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The Badwagon is a kart body available from the start in Mario Kart 8 and an unlockable kart body in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. It resembles a muscle car with stereo speakers at the back.

This kart also appears in Mario Kart Tour.

Description[]

The Badwagon is a pink, tough-looking muscle car. It has a wide frame at the front with orange lights on each side. Above is a short grille in between two short headlights, and there is a windshield behind it. The sides bear fenders for the wheels, which are quite shiny and spiky-shaped. In the cockpit is a white seat, similarly to the Flame Flyer. At the rear is two rear fins adorned with small stereo speakers. In between the fins is much larger stereo speakers after the front wheels a white seat, with a rear that is adorned and neon lights, and a logo of Roy can be seen. Below is two short but wide rear headlights and two exhaust pipes in the middle.

The stereo speakers and the lights animate to the beat of the background music, similar to the The Duke.

How to unlock[]

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
  • Collect as many coins as possible and hope you get lucky.

Appearances[]

Mario Kart 8[]

The Badwagon is one of the vehicles available from the start in this game. It offers good weight & traction, but bad acceleration & handling. Its speed has no effect. Its stats are identical to Tri-Speeder, Steel Driver, Standard ATV, and GLA.

A CPU-controlled Peach will occasionally use this vehicle body, paired with the Standard tires.

Stats[]

Stat Name Stat Value
Speed 0
Acceleration -0.5
Weight +0.5
Handling -0.5
Traction +0.5

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe[]

In this game, the Badwagon is now unlockable. It now strongly increases speed as well as weight and traction, but its acceleration and handling are terrible. These stats are shared with the GLA and the Standard ATV.

The vehicle itself (paired with the Offroad tires) is sometimes used by CPU Roy, King Boo, Wario, Pink Gold Peach, and Petey Piranha.

Stats[]

Stat Name Stat Value
Speed +0.5
Acceleration -1
Weight +0.5
Handling -0.75
Traction +0.5

Mario Kart Tour[]

Badwagon

The Badwagon in Mario Kart Tour.

The Badwagon makes a reappearance as of the release of the spin-off title, Mario Kart Tour, classified as a High-End kart. It has Mini-Turbo Plus, which increases the length of and the points earnt from Mini-Turbos. It uses the Retro Off-Road Tires.

The Badwagon has received multiple variants over the years: The Blue Badwagon, the Grand Badwagon, and the Flowery Badwagon, which have Mini-Turbo Plus, Slipstream Plus, and Dash Panel Plus, respectively. The Blue Badwagon uses the regular Off-Road Tires, the Grand Badwagon uses a special type of Tires, and the Flowery Badwagon uses the Slick Tires from Mario Kart 8, but they are orange.

Staff Ghost usage[]

* - Retro Track
+ - DLC Track

Trivia![]

Gallery[]

Mario Kart 8 / Deluxe vehicle parts
Bodies Karts Standard KartPipe FrameMach 8Steel DriverCat CruiserCircuit SpecialTri-SpeederBadwagonPrancerBiddybuggyLandshipSneekerSports CoupeGold StandardGLA+ • W 25 Silver Arrow+ • 300 SL Roadster+ • Blue Falcon+ • Tanooki Kart+ • B Dasher+ • Streetle+ • P-Wing+ • Koopa Clown*
Bikes Standard BikeCometSport BikeThe DukeFlame RiderVarmintMr. ScootyJet BikeYoshi BikeMaster Cycle+ • Master Cycle Zero* • City Tripper+
ATVs Standard ATVWild WigglerTeddy BuggyBone Rattler+ • Splat Buggy* • Inkstriker*
Wheels StandardMonsterRollerSlimSlickMetalButtonOff-RoadSpongeWoodCushionBlue StandardHot MonsterAzure RollerCrimson SlimCyber SlickRetro Off-RoadGold TiresGLA Tires+ • Triforce Tires+ • Ancient Tires* • Leaf Tires+
Gliders Super GliderCloud GliderWario WingWaddle WingPeach ParasolParachuteParafoilFlower GliderBowser KitePlane GliderMKTV ParafoilGold GliderHylian Kite+ • Paraglider* • Paper Glider+
+ - denotes DLC. • * - denotes exclusivity to Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.
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