Ohh, Toyota Cavalier

[buff4lo]

thats crazy

[EPSU3]

yeah, a girl in my geography class and I were talking about the Toyota GM thing in the 90s. Her dad works for Toyota of America, and she interned at GM. They traded a few models to save on production and shipping costs. Apparently the cavy fit into a niche in japan, and the camry became the prizm here. Note, the new Chevy aveo is made by a korean subsidary.

[Gargola]

You still have a lot of that trading technology between Honda/Toyota and GM, even to this day.

Toyota Matrix
Pontiac Vibe

another example is the Saturn Vue.

Saturn Vue's models with a 6 cylinder enigne, I think it's the 05 to maybe 07, not sure about the new ones, have a 3.5 liter Honda 6 cylinder engine(The one that is used on the Acura MDX) .

Honda made a deal with Saturn (GM) in order for them to be able to use GM's small diesel engine in Europe.

[civicswapper]

wtf ive never seen that.

[donkeygong64]

lol they like to go USDM... haha Remind me of that baseball hat commercial where the white guy is in Japan with a red sox hat. and all the Japanese people are like DAVID ORTIZ!!!

[Gargola]

wtf ive never seen that.

Here you go....


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GM_L66_engine


GM L66 engine
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3.5 L L66 V6 in a 2006 Saturn Vue
3.5 L L66 V6 in a 2006 Saturn Vue

The L66 is an OEM V6 engine built by Honda but sold by General Motors in the Saturn Vue SUV. The L66 was acquired as part of a swap with Honda, who received the Circle L 1.7 L Diesel straight-4 for use in European Civics.

It is a 3.5 L (3471 cc) SOHC V6 with VTEC Variable Valve Timing and is made by Honda in Anna, Ohio. The same engine, the J35A3 is used in Honda's Acura MDX SUV. It is built at Honda's Anna, Ohio engine plant. It is interesting to note that the parts content sticker on the 3.5 L Vue states the country of origin to be Japan for both the engine and transmission.

In the Vue, the engine produces 250 hp (186 kW) and 242 ft·lbf (328 N·m).

[ep3moschini]

roflcopter

[SiN05]

yeah, a girl in my geography class and I were talking about the Toyota GM thing in the 90s. Her dad works for Toyota of America, and she interned at GM. They traded a few models to save on production and shipping costs. Apparently the cavy fit into a niche in japan, and the camry became the prizm here. Note, the new Chevy aveo is made by a korean subsidary.

Chevy bought Daewoo and the Aveo is a rebadge Daewoo

[20CiviC02Si]

Yeah auto manufacturers swap production models all the time!

[drjd888]

Interesting, you learn something new everyday!

[Windchaser]

damn, i think the cavalier just got cooler

[JCEM]

damn, i think the cavalier just got cooler

I don't think it did.

[yipyipyip]

i always wondered that. do people in japan like usdm like we like jdm? do they have mustangs shipped over and put lexus on stuff instead of toyota?

[Gargola]

i always wondered that. do people in japan like usdm like we like jdm? do they have mustangs shipped over and put lexus on stuff instead of toyota?

grass is always greener on the other side

[Twisted-X]

Yeah, I know GM had the Nissan VG30E in one of their minivans for a few years. Its too bad that Nissan/GM merger didn't pan out. I've heard it said that the design for 2.4 L Ecotec in the Sunfire/Cavalier was actually borrowed from Honda. Whether its true or not...:noidea: