What is your favorite automobile emblem?

[Cardinal49]

The classic hood ornamnets were very nice. On current makes I like the Acura A (kind of looks like Star Trek), the Corvette, updated Caddy logo and Lincoln. The exotic German and Italian emblems are also nice.

Out of the three in the OPs message I would prefer the Ford. The Chevy is OK but I personally can not stand the fact that it is gold. I think it really looks cheap and tacky, IMHO. The Ram looks good on the really big Dodge trucks.

 

[speedyswede]

 

[PT1]

Originally Posted By: javacontour

+2 when I had my 944S I could wear my embroidered Porsche polo shirt anywhere.

 

[rszappa1]

I always liked the 1980 Chrysler cordoba hood ornament with the minted gold coin...

 

[BrianWC]

Originally Posted By: ocrstar

Gotta say, that's mine, too. I can't tell you how many Bimmers I see with cracked or faded emblems. I just want to pull over the drivers and tell them to spring for the 20 or so bucks to buy a new one. They are such a nice emblem.

 

[440Magnum]

Originally Posted By: Cardinal49
The classic hood ornamnets were very nice. On current makes I like the Acura A


The Acura "A" is just a Honda "H" with the top pinched together. Its rather clever in that regard, but underwhelming in appearance IMO. The Japanese never have been very innovative with emblems.

 

[tom slick]

Nobody's a fan of the Daewoo jock strap?

I like the current Cadillac V series emblems, simple but looks sharp, matches the current body styling.

I've always liked Toyota's 4wd emblems also

 

[StevieC]

Originally Posted By: tom slick
Nobody's a fan of the Daewoo jock strap?

Maybe some of us on here are...

 

[Kruse]

Originally Posted By: tom slick
Nobody's a fan of the Daewoo jock strap?

I've always pictured that as alien eyeballs. I bet the jockstrap will now be forever burned in my brain.

 

[Cardinal49]

Originally Posted By: 440Magnum
Originally Posted By: Cardinal49
The classic hood ornamnets were very nice. On current makes I like the Acura A


The Acura "A" is just a Honda "H" with the top pinched together. Its rather clever in that regard, but underwhelming in appearance IMO. The Japanese never have been very innovative with emblems.


Many of the Japanese makes didn't even have emblems until a few years ago. Toyota, Mazda and Nissan all just have their names in a specialized font. I was surprised to see that Honda had the "H" from the beginning.

I agree that most are pretty lame. Hyundai(I know it is Korean) looks like a crooked Honda H, Toyota, Lexus, Nissan and Mazda are boring (I always thought Mazda's was a bird. It is suppossed to be an "M". You really need to use your imagination to see that). I think Acura's has a little more style and has that futuristic Star Trek look going for it.

It seems like the emblems have been getting bigger over the past few years. In some cases, grills and trunk lids look like they were designed around the emblem. I guess it is an effective form of branding and marketing.

Remember 20-30 years ago when all cars had hood ornaments. There were some nice ones but many were cheap and tacky. As I kid I though they were supposed to be used like a gun sight to keep you centered in the lane.

 

[panthermike]

Mustang Cobra.

Also, the Cobrastar for Lincolns.

 

[BrianWC]

Oh yeah, I can remember playing with the big Buick ornament on our 82 LeSabre. It was attached by a spring loaded cable or something so it was fun to slap at it.

 

[rcy]

 

[Dualie]

What model Lincoln had the cobra star? first time i ever seen that emblem.

 

[silverrat]

Peugeot

Monte Carlo

 

[Zaedock]

Willys Overland

 

[MK2]

Yotas!