misbadging cars
Discussion
Stick Legs said:
What fresh hell is this?
Take a relatively handsome recent BMW & add the lookalikey ugly grille from the new models,
‘Because it look like a new one innit’
No, it really doesn’t!
mradam said:
A performance Cabriolet as well lolCouldn’t get a pic as I was driving:
Range Rover L405 on the M25.
Old Rover style V8 badge on tailgate.
Now as much as I love the SDV8 Range Rover, and as much as I love the type face & whole late 60’s design aesthetic of the Rover V8 badge…
They were never used on any Range Rover.
IIRC they were only a P6 & MGB GT V8 thing. I have seen them on SD1 V8’s but not sure if that was an official thing.
Range Rover L405 on the M25.
Old Rover style V8 badge on tailgate.
Now as much as I love the SDV8 Range Rover, and as much as I love the type face & whole late 60’s design aesthetic of the Rover V8 badge…
They were never used on any Range Rover.
IIRC they were only a P6 & MGB GT V8 thing. I have seen them on SD1 V8’s but not sure if that was an official thing.
pinched this one from the badly modified cars thread.
ferrari ford ka on ebay
"I was told it was made on the Ferrari production line in Italy but I can’t verify that."
ferrari ford ka on ebay
"I was told it was made on the Ferrari production line in Italy but I can’t verify that."
Stick Legs said:
Couldn’t get a pic as I was driving:
Range Rover L405 on the M25.
Old Rover style V8 badge on tailgate.
Now as much as I love the SDV8 Range Rover, and as much as I love the type face & whole late 60’s design aesthetic of the Rover V8 badge…
They were never used on any Range Rover.
IIRC they were only a P6 & MGB GT V8 thing. I have seen them on SD1 V8’s but not sure if that was an official thing.
They were fitted on the front wings of the later (1980 model-onwards) Series 1 3500s but only until the arrival of the Series 2 which didn't have them.Range Rover L405 on the M25.
Old Rover style V8 badge on tailgate.
Now as much as I love the SDV8 Range Rover, and as much as I love the type face & whole late 60’s design aesthetic of the Rover V8 badge…
They were never used on any Range Rover.
IIRC they were only a P6 & MGB GT V8 thing. I have seen them on SD1 V8’s but not sure if that was an official thing.
ambuletz said:
pinched this one from the badly modified cars thread.
ferrari ford ka on ebay
"I was told it was made on the Ferrari production line in Italy but I can’t verify that."
ferrari ford ka on ebay
"I was told it was made on the Ferrari production line in Italy but I can’t verify that."
Nice tenuous link there
Pininfarina's Bairo Canavese plant used for the StreetKa also built such exotics as the Ford Focus CC, the Mitsubishi Colt CZC and the Shogun Pinin.
ambuletz said:
pinched this one from the badly modified cars thread.
ferrari ford ka on ebay
"I was told it was made on the Ferrari production line in Italy but I can’t verify that."
Genuinely can't work out if that seller thinks he's got an ACTUAL Ferrari Ka.......ferrari ford ka on ebay
"I was told it was made on the Ferrari production line in Italy but I can’t verify that."
njw1 said:
The 545i was a 4.4, as was the earlier 540i
Then there were the 330d and 530d's that were actually a 2.9.
And the 316i that was a 1.8, and the 318i that was a 2.0, and the 320i/520i's that were actually a 2.2 and the 523i that was a 2.5.
What about all those 18d's that are a 2.0 or those 25/35/40d's and i's that are all a 3.0?
Oh, I forgot about the 1.9 316i, I'll stop now.....
Prior to the F10 generation I can only think of two examples that were out by more than 300cc, and both of those were undersold (4.4 ...40i and 3.0 ...25d) All very subtle model differentiating stuff.Then there were the 330d and 530d's that were actually a 2.9.
And the 316i that was a 1.8, and the 318i that was a 2.0, and the 320i/520i's that were actually a 2.2 and the 523i that was a 2.5.
What about all those 18d's that are a 2.0 or those 25/35/40d's and i's that are all a 3.0?
Oh, I forgot about the 1.9 316i, I'll stop now.....
It was only in the 2010s that the Germans took a truly "because whatever" attitude to naming.
Pixelpeep Electric said:
I don't get this at all.
Those that know cars know it's bulls
t, and those that don't know cars don't care.
Baffles my brain too. Bloke in the pub a while back was talking to someone who couldn't care less about cars about his 'M Power BMW' keeping up with an M5. Chap he was talking to told him he didn't know much about cars but he carried on.. 'M this, M performance, M that...'. Intrigued I interrupted and asked what car he had. 'M1 mate, it's outside'. Those that know cars know it's bulls
t, and those that don't know cars don't care.Went to the window and parked across two spaces was a mid-range 1 Series with M badges. No idea if it was an M Sport model or just a normal 1 series with badges but it definitely wasn't anything special.
I thought he was a tosser, original bloke he was talking to thought he was a tosser... what's the point?
As for keeping up with the M5, I can only assume he was following an M5 on the motorway, both doing 70.
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