Badges? They Don’t Need ...

TO an American, the sight draws a blank. All over Europe one sees cars, mostly from high-end companies, that wear no nameplates or model designations. Where we would expect to find a nametag of gleaming letters and numbers on the tail, there’s only an expanse of paint.

These nameless cars aren’t rare in Europe, either. If not in the majority, they are a sizeable minority.

“They’re ordered from the factory that way,” said Christian Bokich, a spokesman for Audi of America. In Germany, the reasons may be cultural....

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