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Asüna was a captive import automobile marque created in 1992 for sale in Canada by General Motors as a counterpart to Geo. It was one of two successors to the Passport marque, which had a similar intent.
The Asüna Sunrunner became the Pontiac Sunrunner, which is arguably what it could have been in the first place, while the SE and the Sunfire had completed their production runs and were not...
Apr 30, 2022 · If you’ve never heard of GM’s Canadian brand Asüna, don’t feel bad, neither has anyone else. Asüna’s existence is due solely to GM being an absolute mess in Canada in the ’80s and ’90s.
Asüna was a captive import brand created in 1992 by General Motors as a counterpart to Geo in Canada. Preceding the Asüna brand was the Passport brand, which sold a Korean (Daewoo) made badge engineered Opel Kadett E known as the Passport Optima (which hit Canadian shores in 1988) as well as a selection of Isuzu SUVs.
Apr 12, 2022 · Dealers petitioned GM to cut them in on the action, and that lead to the creation of a new brand: Asüna. GM filed for its declaration of use in Canada on May 20th, 1990, even before the official termination of its Passport.
Oct 8, 2018 · The Asuna lineup included three cars, two named for the sun, and one named for some letters: the Asüna Sunfire (an Isuzu Impulse/Geo Storm), the Asüna Sunrunner (a Suzuki Sidekick/Geo...
Apr 4, 2022 · The LeMans would end up a single-year offering in Canada, as the little hatchback continued its identity crisis: The following year it was sold under another all-new and Canada-only GM brand called Asüna.
