misbadging cars

[Stenjay]

115bhp Astra badged as a 90bhp version? What a sleeper!

[NelsonR32]

Seeing all these misbadged E36 and E46 3 series models has made me wonder if people think my car is the same. The 4 door M3 E36 saloon looks exactly like any other late E36 with the exception of the tailpipes and rear valance.

Edited by NelsonR32 on Wednesday 1st January 19:19

[Janesy B]

Neith said:

'VTR.... well, GTR is close enough'

Saw a Polo today with an R badge on the front. I'm aware there is a Polo R, but this one had a tiny single exit exhaust and looked remarkably...base model

6 month old post but hey..

http://www.whatcar.com/car-news/volkswagen/polo/20...

[g3org3y]

KM666 said:

Has this had an interesting engine conversion or is it simply a 1.8 badged as a 1.4?

[-Z-]

I've got a good one, I give you the CLA63 AMG!

It wasn't even a CLA45 probably a diesel.

Brand new so not short of a bob or two, why not get something actually interesting rather than embarrass yourself everywhere you go?

[Nath88n]

g3org3y said:

KM666 said:

Has this had an interesting engine conversion or is it simply a 1.8 badged as a 1.4?

I thought it was going to be a 2.0 turbo at least.
After looking at the profile I think it's the latter.....

[KM666]

Stenjay said:

115bhp Astra badged as a 90bhp version? What a sleeper!

Its meant to be a bad double bluff.

[CharlesAL]

Saw a bog-standard Fiesta badged as an ST 2.5 Turbo the other day.

[jmflare]

NelsonR32 said:

Seeing all these misbadged E36 and E46 3 series models has made me wonder if people think my car is the same. The 4 door M3 E36 saloon looks exactly like any other late E36 with the exception of the tailpipes and rear valance.

Edited by NelsonR32 on Wednesday 1st January 19:19

? Not really, front and rear bumpers, mirrors, wheels, interior, ride height and side skirts.

[Max M4X WW]

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2013...

[raceboy]

To be fair that goes a little beyond 'miss badging'

[anonymous-user]

Max M4X WW said:

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2013...

I think that looks good in reality i know 1 in million you will pull next to a real one but for a third at least you get the looks.

[Ari]

A real sheep in wolfs clothing!

[BorkFactor]

Max M4X WW said:

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2013...

Fair play to them, if I walked past that in the street I don't think I would be able to tell it apart from a real one. Only the brakes really give it away!

[Maracus]

The lesser spotted 8L Audi RS3 (MK1) in Milton Keynes today

Plenty of extra Quattro badges as well

[deltashad]

BorkFactor said:

Max M4X WW said:

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2013...

Fair play to them, if I walked past that in the street I don't think I would be able to tell it apart from a real one. Only the brakes really give it away!

Theres one of these kicking about int Craiova, Romania. Fair play it took me a while to realise it wasn't the real McCoy. Looks really good. But still... No.

[mattuk89]

Saw a 58 plate 320d with "SE" put on before the 320d badge, it wasn't even on straight! Still better than the typical ///M badge.

[xuy]

Nice BMW M5!

[Maracus]

xuy said:

Nice BMW M5!

A 523i SE Auto. Half an M5

[31mph]

Ari said:

Someone's going to have to explain this one to me.

I sort of understand the guy who re-badged a Citreon as Audi, or a 318i as an M3. I think it's pathetic, but presumably they're hoping people will think it's an Audi (or an M3)

But I spotted this today...





He's re-badged his C Class 4 door saloon as a CLK 2 door coupe.

Thing is, anyone who knows what a CLK is will know that that isn't one.

And anyone that doesn't isn't going to care anyway as it won't mean a thing to them.

So what's the point?

Torquay!!!!