02-16-2009, 12:23 PM
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Booooosted.
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Mobile, AL
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Originally Posted by FenwickHockey65
Not always. For the most part, North American designs are limited to the US/Canada. GMT-based trucks are almost NA exclusive, Lambdas are NA exclusive, a few American designs (CTS, Corvette) are sold in other countries, but for the most part, GM NA designs cars for North America only.
However, there are exceptions...
The Pontiac G8 is nothing more than a rebadged Holden Commodore imported from Australia.
The Saturn Vue, Saturn Astra, and Saturn Sky all have Opel counterparts, the Opel Antara, Opel Astra, and Opel GT.
Buick in the US and Buick in China will be sharing product in the future. For example, the Buick Regal in China, a rebadged Opel Insignia, will be brought stateside as the Buick Regal here.
Chevrolet's becoming a global brand, so expect to see Asian-designed Chevrolets on US soil soon, such as the upcoming Chevy Spark.
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OK, you've definately taught me something here today. I am going to educate myself more. I knew from going to car shows that this took place like on the Nissan 350Z in Japan is .... a Skyline or something like that and some of these car shows will have a car they selfimported and it's like a big deal. I've even seen cars that they just rebadged themselves to make it seem self imported. Kinda dumb to me but not to them and I don't judge. Some people think It's dumb, the amount of time I spend watching the OU Sooners and Buffalo Bills but each to their own.
Thanx.
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