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[InitialDave]

[triggerh4ppy]

[F10BMW]

Matt Cup said:

This one isn’t centrally spaced but I always thought there was something amiss with it.

Would look far better without the silly M badge. Surely "X5 50d" would suffice?

[InitialDave]

F10BMW said:

Would look far better without the silly M badge.

When I'm king, M badges will only be permitted on E30 and E46 M3s, and E34 and E39 M5s.

Anything else? Cooler. Two weeks.

[anonymous-user]

Worst is the current Aston Martins

Just doesnt look right at all.

[Dracoro]

With badging, less is definitely more. The Golf R for example looks much nicer than normal Golfs.

Don't take that too far though, no badge at all looks cheap/naff.

The Bentley above has got the spacing right.

Wide(ish) spacing can look OK with a longish name but looks rubbish with a short name.

[Second Best]

I didn't realise extended badged were a problem, they've been around on loads of cars. I remember the first time I saw a Subaru in the late 90s as a kid, that was the first time I clocked the wide-spaced badge. I've had two Imprezas and they've both had the recognisable spaced badge on the back.



I also have a Merc R320 that's a bit wordy on the back. Given the thing's enormous it doesn't look too bad, but when you stop and read "R320 CDI 4MATIC" - there's a lot going on there. (photo's not of my car)

[abzmike]

VW at it as well with the new Golf...

[jeremyc]

Europa1 said:

OP, I have a feeling Lotus did it on the original Elan, so it's hardly new for them.

[anonymous-user]

abzmike said:

VW at it as well with the new Golf...

It's funny how SEAT get all the details first -

SEAT started the boot badge flip handle then the Golf got it.

They then did the badge space thing, now Golf has it too.

[Leins]

broombroomcar said:

It's funny how SEAT get all the details first -

SEAT started the boot badge flip handle then the Golf got it.

They then did the badge space thing, now Golf has it too.

Will they get a “System Porsche” engine?

[Byker28i]

InitialDave said:

I wondered how long it would be...

[Dagnir]

I quite like it on the back of Subarus. It seems to fit.

[ajap1979]

Obviously in typography tracking (the space between letters) has been around forever. The legibility of words set in capital letters is generally improved by wider tracking (more space between letters), and designers often use it as a technique to add some sophistication and refinement to words. I think it can work well, though it has to be used cohesively and sparingly. There are certainly some horrific examples around at the moment, Porsche in particular. Bentley and Subaru have it spot on in my professional opinion.

[Nickbrapp]

triggerh4ppy said:

At least you can chose to just have the winged badge


Jaguar is the worst, there’s not enough room on the boot lid really so it just looks messy

[alangla]

Leins said:

Firstly, kudos to the OP for the thread title!

Secondly, I miss obscure badging that denotes a technical feature of a car:

Vauxhall seem to be sticking T U R B O to the back of everything, presumably because pretty much all their engines are now shrunken forced induction efforts.

[abzmike]

alangla said:

Vauxhall seem to be sticking T U R B O to the back of everything, presumably because pretty much all their engines are now shrunken forced induction efforts.

Porsche put a Turbo badge on the Taycan, but thats another story

[InitialDave]

I like the fake Porsche script turbo badges where the font isn't quite right and the appear to say "timbo".

[dibblecorse]

Byker28i said:

InitialDave said:

I wondered how long it would be...

But only those of a certain age will get it !!!!!

[LochTay]