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Change of view for today's #WeirdCarMastodon #NameThatCar challenge with a view of the wing of this car. If yesterday's Datsun was thing that has become rare the badge on the wing of this coupe would suggest it might have been rare to begin with!
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Damien Scully Mar 23, 2023

The answer to yesterdays #NameThatCar challenge, as spotted by a few of you clever #WeirdCarMastodon folks is

A BMW 850i (E31) Coupe, it's an early car so not a 850Ci though obviously I would give you that as an answer.
There was some discussion if the V12 badge was OEM or aftermarket but either way it seemed to be helpful.
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Axel 🚴😷🐧🐪⌨ | #WeAreNatenom Mar 22, 2023

@DazzlingDamo: *grin* No, I had no real idea where to start. Just the font of the badge and the style of the turn indicator pointed towards to late 80s. I started with Jags and Aston-Martins. But to my surprise the suspected solution was much more familiar to myself than British luxury cars.

This seems to be from the iconic '90s BMW 850i coupé.

Interestingly I found only a single picture of an 850i with a V12 badge… in your favourite car collection. 😉

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Axel 🚴😷🐧🐪⌨ | #WeAreNatenom Mar 22, 2023

@DazzlingDamo: The more I think about this V12 badge, the more I think it's an generic add-on badge added by a likely previous owner of that car.

Hence, I think the number plate of that car is "J377 TTF" and the chassis number is "WBAEG22080CB57722". 😁 (SCNR)

Addendum: In the meanwhile I found two other 850i with a side V12 badge, but both with different font and position and hence cementing my suspicion: https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1992-bmw-850i-18/ and https://wallhere.com/sk/wallpaper/1245097

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Brett Mason Mar 22, 2023

@DazzlingDamo I’m thinking BMW. Fairly old. E31? But don’t recognise the blinker. 🧐

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johnniesan 🇨🇦🇺🇸🇲🇽Mar 22, 2023

@DazzlingDamo The underlining of the badge is saying BMW to me (though Mercedes did the same in the past). With that and the placement of the side marker light my guess is BMW 850(C)i.