revstriker

Not a negative attitude, just a negative opinion on this.

b3d_sage

why? the A4 is an Audi. He's not putting on an E500 badge. There is no "C250" for him to be posing as. He's not trying to pass himself off as a higher model... for that he would have to put 280, 320, or 350.

pokerFACE

Ok, how many of the older C240 owners rebadged their cars to C260?

mbny

very true, didn't think about that. most people have been used to many cars model number representing the liters. i don't see why MB would call the new 3.5 liter a 350 yet not representing the new 2.5 as a 250. i feel that if debadging a 2.5 as a 250 is "posing", then MB was "posing" a 1.8L as a 230. A poser usually represents a higher end model which they don't have. Strange b/c i've never actually seen anyone else actually rebadge to have the number represent the true amount of liters. i've seen many non-amg's with AMG badges on them and a few regular 3-series with ///M3 badges on them and that's a poser!

b3d_sage

yay! someone loves... or... at least aggree's with me!

I think that this is a creative new approach to rebadging and that this guy should get a round of applause for thinking out of the box!

mbny

i agree

MB-JIM

If the 230 badge bothers you why not do what is very common in Europe and simply remove the badges. I think it makes the car look neater and a little mysterious.

Outland

Ha! Yeah, what's up with that? Lame.

I'd rather have the 1.8, or the 2.3. Better mileage with both, same accelleration from the 1.8, and better from the 2.3.

advans

that I dont know... but 1967 is like saying someones a dumb @ss in a vulgar way...which is funny...1967 is said... "Yut Gow Look Chut"

eatm3sdaily

Thinking about changing mines to C63

b3d_sage

How about an O55? that might confuse people

Outland

The way engine's keep getting bigger at Benz, C63 won't get any attention. Might as well go nuclear and just put a C73 on the back.

vadim

There is another name for it: intolerance to idiocy. The opposite of being (sloppy + politically correct).

revstriker

MB actually names the car. The name of the car DOES NOT represent the size of the engine. MB also has a C180 with a 1.8. In my opinion, since there is no such thing as a "C250", re-badging your car with this is an attempt to make people think that your car is somehow better than the other C230s out there because 250>230. Isn't this EXACTLY what being a "poser" is?? Why doesn't he just leave it C230 and put a "2.5" on the right side of the trunk? After all, isn't this what it is; a C230 2.5?

revstriker

LOL

mbny

i personally don't think so. a poser to me would be someone trying to pull off a higher model that people are aware of and actually does exist. i know someone who supercharged their BMW 330i and put 330SC on thier trunk lid. doesn't exist in BMW's lineup, just wanted to represent what he had under the hood can't pose something that doesn't technically exist. he's just being different. that's just my opinion however.

revstriker

Well this is all just opinion so......

What if you saw a C230 AMG, or a C18 AMG? Wouldn't this be "posing" even if they had AMG wheels or something?

I've seen people put the various "Type S", "Type R" stickers on their cars, as well as non MB cars putting on AMG badges and non BMW cars putting on M badges. To me, this is all posing. If I see a Civic AMG, I would call him a poser, even if he had AMG floor mats or something to justify (in his mind) the badge.

To me, posing is trying to get people believe that you have something that you do not, even if that something doesn't exist.

mbny

non MB's with AMG or non BMW's with ///M etc... is serious "posing" definitely agree with you on that one. i was just saying that i've seen people change the model numbers or add to it b/c they've done some aftermarket work. in the example of the supercharged 330, even though it can pull on an M3, it still shouldn't be wearing an M3 badge. but adding the SC was pretty cool. we can literally beat this to death, but i just felt that this guy wanting to represent the liters under his hood was pretty cool too. like you said though, it's all opinions

kmchow

Lexus is not ashamed to badge their cars according to their displacement, they went from a LS400 to LS430, RX300 to RX330. Ditto for Infiniti with the G20, G35, etc...

Why does MB and BMW have to use incorrect badging. It's obvious that MB/BMW have a history of sometimes using correct badging, sometimes not. They're inconsistent.

The original poster was not talkinga about people who buy a C230 and rebadge it simple with a new trunk badge to C55.

oggle

This is one of the most retarded discussions... :p

advans

what about C02 or C 401k lols

revstriker

It's only incorrect if you think the badging is supposed to represent the displacement of the engine. It does not! They may use that as a guide, but it is not the rule. Marketing and competition play a part in what the name is.

mbny

i hear what your saying but it does confuse some people when they apply the rule to majority of their line-up but then have a model out of the ordinary. i remember when i first saw the new C230k SS with AMG kit, i was under the initial impression it was a supercharged 2.3L

kmchow

Yeah, I totally agree that naming a car is more for marketing/money making than real separating of the models. It's just kinda confusing when a 2001-2005 C320 does represent a 3.2L V6, but a 2001-2005 C240 is actually a 2.6L V6. Or you could be like the late eighties, early nineties and have a 190E 2.3 or 190E 2.6 badging or 300E or 300E 2.6L.

vraa

Looks really nice!