Thread: Fake Badges
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      08-03-2024, 09:12 AM   #5321
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Originally Posted by Bugs Meany View Post
The badges on "M lite" SUVs (e.g. X3 or X4 M40i) use smaller, straighter lettering. (The "X4" on a base model is taller and slightly italicized.) Maybe they got hold of/stole legit badges (or good fakes) and just messed up the placement?
No, the original photo is from a first-gen F26 X4, where it had its badge placement like this, so this was not a fake badge.

See this photo from the Car&Driver review:

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