Editing Button car plan (section)

==Badge engineering==
The most obvious effect of the plan for the Australian car buyer was the appearance of [[badge-engineered]] vehicles, where the same basic vehicle was sold by several companies under different names. Other approaches included the [[Ford Courier]] and [[Mazda B-Series (International)|Mazda B-Series]] utilities utilising [[Mitsubishi Motors|Mitsubishi]]'s 2.6-litre [[Mitsubishi Astron engine|Astron]] four-cylinder engine, and a proposal to replace Mitsubishi's locally built [[Mitsubishi Colt|Colt]] with a rebadged [[Toyota Corolla]]. This proposal, however, never eventuated.

[[Holden]] initially teamed up with [[Nissan]] in 1984, where the [[Nissan Pulsar]] was sold as the [[Holden Astra]]. Later Pulsar and Astra models in Australia used Holden-sourced [[powertrain]]s. This arrangement dissolved in 1989, and [[Holden|General Motors–Holden]] and [[Toyota]] formed [[United Australian Automobile Industries]] (UAAI). The vehicles produced as a result of this joint venture, the [[Holden Apollo]] ([[Toyota Camry]]), [[Holden Nova]] ([[Toyota Corolla]]) and [[Holden Commodore|Toyota Lexcen]] ([[Holden Commodore]]) lasted until 1996 for the Holden-badged derivatives models, and 1997 for Lexcen.

From 1988 to 1994, [[Ford Motor Company|Ford Australia]] rebadged the [[Nissan_Patrol#Fourth generation (Y60; 1987)|Y60]] Patrol as the [[Ford Maverick]].<Ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.motoring.com.au/focus-based-ute-could-be-called-ford-maverick-124058/|title=Ford Focus-based ute could be called Maverick|date=3 May 2020}}</ref> The car was mechanically similar, although the Nissan version had rear disc brakes depending on vehicle grade, while the Ford mostly had drum brakes and featured different paint colours and trim levels.