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View Poll Results: Do you like the new competition badging on the M2/M5 Competition
Yes 63 40.38%
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      05-04-2018, 07:50 PM   #23
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M2 motorsport competition racing spec GT sport RS limited edition special collector's super tuned unlimited black platinum championship model. Need badging for this one please.
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      05-05-2018, 11:05 AM   #24
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Seems cool to me.

If you really dislike it you can just take it off.
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      05-05-2018, 11:08 AM   #25
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I personally DON'T like he actual word "competition" I thought the black badging to indicate Competition was always subtle and cool... Oh well.

These were my same thoughts. I like the subtle difference that mostly only other ///M owners would notice.
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      05-05-2018, 01:49 PM   #26
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Reminds me of VTEC! Pass...
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      05-05-2018, 02:40 PM   #27
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Badging has no other purpose than letting unsecure people feel how great they are whilst squeezing as much money as possible out of them.

Car manufacturers love it!
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      05-05-2018, 03:13 PM   #28
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Remember when everyone felt the need to badge their car with 24-valve this, DOHC that?
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      05-05-2018, 03:23 PM   #29
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^True, thats badging as well but at least that says something about the mechanics used in the car/engine.
But the word 'competition' is a total nonsense word on the back of a car.
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      05-06-2018, 11:01 AM   #30
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Seems cool to me.

If you really dislike it you can just take it off.
Same. I don't really understand why people don't like it.
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      05-06-2018, 11:11 AM   #31
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Same. I don't really understand why people don't like it.
Yeah it's a nice subtle touch. Not the least bit tacky IMO.
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      05-06-2018, 12:23 PM   #32
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Competition to be noticed
Competition to be noticed ... by the cops.
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      05-06-2018, 10:08 PM   #33
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      05-07-2018, 05:34 PM   #34
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      05-07-2018, 05:56 PM   #35
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I'm rather indifferent to it. It doesn't look tacky but I don't think such a emblem is necessary.

I voted "Yes" in that I like it more than not. I'd rather have this small emblem than some huge COMPETITION letters across the rear trunk or so...

From far away, the emblem looks like a black underline. Reminds me of the underline on the Tesla cars with the ludicrous speed launch option - a subtle reminder that it's not a regular model car.
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I like the concept of the "M" cars, and the fact that the "competition" branding seems to be getting a bit more performance seems stupid, M is already the motorsports tribute, this is just redundant. Whats next a Trans Am Thunderchicken on the hood.
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I'm rather indifferent to it. It doesn't look tacky but I don't think such a emblem is necessary.

I'd rather have this small emblem than some huge COMPETITION letters across the rear trunk or so...
A few flames and M logo emerges like a Phoenix
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I was curious how other forum members felt about this? I personally think it looks a bit tacky but then again I don't like badging on cars in general.

It's small enough to be unobjectionable and tasteful. If they had plastered it all over the interior, the side skirts, wheels, or whatever else, then I would definitely hate it. I guess it comes down to the fact that the car is called the M2 Competition, whereas in the past it was just an option package on the existing car (e.g. an E92 M3 with the Competition Package was still just called an M3).

GM was notorious for this in the 90s and early 2000s with their ABS, "high output", etc. badges all over the car.
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It looks cleaner and less cluttered without it. Besides, a "competition" car shouldn't force driver to listen to ASD and starts the car in grandma Comfort mode.
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M Competition badges with M Performance decals do not make sense to me.

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[QUOTE=Spa2k;23155277]Competition to be noticed ... by the cops. :lol

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