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Audi Inspired BMW R8 Appears on the Street

Audi Inspired BMW R8 Appears on the Street
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Introducing the BMW 850i

Fresh from the "what were they thinking" department, an Audi R8 has been photographed (or photoshopped) wearing BMW badges.

The Russian-owned R8 has been completely stripped of all Audi logos. Redubbed the BMW 850i, the car has BMW badges on the hood, engine cover, and rear fascia. While we aren't sure what to make of this, it's clearly odd to say the least. On the bright side, it's a real R8 instead of a creepy replica based on a Mercury Cougar.

We always knew Audi had an inferiority complex, but apparently some of their customers do too.

 

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Aug 21, 2009 11:28 am By Michael Gauthier
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Imasa Imasa
This guy went to great lengths to look like a fool.
August 21, 2009 4:33 pm
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kimbo kimbo
hahahah BMW fanboy at his best hahahha
August 21, 2009 4:38 pm
rogers rogers
Now this guy is a real cock ;)
August 21, 2009 4:46 pm
zeitgeist_md zeitgeist_md
People want BMW to build a car as good or better than the Audi R8
August 21, 2009 4:49 pm
nederina nederina
maybe the owner has lost his patience for BMW to build a mid-engine coupe? looks like a street protester
August 21, 2009 5:01 pm
zeniac zeniac
OMG! LoL! What a f-ing idiot!
August 21, 2009 5:04 pm
Citizen_Cake Citizen_Cake
I would make love to this man.
August 21, 2009 5:13 pm
2 replies
RCarvalho RCarvalho
"We always knew Audi had an inferiority complex, but apparently some of their customers do too." That´s a real true....
August 21, 2009 5:15 pm
sideskraper sideskraper
It could have been better. It could have been a Type-R or a Turbo (ala Porsche) badge.
August 21, 2009 5:25 pm
harley harley
look at the engine, the audi´s logo were cutted off. :)
August 21, 2009 5:36 pm
Vision7 Vision7
All this hoopla about a badge yet no one even makes a comment about the fabulous matte paint finish on the car.
August 21, 2009 5:36 pm
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scratchy996 scratchy996
i bet it's some form of modern art, something to do the modern human's need to put a labels on things... or some crap like that. you never know what could be modern art nowadays :) it's a lot better than all the ricers with Ferrari stickers and logos.
August 21, 2009 5:39 pm
carbon101 carbon101
at least he has a sense of humour? what was he thinking?
August 21, 2009 5:51 pm
radmeister radmeister
He should spend less time putting badges on the car and more time cleaning his engine bay, that thing is filthy. Get it together man
August 21, 2009 5:53 pm
pitsillos pitsillos
imagine going to bmw's or unicars service hahahahahahahaha
August 21, 2009 5:54 pm
norther norther
god damn commies.. i see a lot of other expensive cars in this picture. didnt the crysis affected them too?
August 21, 2009 6:04 pm
5 replies
chris25 chris25
ROFL!!! he should at least put the BMW logos on each side of the engine bay since I can still see the four rings & if BMW makes an 850i R8 that would be some thing nice, good joke man!!
August 21, 2009 6:09 pm
miika miika
That's Russia. You can expect anything :D I would like to make some audi/vw/skoda/seat with wrong patches, and no one could tell what's the real deal.
August 21, 2009 6:12 pm
dmanero dmanero
I believe this is photoshopped, if you look at the bmw badge on the hood the shadow indicates the sun is behind the car but in fact on the sun is on the side as you can see the glare on the door frame. But still this is an insult to Audi.
August 21, 2009 6:13 pm
3 replies
alessandro alessandro
Hahahaha!!!! It looks like an R8 you know!
August 21, 2009 6:38 pm
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