What Suzuki is........?

[Salarzae]

Its called Badge Engineering or Niche Marketing. The Chevy Optra is actually a Daewoo, rebadged by chevy.

The Khyber (known in PK) was sold as Holden Barina in Aussie. It was also sold as Geo Metro in USA.

Geo Tracker and Chevy Side Kick, actually Suzuki vitara, were also rebadged for Chevy.

Its not true that GM has stakes in Suzuki, Isuzu or Toyota, its just collaboration. For example, Toyota used to sell Chevy Cavalier as Toyota Cavalier in Japan and a redesigned Corolla as Geo Prizm in USA.

Even Isuzu used to sell its Storm sports car to Chevy as Geo Storm. Remember Honda used to rebadge Isuzu Frontera as Honda Passport and Vauxhall Frontera.

There are so many examples, I just gave a few hints.

A few pictures will follow....

[Salarzae]

The Geo Storm Sports Coupe by Isuzu

[Salarzae]

Geo Prizm based on Corolla by Toyota!

[Salarzae]

The Chevy Cavalier which was sold in Japan as Toyota Cavalier!

[Salarzae]

Toyota even had a TRD version of Cavalier!

[wik_a]

@Salarzae

Its not true that GM has stakes in Suzuki

General Motors Corp. (NYSE: GM) today announced it would reduce its equity stake in Suzuki Motor Corp. from 20.4 percent to 3.0 percent, by selling 92.36 million shares. The strategic alliance between GM and Suzuki will continue.

Source

In March 2006, GM divested 92.36 million shares (reducing their stake from 20% to 3%) of Japanese manufacturer Suzuki, in order to raise $2.3 billion. GM originally invested in Suzuki in the early 1980s.

Source

As on March 2006, GM had significant stake in Suzuki and it still holds 3% of it

Regards,

[Salarzae]

@wik_a

Suzuki, might be, but not Toyota.

[wik_a]

@Salarzae

but who said that GM had stake in Toyota??? :o

But yeah they do collaborate with each other. NUMMI, New United Motor Manufacturing, Inc, is the joint venture between GM and Toyota (50% GM and 50% Toyota).

Regards,

[wik_a]

@magic

I agree. They badge the car according to the target market.

@BMW7Series

as u said that Pininfarina design cars for both GM & suzuki then they have designed Optra for Chevy then why designed same shape for Forenza??

Pininfarina designed a car for GM. Now its upto GM that with how many badges it will sell it.

[Salarzae]

@wik_a

alot of boys pre-assume things, thats why just wanted to point it out, that all.

[Blindmanwatching]

nice topic....i never knew these things could happen !

[wik_a]

@Salarzae

oh well.

[Jazzman]

Well yea Suzuki and GM one and the same thing even Nissan And Suzuki.. U can c vehicles made by Nissan same as Suzuki.. so its a collaboration company no big deal but on the Toyota note, I donnow if that was troo or not or the other way around!!!

[BMW7Series]

@wik_a
agar suzuki rebadge kar k GM ke cars sale kare ge to is say GM ko kiya faida ho ga??

[HumanGenius]

, Wik_A has said it. GM has shares in Suzuki...

[BMW7Series]

@humangenius
GM sub say bari automobile company hai agar wo apne badge k sath sale karen gay to on ko zada profit ho ga

[wik_a]

GM sub say bari automobile company hai agar wo apne badge k sath sale karen gay to on ko zada profit ho ga

They have a very Incompetent CFO in their HQs that is why don't worry about profit. Profit is faaaaaaaaaaaar away from GM's results. Just losses and that too very huge.

GM is the largest company (lets wait for this years sales results) but that doesn't mean that it marks success everywhere. So they can re-badge the car if they feel that a particular brand will sell more vehicle in a market than with Chevy badge... (e.g. Toyota Cavalier in Japan etc.)

Regards,

[BMW7Series]

@wik_a
thanx for the information n removing my confusions

[Behzad]

Because Pechay say sab milay hoe hain.......

[wik_a]

lolz...

ye jo kuch kerwa raha hei amreeka kerwa raha hei (wow gm is american) :P:D:P