Totally unsporty "sport" models

Totally unsporty "sport" models

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CCM604e

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110 posts

109 months

Friday 22nd May 2015
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Followed an 06 Focus Sport tdci to work on the commute today. Couldn't see at all why it was badged 'Sport'. Didn't look even slightly fruity!

Then it got me thinking are there any examples of other cars badged 'sport' that are not even slightly sporty?

Nige_GTI

298 posts

177 months

Friday 22nd May 2015
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I'm fairly sure that Peugeout did a 206 sw sport in 1.1 litre guise..

Sump

5,484 posts

166 months

Friday 22nd May 2015
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730d sport?

CCM604e

Original Poster:

110 posts

109 months

Friday 22nd May 2015
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Nige_GTI said:
I'm fairly sure that Peugeout did a 206 sw sport in 1.1 litre guise..
Haha exactly what i'm talking about

trumptriple

202 posts

130 months

Friday 22nd May 2015
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I had a Nissan Almera Sport+ - which was just a higher spec model with a 2.2 Di engine, nothing sporty about it.

ian2144

1,662 posts

221 months

Friday 22nd May 2015
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If memory serves. Ford put " Mexico" on the cr@py Mk3 or Mk4 Escorts. An affront to the Mexico name.

Jacobyte

4,718 posts

241 months

Friday 22nd May 2015
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All "S Line", "M Sport" and "AMG Line" models.

And my Touareg V6 SE Sport. No, it's a big hefty 4wd towing machine, you chumps.

TurboHatchback

4,152 posts

152 months

Friday 22nd May 2015
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Loads of them, the BMW 116d MSport springs to mind.

It's all marketing bks basically, people think they want a fast car but they don't really (or want to pay for it) so they pay a bit more for a regular car made slightly more uncomfortable so they can pretend to everyone (and themselves) that their generic white goods purchase is somehow special.

CCM604e

Original Poster:

110 posts

109 months

Friday 22nd May 2015
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Jacobyte said:
And my Touareg V6 SE Sport. No, it's a big hefty 4wd towing machine, you chumps.
hehe

Composite Guru

2,205 posts

202 months

Friday 22nd May 2015
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Discovery and Range Rover Sport. You are hardly going to see those racing around a track.

GroundEffect

13,819 posts

155 months

Friday 22nd May 2015
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It's a trim level...


Hackney

6,811 posts

207 months

Friday 22nd May 2015
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Yep, the brand new 420d with M badge on the side.

KTF

9,788 posts

149 months

Friday 22nd May 2015
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'Sport' in being a trim level rather than actually meaning anything shocker.

Limeymk1

43 posts

176 months

Friday 22nd May 2015
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1997 Toyota Starlet Sportif. Maybe they were going to add 'only' to the end.

Although I must admit I have a soft spot for the old n/a Starlets.

willisit

2,141 posts

230 months

Friday 22nd May 2015
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I'm sat a few feet from my 2005 (Mk 4) Astra Sport. 1.6 litres (TWINPORT!!!) and spongy suspension, no brakes and - well, obviously no power. The seats are stock too. The only thing they appear to have fitted beyond the 16 inch wheels, are white dials.

It's not an awful car. It does what it was designed for very well. It's just yawn.

fathomfive

9,876 posts

189 months

Friday 22nd May 2015
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CCM604e

Original Poster:

110 posts

109 months

Friday 22nd May 2015
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fathomfive said:
YES

KTF

9,788 posts

149 months

Friday 22nd May 2015
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On that theme, nothing shouts 'sport' quite like an SUV:




CCM604e

Original Poster:

110 posts

109 months

Friday 22nd May 2015
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KTF said:
On that theme, nothing shouts 'sport' quite like an SUV:
But does it have white dials?

Hol

8,361 posts

199 months

Friday 22nd May 2015
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Nothing makes you think Sport like a transit van, with stripes and aircon.