Fun game: car make & model

[rubywagon]

I am going to have to disagree, and nominate VW.

[copperlegend]

Neat fact about Subaru's logo - it's the Pliedies (sp?) constellation of the 7 sister stars. The logo only has 6 stars though, because 'the seventh star is the car'.

The BMW logo is known as the roundel, and I believe it was first created to look like a propeller.

I'm a car enthusiast and a total geek, so I love stuff like that.

My favorite car logo is the one for Aston-Martin

[zoom-zoom]

I think the symbolism that goes behind car company logos is kind of cool. The Mazda logo is meant to represent a flying bird, or an M...kind of an optical illusion. Sure better than their previous logo...I don't know what the heck that was supposed to represent:

[OakLeaf]

Actually the old Mazda logo looks like a stylized M also, to me. But Wikipedia says it's a sun and a flame.

Here's a site that talks about the meaning of car logos. If you trust some random site on the Internet... or Wikipedia for that matter. Interesting what they say about the Toyota logo. I always thought it was just a stylized "T", but it reminds me of the Taurus symbol, and that's a Ford.

[malkin]

I think the old one looks like a gynecological view...

[zoom-zoom]

I think the old one looks like a gynecological view...

Uh huh...exactly. I'm guessing the Mazda design folks had just as many women in on that decision as Apple did on the iPad naming discussions...0.

[rubywagon]

I had never thought of that before. I always thought it looked like a ballerina holding her hands over her head, doing a pirouette.