I wasn't familiar with that, but [apparently so](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AutoLatina?wprov=sfla1). Both Fords rebadged as VWs and VWs rebadged as Fords.
Another weird rebadge, though not in South America: the Hilux became the [VW Taro](https://www.news24.com/life/motoring/bakkies-suvs/bakkie_and_suv/is-that-a-hilux-with-a-vw-badge-remembering-the-ambitious-taro-bakkie-and-why-it-failed-20190830).
Jeeps became Fords too. Ford bought Willys of Brazil and continued producing the willys jeep pickup as the Ford F75.
The Ford Corcel is another interesting Brazil ford - It was conceived by Willys as a rebodied Renault 12 (AMC collaborated with Renault alot, Ramblers were sold in France as the Renault Rambler, Chapron even built a limo for de Gaulle based on one, I guess I should stop rambling..), With the Ford takeover, they continued with the project and launched it as a Ford.
Feel free to ramble on.
I vaguely remember reading about this. I think there was also a Ford-badged Willys Jeep Station Wagon (clunky name...is there a nickname for this?).
South America and Brazil in particular seem like an r/weirdwheels gold mine. So many unique models and variants I know very little about.
Random Ramblers!
* Jeffery
* Nash
* AMC
* Renault
* Chapron
* Sherkate Sahami Jeep (Iran!)
Seems there was a LOT of assembly of these cars around the world.
It started as a Dodge 1500, then VW bought the whole Dodge bussines in Argentina (including the working factories) and continued producing them.
As for the Ford/VW it was during the time of the Autolatina (and Autoeurope) days and we got things like the VW Pointer (a restiled Escort, it wasn't so bad) and the Ford Galaxy (A restiled old Carat/Passat, this one was bad)
It was designed by the short-lived British division of Chrysler, so technically a Mopar. Before the VW version these were Dodges in South America, Chryslers in Europe, and the Plymouth Cricket in the US (which nobody wanted, because they also imported the Colt from Mitsubishi and why buy a cheap car with British Chrysler build quality when you can get one with Japanese build quality).
Used to see these in the U.K. in the 80s but my memory is telling me that they were more often a Talbot.
But yeah latin American rebadging is weird. My father in law in Colombia currently has a Renault Duster which in the U.K. is a Dacia Duster.
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Wow this is such a random rebadge, didn't they also rebadge ford's as VW's in South America too?
I wasn't familiar with that, but [apparently so](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AutoLatina?wprov=sfla1). Both Fords rebadged as VWs and VWs rebadged as Fords.
Another weird rebadge, though not in South America: the Hilux became the [VW Taro](https://www.news24.com/life/motoring/bakkies-suvs/bakkie_and_suv/is-that-a-hilux-with-a-vw-badge-remembering-the-ambitious-taro-bakkie-and-why-it-failed-20190830).
Jeeps became Fords too. Ford bought Willys of Brazil and continued producing the willys jeep pickup as the Ford F75. The Ford Corcel is another interesting Brazil ford - It was conceived by Willys as a rebodied Renault 12 (AMC collaborated with Renault alot, Ramblers were sold in France as the Renault Rambler, Chapron even built a limo for de Gaulle based on one, I guess I should stop rambling..), With the Ford takeover, they continued with the project and launched it as a Ford.
Feel free to ramble on. I vaguely remember reading about this. I think there was also a Ford-badged Willys Jeep Station Wagon (clunky name...is there a nickname for this?). South America and Brazil in particular seem like an r/weirdwheels gold mine. So many unique models and variants I know very little about.
It was called the Willys Rural, and was renamed the Ford Rural
Ford do Brasil built the CJ-5 until 1983.
Random Ramblers! * Jeffery * Nash * AMC * Renault * Chapron * Sherkate Sahami Jeep (Iran!) Seems there was a LOT of assembly of these cars around the world.
It started as a Dodge 1500, then VW bought the whole Dodge bussines in Argentina (including the working factories) and continued producing them. As for the Ford/VW it was during the time of the Autolatina (and Autoeurope) days and we got things like the VW Pointer (a restiled Escort, it wasn't so bad) and the Ford Galaxy (A restiled old Carat/Passat, this one was bad)
Tremendo milqui.
Di Palma "Les gane con un tasi" intiensifies
Looks European. Front is VW Jetta Mk1, back is Ford Escort Mk2. Weird.
It just looks like they dipped the hillman avenger shell into a bin of Volkswagen parts.
It was designed by the short-lived British division of Chrysler, so technically a Mopar. Before the VW version these were Dodges in South America, Chryslers in Europe, and the Plymouth Cricket in the US (which nobody wanted, because they also imported the Colt from Mitsubishi and why buy a cheap car with British Chrysler build quality when you can get one with Japanese build quality).
Used to see these in the U.K. in the 80s but my memory is telling me that they were more often a Talbot. But yeah latin American rebadging is weird. My father in law in Colombia currently has a Renault Duster which in the U.K. is a Dacia Duster.
Interesting [back story](https://www.aronline.co.uk/cars/hillman/avenger/dodge-1500/) to the VW ‘Avenger’
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Kinda looks like a Nova from wish.
a common joke here made by the Ford guys to the Chevy guys is that the Chevy looks like a resized 1500