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Buy Toyota badges... from GM

Discussion in 'Auto News' started by Autoblog, Jul 9, 2008.

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    Buy Toyota badges... from GM

    Filed under: Economy, Sedans/Saloons, Japan, Chevrolet, GM, Toyota

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    A long, long time ago -- 1996 to be exact -- Toyota decided to brand engineer a GM vehicle for the Japanese domestic market. The vehicle they chose: the Chevrolet Cavalier. They even called it the Toyota Cavalier, and wanted to move 20,000 of them per year in Japan. They put them in dealer showrooms next to JDM cars, and, well... people didn't really buy them. By 2000, the Toyota Cavalier was mort.

    And while their loss is not exactly your gain, it might mean you can have some fun with rabbits and hats. GM made Toyota Cavalier parts, including Toyota badges, for the car, and has boxes of the stuff at its warehouse in Lansing, Michigan. If you can get a parts manager to fulfill your order -- overseas-only parts are normally red-flagged for U.S. domestic use due to DOT issues -- then you can get a Toyota badge wrapped in official GM packaging. Cue the Ripley's Believe It or Not theme music...

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    KrypticKarma ~2001 Corrizm~

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    A toyota cavalier.. wow.
    KrypticKarma, Jul 9, 2008
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    haha I remember this.... just dunno wtf they were thinking at the time tho
    rayray1, Jul 9, 2008
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    yep its true. a friend of mine owned a 00' Z24 "Toyota Cavalier" 2 dr. it was well kept and all but front windshield was busted when someone launched a Crown Royal bottle at it. the dealer was charging close to 2K to order a replacement from the states and installed. so he junked the car for free. i have seen a few running around with USDM parts here as well. they actually look pretty weird considering im used to them having a chevy badge.
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    GSE21tuner Formerly rollatuner110. Representing AZLexus.club

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    This is really old news. I knew about the Toyota Cavalier back in high school. LOL :D
    GSE21tuner, Jul 10, 2008
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    oh yeah but the fact the the few that are running around here are hella fast and with JDM tweaking run very well and very smooth for a USDM vehicle.
    01rollas, Jul 10, 2008
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