Badge-swapping cars – where you take a badge or logo from one car and slap it on a car from an entirely different automaker – is a dangerous game, like Russian Roulette where five of the six chambers have bullets in them. Most of the time, it goes terribly wrong. Still, there are those who insist on a horse not being a horse if you give it a cow’s tail. Somebody’s got to tell them: sorry friend, your horse is friggin’ hideous.’  Here are some of the worst badge swap offenders, as well as a few that are actually not too bad. Elements of Range Rover You know, I bet this fools some people. Not that the Honda Element exactly channels classic Range Rover, but it does evoke the LR4, just a touch. But still, after first glance, this is a great big glass of Nope! The owner appears to have pulled just a few of the stops, adding bigger alloy wheels, hideous squared-off exhaust tips and that ‘RANGE ROVER’ across the rear. Image via Reddit. Honda Odyssey wearing BMW This reimagined Honda Odyssey sits so low as to look almost accidental, which does strange things to the brain. But the thing is, we kind of like the overall appearance, especially the German nose job. No, wait! We hate it! It’s blasphemy! Actually, it’s genius! It’s a terrible, beautiful, horrendous monster! Wherever you land on it, you’ve got to give some props to the Dr. Frankenstein who thought to put this BMW E92 3 Series coupe’s nose on a minivan. STI Envy View this post on Instagram Audi STI 😂 📷: @seff_ian #1320video A post shared by 1320video (@1320video) on Mar 21, 2019 at 8:32am PDT Why this person didn’t just sell the more expensive Audi A6 and buy the Subaru WRX STI they actually wanted is beyond reason. Because even though they didn’t switch Audi’s rings for Subaru’s stars, that spoiler is just as identifiable as an STI badge. The Hyundai Continental Here’s how to ruin a perfectly good Bentley Continental GT: Step one, change the badges on the rear, wheel caps and hood with those of a Hyundai. That’s it. It’s a simple one-step process, which this person has executed perfectly for the absolute worst results. Just why? Image via Autoblog. The elusive Audi pickup truck This is pure winner, mostly because we know its owner, one Reddit user ‘chunkukdo,’ isn’t taking themselves too seriously. He succinctly tells his Audi pickup’s origin story: “Had to replace the grill (hit a deer). Chevy emblem: $30, Audi emblem: $10. The reactions I get: priceless.” Respect. Do Hondas have Hemis? Either this one does or we’re being lied to. Gonna go out on a limb and say it’s the latter. But seriously, can somebody do this? Ken Block, you’re not doing much these days, are ya? But truly, while some people may be offended by V6 or AMG badges on lowly Corollas, having a sense of humour is never a bad way to look at shiny bits stuck on cars. Image via imgur. Operation Ferrari-ish Desmantelado taller clandestino en el que fabricaban réplicas de #Ferrari y #Lamborghini para vender en Internet. 3 detenidos #Girona pic.twitter.com/YFnGQePDvK Policía Nacional (@policia) February 12, 2017 Back in 2017, Spanish police busted a counterfeit Ferrari operation that was transforming Toyotas into prancing horses. Authorities raided the garage in the town of Sils and found badges, stickers and body kits the conniving mechanics were using to dupe some of the Internet’s more gullible car shoppers. We could assign some points for boldness, but the perpetrators won’t be able to spend them in prison anyway.
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