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The paragraph that mentions GM's discontinuation of the brands Pontiac and Oldsmobile, and Ford's selling of its somewhat recently purchased British and European firms, has nothing to do with brand engineering per se, and is the sort of thing one would find on a web discussion page as it strayed off topic. Please remove it. 4.154.224.146 (talk) 10:10, 15 August 2013 (UTC)
I can't work out why the spurious <></>> characters are being displayed before the table. A sourceforge bug report has been filed. —Morven 05:14, Jun 27, 2004 (UTC)
I can't remember any Pontiac Optima. I think this car was called LeMans in the U.S. This piece supports my recollection. RivGuySC 22:19, 3 Jul 2004 (UTC)
May only have been called Optima in Canada
I've just made the appropriate change. RivGuySC 23:26, 6 Jul 2004 (UTC)
I like the pictures, but do we have proper permission to use them? I saw nothing on either picture's page to indicate copyright status. RivGuySC 20:43, 14 Jul 2004 (UTC)
Does this topic covers similar cars from the same company but sold under different brands. For example, Chrysler's Town and Country, Dodge's Caravan and Plymouth's Voyager were basically the same car with different bells and whistles. Other examples were Pontiac Firebird and Chevy Camaro. Do they belong to this topic? Kowloonese
Badge Engineering does not specifically refer to cars. I'm not even sure if the term originates with cars; plenty of manufactured items were sold in the first half of the 20th century with literally only the label altered between sellers. Wouldn't surprise me if the practice went back well into the 19th century. Since this whole article is car-centric, I'd suggest it be moved to "badge engineering (automobiles)" or "automobile badge engineering" and have a small article here that points to it. Thoughts? Akb4 20:28, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
I agree. Computer equipment and electronics are often 'rebadged'. In a lot of cases I think you could call a 'rebadged' product a 'rebranded' product...i.e. use the terms interchangeably.--Kaze0010 03:27, 24 June 2006 (UTC)
Daewoos are still called Daewoos in britain