Stupid Car Badging

[Calaber]

Whilst driving in some traffic today, I pulled up beside a Land Cruiser, which had a large sticker along the bottom of each front door telling me and everybody else it had "Direct Rail Fuel Injection" or something similar, in large letters in two lines. My immediate thought was "who cares?" and I realised that most motorists wouldn't even have a clue what it meant.

That got me thinking. Many cars have absolutely stupid and useless badges on them telling you they have fuel injection, CVVT, MPFI, AWD, 4WD, etc, - heaps of letters that mean absolutely nothing to the average motorist. The Japs seem to be the worst. Some cars have three or four badges on the boot, all in different styles of lettering, telling you the make, model, engine, fuel system, transmission and colour of granny's knickers.

Probably the dumbest I can remember from way back was the EK Station Wagon, which had a big chromed badge on the tail-gate saying 'Station Sedan"...well, derrrr. Couldn't have worked that one for myself, so thanks for telling me.

Anybody got any nominations for excessive, unnecessary and really stupid badging on cars they have seen?

[Troy711]

The TRD badge on my Hiace is pretty stupid (even though I put it there myself).

[VNracer34G]

Years ago a mate put 16V decals on the guards of a range rover - made the rice boys look puzzled

[old mate]

trd hiace FTW!!

one of the silliest badges or decals that i've seen on a car (mostly toyotas) is stuff like "5 speed" "automatic" "air conditioning"

little need for that.

[LS1FUN]

Massive HOLDEN or FORD stickers across the windscreen or rear window. I feel like running people off the road with those.

[Calaber]

Massive HOLDEN or FORD stickers across the windscreen or rear window. I feel like running people off the road with those.

I should have made my point clearer, I think. I wasn't referring to after market stickers or badges - I was referring to the rubbish that manufacturers put on the cars during manufacture.

[sleepa]

I saw a hilux today with 4WD stickers along the full length of it, as if we couldn't tell.

[love the general]

look at any of the nissan patrols they all have a big sticker from the factory with completely useless information or the ve 6's with there SIDI badges. spark ignition direct injection well big deal lol

[one_and_only2004]

trd hiace FTW!!

My work van - 'nuff said.

[Lumps of cheese]

I hate the big toyota sticker across the tailgate on my hilux. What's wrong with just putting the little toyota badge in the centre of the tailgate ffs?

[Troy711]

I'll wash my van and post up a pic later today... It even has nighshaded tail lights lol

[minux]

Really crap GPS

Sony Ericksson "Vivaz" mobile phone.

Stupid Car Badging

You sound like an old woman... lol.

[Calaber]

Really crap GPS

Sony Ericksson "Vivaz" mobile phone.

Stupid Car Badging

You sound like an old woman... lol.

Better than stating that I'd kill innocent children. You sound sick.

[ClairBear]

I can appreciate what you are saying Calaber. You sit in traffic thinking "what do those letters stand for?" My Dad said to me sometime ago when personalised plates came out "why do people put the model of their car as their plates as it is meaningless to anyone who doesn't know what VXSS means for instance"

[minux]

Better than stating that I'd kill innocent children. You sound sick.

I said I would kill an innocent child?


Err ok...

[CANYONERO]

yes, you did.... just then

[Vsfan95]

The Vns to the Vzs are the worst for badging, 4 badges on the boot, 3 badges on each side of the front guards and sometimes if you have a Hsv u get the extra badging on the rear passenger doors and the sideskirts and an extra badge on the boot. When i bought my Vs the previous owner debadged the car except for the commodore badges on the front guards and the executive badge on the boot lid. its looks better without the badges

[Ado]

look at any of the nissan patrols they all have a big sticker from the factory with completely useless information or the ve 6's with there SIDI badges. spark ignition direct injection well big deal lol

Mine doesnt,just Nissan patrol 3.0 ST on the back,but the T has been knocked off.

[tonza]

had a suzuki swift in at work, had a DOHC V6 badge above the VVTI badge on th guards. why bother haha good for a laugh

Also, the nissan patrol door stickers as mentioned are annoying. And the C2R badges that are on the cars with that kit on it. As if we care

[Shearer]

Probably the dumbest I can remember from way back was the EK Station Wagon, which had a big chromed badge on the tail-gate saying 'Station Sedan"...well, derrrr. Couldn't have worked that one for myself, so thanks for telling me.

That reminds me of 60' Mercs and Type 3 Volkswagens that have a badge on the back that says "AUTOMATIC"

[Astranomical]

I know I've seen some 4WD, I think it was a Patrol, though it could've been a Toyota of some kind (Prado or Land-Cruiser) that had a factory-applied badge saying it had an intercooler. As if we care.

[CANYONERO]

mine has that plastered on the front doors... there coming off shortly.

[Astranomical]

I also just remembered - the 1990's Mitsubishi Pajeros that have in big print, "WAGON" on both sides. As if I couldn't already tell.

[Adds_05]

hondamatic on old civics

[CANYONERO]

My Ford Camry has this "VTEC" badge on it, I have no idea what it means.

lol, wonder if it would be acceptable to put a GT-R badge on my patrol?