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07-09-2011, 03:19 PM
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| Chinese police caught rebadging Mercedes as Honda to avoid taxpayer ire
This made me LOL   Report: Chinese police caught rebadging Mercedes as Honda to avoid taxpayer ire; Autoblog Canada Quote:
Perhaps there was once a time when the Chinese citizenry couldn't tell the difference between a Mercedes-Benz and a Honda. In today's car-crazy China, however, this is clearly no longer the case. That didn't stop police in Fangchenggang (part of Guangxi Province) from performing a low-tech badge swap on a Mercedes-Benz ML350 in a bid to make it look like a run-of-the-mill Honda, right down to CR-V emblem on the rear liftgate.
Car News China reports that the police did it to fool taxpayers into thinking that the department didn't spend big bucks on a Benz. An ML350 reportedly costs around 900,000 yuan ($133,000 CDN), which is a lot more than Honda CR-V, which runs around 200,000 yuan ($30,000 or so). As you may have guessed, the ridiculous (and failed) cover-up attempt by the cops angered residents whole lot more than if they'd simply rolled out, baller style, in the Mercedes from the beginning.
[Source: Car News China]
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07-09-2011, 03:26 PM
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lol only in China
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07-09-2011, 03:28 PM
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#3 | | What hasn't Killed me, has made me more tolerant of RS!
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So many fools putting GTR badges on honda's etc. to try and look cool, then we see this downgrade LOL
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07-09-2011, 03:36 PM
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it's got a k24a swap..hence the honduh badge
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07-09-2011, 03:37 PM
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Originally Posted by kouki_monster  So many fools putting GTR badges on honda's etc. to try and look cool, then we see this downgrade LOL |  Putting a GTR badge on a Honda is cool? Who are these people trying to impress?
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07-09-2011, 04:55 PM
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#6 | | I don't get it
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wow what a sleeper..
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07-09-2011, 05:39 PM
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Does it have turbo Posted via RS Mobile | |
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07-09-2011, 06:06 PM
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Originally Posted by LsquareD | yeah, the ML350 is turbocharged
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07-09-2011, 06:09 PM
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#9 | | I WANT MY 10 YEARS BACK FROM RS.net!
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*edit*
only for ML350 BlueTEC 4MATIC
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07-09-2011, 07:07 PM
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i am actually traveling in china right now, i've seen some of the worest "rebadge" ever, i have seen multiple TRD Buicks, and a few AMG Hondas.....its quite sad.
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07-09-2011, 09:55 PM
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LOL
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07-09-2011, 10:11 PM
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Originally Posted by twitchyzero it's got a k24a swap..hence the honduh badge | There's no such thing as a k24a.. Posted via RS Mobile | |
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07-10-2011, 10:29 AM
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^ +1
there is KA24DE for nissan though =.=
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07-10-2011, 11:20 AM
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I rather have a Mercedes rebadged as a Honda than a Honda rebadged as a Mercedes.
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07-10-2011, 11:23 AM
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#15 | | RS has made me the bitter person i am today!
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even the police... tsk tsk
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07-10-2011, 11:45 AM
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07-10-2011, 01:08 PM
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#17 | | I don't get it
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|  ...crv conversion......from a mercedes
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07-10-2011, 04:02 PM
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wow!
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07-10-2011, 08:31 PM
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Originally Posted by MindBomber There's no such thing as a k24a.. Posted via RS Mobile | engine code fail  | |
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07-10-2011, 09:43 PM
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#20 | | I WANT MY 10 YEARS BACK FROM RS.net!
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I bet 99% of the citizen there have never seen a Mercedes ML before.
worth a try.
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07-11-2011, 12:16 AM
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why do that to a mercedes   | |
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07-11-2011, 12:50 PM
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#22 | | RS has made me the bitter person i am today!
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holy shit 133grand for a ML
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