car companies changing names?

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I live in Canada and over here in north america, foreign cars tend to get their name changed when they get here, for example the toyota vitz or yaris and now its the echo here, and the 2003 skyline is an infinity Q 35 or somthing, and the new honda intregra is the Acura RSX here.

has any one else noticed this??

PS... i know this dont have much to do with GT3 but oh well
 
Originally posted by Adam_b24
I the toyota vitz or yaris and now its the echo here, and the 2003 skyline is an infinity Q 35 or somthing, and the new honda intregra is the Acura RSX here.
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uhh.. no :odd:

the vitz and skyline aren't in N. America

as a matter of fact the skyline is a nissan not an infinity dummarse

Also the RSX is an RSX. the integra is a totaly differnt car
 
If you're going to call someone a dumbass:

1. Spell dumbass correctly.
2. Make sure that the information you spew is correct.

Well, you went 0-2 there.

The newest Skyline incarnation is called the Infiniti Q35 in North America.
 
Originally posted by Nism0_Racer
uhh.. no :odd:

the vitz and skyline aren't in N. America

as a matter of fact the skyline is a nissan not an infinity dummarse

Also the RSX is an RSX. the integra is a totaly differnt car
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The Vitz/Yaris is actually called the "Echo" in North America. Infinity and Nissan are the same company. In fact, yes, Adam is correct in saying that the 2004 Nissan Skyline in Japan wears the Infinity badge as the G35 here in North America. (D'oh!)

Take it from me, crow is best served warm. Eat it now.

Nuts, Klos tree'd me on that one.

AO
 
sorry, you were right about the vitz/yaris but the skyline is a differnt car than the Q35, i dont give a **** if it is owned by the same company
 
If it shares the same design, are made by the same company (Infinity is owned by Nissan), then it's the same car.

Of course it can have differences on engine , suspension,... whatever. That doesn't mean it's not the same car.

And i don't know why people get so excited about Skylines. It's just a damn sedan. The ones that make you dream it's the R34 GT-R, a totally DIFFERENT car, both in design and specs ( i wonder if the Skyline and the Skyline R34 GT-R shares any parts )

Anyway, drop that attitude. Because if you were right the dumbass would still be you. Since you are wrong... d² :irked:
 
Originally posted by Nism0_Racer
sorry, you were right about the vitz/yaris but the skyline is a differnt car than the Q35, i dont give a **** if it is owned by the same company
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If it shares the same design, are made by the same company (Infinity is owned by Nissan), then it's the same car.

Of course it can have differences on engine , suspension,... whatever. That doesn't mean it's not the same car.

Anyway, drop that attitude. Because if you were right the dumbass would still be you. Since you are wrong... d² :irked:
 
You make little, if any, sense.

The Q35 is a rebadged Skyline. To the best of my knowledge, nothing is different other than the name.
 
Originally posted by Nism0_Racer
I'm confused. if it is owned by the same people it is the same car?
if so that means the corvette and the potiac grand prix are the same car
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Now you are beeing stupid.

Let's take you last example. The Acura RSX.

It's the same car as the Honda Integra. When we talk same car we mean same project. DEPENDING on regions the car car have a different engine configuration. It can be interely different, but if it's the same design , it's the same car (meaning it's the same project).

For example in Brazil, Honda Civic's are avaiable with an 1.7 engine. In europe and US it probably has a 2.0 engine.

They can change the interior style, since the style is not the same in the whole world, to adapt itself to each region. That does not make it a different car.

You don't want to compare a VW Golf sold in US/Brazil, with the same car being sold in places like Saudi Arabia, Russia, Iceland .... They'll have lots of differences. But externally are the same, meaning it's the same car (even if the driving experience end up different than it's "brother" sold in other place).

Anyway, hope you understand
 
Originally posted by Klostrophobic
You make little, if any, sense.

The Q35 is a rebadged Skyline. To the best of my knowledge, nothing is different other than the name.
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I'm confused, i gotta go to bed cause i think im just really tired
 
Originally posted by Nism0_Racer
I'm confused. if it is owned by the same people it is the same car?
if so that means the corvette and the potiac grand prix are the same car
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As far as I know, the Corvette doesn't have an equivalent among GM's companies. The new Cadillac XLR (or whatever its called) looks similar in my opinion, but the stats don't read out the same. I believe it shares the motor, but slightly detuned in the Camaros/Firebirds.

I believe the Grand Prix is the same as a Monte Carlo.
 
Nism0_Racer,

Glad you went to bed.

Now that your head is cleared up a bit, use the same normal logic that you used to figure out that the Vitz was in N. America as an echo, and accept the fact that the newest skyline has different styling along with an appearance in N. America under the infiniti badge.

Btw, you left another out... the toyota alteeza/bexus IS 300. :D

also, I'm not sure, but...
the xlr & the vette share "smart suspension" features. But the xlr engine is based on the northstar v8.
 
The reason the do what they do here in Canada:
Honda: sells lower end cars in the Honda [Japanese] line.
Acura: Sells higher end cars in Honda[Japanese] line,

E.g. S2000 by Honda and NSX by Acura (in Canada)

Acura carries more of a status symbol I guess.

But sometimes to me it just doesnt make anysensse
e.g. making the Skyline named G35...

but yah.. hope this help u understand...
just all bout the money
 
The sole reasons for companies like Acura, Lexus, and Scion is pure MARKETING. Acura and Lexus are the "luxury/sport" divisions or Honda and Toyota. They slap on a different name to their cars to appeal to a different types of customers. Scion is Toyota's youth division aimed directly at younger drivers. Toyota feared it would suffer the same fate as Buick and become an old people brand. So they created Scion to help bring up sales with younger drivers. It's all marketing, nothing more.
 
In JDM land GTR=G35. It's not called Skyline anymore.. It's under its own catagory. And yes the RSX is=to Integra the DC5(chassis) not the DC2 that we are popular with.

I also thought there was no acura in japan..
Also most import cars get the better stuff over seas..

And the max civics come here is with a 2.0(Ep3)
While the rest come with 1.6 and 1.5 but the EX has a 1.7 sohc vtec engine.
 
More name changes:

In Brazil, the Volkswagen Jetta is called Volkswagen Bora.

Plus the Australian Holden Commodore is sold down here as Chevrolet Omega

Talking about australian cars, wasn't the Holden Monaro being sold in USA, as Pontiac GTO? ;)

Nism0_Racer ->:banghead:

Me -> :lol:
 
Originally posted by neuspeed
In JDM land GTR=G35. It's not called Skyline anymore.. It's under its own catagory. And yes the RSX is=to Integra the DC5(chassis) not the DC2 that we are popular with.

I also thought there was no acura in japan..
Also most import cars get the better stuff over seas..

And the max civics come here is with a 2.0(Ep3)
While the rest come with 1.6 and 1.5 but the EX has a 1.7 sohc vtec engine.
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In Brazil all versions use that 1.7 engine. :irked:
 
thanx everyone for explaining that to me, and i knew when i was writting the thread i forgot somthing (altezza/lexus is 300) but i dont think toyota would ever become like buick, TOYOTA'S THA BEST! lol
 
Nissan Skyline 350GT = Infiniti G35

There is no Skyline GT-R being sold at the moment, the next GT-R (no more Skyline in the name) is a few years off.

And in Canada, the Toyota Vitz hatchback and turbo are indeed sold as a Toyota Echo. America only gets the Toyota Echo sedan and coupe.

Acura RSX = Honda Integra
Acura EL (Canada model only) = Honda Civic
Acura TSX = Honda Accord (Japanese/European model)
Acura RL = Honda Legend
Acura NSX = Honda NSX
Acura MDX = Honda MDX

Acura TL I believe is at the moment unique to North America

Lexus LS430 = Toyota Celsior
Lexus GS300/430 = Toyota Aristo
Lexus IS300 = Toyota Altezza
Lexus ES330 = Toyota Windom
Lexus SC430 = Toyota Soarer 430SCV
Lexus LX470 = Toyota Land Cruiser Cygnus
Lexus RX330 = Toyota Harrier
Lexus GX470 = Toyota Land Cruiser Prado
Scion xA = Toyota ist
Scion xB = Toyota bB

Scion tC is unique to North America but will apparently become the new Toyota Avensis.

Infiniti G35 = Nissan Skyline 350GT
Infiniti I35 = Nissan Sylphy
Infiniti M45 = Nissan Gloria
Infiniti Q45 = Nissan Cima
Infiniti QX56 = Nissan Pathfinder Armada

Infiniti FX35/45 is unique to North America.
 
Originally posted by Nism0_Racer
uhh.. no :odd:

the vitz and skyline aren't in N. America

as a matter of fact the skyline is a nissan not an infinity dummarse

Also the RSX is an RSX. the integra is a totaly differnt car
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uh, WRONG. the g35 here is the skyline in japan. infiniti is just nissans luxary line in the states/canada. same hting with honda/acura and toyota/lexas.
 
The Nissan Skyline currently sold in Japan is the V35 generation. The upcoming Nissan GT-R to comeout within a few years will be the R35 generation. The Skyline and GT-R are two seperate platforms now.
 

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