Chevy "Forester" ---- SUbaru "Forester" - Page 3

#31 05-31-2005, 01:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Mr. Pockets

It's not advice - it's marketing. There's a big difference.

Anyway you slice it, it's still bs to me

Dave

dcarrb · #32 05-31-2005, 01:30 PM

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Originally Posted by PA_SVX

Very good Darrell, but it was an Olds and when the owner found out it was a Chevy motor, he sued.

Olds, really? Oh, well, I was close. When was that, late 70s?

Imagine a Saab loyalist filing suit against GM after buying a Saabaru and discovering its true heritage.

dcb

Royal Tiger · #33 05-31-2005, 01:38 PM

You're pretty sharp Darrell. It was in 1979 when an attorney bought an Oldsmobile Toronado with the 350ci V-8. He started having engine problems and took it to the dealer. The service manager told him he would call Chevy and try and gets some parts when the owner said it's an Olds, not a Chevy. The manage told him it's a Chevy motor, not the Olds 350. He documented everything and filed suit. In 1981 GM settled and offered money back to all affected owners or you could get an extended warranty on the motor. GM also had to put out a disclaimer that the different divisions were sharing motors.

dcarrb · #34 05-31-2005, 01:55 PM

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Originally Posted by PA_SVX

You're pretty sharp Darrell.

Nah... it's just that my brain is cluttered with 47 years' worth of useless trivia.

dcb

Landshark · #35 05-31-2005, 01:59 PM

wonder how Chevy Equinox owners like the Chinese engine in it?

pavanbabut · #36 05-31-2005, 02:26 PM

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Originally Posted by red95svx

Anyway you slice it, it's still bs to me

Dave

Yeah i totally agreee..... it seems tht we cant rely on cars name stickers in future. See in general if someone likes one brand and hates another and if the later markets the earlier one by badgin its name on it, we can assume the feelings of tht guy over tht.

I am not gettin where and how this automobile market is goin to be in future.

Why dont subaru alone launch in India, whereas VW(recently) and Volvo(off course not in cars section but in heavy vehicles section, but they have the possibility to release their cars at anytime) are able to launch on their own?

_pavan.

pavanbabut · #37 05-31-2005, 03:18 PM

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Originally Posted by 88xt6joe

GM owns part of Subaru

Joe

thts baddddd... plz... tell me thts a lie.... i cant digest....

benebob · #38 05-31-2005, 03:46 PM

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Originally Posted by NapaBavarian

Only one person here has a problem with that

Well I didn't bring up Ford and the 500/ Volvo or Mazda Focus so I'm guessing that wasn't you. Ford isn't too far behind the 8 ball.

n00b on demand · #39 05-31-2005, 05:02 PM

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Originally Posted by pavanbabut

thts baddddd... plz... tell me thts a lie.... i cant digest....

Nope thats not a lie...its the truth.

pavanbabut · #40 05-31-2005, 05:20 PM

This is how people of India thinks. This is a review of forester from the site www.indiacar.com

"A Thrown model from Subaru now manufactured by GM for India.I don't understand why GM started to market it in India.May be lack of awareness of people here.Its price is incredibly high.IS IT WORTH IT???.Even if GM offers this car for half of its current price i won't buy it & I won't buy any other overseas flop model." -- By Rahul

hmmmmmm ....

-Pavan.

Royal Tiger · #41 05-31-2005, 05:59 PM

Pavan it's simple. Gm, i.e. Chevy, has an established dealer network in India. Selling a quality small SUV like the Forester does 2 things. Establishes better product, and alows Subaru into a market without the huge upfront capital of having to build an entire network for sales and service. For Subaru, it's a win-win.

P.S. It's also how Mitsubishi entered the U.S. market, by importing them as Dodge and Plymouth Colts throughout the 80's.

GreenMarine · #42 05-31-2005, 06:10 PM

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Originally Posted by 88xt6joe

GM owns part of Subaru

Joe

Ya know..... I had forgotten this till I saw this thread

..... I feel sick

pavanbabut · #43 05-31-2005, 06:38 PM

On GM site they mentioned Fuji/Subaru and 3 other companies as GM network. So, i think SUBARU is just a company which is iin its network, so tht it can also market its products where GM markets. But changing the badge is bad though. Thinking on these lines, i am little bit relaxed.

-Pavan.

kuroneko_sama · #44 06-01-2005, 01:43 AM

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Originally Posted by PA_SVX

P.S. It's also how Mitsubishi entered the U.S. market, by importing them as Dodge and Plymouth Colts throughout the 80's.

yep my colt vista is 100% mitsubishi (all 88hp lol

)...but in all fairness the emblum in the back says "vista: imported for plymouth"

dcarrb · #45 06-01-2005, 05:59 AM

Plymouth: Another make that bacame a brand that became extinct.

dcb