jl9j

Hey all,

This weekend I was down in Asheville NC. I was at the Biltmore Estate (great place) and on the way out of the parking lot I spotted a white S-class with the AMG badge. I took a pic. 2 minutes later, still in the Estate, there was a 12 E350 pulled over with an AMG badge! What are the odds of seeing 2 AMG 'posers' within 5 minutes. While the S-class was parked and I did not see who was driving it, the E-class was driven by an elderly gentleman that I have a hard time believing went out and bought an "AMG" badge online and stuck it on his car. So, are we sure dealers are not sticking them on cars and tricking customers or sticking them on cars with AMG packages?

Multani

Hmm..Isn't it if you dont get 4matic but have the AMG package they always give you the AMG badge?

SheryarYO

i think the dealers just stick them on. i don't think they come on the cars from the factory unless you actually have an amg engine, but i could be wrong.

xxGenericSNxx

I don't understand why there's always uncertainty. The factory never sticks on an AMG badge unless it's got the engine. Some dealers stick on the badge because they're idiots. Some customers put on the badge because they're posers.

USCGTO

+1 it's not always the customers.. Many a times it is the dealer who tacks on AMg badge belief like that, or just because the car has AMG wheels / "package".

howardfeng

i know some dealer they did put amg badge on amg package car but the logo are different

jl9j

Ah...I did not get a good look since I was just driving by it.

LuisC55AMG

My Neighbor has an AMG badge on his ML-class SUV (not a ML55 nor ML63). 2 guys that work in the same company as me also have their regular MB's badged with the AMG logo. A E550 and a C230 (the latter removed the "0" on his car). You can buy the badges on E-bay or Amazon, easy to do, easy to place. But, yeah, they are posers as well...

hansamg

Go the other way, and ad a Bluetech badge or a 1.8T to your 6.3
Maybe some feel buying AMG floormats makes it an AMG.
WHatever floats your boat.
I hope to get my car the end of this week, just lined up a friend to fly me the 400 miles so I don't have to take a train.
Personally I picked the C63 for it's performance and stealth. I just wouldn't enjoy driving a canary yellow Z06 or 997T, now , a yellow Porsche GT3 I'd be out of the closet with, but that was my true dream car a few years ago when I lived for the race track. I had the orig 997.1 GT3 ordered in white, but pulled the plug, when my proposed local track didn't get built.

jl9j

I know there are posers...I think the S550 was a poser...however, the E350 with the 70 year old man did not strike me as a poser.

printemps2001

I guess I'm the opposite extreme, but I think the car looks best with no badges so I just removed them.

jordanaf

Again with this,

WHO CARES!!!!

Drive your car and be happy.