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      01-17-2015, 09:29 AM   #267
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Originally Posted by Beemdog View Post
Speaking of badges, I was going by a new BMW 328 on the freeway last evening and there was a large "GT" badge on the left rear. I was thinking "WTF?" Then I realized "GT" was just BMW-speak for a 4-door sedan with less rear headroom, aka their Gran Turismo designation. NOT like GT as in a faster Audi R8 or P 911.

Seems BMW is going crazy with their semi-misleading badges.
Agree with this. No need at all for the GT badge. Silly. And I agree with those who have pointed out the ///M badge has been exploited more by BMW than it has these occasional jokers who add it to their rearends. But BMW (and Porsche and others) is not afraid to dilute brand equity of their key models in order to sell more cars. Seems everything with BMW is M now. Porsche is coming out with the GT4 soon. And it's a Cayman variant, not 911. :roll eyes: If Porsche came out with the same exact car but called it the new Cayman R, it wouldn't do nearly as well...so GT4 it is.
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