DieselSport Badge concept....

[AdamSmith]

I've been thinking a lot about some sort of Diesel/RS hybrid badge for the boot. I mentioned it in passing to Tom when I picked the car up and it's been playing on my mind ever since.

My PS skills are limited; but I've come up with this. It's the Diesel badge from a Holden combined with the latest RS design....

I hope you get the idea of what I'm trying to achieve.

Any help on this would be much appreciated as I think if it was done WELL it would be an awesome touch.

If there are any PS geeks out there who are willing to come up with some designs I'd be very grateful. I reckon if we try and use 'off-the-shelf' badges it would be easier to achieve.

Cheers

 

[DanFreemanPhoto]

The words 'Diesel' and 'sport' just do not go together at all imo, so I think it's daft personally.

 

[AdamSmith]

The words 'Diesel' and 'sport' just do not go together at all imo, so I think it's daft personally.

Yes but if you knew the car you would (perhaps) understand the idea behind it.

 

[DanFreemanPhoto]

If it's an LMP car then yes, I would begin to imagine it making sense. But anything else cannot be sporty with a diesel engine.

 

[AdamSmith]

If it's an LMP car then yes, I would begin to imagine it making sense. But anything else cannot be sporty with a diesel engine.

In a nutshell, the car is a DCi80 that's had a full and thorough RS retrofit.

It's more of a play on words.

 

[TheEvilGiraffe]

I wouldn't want anyone to see either of those two words on any car I owned, let alone together :S

Why not just have someone make up a sticker such as:

[I'm tight and middle aged.]
[Cost effective moderately enjoyable motoring.]
[My Dad bought me this car.]
[I think I'm hilarious at dinner parties...]

etc.

 

[Goodj]

It's more of a play on words.

It's a straight up misrepresentation.

 

[mharvey]

I can see the logic behind it for you dci, looks like a finishing touch to a nice car.
The golfs have GTD's and I've seen a Vauxhall VX-D badge but I don't like that diesel front, unfortunately I can't think of a better one

 

[SC03OTT]

Making up your own trim level badge never works. So it's a no from me.

 

[.GAZ.]

You can't get a sporty derv?? My arse!

 

[DanFreemanPhoto]

I'm listening

 

[Dr HMS Derv Destroyer]

idk what you lot think, i like the idea, slightly bias but still

go for it mate, have an attempt and see what it looks like

 

[.GAZ.]

Mk2 TT 2.0TDi 170?

Mk5 GT 170

Golf Mk6 GTD

2005 Polo GT (pd130)

Sporty, quick, definitely not race cars but you can have fun in ANY of the above.

 

[.GAZ.]

Even a Fabia VRS/Leon FR.

 

[MonkeyKnifeFight]

I dont like it because its different. I like things that are the same. Things that are not the same i do not like. I dont think i could be any clearer on this issue. This whole Diesel Sport thing has left me feeling intangibly convoluted.

 

[mr.pink87]

If it's an LMP car then yes, I would begin to imagine it making sense. But anything else cannot be sporty with a diesel engine.

M550xd? 3 litre diesel, Tri-turbo'd, 380hp and 750Nm isn't sporty enough!?

 

[Martin_172]

Mk2 TT 2.0TDi 170?

Mk5 GT 170

Golf Mk6 GTD

2005 Polo GT (pd130)

Sporty, quick, definitely not race cars but you can have fun in ANY of the above.

*cough* GT DCi 106 *cough*

 

[Goodj]

Massey Ferguson GSi?

 

[Kieran..]

Dci sport?

 

[TonkaTruck]

I need a dCi Sport badge, if your putting one on a dCi80.

Bit of a daft idea, but each to their own IMO.

 

[.GAZ.]

I'm listening

I'm waiting

 

[Christopher]

M550xd? 3 litre diesel, Tri-turbo'd, 380hp and 750Nm isn't sporty enough!?

Nope. Great GT car but it's certainly no M Car.

I wouldn't consider any diesel a driver's car. For the exact reason it's a diesel.

Even in a great chassis, I just find them dull. And I've driven a 335d fairly frequently. It's quick but it's not fun. Just efficient at doing what it does.

 

[Feirny]

RenaultSport Megane DCi175.

 

[.GAZ.]

Are GT cars not sporty?? :S:banghead:

 

[Christopher]

When did I say the word 'sporty' in my post?

I said its no M Car. It's not.

 

[LiamR172]

What does sport mean?

 

[Christopher]

Exactly. Nothing.

IMO, if you can get the badge to look right it'd be quite cool.

 

[.GAZ.]

Sport means heehaw.

Sporty means SPORTY!

 

[NoahRobinson07]

Any one saying you cant have a sporty diesel. Why are BMW realeasing a BMW M5D?

 

[AdamSmith]

So no takers on some s**t-hot photoshop skills?

 

[Knuckles]

What about the new 'RS' badge with 'D' or 'DC' in front of it?

Or the gt badge from the new clios?

Id shop it but my laptops all the way in the hall in a bag

 

[James28]

What about the new 'RS' badge with 'D' or 'DC' in front of it?

Or the gt badge from the new clios?

Id shop it but my laptops all the way in the hall in a bag

Or similar to the Mini Cooper 'D' ?

 

[Knuckles]

Could work, 'RSrenaultsport''D'... I'll give it a quick photoshop lol

 

[Knuckles]

Putting the 'D' at the end of the badge made it look like a dick with a hollow red helmet so I came up with this

 

[AdamSmith]

^ Great shop....but it's not quite right (Plus RSD is short for Relative Standard Deviation which is something I use everyday).

Getting there though....

 

[Knuckles]

Does DRS stand for anything lol?

 

[kpowell911]

M550xd? 3 litre diesel, Tri-turbo'd, 380hp and 750Nm isn't sporty enough!?

It performs incredibly, but it will never be as sport as a petrol version (Ie the M5) is the point.

I think fast diesels are fun, but id rather go the other way, ie disguising its a diesel, or badging up as a diesel.

Theres an 03 RS6 Avant round here badged up as TDI

 

[AdamSmith]

I'm not badging up, I'm not badging down, I'm not saying it's more/less than it is, I just thought it'd be a nice touch.

All this chat about "are diesels sporty" is irrelevant and perhaps needs discussing elsewhere.

To all putting forward suggestions...thank you.

 

[chriscummins7]

I don't get it.

Your car is bloody stunning, that's a given... but it's a diesel sport REP, not a sport!

 

[Christopher]

Any one saying you cant have a sporty diesel. Why are BMW realeasing a BMW M5D?

Nope. Great GT car but it's certainly no M Car.

I wouldn't consider any diesel a driver's car. For the exact reason it's a diesel.

Even in a great chassis, I just find them dull. And I've driven a 335d fairly frequently. It's quick but it's not fun. Just efficient at doing what it does.

There you go. The car's not developed by the M Div. by the way, hence the name. M550dxDrive, rather than M5d.