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Originally Posted by SuperSound
While I don't think European styling is terrible, you could put a BMW, Mercedes, or Audi badge on a Aztek and it would probably sell better than it did with the Pontiac badge.
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Ironically that sort of what happened with the Fake News mag Consumer Reports. Back in the 80s or 90s when Pontiac had I think it was the Vibe. It was the same exact vehicle as the Toyota Matrix right off the same line. Except for some trim detail they were the same car except one was badged Toyota and one badged Pontiac. In one addition of Consumer Reports they praised the Toyota Matrix on how great it was. Then in another earlier or later addition of CR they reviewed the Pontiac Vibe and ragged on it. It was either a known hit job or they were too stupid to know it was same vehicle that they slobbered over in another issue. You can believe CR and other media bought big stock in foreign car companies as the cars began hitting US beached in the mid to late 70s. Those same media got rich promoting those companies with good reviews and pumping up stock prices.