Worst use of fake badges I've seen.

"WesBarton89 - The Way to Santa Fe" (wesbarton89) 06/06/2015 at 11:17 • Filed to: None

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I saw a Kia Amanti on the way to work today. Looked just like this. However, all the Kia badges had been replaced. What were they replaced with?

Mercedes badge on the hood, and on the trunk, and an E350 badge on the trunk. Yeah, Kia certainly stole some Mercedes (and Jaguar) design cues for this car, but didn’t have to take it this far. Even had the 4Matic badging on the trunk as well.

Alex B > WesBarton89 - The Way to Santa Fe 06/06/2015 at 11:18

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sony1492 > WesBarton89 - The Way to Santa Fe 06/06/2015 at 11:19

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Seems legit

LongbowMkII > WesBarton89 - The Way to Santa Fe 06/06/2015 at 11:28

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that would be fun to troll with

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > WesBarton89 - The Way to Santa Fe 06/06/2015 at 11:29

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You say worst, I say best. That's easily among the funniest fake badgings ever.

Wobbles the Mind > WesBarton89 - The Way to Santa Fe 06/06/2015 at 11:30

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Why do that? People know what it is, and those that dont are more impressed that it isnt what they thought. Im biased though since it was my first car purchase and I still get compliments (though the Stradas help a lot). Id put a BlueTEC badge on it though.

scoob > WesBarton89 - The Way to Santa Fe 06/06/2015 at 11:36

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Didn’t they advertise this car with commercials saying “It’s not a Bentley... it’s not a Mercedes either” or something like that?

WesBarton89 - The Way to Santa Fe > scoob 06/06/2015 at 11:46

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They may have. Wouldn’t surprise me.

Wacko > WesBarton89 - The Way to Santa Fe 06/06/2015 at 12:14

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This is the only car that you can put any badge on it, and someone will believe it.

ranwhenparked > scoob 06/06/2015 at 14:01

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I remember it being referred to as a “generic car” in some reviews, since it was such a mashup of Mercedes, Lincoln, and Jaguar styling cues and they did try to make the Kia badges not stand out on the exterior.

These things were basically tailor made for car insurance commercials.

Frank Grimes > WesBarton89 - The Way to Santa Fe 06/06/2015 at 22:08

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dat LED indicators doe!