1. Mercedes Benz: Two German car manufacturers, Benz & Cie. and Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft, alloyed in 1928 giving acceleration to Daimler Benz Co. The acclaimed three-starred logo was originally advised by Gottlieb Daimler in 1909, and afterwards featured on Daimler Benz cars. Afterwards Daimler's death, his partner, Wilhelm Maybach, took over the aggregation and awash abounding Daimler cars to affluent agent Emile Jellinek, who afterwards bankrolled development of a new band of cars alleged afterwards his babe Mercedes. Hence, the name. The logo is declared to represent the brand's "domination of the land, the sea, and the air."
2. Ferrari: The acclaimed Cavallino Rampante or "prancing horse" logo has its origins in a adventitious affair amid aggregation architect Enzo Ferrari and Countess Paolina, mother of Count Francesco Baracca who had been an ace of the Italian air force and acclimated to acrylic a horse on the ancillary of his planes. The Countess asked Ferrari to acrylic a horse on his cars for luck. The atramentous blush was acclimated to betoken affliction at Baracca's afterlife in activity while the chicken blush represented his birthplace of Modena.
3. Chevrolet: The Chevrolet bow-tie logo is one of the simplest, yet a lot of acclaimed accumulated symbols in the world. It was aboriginal acclimated in 1913 and there are adverse belief on its origin. While one approach goes that it was aggressive by a wallpaper arrangement apparent by co-founder William Durant, addition says that it represents a Swiss cantankerous in a admiration to the origins of the added co-founder Louis Chevrolet. Incidentally, Durant had founded General Motors afore he was affected out and accustomed Chevrolet.
4. Dodge: The cast has a new logo back this year, but a lot of humans still analyze it with the "ram's head" logo. The logo aboriginal appeared as a awning accessory in the 1930s. The ram was alleged for its ruggedness, something Dodges accept consistently approved to portray. In fact, so accepted did the logo become that Dodge trucks began to be alleged Rams. Today, it is still acclimated for the spun-off Ram brand.
5. Buick: Not abounding apperceive that Buick is the oldest American auto manufacturer. Founded in 1899 by David Dunbar Buick, it was afterwards acquired by William Durant and became the centerpiece of the General Motors conglomerate. The logo was originally a individual absorber apery Buick's affiliated covering of arms. In 1960, the individual absorber was replaced by a leash in red, white and dejected apery the three cars again in the Buick abiding - the LeSabre, Invicta, and Electra.
6. Maserati: This Italian affluence car architect was accustomed in 1914 by the 5 Maserati brothers Alfieri, Bindo, Carlo, Ettore, and Ernesto, in the boondocks of Bologna. The trident logo was advised by an artisan and is based on a carve in the Fontana del Nettuno (Fountain of Neptune) at Bologna. Neptune is the Roman God of the Seas and is represented with a trident in his hand.
7. Mitsubishi: The Mitsubishi cast of cars is affiliate of a beyond amassed that began activity as a shipment close in 1914 and is alleged afterwards the Japanese words for three precious stones ("mitsu" acceptation "three" and "bishi" acceptation "water caltrops," aswell rhomboidal like diamonds). Consequently, the agent of the logo becomes clear.
8. Subaru: The name of the aggregation is in fact the Japanese adaptation of the Pleiades brilliant cluster, which aswell agency "to accumulate together." Subaru is a analysis of Japanese busline amassed Fuji Heavy Industries (FHI). The name refers to the 5 companies that abutting armament (Fuji Kogyo, Fuji Jidosha Kogyo, Omiya Fuji Kogyo, Utsunomiya Sharyo and Tokyo Fuji Sangyo) to anatomy FHI. The logo represents the cluster.
9. Mazda: The aggregation derives its name from the Persian God Ahura Mazda as able-bodied as the name of the architect Jujiro Matsuda. The august "M" logo, aswell accepted as the "owl" logo, represents Mazda addition its wings for the future. It may aswell represent Ahura Mazda, who is generally depicted by a aerial sun-disk.
10. Audi: The company's name is based on the surname of the architect August Horch, acceptation accept - which, if translated into Latin, becomes Audi. Horch had originally founded Horch Automobil-Werke, from area he was affected out afore founding Audi in 1899. In 1932, Audi alloyed with Horch, DKW, and Wanderer, to anatomy Auto Union. The Audi logo of four intersecting rings represents this merger. Its affinity to the Olympic logo acquired the International Olympic Committee to sue Audi in 1995.
11. Pontiac: GM may accept declared its absorbed to appearance out the Pontiac cast by the end of 2010, but its arrowhead logo continues to be awful arresting on American roads. The cast was alleged afterwards Native American baton Chief Pontiac who led a attempt adjoin British activity in the 18th century. While the ancient Pontiac logo depicted by a Native American chief's headdress, it was adapted in 1957 to the currently acclimated American Indian red arrowhead design, aswell accepted as the "Dart."
12. BMW: Rounding off this account is drivers' admired BMW. The abridgement stands for Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Bavarian Motor Works). The two-layered annular BMW logo, aswell declared as a roundel, has been interpreted to represent a spinning propeller, because the aggregation started as a architect of aircraft engines. The white and dejected colors represent the official banderole of Bavaria, a accompaniment in Germany area BMW originated.
