Fake Badges

[Car-Addicted]

Is it or isn't it?

['Cane]

Originally Posted by M2siast

What are we looking at here?

Looks to be a first gen X5 (E53) with a worn out roundel. Not seeing anything else.

[Car-Addicted]

Originally Posted by 'Cane

Looks to be a first gen X5 (E53) with a worn out roundel. Not seeing anything else.

Couldn't get the shot but it didn't have BMW wheels so not being a X5 history buff I couldn't tell. If nothing else they suck at up keep.

[bmxcamel]

Getting us back on topic here

[Bimmerfun82]

The elusive M7 long wheelbase!

[Bimmerfun82]

Not a bmw but this made me laugh

[TTV8M]

Originally Posted by BimmersAndBoilermakers

Not BMW related, but a ridiculous one I came across this past week.

He really wanted a tundra, but had to settle for his girls corolla

At least it's still in the Toyota family

Imagine if it said...... Don't need a horn, says DODGE right on the front

[TTV8M]

Originally Posted by Bimmerfun82

Not a bmw but this made me laugh

Stolen from? A Subaru I think?

[TTV8M]

Originally Posted by Bimmerfun82

Just the best M5 ever.

That's the one that Clive Owen launched in that Bmw films clip called "star" I think, with Madonna in it. It was the best

If you have time, listen to the interview afterwards , "the car took off, and never worked again"

[FCX5]

Why?

[murderspice]

Originally Posted by FCX5

Why?

That’s egregious; got the tag too

[AvGeek]

Originally Posted by FCX5

Why?

Worst part is, I think it's crooked...

[Opie55]

I'm starting to wonder if people put M badges on their cars because it amuses them to know that there are people who will keep a thread like this going after 235 pages of monotonous sameness.

[Bimmerfun82]

Originally Posted by Opie55

I'm starting to wonder if people put M badges on their cars because it amuses them to know that there are people who will keep a thread like this going after 235 pages of monotonous sameness.

Are you one of them?!

BMW “M lite”, which means the owner is justified in having the plate frame.

[murderspice]

Originally Posted by Opie55

I'm starting to wonder if people put M badges on their cars because it amuses them to know that there are people who will keep a thread like this going after 235 pages of monotonous sameness.

I doubt they think about others at all.

[BlueSander]

Originally Posted by Bimmerfun82

Are you one of them?!

BMW “M lite”, which means the owner is justified in having the plate frame.

well, my local dealer gives this M plate frame out a gift to everyone who purchases anything M related so M340, M550 to full M5C M8.... so it looks fine, at least to me.

Also, this person's X6 M50i is more expensive than a few actual M series out there.

[Bimmerfun82]

Originally Posted by BlueSander

well, my local dealer gives this M plate frame out a gift to everyone who purchases anything M related so M340, M550 to full M5C M8.... so it looks fine, at least to me.

Also, this person's X6 M50i is more expensive than a few actual M series out there.

It is funny though that BMW has adopted the same approach as many of these fake badges.

The fake M badge on an X6 50i from a few years ago are now official when it’s basically the same car.

… and I got a real M and no free plate… what a rip off!

[murderspice]

Same spirit.

[Jbrown7403]

Originally Posted by murderspice

Same spirit.

Wow! Hopefully they didn’t bolt those on!

[murderspice]

Originally Posted by Jbrown7403

Wow! Hopefully they didn’t bolt those on!

Into the carbon racing trunk too!

[eman4517]

Originally Posted by AvGeek

Worst part is, I think it's crooked...

Yes, it is! Noticed that too.

[eman4517]

Originally Posted by BlueSander

well, my local dealer gives this M plate frame out a gift to everyone who purchases anything M related so M340, M550 to full M5C M8.... so it looks fine, at least to me.

Also, this person's X6 M50i is more expensive than a few actual M series out there.

Yes, IMO it's ok for an M "lite" to have a basic ///M license frame. It looks fine. An X6M or Powered by ///M frame, on the other hand would be crossing the line.🤣

What I''m NOT ok with, even with higher end BMWs, is BMW giving M "lite" cars M mirrors, carbon roof options ( like on the M850) and, with the new X3, and option for dual exhaust. I think that's an excessive dilution of the M brand. They're almost at the point of the only differences being the engines and suspensions. 😡