Badge engineering
noun
the practice of remaking one model of automobile as another for a different manufacturer, esp. when companies merge operations; two identical automobiles marketed under different model names
examples
the honda accord is the acura tsx, an example of badge engineering.
word origin
badge ‘brand name’
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