Why go to the trouble and expense of creating two or more cars when you can simply create one and sell it with different names?, and it has been used many times over the years, usually for brands owned by the same manufacturer but occasionally by collaborating manufacturers. Such as thisFrom hundreds of possible examples, we’ve picked a representative 41 to describe here, listed in alphabetical order.
However, Audi persevered with the 50 until 1978, while the Polo, now in its sixth generation, is still with us, so it’s easier, if less accurate, to think of them as being the other way round.BMW entered the motor industry in 1928 through its purchase of Fahreugfabrik Eisenach.
It was followed almost immediately by a new Plymouth Cricket which was once again a badge-engineered car, this time based on the second-generationAlthough both ends were slightly restyled, only a few seconds’ study would make it evident that the Torrent, a mid-size crossover SUV launched in 2006, was neither more nor less than the first-generationWhile the Equinox is heading into its fourth generation, there was only ever one Torrent.