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sister brands to already established
divisions in America. Pontiac was
sister to Oakland, while Viking,
Marquette and LaSalle were f loated
a s c ompa n ion s t o Old smobi le ,
Buick and Cadillac respectively.
The Ranger was an amalgam of
the Opel Rekord C and Vauxhall
Victor FD, conceived as South
Africa’s own car and also sold in some
European markets such as Belgium,
Switzerland and the Netherlands.
The brand lasted from 1968 to 1978,
with the second-generation models
ba s e d on t he O p e l R e k ord D.
In the 1960s, Acadian and
Beaumont were brands created for
C a n a d a t o m a rk e t t he C he v r ole t
Nova and Chevelle respectively. This
country also carried Envoy models:
rebadged Vauxhalls sold through
Chevrolet and Oldsmobile dealers,
while Vauxhalls were done in parallel
through Pontiac and Buick dealers.
Later on, Passport then Geo and
Asüna were short-lived brands meant
t o app e a l t o i mp or t shopp e r s i n t he
US a nd C a n a d a w it h r e ba d ge d w a r e s
from Toyota, Isuzu and Daewoo.
T h at br i n gs u s t o A si a , w he r e GM
acquired the remains of Daewoo in
the 2000s, when its Korean partner
was in strife, and has since turned it
into Chevrolet for select markets.
Hop e I d id n’t fou l y ou r d i ge s t ion.
Colin Ong
Christchurch, New Zealand
Ditch diesel
“I still adore a diesel,” says James
Ruppert (11 March). Really, James?
You adore walking around, breathing
in all those super-fine particulates
diesel produces, getting them deep
into your lungs and throughout your
body? You adore that happening to
children and vulnerable old people?
The only reason people bought
so many diesel cars was because of
the supposed economy (which is
really only any good if you’re doing
very high mileages) and because
the government’s taxation for years
made diesel cheaper than petrol.
T he w orld i s w a k i n g up t o t he
awful stuff that diesel is. It’s about
time that James Ruppert did too.
Martin
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