Most offensive rebadge jobs?

[RoverP6B]

Trying to think of some of the worst badge/grille transplants. The Austin/Van den Plas Allegro has to be a low point, but what of more modern instances?

The worst one I can think of is this...

[CraigyMc]

Is that some sort of Saabaru?

[markcurtains]

[Dog Star]

I'm not sure if this comes under the same heading, but its close enough.



I know what they're getting at, but it just looks gash.

[forzaminardi]

Dog Star said:

I'm not sure if this comes under the same heading, but its close enough.



I know what they're getting at, but it just looks gash.

It's a Rover 200 BRM, BRM racing cars in the 60s had an orange oval painted round the nose.

For a sh*tty old Rover, (enter MG John) I like these. Lovely red quilted leather seats.

[FeelingLucky]

I once sold a Lotus Sunbeam to a guy who turned up in one of those, he said they where quite good.....

[Dog Star]

forzaminardi said:

Dog Star said:

I'm not sure if this comes under the same heading, but its close enough.



I know what they're getting at, but it just looks gash.

It's a Rover 200 BRM, BRM racing cars in the 60s had an orange oval painted round the nose.

For a sh*tty old Rover, (enter MG John) I like these. Lovely red quilted leather seats.

As I said, I know why they did it. However it looks gash and it looks to someone who doesn't know the orange intake history (ie. 99% of the population) like you've had a crash and found an orange bit that fits in a scrapyard.

[Zed Ed]

[dapearson]

Zed Ed said:

brave round here!!

burn the non-believer!

[Mound Dawg]

markcurtains said:

This one is routinely trotted out by Alfa fans as being "not a real Alfa" although given that it has an Alfa engine and gearbox it had more genuine Alfa content than the Mito which is 100% Fiat Punto.

Most odd.

[Vince70]

Or

[V8RX7]

RoverP6B said:

Trying to think of some of the worst badge/grille transplants. The Austin/Van den Plas Allegro has to be a low point, but what of more modern instances?

The worst one I can think of is this...

WTF is that ?

It looks like a Saab nose on an Impreza wagon - was that a production car ?

[Eski1991]

V8RX7 said:

WTF is that ?

It looks like a Saab nose on an Impreza wagon - was that a production car ?

9-2x wagon I believe. Quite like them myself.

[Pickled]

V8RX7 said:

WTF is that ?

It looks like a Saab nose on an Impreza wagon - was that a production car ?

SAAB 9-2X

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saab_9-2X#Saab_9-2X

[mnkiboy]

There's just one car that springs to mind:


You're not fooling anyone with those bonnet vents.

[kambites]

Vince70 said:

What's the MG3 a rebadge of?

[LordHaveMurci]

mnkiboy said:

There's just one car that springs to mind:


You're not fooling anyone with those bonnet vents.

Blimey, that took a while!

[GroundEffect]

mnkiboy said:

There's just one car that springs to mind:


You're not fooling anyone with those bonnet vents.

Have you sat in one? They have more leather used in the interior than a DB9...

[LuS1fer]

Mound Dawg said:

This one is routinely trotted out by Alfa fans as being "not a real Alfa" although given that it has an Alfa engine and gearbox it had more genuine Alfa content than the Mito which is 100% Fiat Punto.

Most odd.

No Japanese Cherry in it though and it can't be 100% as it has a different body. Alfas are about handling, the Arna wasn't. Trying to inject a bit of sex into the "sister" Nissan Cherry Europe was also a signal failure.

The Vanden Plas 1300 and Allegro may have not been to everyone's tastes but were actually quite plush inside.

For me, the most offensive rebadge job ever was the application of Chevrolet badges to Daewoo crap.

[B3ALP]