He was alone and belted in so he was fine. His cargo was another and frighteningly different story. He had two racquetballs new in the tubes in his gym bag in the rear and they were found out of the bag and tubes, ripped to shreds as they were ground between the sliding SUV and the pavement. The racquet was destroyed as well.

It was a grisly reminder of what could have been. That racquetball ball could have been his head. He was a safe driver to begin with but the experience surely opened his eyes to how easy it is for it all to end in an instant.

Buckle up, people.

 

Great re-badge examples, and some interesting facts I was unaware of!

Thanks for contributing!

I saw a Mazda Navajo this morning (you know, the 2 door Explorer), and had to mention it as another example!

That Toyota Cavalier definitely wins 1st prize....

 

Nissan Quest/Mercury Villager

 

My candidate for worst re-badge was the German (French, Belgian, etc. a truly European car) Opel. I had the pleasure of owning a bright yellow (blackout hood) Rallye - acknowledged as the "Original Super Coupe". A thoroughly delightful vehicle, it combined surprising speed and handling with gorgeous lines (remember this was the opera-window era), and great affordability. I've never owned a better, or prettier (in its era) sports car.



The Opel was sold by Buick dealers in the US until the deutschmark began to rise in relationship to the dollar. Buick went elswhere for an import and by 1978 rebadged this atrocity as an Opel:



A true "world car" GM sold this IZUZU as a "Buick Opel by Isuzu" - In the US it was also a Pontiac t1000, and a Chevrolet Chevette, in Japan it was the Isuzu Gemini, in Brazil it was a Chevrolet Chevette. In England, it was a Vauxhall Chevette, in Korea it was sold as the Daewoo Maepsy, and in Germany, just to add insult to injury, this unbelivable piece of junk was known as the "Opel Kadett".

I think that thing could even manage to make a Yugo or a Trabant look good!

 

OMG, the TOyota Caviler, wins, hands down. OMG.
Caddy Cimmeron is up there,

 

is it a coincidence that the top 2 spots are occupied by some form of a GM product?