Opel is a GM car. Always has been.
Peter Alling wrote:
>
> GM owned enough of ISUZU to dictate design and production decisions to them
> in the 70's.
> GM at one time imported Opel Kadets from Germany and sold them through
> Buick dealerships
> of all places. When it became too expensive to get the Opels from Germany
> they had ISUZU
> build them and imported them from Japan.
>
> At 10:16 AM 10/13/03, you wrote:
> >Maybe GM didn't own Isuzu, but wasn't there a marketing agreement between
> >the two, maybe 10 years back? I can't remember, but I'm sure that GM
> >rebadged some Isuzu product for US sales. Much like they rebadged Toyota
> >Corollas as Novas (that wasn't a flop, was it?).
> >
> >Damn, what was it? They weren't really marketed as a GM car (sort of like
> >a Japanese Saturn, they had their own "division"). Not Geo. Damn, this
> >is going to piss me off. If I think of it later, I'll Google GM/Isuzu,
> >I'm sure something will come up.
> >
> >I recall it was around the time that Isuzu sold something with a
> >"suspension tuned by Lotus" badge on it - I think GM may have had shares
> >of Lotus too?
> >Or not, I don't know.
> >
> >cheers,
> >frank
> >
> >
> >
> >"The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The
> >pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >>From: graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >>
> >>Hummm....? The guys working at Hydromatic in Ypsilanti might argue about
> >>GM not building automatic transmissions with you, Paul.
> >>
> >>However, I will note that unless the changed the laws over in Japan GM
> >>does not own Isuzu, the Japanese government does not (or at least did
> >>not) allow foreign control of Japanese Companies.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>Paul Stenquist wrote:
> >>
> >>>Uh, Bill, I hate to burst your bubble, but Isuzu isn't an American car,
> >>>and it isn't a GM car. GM doesn't build transmissions. They buy them
> >>>from suppliers, same as Isuzu. It might be the same trans that GM uses,
> >>>but it's not their part.
> >
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