misbadging cars

[Fastdruid]

vournikas said:

That's a BMW 3-series Compact? Isn't it?

Woosh parrot for Vournikas please.

[StefanVXR8]

Fastdruid said:

vournikas said:

That's a BMW 3-series Compact? Isn't it?

Woosh parrot for Vournikas please.

[V88Dicky]

Parked in front of a bloke sat in what I thought was a 63 plate XFR, as I'd noticed the 'R' badge on the black front grille. Anyways, as I walked past, It dawned on me that it didn't have the bonnet vents embossed with the 'supercharged' moniker, and at the back, it had a single exhaust, but above it, again the 'R' badge. So a 2.2 diesel I think.

I was in the wife's 5.0 XF, no wonder he looked a little sheepish.

[TheFinners]

Saw a lovely 'M118D' the other day, but then again this was in Eastleigh...

[Fox-]

V88Dicky said:

Parked in front of a bloke sat in what I thought was a 63 plate XFR, as I'd noticed the 'R' badge on the black front grille. Anyways, as I walked past, It dawned on me that it didn't have the bonnet vents embossed with the 'supercharged' moniker, and at the back, it had a single exhaust, but above it, again the 'R' badge. So a 2.2 diesel I think.

I was in the wife's 5.0 XF, no wonder he looked a little sheepish.

I doubt he looked 'sheepish' at all, if it was a 63 plate it's probably an XF R-Sport, which is available with a 2.2 Diesel. Yours from £33k on the road.

I do wonder when everyone is going to get over the fact that M badges, R badges, AMG badges and S badges now come stuck all over 4 pot diesels from the factory and stop berating the owners for it?

[Triumph Man]

My grandad once bought a 325 td that had been badged as a 325 tds. The same of it.

On the subject of bizarre misbadgings, I once saw an E34 525 td/s (one of the two, I could tell by the sound) badged as a 520d...

[V88Dicky]

Fox- said:

I doubt he looked 'sheepish' at all, if it was a 63 plate it's probably an XF R-Sport, which is available with a 2.2 Diesel. Yours from £33k on the road.

I do wonder when everyone is going to get over the fact that M badges, R badges, AMG badges and S badges now come stuck all over 4 pot diesels from the factory and stop berating the owners for it?

I've checked out the 'R-sport' and it's not what I saw. They don't have the 'R' badge front or back, and don't come with 20" alloys.
http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/jaguar/xf/86001/jagua...

He had almost certainly bought a couple of R badges off fleabay or elsewhere.

Each to their own I guess.

[TaRD]

Saw one of the fabled Hyundai i20 Type R's the other day. I'll get a picture up later.

[Cupramax]

Triumph Man said:

My grandad once bought a 325 td that had been badged as a 325 tds. The same of it.

There were two version, the TDS was the higher output version... I had one as a company car many moons ago.

[crowfield]

Gilhooligan said:

Diesel M5 anyone?

Is there a BMW that doesn't have an "M" badge? Every one around here has it! And usually with a driver wearing his hat back to front and loads of gold chains around their neck. Put me off BMW's for life! ( and I have owned a few )

[Triumph Man]

Cupramax said:

Triumph Man said:

My grandad once bought a 325 td that had been badged as a 325 tds. The same of it.

There were two version, the TDS was the higher output version... I had one as a company car many moons ago.

Sorry should have put "the shame of it". Yeah the TDS was intercooled and 143 bhp, and the TD was non intercooled and 115 bhp. Just seems pointless someone "up badging" like that.

[AlexRS2782]

Copied over from the Badly Modified thread - a limited edition Ford RS Peugeot:

[AlexRS2782]

Silver Ford Mondeo Titanium X with the badge spaced to read TITAN I UM X - it had 2 further X's added after the first X I'm guessing to reflect some kisses

No pics sadly as I was driving.

Edited by AlexRS2782 on Wednesday 21st May 23:56

[0llie]

Just why?!





http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Jaguar-XK8-4-0-V8-1997-1...

Advert said:

This Jaguar has had all its badging replaced with Aston Martin

[carl_w]

0llie said:

Just why?!

Didn't this and the DB7 come off the same production line?

It's also got the Jaguar head logo on the wheel centres in some of the pictures, so not all Jaguar badging has been swapped.

[Grandad7184]

sadly no pictures but an M7 from BMW in silver on the M23

[mikey k]

carl_w said:

didn't this and the DB7 come off the same production line?

No they do share some DNA though

[A.J.M]

I got overtaken on the motorway by a Discovery 3 V8 HSE, supercharged sport.

Hmm...

[0llie]

mikey k said:

carl_w said:

didn't this and the DB7 come off the same production line?

No they do share some DNA though

The DB7 was built at a facility in Bloxham (where they assembled the XJ220), the XK8 was built at Browns Lane IIRC. They were both very loosely based on the XJS.

[iacabu]

I don't think this is a V10, or has a 335d engine in it.