a decent job of distinguishing the two cars.
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By "worst" you mean most flagrant and/or zero dollars spent differentiating the models?
I agree that Subaru/Toyota went super mega ultra cheap in attempting to differentiate the two models. Thankfully, the car appears to be an excellent drivers car, which hopefully is a consolation for the whole identical-everything-but-front-bumper embarassment. Nevertheless, I'd rather have a good drivers car badge engineered between two brands that couldn't afford to do the car on their own than no drivers car at all. It's the lesser of two evils, even though it's frustrating for ideology.
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I didn't mean you. I meant op. " hey I'm 12 and I can't afford this car so I'll make another stupid thread. "
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Well put!
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