Are Geo/Chevrolet/Suzuki all one company?

[90CRXZCSi]

My g/f drives a 1996 Geo Tracker. I've seen Chevrolet Trackers out there on the road too. I was looking in the engine compartment and noticed "suzuki" on the airbox. Are all three of these companies somehow formed into one? Do parts from a chevrolet tracker fit on a geo tracker and what years are all the same for the Geo Trackers? Sorry for so many questions...i was just intersted.

[99TrackerConv]

Alright here is the deal as I know it

89-97 are Geo trackers/Suzuki sidekick
in 98 Chevy took recontrol of Geo and called it Chevy tracker

89-98 are the same body style

in 99 they changed the body style and Suzuki started calling the sidekick the Vitara

99-present are the same bodystyle

If you have anymore questions I'll try to answer them.

[tman]

Basically, Chevy aquired Geo's models in 1998. Suzuki makes the engine and vehicle, but Chevy rebadges it as their own. GM's infamous badge engineering at its best.

[Danny Demon]

GM, like other big corporations, is fighting for survival like everyone else. Some say that in 10 years there will only be 5 car companies left. GM, Ford, Daimler Chrysler, Honda, and Toyota. All other smaller car companies are expected by some to have either went out of business all together or have been absorbed within the corporate structure of one of the big five. Whether this is the case or not remains to be seen. Nevertheless, many of the smaller players are coming more and more under the wings of the big boys. GM has seen the writing on the wall and has joined in the merger mania. A short list of GM affiliations and/or major stakes in is Saab(04 Malibu/Saab 9.3), Opel, Suzuki(Tracker/Vitara), Daewoo(Suzuki Verona), Isuzu, General Motors Egypt, Fiat, Toyota(Matrix/Vibe), Honda(same Honda 3.5 V6 in Honda Pilot and 04 Saturn Vue-the result of a trade made between GM and Honda), Avto Vaz-Russia, Subaru, Vauxhall, Holden, et al. General Motors is becoming a world class car company in the process. In the American tradition GM is taking the best from each company from around the world it comes into contact with and absorbing it into its own engineering. It has taken Toyota's processes it has learned in its joint ventures (Prism and now Vibe) and will do Toyota one better. GM will survive. Long live Chevrolet.

[ESKYMOPACK]

Originally Posted by danny demon

gm, like other big corporations, is fighting for survival like everyone else. Some say that in 10 years there will only be 5 car companies left. Gm, ford, daimler chrysler, honda, and toyota. All other smaller car companies are expected by some to have either went out of business all together or have been absorbed within the corporate structure of one of the big five. Whether this is the case or not remains to be seen. Nevertheless, many of the smaller players are coming more and more under the wings of the big boys. Gm has seen the writing on the wall and has joined in the merger mania. A short list of gm affiliations and/or major stakes in is saab(04 malibu/saab 9.3), opel, suzuki(tracker/vitara), daewoo(suzuki verona), isuzu, general motors egypt, fiat, toyota(matrix/vibe), honda(same honda 3.5 v6 in honda pilot and 04 saturn vue-the result of a trade made between gm and honda), avto vaz-russia, subaru, vauxhall, holden, et al. General motors is becoming a world class car company in the process. In the american tradition gm is taking the best from each company from around the world it comes into contact with and absorbing it into its own engineering. It has taken toyota's processes it has learned in its joint ventures (prism and now vibe) and will do toyota one better. Gm will survive. Long live chevrolet.

what a farce this turned out to be!!!!!