One of those 'huh?!' moments today when I spotted this news item in the motoring section of today's Telegraph:
"GOLF LOSES TITLE. The Ford Fiesta has just overtaken the Volkswagen Golf as Europe's favourite car. Through the first quarter of 2010, sales of the
Fiesta have reached 104,496 - and 68,630 in March alone, up by 25.8 percent on a year earlier - against 135,048 for the Golf."
Huh? Last I knew, 135,048 (VW) is MORE than 104,496 (Ford). So how does the Golf lose the title?
Unless it's a typo and the Ford is 144,496 - who knows.
Ford??
Thats a little backward don't u think?
after our 1988 falcon history when i was younger (amongst the terrible oil leaks and family sunday trip break downs... ahh memories), we frown upon
them... cept grandad's 62' fairlane in Coffs.... thats a certain excemption 
A sad day if Ford takes such a title. But if they do it could be down to some dodgy figures
perhaps ford are using the same accountants as the "storm" people? it will all come out in the wash, you'll see!
perhaps new VWs and new fords all look the same to most buyers in Europe. The VWs we all love were made by very different company from the big
corporate steam roller that makes Golfs today.
and they are very different cars with different reputations too.
http://www.bmsc.com.au/forums/rallying-technical/23286-more-vw-woes.html
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Crikey talk about copy cats!!!
Bravo/B2600 same diff, Bravo was just the new name that replaced B2600.
the sqaure shape 1st gen WA festivas were a carbon copy 121 but your right about the 2nd and 3rd gen like my old one were rebadged Kia Avellas fitted
with the B3/B5 mazda 121 running gear
i used to have a thing for good japanese running gear in tinny Korean bodies. my Scoupe was the same, mitsy 4G15 in a crappy hyundai body
whats new? maverick = patrol pintara = corsair astra = pulsar corolla=nova, satria=lancer commodore lexcen, golf=a3 passat=a4 passat=fox, monaro sold
under pontiac and vauxhall, gemini was made by isuzu, GM USA have been model sharing since the first dawn. Dont know for sure but how much Volkswagen
was in the SEAT models?
People are funny. I have links to a cheese factory that sells the exact same cheese under different brands. If you change the label it changes peoples
perceptions considerably. Some people wont shop at aldi because they want the brand name stuff. Half of it is exactly the same stuff but different
label. Snobbery.
All SEATs since about 1992 have used VW running gear. SEAT is 100% owned by VW, as is Skoda (same deal). In Europe VW has tried to position Skoda as
the 'value' model, while SEAT is the 'sporty' model. They are all VWs, on VW platforms, with differently-styled bodies and trim. Even the
Bentleys, Lamborghinis and Bugattis (that VW also own) are just pumped up Audis nowadays.
I saw an old Toyota Lexcen on the road the other day - now there's badge engineering taken to ridiculous extremes. And I remember that the Falcon ute
was sold as a Nissan ute too - can't remember what that was called. I guess we can thank John Button for those.
I like No-Frills at Franklins, especially for basics like sugar, flour, salt, tomato sauce, nuts, pasta, orange juice, peanut butter, soft drink, etc
etc. Why would you want to buy name brand for those? No Frills cheddar cheese tastes the same as Bega or Coon. I only get fussy about ice-cream - I
like my Streets Blue Ribbon - No Frills ice cream ain't the same.
Yea mum's 97' ford laser has a mazda badge on teh engine :o
funny thing about NISSAN UTES....
FALCON UTES had 12 months warranty...
NISSAN UTES had 24 months warranty...
and the nissan utes still didn't sell... lol
Nissan Pintara - Ford Corsair were made jointly by Nissan/Ford
in Australia... with different bodies..
LEE
what about the previous Holden Cruze...
which was a Japanese made Suzuki Jimny 4WD...
Now its a Korean made Sedan...
LEE
theres a whole 8 page thread on vwvortex of rebadges
theres some wierd ones out there
any after a honda landrover?
