Fun game: car make & model

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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...

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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.

[bikerHen]

I'm just glad I'm not the only one that spends her commute studying cars. I'm more of a license plate kinda gal. It's an addition. bikerHen

[andtckrtoo]

I used to sell cars (a brief stint in my varied occupations), so I notice make and model (and sometimes year) without much thought. I do study license plates, though. I try to make up a phrase about the letters and numbers.