same car, different name.....

[nutta29]

On my way to work this morning saw one of those Mazda 121's - pretty much a Ford Fiesta

It got me thinking what else is out there...

Hindustan Ambassador car / Morris Oxford

[AlleyCat]

Rover 400 and the Honda Civic

then there the Mg/Rovers 200/zr 400/zs

[timetex]

Golf / Mk I TT.

[Snowboy]

Any small or medium Hatchback you can think of / Any small or medium Hatchback you can think of.

[v8will]

Citroen C1 Toyota Aygo thing

Seat Exeo

[TheHeretic]

Infiniti G35/37 - Skyline 350GT/370GT
Suzuki Vitara/Geo Tracker
Isuzu Rodeo/Honda Passport

[300bhp/ton]

nutta29 said:

On my way to work this morning saw one of those Mazda 121's - pretty much a Ford Fiesta

It got me thinking what else is out there...

Hindustan Ambassador car / Morris Oxford

How similar or different do they need to be?

For example an Aston DB7 is built on a Jaguar XJ-S platform, but is it the same car?

Whereas a Santana PS10 looks very Defender like, but uses a different engine and completely different suspension.

Probe - MX-6
Focus - Mazda 3
Jaguar S-Type - Jaguar XF
Jaguar S-Type - Lincoln LS/Ford T-Bird
LR Discovery - Honda Crossroad
Rover 800 - Honda Legend
BMW 3 Series Compact - BMW Z3
Chrysler Crossfire - Merc SLK
Mini - Riley Elf
Fiat 500 - Ford KA Mk2
Mondeo - Contour
Every VW with every Audi with every Skoda with every SEAT

[StottyZr]

106/Saxo.

Can't believe that hasn't been mentioned yet.

[rohrl]

Honda Ballade/Triumph Acclaim
Honda Ballade/Rover SD3

[Codswallop]

The little known first generation Honda Crossroad;



Anyone able to guess what car it was originally?

[Deluded]

Honda Concerto - Rover 200 (box shape)

Fiat Sedici - Suzuki SX4

Fiat Panda (classic) - Seat Marbella

VW Lupo - Seat Arosa

[nonuts]

timetex said:

Golf / Mk I TT.

That's not quite fair though is it.

If you're doing that, it should be the below as they share the same platform:

Golf MK4 / A3 8L / Skoda / Seat / TT

[Codswallop]

doogz said:

Codswallop said:

The little known first generation Honda Crossroad;



Anyone able to guess what car it was originally?

You're 4 posts late.

Well spotted

And 300bhp/ton ruined the guessing game too

[kambites]

There's a big difference between basic platform sharing and actually selling the same car with two different names, although obviously there's something of a continuum between the two.

[Codswallop]

doogz said:

Codswallop said:

And 300bhp/ton ruined the guessing game too

TBH, he didn't really! It's incredibly obvious!

It was, hence the winky smiley face in my post

[CampDavid]

DB9/Virage/DBS

[Captain Muppet]

Proton Tiara/Citroen AX

[Eighteeteewhy]

Ford Fiesta/Mazda 121

Pug 306/Citroen ZX

[Captain Muppet]

Eighteeteewhy said:

Ford Fiesta/Mazda 121

OP reading fail.

>hates self for using "fail"<

[SooperDan]

Lancia Delta & Ypsilon's are badged as Chryslers here.
Vauxhall Astra is badged all manner of things all over the world, I believe. (Holden, Opel, Saturn)
Toyota Yaris is a Vitz in Japan also the Honda Jazz is known as the Fit.
Toyota Aygo is a Citroen C1 and Peugeot 107.
Toyota Altezza became the Lexus IS, the Toyota Aristo became the Lexus GS.
In the USA a Mazda 6 MPS is known as a MazdaSpeed 6 and the 3 MPS a MazdaSpeed 3.
The Nissan Micra is known as the March in Asia.
Old Volkswagen Bora's and Vento's were still known as Jetta's in the US.

This is from memory, I'm sure there are hundreds more.