Why do people put "M" badges on non-M cars?

[ashway]

Hope those badgers didn't make too much mess

[jayemm89]

Must have badgers on the brain - hit one the other night.

Damn you badgers!

[TheAngryDog]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGlyFc79BUE

[davyvee]

Seen a 1 series yesterday complete with hub caps and M badge. I was more shocked with the hub caps tbf.

Wanted to get a picture but alas it had gone on my return.

[Cambell]

Not an M car

http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?start=110&sa=X&...

[wax lyrical]

You mean like BMW AG putting an 'M' badge on a M135i ??!

Shocking, I agree.

[pscl227]

The lesser spotted M-Power 320d, I was parked a few spaces along in my 1M

[Fox-]

pscl227 said:

The lesser spotted M-Power 320d, I was parked a few spaces along in my 1M

When it has two of them on the wing already from the factory its quite difficult to argue he's put it there because he thinks its an M Power car, though...

[MartiniBianco]

pscl227 said:

The lesser spotted M-Power 320d, I was parked a few spaces along in my 1M

Well, that's an ///M colour, isn't it?

[Alex L]

MartiniBianco said:

Well, that's an ///M colour, isn't it?

An ///M Sport colour, Estoril Blue

[Adam3441]

I saw an M badge on an old Jag last week. It also had a Type R badge.....and a private reg number. Incredible.

[Ed T]

Ha, new levels

[JCHill]

...you can stick a badge on it...



...but it's just not the same thing...

[Fox-]

JCHill said:

...you can stick a badge on it...

That is a factory standard LCI 5 Series M Sport. Sadly that's how they come now.

[JCHill]

Fox- said:

That is a factory standard LCI 5 Series M Sport. Sadly that's how they come now.

Like I say...it's just not the same, even if the factory do it.

[Cambell]

I'm just back from a local dealers and whilst in the showroom I played "find the car with no M badge" There was only 2 of them. Its just pish !

[forest172]

i find it funny how people badge their cars different to factory standard. However most of these cars are actually what BMW sell as a M-sport version and in turn the owners are putting M sport badges on. Not an m5,m3 etc badge

But when I`m sat in my m5 and somebody with a bmw badged upto the hilt with m badges on it does make me chuckle

[alanw89]

But not all M cars are badged m3, m5 etc though



This isn't an m sport roadster for example.

But ultimately who really cares that much. Is there not a saying that goes a long the lines of, those who care know, and those who don't know don't care.

[RossP]

[161BMW]

alanw89 said:

But not all M cars are badged m3, m5 etc though



This isn't an m sport roadster for example.

But ultimately who really cares that much. Is there not a saying that goes a long the lines of, those who care know, and those who don't know don't care.

Never heard of such a saying
Those that care are insecure!

I have E30 325i Sport.
I have M-Technic (M) badge in the front grille.
Apparently these were not factory fitted but fitted by some BMW Dealers when New.
So there!