Upbadging Nonces

[hopgop1]

Surprised there’s not already a thread for this, so thought I’d start one. Post spots of horrific upbadging here.
I’ll start:

 

[Matt Cup]

 

[Willo40]

It's something i have struggled to get my head round for years, it's like sticking an M3 badge on a 320d, what do people actually get out of doing that?

 

[The Psychedelic Socialist]

Guy up at the kids' school has an 9th / 10th (?) generation Civic that he's put a Type-R badge on the back of, when it's clearly anything but. No other mods or attempts to dress it up, just the badge.

Literally anyone who knows anything about cars would instantly know that it's not a Type-R, and anyone who doesn't know, isn't going to be the slightest bit impressed anyway.

I can't imagine what the thought process is here.

 

[MarkCup]

Bentley badges on Chryslers is peak up-badging!

 

[Advikaz]

Real hero’s ‘downbadge’

 

[S-JM]

"it's an AMG-Line so technically it's still an AMG"

 

[Louis]

'My 340i is basically a baby m3, same engine isn't it'

 

[Rojer]

 

[McGherkin]

The amount of utter mongoloids who call their C30/S40mk2/V50/C70mk2 Volvo an ‘R’ because it has the R-design trim package is absolutely f**king rife. Aside from the fact that there isn’t an R model of those cars, it’s generally not even a fast one either, it’s always the 1.6d owners doing it.

 

[Whisker biscuit]

Well this is handy, took this the other day 🤣

 

[Jonnio]

Well this is handy, took this the other day 🤣

View attachment 1691742

 

[Greeny.]

I don’t get the whole thing as above, people who know about cars know you’re a pedo if you do this and people who don’t know about cars don’t care, so what’s the point?!

 

[Matt Cup]

Real hero’s ‘downbadge’

Hell yeah 🤡

 

[Coby.]

View attachment 1691710

Find your own photos picture thief!!!!.

 

[R3k1355]

Stage one map got my guy thinking crazy things

 

[Matt Cup]

There’s a fella who drives around near us in his BMW X5 (E53) with Clio V6 badges on the wings above the original 3.0d badges 🥴

Surprisingly though no //M badges adorn his car.

 

[BIFCAIDS]

I was behind a guy with a White ///M220i yesterday, bloke was easy in his mid to late 50's, shame I didn't get to waste him down the express way.

 

[Rich-D]

The amount of utter mongoloids who call their C30/S40mk2/V50/C70mk2 Volvo an ‘R’ because it has the R-design trim package is absolutely f**king rife. Aside from the fact that there isn’t an R model of those cars, it’s generally not even a fast one either, it’s always the 1.6d owners doing it.

Same with the people who have a TDi Golf R-Line, it's basically the same car... right...

 

[Rich-D]

'My 340i is basically a baby m3, same engine isn't it'

*better engine

 

[The Psychedelic Socialist]

Same with the people who have a TDi Golf R-Line, it's basically the same car... right...

View attachment 1691831

I blame VW for stupid badge choices there though.

Front badge on a Golf R:
R

Front badge on a Golf R-line:
Rline

Guess they know their market.

 

[Rich-D]

This is the best use of an ///M badge I have ever seen...

 

[Rich-D]

I blame VW for stupid badge choices there though.

Front badge on a Golf R:
R

Front badge on a Golf R-line:
Rline

Guess they know their market.

All manufacturers do it, BMW with M Sport, Merc with AMG-Line, Audi, VW, etc and now Ford have ST-Line

Sell a smaller engined model with a couple of sport bits and a fancy name to unsuspecting muppets, it works!

 

[Daz...]

VW we’re doing it on Mk2 Golfs, the GTD never really caught on at the time.

 

[BIFCAIDS]

All manufacturers do it, BMW with M Sport, Merc with AMG-Line, Audi, VW, etc and now Ford have ST-Line

Sell a smaller engined model with a couple of sport bits and a fancy name to unsuspecting muppets, it works!

Yeah I've had that at work but it was a bit weird because they called mine an M3, I then corrected them and they then told me they had a M4 and it was just a 420 d M sport grand coupe. I then thought I shouldn't have corrected them on mine

 

[Rich-D]

VW we’re doing it on Mk2 Golfs, the GTD never really caught on at the time.

Diesels were not really that popular back then though, whereas Golf GTD's are now very common, so VW were ahead of their time.

 

[McGherkin]

Ironically there was a massive shitfit on one of the Volvo groups last night because someone said ‘Your R-Design C30 is not an R, please stop’ in big letters.

There were a depressing amount of people defending it.

 

[Greeny.]

Few people at work thought mine was an M4 when the badge on the back clearly says 440i, oh simple car plebs.

 

[S-JM]

One of my friends brunged a new Fiesta a couple of years back, and in the weeks prior to me seeing it I was told and under the impression it was an ST, only to find it was actually a 5-door ST-Line. I pointed it out (because I couldn't help myself) and he just glazed over, shrugged and said he didn't know what the difference was.

 

[BIFCAIDS]

One of my friends brunged a new Fiesta a couple of years back, and in the weeks prior to me seeing it I was told and under the impression it was an ST, only to find it was actually a 5-door ST-Line. I pointed it out (because I couldn't help myself) and he just glazed over, shrugged and said he didn't know what the difference was.

I thought I was dyslexic 5 words in.

 

[Darren S]

One of my friends brunged a new Fiesta a couple of years back, and in the weeks prior to me seeing it I was told and under the impression it was an ST, only to find it was actually a 5-door ST-Line. I pointed it out (because I couldn't help myself) and he just glazed over, shrugged and said he didn't know what the difference was.

He most definitely should do - his insurance premium alone should tell him what the difference was.

 

[Advikaz]

Spotted today

 

[Starlet_gt]

I spotted this about 2 years ago.

 

[MarkCup]

Spotted today View attachment 1692113

The number plates, the Ford badge, that's a beautiful example.

 

[Poopensharten]

It's something i have struggled to get my head round for years, it's like sticking an M3 badge on a 320d, what do people actually get out of doing that?

Probably 5-10 for being a sex offender

 

[JimF]

I was met a friend of a friend years and years ago who said he had an MG ZR to try and impress me, as he knew I liked cars. When he showed me it was a maroon Rover 25. I pointed that out and he said "well they're same anyway".

 

[DaveDreads]

This was in the works car park today.

 

[_williams_]

This was in the works car park today.

View attachment 1692908

While it looks utterly ridiculous and is still hard to justify, this one does have an ST engine 🤷🏼‍♂️

 

[Pacman.]

I’ve this thing I’m not sure how long it’s been going on.

People taking the rear seats out the car putting a net that’s used to catch fighter jets with no brakes. and then advertising it as a “clubsport”

 

[Matt W]

I’ve this thing I’m not sure how long it’s been going on.

People taking the rear seats out the car putting a net that’s used to catch fighter jets with no brakes. and then advertising it as a “clubsport”

Rear seat ‘delete’