Every Car Logo Explained
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Ever wondered what car logos actually mean?
From the Chevy bowtie to the Ferrari horse and Toyota’s “sombrero,” we break down the history, hidden symbols, and wild stories behind every famous car badge. Learn why brands like Ford, Porsche, and Lamborghini chose their logos—and which ones are just totally made up.
"a camshaft"
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The McLaren logo is a kiwi. It's to pay homage to the original logo and the homeland of the first owner.
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Holden mentioned! I have a Holden VP Calais.. before they made the logo look derpy lol
More User Perspectives
My sister and nephew thought it was KN too!
@AtomicAtom92I know for a fact this won’t be every car logo
@looxmaxingoonerfromhairypottyno AMC :(
@frankbenjaminsen8648Toyota is a sewing needle.
Cause toyota used to be a sewing company
The Opel Blitz was one of the Wehrmachts Backbones and the Truck itself is from the 30's. Blitz is just popular because it symbolizes going fast (i.e blitzschnell "lightning fast")
@donnikthejedi2222All automotive logos? You seem short by a few hundred. Also, the car from AC that Shelby used was the AC Ace.
@firebomb13bFuck Volkswagen I guess
@Oswald150The ford logo used to be red
@CheeseMiserThe name of Kia itself means "Rising from Asia"
@alix5566The Star cluster in the Subaru logo in Japanese is also called Subaru so that's another thing
@katjamuller5503Is that a mark 1 Jetta on the calendar in the back?
@slightlynuts“KИ” - the new Kia logo
@joezegersI really enjoyed the Chevron Interlude…
@SlyTrashPanda9000Alpha Romeo is a weird one
@ruwas369You sad camshaft when it’s obviously a crankshaft. Come on maaaannn
@tylergallagher2159Acura: what if we took the Honda logo and pinched it at the top into an "A" shape?
@TheAxio300Fun fact: all crests are made up.
@DrinkyoghurtINFINITI is actually Mt fuji.
@BitsfixxI'm sorry, how did you pronounce Caterham?! 🤣
@WS12658You may not see this comment and may not be interested in the idea, but Bart would be a cherry on top adding to the channel, you know which Bart I'm talking about
@Octy99You left out the ( V
W ) in a circle for the Volkswagen logo ... we will never know why there is a V on top of a W for that seal.
I've always loved the Maserati logo ... probably because the 1985 Maserati Biturbo Spyder (dark green, convertible) was my first car and love of my life!
@johnathansaegal3156@25:10 crankshaft brother :D
@BEGerardusI thought the Smart Logo was a brake disc with a yellow caliper😂
@saltireskillz9809Its cool you still use the Donut mic
@ThatGuyGloomy2:35 also looks like an owl’s head
@plainclothes13The McLaren logo is completely wrong. It’s a nod to Bruce McLaren the founder from nz. Old logos of the McLaren had a kiwi bird on the race cars.
@WhatsDiscussedBro forgot something on the Porsche logo 👀
@sergiotsiarentsyev5286I heard once that Volvo means, I roll “Volvo”, around the world “the circle behind” with strenght “the arrow facing forward and force symbol in physics” with safety “the bar across the logo” that means the seatbelt that they invented
@sergiotsiarentsyev528618:19 l think we’re forgetting a certain logo ✡️🇮🇱
@ChronicAndIronicI swear if he talks about Pepsis 2010 logo
@AlexisRomonez1:40 the only EV that sucks? 😂
In Europe you need a C-class Truck driver's license for that behemoth...
As someone who speaks a bit of Russian, the Kia logo looks like КИ.
@JackE-dr4jmRENAULT is latin for Vagina, the symbol represents a vagina and women's libertarian.... I made all that up but it sounds legit
@T.S.33rdYou missed one. Opel in England is called Vauxhall and the logo is much cooler than Opels.
@shadytools75443:09 for years I wondered what kn was 😂 I thought it was some new emerging car brand I’m ngl even when I learned I would forget and question it all over again
@ianb810Alpina’s camshaft is a crankshaft. Alfa Romeo’s snake is a dragon eating a child. Later changed to man.
@Pete-x9zHere's one more I'll add - Zastava, and its brand Yugo
The Zastava logo is just a stylized "Z" for the company's name - Zastava - meaning "flag", part of the factory's full name - "Zavodi Crvena Zastava" or the "factory of the Red Flag" - the red flag being the universal symbol of socialist labor.
For the Yugo's "Y" logo - it is a stylized Y, but former Yugo of America Executive, Tony Ciminera stated that he was inspired by a photo of a rocket taking off he saw in a magazine at a hair salon, in which the two thrusters shot flames outwards, with the straight rocket down the middle, creating a stylized "Y" shape.
In my whole life I was convinced that the skoda logo is a rooster.
@butcher568The Toyota logo is actually a thread going through the eye of a needle because Toyota was originally a sewing machine company
@THEREALLARENZEverything you need to get up to speed.
@MrBobsmithersYou can't be poor if your name is something like Baron John Walter Edward Douglas Scott Montagu!
@innerufomakerYou forgot to mention the "666" in the mercedes-benz and audi logos.
@cryptoblaze1983I Love The CHEVROLET Badge I Love The Name Of The Car Brand I Love The Car Brand I Love The Cars The Way Thay Look The Way Thay Are Nade I Love Everything About CHEVROLET I Grew Up With One My Moms Car A Really Sweet Car I Loved That Car She Did To And My Brother And Sister Did To A Silver 2000 CHEVROLET Malibu 4 Door Sedan Really Nice Car I Loved It And Thats One Of The Big Reasons Why I Love General Motor Company So Much
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