misbadging cars

[deltashad]

[Harry Flashman]

m44kts said:

Maybe he's going for that 50's American look?

The end of my 'hood ornament' is pretty sharp and would really do some damage if I ran into someone.

Please tell me that makes a loud, rumbling, cammy American V8 noise?

That is absolutely stunning.

[TobyLaRohne]

I've seen this car a couple of times now and whilst sat waiting in traffic something started bugging me about it, it didn't look quite right, then it clicked!

[RemyMartin]

A guy at work has just fitted ///M badges to his completely standard 530d SE.....

Yes he has been ribbed to hell!

[TobyLaRohne]

RemyMartin said:

A guy at work has just fitted ///M badges to his completely standard 530d SE.....

Yes he has been ribbed to hell!

You should start sending him emails with "this email is ///M Powered" and the like. He should be mercilessly heckled until he removes the badges!

[mackie1]

Ah the super exclusive Vouge model.

[TobyLaRohne]

mackie1 said:

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[richb77]

The Spruce goose said:

0llie said:

The Jaguar X-Type Supercharged Racing Edition Quattro Hybrid in Ferrari Red.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/111094871620?_trksid=p51...

William's old stead?

I emailed to ask if it really had a supercharger as i "wasnt sure" if JLR offered supercharged X-types.

The reply...

"I have NO idea what this has under the bonnet so please come and inspect it".

Ok then......

[AGK]

A nice Type-S GTI

[VolvoT5]

0llie said:

The Jaguar X-Type Supercharged Racing Edition Quattro Hybrid in Ferrari Red.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/111094871620?_trksid=p51...

One potential buyer was obviously intrigued as to what lie under the bonnet. The sellers response? "3 litres R racing edition supercharged"

I will fire him over a question and ask where in the engine bay I can find the supercharger...

He has relisted it now as well (same price). Looks like quite a nice car so I don't understand the need to make claims about it being supercharged. The noise he talks about in the advert is probably from the gearbox, transfer box or prop shaft bearing starting to fail....... hardly a selling feature.

[AGK]

wtf is "afterburner mode"?

[Fun Bus]

Advert said:

Brilliant roar of turbine kicking in when boosting in afterburner push.

[BeMo]

S4 badge on a 2 litre diesel A4, accompanied by a generous smattering of S-line badges, standard SE bumpers and some not very accurate S4 replica wheels..

[cindychops]

There's a BMW x5 that i reguarly see and they have an "m" badge infront of the x5?I'd love to tell them that its not a mazda!

[Krikkit]

BeMo said:

S4 badge on a 2 litre diesel A4, accompanied by a generous smattering of S-line badges, standard SE bumpers and some not very accurate S4 replica wheels..

I see something similar quite often - it's a 1.9TDi Avant with RS4 badges... Totally standard exterior.

[0llie]

AGK said:

wtf is "afterburner mode"?

Lord knows. That whole question/answer did make me laugh!

Q: Hi, Is it official Jaguar racing edition? How many HP and torque? LPG tank capacity and mileage possibility per tank? Cheers, Chris.
A: Hi, Not sure about engine kit installed but clearly can hear turbo kick in when pumping. I had all types of jaguar before but never had such sound and power in afterburner mode

What turbo? I thought it was supercharged? Or maybe it's N/A

And no, he never answered the question I sent him r.e. where I could find the supercharger

[gazchap]

Not quite in the spirit of the thread, and no photo I'm afraid, but I saw a 57-plate Renault Clio the other day that had the RENAULT badge on the back changed to "RENAL"

[storminnorman]

I saw an F30 330d with an ///m badge on the front grille the other day. Erm

[DickyC]

Or possibly correctly badged. It's difficult to tell.

[AlexRS2782]

So after seeing this ST badged as an RS in the Badly Modified thread:



How about the MK2 RS badged as a limited edition 500