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[]
- 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[]
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[]
- Bowser's Castle (Wii U, Switch 150cc) (paired with Bowser, equipped with the Standard Tires and the Super Glider)
- Wii Grumble Volcano (Wii U*, Switch* 150cc) (paired with Roy, equipped with the Off-Road Tires and the Super Glider)
- Thwomp Ruins (Switch 200cc) (paired with Bowser, equipped with the Standard Tires and the Bowser Kite)
- 3DS Music Park (Switch* 200cc) (paired with Daisy, equipped with the GLA Tires and the MKTV Parafoil)
- Tour Singapore Speedway (Switch*+ 150cc) (paired with Bowser, equipped with the Monster Tires and the Super Glider)
- Tour Rome Avanti (Switch*+ 150cc) (paired with Pauline, equipped with the Metal Tires and the Super Glider)
* - Retro Track
+ - DLC Track
Trivia![]
- The Badwagon is based on the Wario Car in Mario Kart: Double Dash!!, the Brute in Mario Kart DS, the Flame Flyer in Mario Kart Wii and the Bruiser in Mario Kart 7, but with a more futuristic feel.
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