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Rod Leland
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A collection of car brands logos and their meanings (II)

PEUGEOT

PRUGEOT LOGO

Peugeot is a major French car brand, part of PSA Peugeot Citroën, the second largest automaker in Europe. Peugeot roots go back to 19 coffee mill and century bicycle manufacturing. The company's entry in the market for vehicles was by means of crinoline dresses, which uses bar steel, as umbrella frames, saw blades, wire wheels, and ultimately, bicycles. The Peugeot brand is a powerful lion, which is the symbol the region of Franche-Comté, where the company is. The lion represents the excellence of its mountains on three aspects: sawtooth is as strong as dandelion, blades is as elastic as the backbone of a lion, the performance of the saw is as invincible as the lion. In 1890, when the Peugeot engine was the first the market, the company decided to carry out the "lion" flag to indicate high quality.

ASTONMARTIN

Aston-Martin Logo

Aston Martin is a British manufacturer of luxury sports cars, based in Gaydon, Warwickshire. The company name is derived the name of one of the company founders, Lionel Martin, and Hill speed hillclimb near Aston Aston Clinton in Buckinghamshire. Aston Martin logo is a roc fly with wings spread, each of which writes and ASTON MARTIN, indicating that the company has the speed and ambition of the Republic of China.

Bentley

BENTLEY LOGO

Bentley Motors Limited is a British car manufacturer was founded on 18 January 1919 by Walter Owen Bentley (known as WO Bentley or just "WO"). Mr. Bentley had been previously known for its range of rotary aero engines in the First World War, more famous being the Bentley BR1 as used in later versions of the Sopwith Camel. Since 1998, the company has been owned by Volkswagen Group in Germany. Bentley B wings and fly logo has been used from the Bentley engine made its first appearance.

LINCOLN

LINCOLN LOGO

Lincoln is the luxury brand of Ford Motor Company. Founded in 1917 by Henry M. Leland and acquired by Ford in 1922, Lincoln has been manufacturing vehicles since the 1920s. Leland named the brand after of his hero Abraham Lincoln for a long time. In 1927, Lincoln adopted the greyhound as their emblem, which was later replaced with diamond that is currently in use.

JAGUAR

JAGUAR LOGO

Jaguar Cars Ltd., better known as Jaguar (pronounced) is an automobile manufacturer Luxury executive, based in Coventry, England, and now operates as part of the Jaguar Land Rover business owned by Tata Motors of India. Jaguar was founded as the Swallow Sidecar Company by Sir William Lyons in 1922, originally making sidecars for motorcycles before switching to cars. The Jaguar name was changed after the Second World War because the unfavorable connotations of the initials SS. Jaguar have been designed in an engineering center at its headquarters in Coventry, England and is manufactured in one of the three floors of Jaguar English, Castle Bromwich in Birmingham, Liverpool and Halewood, near Gaydon in Oxfordshire. The logo is a Jaguar Jaguar leaping through the name of the company. The jumping Jaguart is probably built to represent the speed, power and speed of the car. The Jaguar emblem is also placed on the front of the car.

CHEVROLET

Chevrolet Logo

Chevrolet (Swiss origin) (also known as Chevy) is a brand produced by General Motors Company. It is GM selling brand, with "Chevrolet" or "Chevy" is sometimes synonymous with GM. Chevrolet offers 18 vehicles and many different enhanced versions in its market home. The luxury cars from subcompact cars to commercial trucks medium term. Your number one seller in the U.S. is the Silverado pickup. The logo Direct Chevy may not seem important for the viewer at first glance, but actually has enormous significance in the corporate world. A simple cross in bright metallic colors usual representation of the automotive industry defines the Chevrolet logo completely. Is a trademark very simple but elegant design of the Chevy logo requires an enduring impact on the human mind.

LEXUS

LEXUS LOGO

Lexus is the division of vehicles luxury of Toyota Motor Corporation. The Lexus logo was developed by Molly Designs and Hunter Communications. The final design of the Lexus logo featured a stylized "L" in an oval, and according to Toyota, was made using a precise mathematical formula. The first teaser ads with the Lexus name and logo, One designed by the team appeared in the Chicago, Los Angeles and New York auto show in 1988.

LAMBORGHINI

LAMBORGHINI LOGO

Automobili Lamborghini SpA, commonly known as Lamborghini, is an Italian sports car manufacturer, based in the small village of Sant'Agata Bolognese. Founded by entrepreneur and owner of Ferruccio Lamborghini tractor factory in 1963, the company has achieved wide recognition with elegant exotic designs, and their vehicles have become symbols of the performance and wealth. The Lamborghini bull logo represents the founder, Ferruccio Lamborghini, zodiac sign (Taurus). Most company cars have been named after famous fighting bulls not (oddly most have been Spanish bulls Italian). Interestingly, it said that the choice of an animal and the colors used in the logo (gold on a black background, and a charging bull) are suspiciously like the logo of Ferrari (a horse black on a yellow background). It is believed that this was not an accident by Lamborghini, which had a long (and not always friendly) rivalry with Ferrari.

CADILLAC

CADILLAC LOGO

Cadillac is a brand of luxury vehicles owned by General Motors Company. Cadillac vehicles are sold in more 50 countries and territories, but particularly in North America. The Crown (Crown)-The crown symbolizes the old six counts of France. Each point is topped with a pearl, a symbol of the descent of the Counts of Toulouse real. The Shield-The heraldic shield represents the origins of a noble family. Its shape is of no consequence, and refers to the forms used for the shield of the Crusades. The original Cadillac coat however, is round. The First and Fourth-arms Barracks show de la Mothe. The color black against gold represents wisdom and wealth. The "band" or black sidebar, represents a premium for the service of the Crusaders. The Second and Third quarters-La red band symbolizes the skill and daring in action. The silver represents purity, charity, virtue and wealth. Blue represents the value of chivalry. The emblem was approved by the use of Cadillac cars in 1905. It was registered as a trademark on 7 August 1906.

Alfaromeo

ALFA-roemo LOGO

Alfa Romeo Automobiles SpA is an Italian automobile manufacturer founded on June 24, 1910 in Milan. The logo is divided in half and contains the emblems of the hometown Alfa Milan and the Visconti family, "the great Milanese. On the left is the red cross on white background, which refers to the days of the First Crusade, when many Milan soldiers were among the Lombards, who followed John of Rho to the Holy Land. The red cross was the symbol, while the white background symbolizes the white shirts who were forced to wear under their armor to protect Palestinian fierce sun. To the right of the plate are the arms of the Visconti family, who later recognized as the Milan. Some said that the snake represents the snakes that the Lombards had worn around his neck in a case like a little good luck charm, or – the dragon, at the beginning of V century, awash with Milan and was eventually killed by Uberto, Escudero Anger, and founder of the Visconti family – or it could be the symbol of Ottone Visconti a victorious duel with the Saracen leader, Voluce during the First Crusade. The city of Milan, however, asserts that the snake has nothing to do with the family Visconti.

VOLVO

VOLVO LOGO

The Volvo Group is a Swedish supplier of commercial vehicles such as trucks, buses and construction equipment, drive systems for marine and industrial applications, aerospace components and financial services. Volvo was founded on 14 April 1927 in the city of Gothenburg, as a spin-off of the roller bearing manufacturer SKF ball. The name Volvo means "I roll" in Latin (or "unity" in the current English, suitable for cars, and the bearings). The word derives from the Latin word "La Soledad", which means "roll". The Volvo logo is the ancient symbol for iron, a circle with an arrow pointing diagonally upwards to the right. The distinctive iron in the vehicle would meet this symbolism and create associations with the honored traditions of the Swedish iron industry: steel and strength with properties such as safety, quality and durability. Today, the iron logo also means a brand that radiates modern and exciting, and has a strong emotional connection with customers.

MAZDA

MAZDA LOGO

Mazda Motor Corporation is a Japanese automobile manufacturer based in Hiroshima, Japan. It is said that Mazda coincides with the anglicized pronunciation of the founder's name, Jujiro Matsuda, who was interested in spirituality, and decided to change the company name in honor of his family and Zoroastrianism. The word comes from Mazda Ahura Mazda, the Avestan language name of a divinity exalted by the ancient Iranian prophet Zoroaster, as the source of wisdom, intelligence and harmony. The current logo attempts to capture the spirit of Mazda, the stylized "M" evokes an image of wings in flight and the flight symbolizes the Mazda into the future. The "V" at the center of the "M" spreads like a fan of opening, in representation of creativity, vitality, flexibility and passion that is Mazda. The symbol as a whole expresses the sharp feeling that Mazda is looking solid in all its products. The dynamic circle symbolizes our readiness to spread our wings as we enter the 21st century.

PONTIAC

PONTIAC LOGO

Pontiac is a brand of car for the first time in 1926, and sold in the United States, Canada and Mexico by General Motors (GM), marketed as an "athletic" brand specializes in performance vehicles generally. The original logo was that of an American Indian headdress, which was used as a logo until 1956. The American Indian headdress is obviously linked to Chief Pontiac referenced above. This was updated to the currently used American Indian design tip red arrow for 1957. The arrowhead logo is also known as the Dart. The logo has a distinctive red and a silver star in the middle. I'm not sure which is the meaning of the star is only a part of Native American art contains elements of nature like the sun, moon and stars.

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