misbadging cars

[FTBBCVoodoo]

On so many levels.....

[p1stonhead]

FTBBCVoodoo said:

On so many levels.....

Close the thread!

[Utterpiffle]

LordJammy said:

Whenever I get a car at work with an M, AMG, Type R etc stuck on badge I always mark it as damage on the pre inspection.

[DickyC]

My guvnor bought this at auction yesterday. It's a lovely car; a well kept and well maintained front wheel drive 2.7tdi. Why a former keeper felt it necessary to add scabby old Quattro badges fore and aft is anyone's guess.





The rusty backplates with the front badge add a certain je ne sais quoi. Or don't. I'm not sure.

[carlove]

Was behind a 1 series today, thought something was wrong with it, then realised it had a '318' badge on. Why put a 3 series badge on a 1 series and why a 318 and not a more powerful model. I wonder if they were trying to get a 118 badge but failed.

[Leins]

FTBBCVoodoo said:

On so many levels.....

Only Just seen this now, but it's cheered me up no end this Monday morning

[marcosgt]

carlove said:

Was behind a 1 series today, thought something was wrong with it, then realised it had a '318' badge on. Why put a 3 series badge on a 1 series and why a 318 and not a more powerful model. I wonder if they were trying to get a 118 badge but failed.

I wonder if some scrote stole the original badge and they just wanted something 'similar' to cover up the damage?

OK, it says 318 not 118, but at least it doesn't say M6 or something

M.

[jamesRS6]

Saw this yesterday. Yes it had one at the front as well.

[2172cc]

Spotted on Facebook was this pointless addition. Surely it's a wind up.

[Fermit The Krog and Sexy Sarah]

Wish I had a camera yesterday. We're currently in Thassos, Greece, and yesterday I saw a Polo circa 10 years old, with a modern Audi grill on it. I nearly died laughing.

[royobannan]

120d!

[DaveH23]

I seen a 640d the other day with an M6 badge, not replaced, just added so it read 640dM6.

[stewjohnst]

Ah, the world renowned M5Power 520d.

So much power that half the power badge couldn't even hold on under hard acceleration...

No idea what marque the M5 has come from

[Pica-Pica]

DaveH23 said:

I seen a 640d the other day with an M6 badge, not replaced, just added so it read 640dM6.

I should have kept my old 740GL badge (Volvo to BMW?)
Update this 850 Volvo badge!

Edited by Pica-Pica on Tuesday 24th October 21:28

[Fckitdriveon]

Never read this thread before but curious that recently I damaged a badge on the front of my car, I rang my local dealer to enquire about a replacement, and was staggered to learn it was something like 150 quid, all the dealer could think of as justification was it was priced so high to dissuade people from badging a car that wasn’t that particular model.

It did put me in mind of when Many moons ago I owned an SL55 and pulled up alongside ‘another’ 55 at the lights, except Something was wrong - exhaust iirc , turned out to be a 350 with a moody badge......I don’t see the point myself.

There’s a certain level of smug that comes with spotting a ‘misbadged’ car.
M cars seem to be a firm favourite although BMW haven’t done themselves any favours to M division with all the varying badges on Boggo cars.

[L99JKB]

Unfortunately these badges are now available cheaply on eBay which has surely led to the rise of all these misbadged cars.

[Stickyfinger]

L99JKB said:

Unfortunately these badges are now available cheaply on eBay which has surely led to the rise of all these misbadged cars.

It is the people who do it, the badges do not jump up on their own !

[eliotc]

I saw a turd the other day with a Range Rover Evoke badge on it, or maybe it was a real Ranger Rover Evoke - I don't know, it's not easy to tell. How does one tell the difference? Does the Evoke feature anything that the turd doesn't?

[Europa1]

eliotc said:

I saw a turd the other day with a Range Rover Evoke badge on it, or maybe it was a real Ranger Rover Evoke - I don't know, it's not easy to tell. How does one tell the difference? Does the Evoke feature anything that the turd doesn't?

I can think of a couple of things that the real Range Rover product features that whatever you saw doesn't.

[schmunk]

eliotc said:

I saw a turd the other day with a Range Rover Evoke badge on it, or maybe it was a real Ranger Rover Evoke - I don't know, it's not easy to tell. How does one tell the difference? Does the Evoke feature anything that the turd doesn't?

Is this supposed to be satire...?