Thursday 1st April 2010

Moving Grille Badges? You Know You Want To...

The animated bonnet badge - for the car that has everything else

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A US company called Emblem Alive has come up with the idea of moving grille badges for your car.

Yes folks, it's the personalisation touch you never knew you wanted - and probably still don't - the lovechild of a humble car emblem and the unutterably irritating Big Mouth Billy Bass (remember that?).

Currently, the company appears to only have created a galloping Mustang Pony and a Chevy Camaro badge beating like a heart. These seem to be prototypes, too - the Emblem Alive website doesn't list any prices, and cites 2011 as the date for its product's "projected availability".

But words really don't properly describe the sheer madness of Emblem Alive's product. You have to watch the video, you really do... and, yes, we are aware of the date, but someone's gone to a lot of trouble over this if it's an April fool...

But it's got to be a joke. Hasn't it?!?

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Retset]

I believe it as much as I believe BMW's UK homepage today

[EVOeng]

"News of the PRAT accessory comes swiftly after boffins at BMW offered other award winning innovations such as Canine Repellant Alloy Protection that stopped dogs relieving themselves on your nice wheels, Magnetic Tow Technology, the ultimate in tailgating tech, and BMW Instant Messaging which let owners really know what they thought of other road users."

http://www.bmw.co.uk/bmwuk/about/news/0,,1156__181...

[E21_Ross]

Retset said:

I believe it as much as I believe BMW's UK homepage today

it shows germans have a sense of humour!

[LuS1fer]

Gets out credit cards....

[Garlick]

LuS1fer said:

Gets out credit cards....

I agree, why wouldn't you be tempted?

[LuS1fer]

I feel it can be improved. If I sharpened every edge of the Mustang emblem to razor sharpness and made the extending rod much longer and made it spin at high speed, it could prove very useful....

[alexpa]

April fool huh...

Was expecting a DC7 Integra, Hydrogen powered, titanium chassis, forged alu suspension, the lick...

Then i woke up

[fatboy18]

And todays date is

[louismchuge]

Not quite as good as the new Reliant Scimitar!

[Garlick]

louismchuge said:

Not quite as good as the new Reliant Scimitar!

The ability to comment on this story has now been added. Riggers has been asked to leave (again)

[LuS1fer]

fatboy18 said:

And todays date is

Sadly, if you Google it, it would have to be a mega-effort as they do have their own website and it appears on hundreds of sites:
http://www.emblemalive.com/mustangvideo.html

[Ricky944s2]

''Moving Badges?? We dont need no stinking moving badges!!!!''

[Andyuk911]

EVOeng said:

"News of the PRAT accessory comes swiftly after boffins at BMW offered other award winning innovations such as Canine Repellant Alloy Protection that stopped dogs relieving themselves on your nice wheels, Magnetic Tow Technology, the ultimate in tailgating tech, and BMW Instant Messaging which let owners really know what they thought of other road users."

http://www.bmw.co.uk/bmwuk/about/news/0,,1156__181...

Nice .. LOL

[DrTre]

Love it. Am getting one for my Suzuki Jeep, it's a moving badge of two rhinos fking

[monthefish]

I like it. Hope it goes into production.







Then we'll see who the real April fool is then, when you didn't patent your idea when you had the chance

[soad]

Meh, not tempted in the slightest - it's real too.

[Roberty]

What a load of old Pony!

[Alfanatic]

Best would be an Alfa badge that actually eats small children.

[tgx4776]

Despite the vileness of this I am not in the least bit surprised. It's america home of pointless mods.

[timewatch]

Would the BNP one have a bullet hole in it then ?

He he.

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