10 Car Logos You Probably Never Knew The Meaning Of
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You know which logo belongs to any given car, but do you know the meaning behind these logos and why they're designed a certain way? Let's find out!
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I always thought the Alfa Romeo dragon is breathing fire
I always thought that it's a snake 🐍 and that red thing is it's tongue
Usman Tariq Me too ,
nope
it is... The "man thing" is a nonsense
No, Alfa have stated it is a man emerging form it's mouth...
the Ford logo always confused me. I cant understand why it has those letters in the middle
You mean the letters that spell out ford?
Please tell me your joking
+Brendan Kennedy yes its obviously a joke
+Brendan Kennedy you´re*
+Keith johnson Ford=Gay
What about Nissan Logo ? It's really mysterious
its inspired by the datsun logo which was a sun with a blue rectangle with the text datsun. if you don't know, datsun is the company that became nissan
Represent the planet Saturn, some say. Old worship.
It's just a circle, with the name NISSAN plastered across it! Kia says KIA, Honda and Hyundai are just stylized H's, Ford says FORD.
Nissan, sun symbolism. The circle is a common sun symbol. KIA Has two pyramids in it. Between the K and I. KI, pointing to the left. And in the A which is missing the line in the letter. Honda an Hyundai have two styled triangles in it, one pointing upward and one pointing downward. Ford have two crosses in it, the styled F and the styled R. Positioned around the O, the sun symbol.
new and old tech You're somwhat right. Nissan's predecessor Datsun's name is a combination of the initials of the founders (D.A.T) and sun (b/c japan is considered the land of the rising sun). The Datsun logo is a red circle with a rectangle on top with the name on it. So when they formed Nissan, they carried over the logo/
The thing on Alfa Romeo is completely wrong: the red crossed flag is the ancient flag of Milan's patron saint Sant'Ambrogio and the snake (eating a child, not a man, is Tartanasio the supposed dragon that haunted Milanesi and that Visconti killed. Since then the dragon Tartanasio is the symbol of the Visconti family and of the city of Milano. A supposed rib of the beast is still kept (and visible) in an abbey close to Bergamo a neighboring mountain town close to the city while the snake-dragon eating a child is also the emblem of Internazionale Milano F.C. (But in team jersey colors blue and black). Ciao da Milano! :-)
Hahahaha ciò che hai pensato volevo scriverlo io
+NiggaMonkey hey what up my nigga , pari italiano malisimo
OG Roman no, ti sbagli
Thankyou I was looking for the reason for this interesting and questionable logo . Thanks
What about Honda?
Maybe we need to do a Part 2
+Kameh88 well it an H..so maybe it means...Honda?
+Syko RAWR Hah.. Hayyyyyyy!
+Car Throttle what about Koenigsegg? oh right, you need just a small loan of a million dollars to buy one.
+Car Throttle yes!!! part 2!!! make one!!! ..... NOW!!
Rover's logo is a Viking ship because the two brothers that started the company where born in Sweden. Before their end, Rover was the oldest company in the world making cars...older than the car, older than Mercedes They started making bicycles, in fact the two same size wheels driven by a chain to the rear was their patent, basically the setup of almost every modern bicycle.
Enzo ferrari > Mesut Ozìl
XDDDDDDD
Fun fact. Enzo dies and Özil borns at the same day.
not really... emzo died on 14 august 1988 and özil was born on 15 october 1988
ayyy lmao
+PixelCrafter but their face are closed enough, right ? 😃
Also Lamborghini's logo is a yellow bull on a black background opposite of their rival Ferrari.
Rival!!! Lol , no rival to Ferrari at all , bloody German Lamborghinis are & awful things - unless you're 12yoa
+Kev Hammer what?
cerealkiller what what?? Lamborghini are owned by VW
who cares? he's talking about the creator
& I'm talking lambos are shit compared to Ferrari
The Chevy logo looks like a Menstrual pad...
that's why only pussies drive chevy
+Ramon Saucedo i actually drive a 2009 BMW M3 E92... but nice try
+Slap Lionel Messi true
True😂
Monster of luckiness.....you lie....that's literally impossible :P
The real meaning to Mercedes logo: their dominance of land, sea And formula 1
+Colonel Potato For only 2 years now... before that it was Renault, Ferrari, BMW and so on...
+MK3424 until the v6's are gone. Merc will dominate
+Colonel Potato So German
+MK3424 BMW never dominated in F1. And i'm a huge, huge BMW fan. Who did ? Ferrari, Alfa Romeo, Honda, Renault, Lotus, Williams and now Mercedes (they were really unlucky with Moss though)
+Kaisuke971 BMW should come back to F1.
The Tri-Shield from Buick represented their 3 fullsize cars, the Electra, Lesabre and the Invicta(which later became Wildcat). The Tri-shield was introduced in 1959 and it's still being used today.
You missed it on the BMW logo. It *IS* a spinning propeller. _Before_ they moved from the town of Eisenach (company name Automobilewerke Eisenach) AWE to merge with Rapp and BFW in 1916. Before they all got together Rapp and BFW made airplanes and airplane engines, then from 1916 to 1929 they were just in the airplane business. Source: the BMW museum in Munich.
+dieselscience thank you sir! at least someone got it right (but the colors are actually the bavarian flag in the wrong order) btw after ww2 eisenach build the cars with their own logo it was red an white and had emw (eisenacher motoren werke) on it. until then not one car was build in munich. Source: worked at bmw
Except, the airplane division were out of Eisenach before then, in the brief time when they were two different companies.
+dieselscience Yes but bmw logo and technology is younger then Nakjima, Mizuno, Mitsubishi, NEC, Nippon,Fuji, Kawasaki, Honda..etc aircraft company, and like Mitsubishi, Toyota and Honda who made everything
Spot on this! Also worked for BMW.
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+ethan Klahn lol
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Reason behind Mitsubishi logo is too deep that I could see Adele rolling
AHAHAHAHA THEY R ROLLING IN DA DEEP
DarkzyArtz™ fuck you
from what i heard the logo actually represented the propeller of the zero aircraft which was made by Mitsubishi
Homieman 2015 The Mitsubishi logo has existed long before the zero came to be.
Koenigsegg, Mazda, Toyota, Saab, Cadillac, Opel... ???
Koenigsegg's logo comes from the Koenigsegg family crest
Cadillacs logo is nice
Creative Contagion haha nice!
+Adonis Amarante Back in the days there was a truck named Opel Blitz which means flash and it had a flash on the front. After that, Opel had the Zeppelin on a line in a ring. It should symbolize advanced tecnology. And some day they switched to the lightning in the ring. Also interesting: Citroen.
+Adonis Amarante Opel's founder obviously loves The Flash.
Normally videos such as these suck because they don't teach me anything. Besides Mercedes's all of these were new to me. This is fantastic thanks
Hyundai = We are almost Honda
+Ze Rubenator hyundai makes better cars than honda
+123Bosniak in what way
Da fuq u talking about bro
Hyundai logo is two people shaking hands .
Real Talk higher warranty (10 yr hyundai and kia vs 3 years for honda), simply put. also more comfortable luxurious, engine is pretty easy to maintain. plus it's less prone to rust because its galvanized. Don't assume that honda is better because of the hype bro. Honda is really only good motorcycles/ offroad ATV's because they have good engines
who else is scrolling down to find Sandro Marin
Who the fuck is that?
Forza horizon boi is still here lol
Hey YTK I like your vids
Who are you
Love the videos as always
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Also with Lamborghini - all of their cars are named after famous fighting bulls.
except for the concept madura, which is the name of an island where people race bulls
+Mateusz Wojtkiewicz Yes, the famous fighting bull the sixth element.
+sebiro150 and except most prototypes too
They aren't all bulls, some of them are... houses that train bulls.
+Ayeamme And don't forget the lamborghini selfish
Nice video man!! Very interesting, enjoyed a lot!!!!
I really enjoyed the vid thanks for sharing. I don't think I knew a single one of those logos meanings
Enzo Ozil
Thought I was the only one that realised for a sec
+Eden Kelly woah...I just realized
+Liam pearce yeah when I first saw ozil I though he looks very similar but couldn't remember it was enzo in my old car magazines that my brain was trying to match ozil with.
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When will there ever be a CarThrottle app???
Soon...
+Car Throttle thank the lord, using on facebook is an annoyance lol
+Car Throttle But I wanted to know the mystery of how the Ford logo was designed! :( lol
apps are just incomplete versions of websites where you can't zoom.
+Alex Ortiz (BurningICE79) there is,but it only has a link to the website an has nothing else to do with carthrotttle since they didn't make it
very informative video. thanks!
Subaru has the smartest logo.
+Abdullah Al-Shehri It's actually beautiful when you think about it. It's a depiction of the Pleiades Star Cluster, and the companies that merged to form Subaru. I'd much rather just look up into the sky and think of Subaru in that way...
Ikr?
Someone told BMW means Bring More Wrenches
And someone told me that KTM stands for Keep Taking Money ( motor bike brand )
MrfishyTV are they making atvs?
***** lol...i know. But doesnt it makes sense?
No : driving a BMW . . . . Brings More Wenches !
It actually means "Be My Wife".
doesn't Enzo Ferrari look like Mesut Özil?
Lim18 dats wat I thought when I saw his pic
Lim18 and did you know that Enzo and Metzul were diseased and born respectively of the very same year? Really awkward story, which I suggest you to browse around...
Mesut Özil look like Enzo Ferrari
It would have been nice to know what the Lincoln and Mercury logo were chosen from. Oldsmobile would have been a great logo to learn about as well. Also, the Maserati logo would have been interesting to know about as well. I hope that Car Throttle will do another video on car emblems. Great informative video about these car brands mentioned.
Excellent explanation!
I don't know what is faster? These cars or how fast this guy talks! 😃
Chevrolet's logo is clearly just a bowtie
He obviously wanted something classy, and what's not classier than a bow tie?
Foltzy56 exactly
+Vincetagram Probably to tell the owners "Don't worry, you don't need a normal length tie to kill someone, our cars will do it for you."
chrwl007 ????
Vincetagram When you buy a Chevrolet, you've clearly lost the will to live. Most of them are badge-engineered Daewoos anyway.
Love the editing
I'm so excited always wanted a go pro
You guys should at least make it so commenters win rather than subscribers. I bet half of your subs are inactive, if not more.
Exactly
+Watsonisawesome Most commenters talk utter shite though. Shite talkers should not be rewarded.
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Alexandru Klipii so in the end no one gets the prize and car throttle profits for nothing, cheating genuine fans out of their chance 👌
+Watsonisawesome Agreed.
i love it when british people say german words 😃 greezes from Stuttgart
I actually knew the stories behind the Audi, BMW and Mercedes logos. Great enlightening video!
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Hey Car Throttle, remember when people used to have a second or so between each sentence. I hope that comes back into fashion.
I'm curious as to what Pontiac means?
i think has to do wjth native americans but im not sure
+Damon Cheeks It's an arrow head. Pontiac's earlier logos were Native American based due partly to the town where the company was founded having been a Native American trading post in it's earliest history. Pontiac Michigan and surrounding areas were big into fur trading in early American History.
***** ah thanks!
Also if my memory serves me correct the original name wasn't Pontiac at first. It was Oakland Motors. The first car with the Pontiac name was in 1926. The Model 6-27.
+Kyle Clement Pontiac is in Oakland county. Not sure how it all connects but I lived up there for a few years.
Awsome vidoe dude i really enjoyed it :) mate
that was very coool......i didnt knew most of them.... keep up the good work
what does the Ford logo mean?
+g4rr377 i hope your joking but if not, Ford was the last name of the creator of the Ford motor company Henry Ford
+Lalnable Hector yeah i was just trying to be a idiot. soz
g4rr377 oh ok fair enough
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I love how you go out of your way to pronounce foreign names correctly (with success!). You still got Modena wrong, tho ;)
and mercedes
Clever video you should do more of this
Wow, this was an interesting one - I didn't know about subaro and alpha romeo logo. great work guys! keep those awesome videos coming
What about the Toyota logo? Looks quite intresting to me
ραяαѕутє :D It’s a stylized “T”
no, the logo itself spells toyota if you look close enough
the two elipses in the midle represent the hearts of the customers and the company being united. the outer circle represents the world accepting toyota. also looks like a "T".
I was born April 28th also!!
+David lee Barrientos me too.. do we get free lambos because of it?
Army of tauruses!?!?!
Me too :D
Me too!
+David lee Barrientos So we should all congratulate you here on April 28th. I hope I won't forget.
very interesting and informative video, nice
Great video!
you will notice that the letter h y u n d a i in capital letters will be seen in hyundai logo.
Same with toyota
i need a GoPro lol
when
Nice vids i love them
ALMOST 1MILLION, KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.
lol damn, why does EVERYONE pronounce Subaru as Subru.......... Ghm, Ghmm, theres an 'a' after b :)
Andrey Ivanov I guess it depends on where you live. I've never heard anyone pronounce it incorrectly. 3 syllables. Sue Bah Rue.
Search up YT uploads of their earliest US television commercials, a British announcer pronouncing it as "Soo BAAR oo". Never caught on thankfully.
Andrey Ivanov ure logo is like the big brother of me
Another story on the Alfa Romeo badge is: A General from Milan during the Crusades freed Jerusalem from the Muslims. The Snake is Eating a Muslim.
So cool! Thanks Guys!
I actually knew all but Alfa :). cool trivia. love these thank you
Where is Toyota!!
If you shade parts of it you can write the word TOYOTA
I work at Toyota, it's 3 ovals that represent 3 core values or some shit. They told me when I started lol
It looks like a dung beetle wrestling with its meal.
It's just an oval shaped T
Toyota is actually kind of interesting. The name "Toyota" is actually a misspelling of the company's founding family name, "Toyoda". Heck, the current CEO's name is Akio Toyoda. In Japanese Hiragana it was found "Toyoda" had an extra stroke vs. "Toyota" and it was easier to write & create the logos for the brand. Hence the company's name The logo of the ovals represented 3 core values of the brand overlapping each other, and it also forms a rough "T".
Its Porsche....not Porsha! Its not a woman's name!
Adam Steele yes
VGMStudios33 it's porsh*
nah its not... German speaking here (porsha actually sounds similar to the original pronounciation)
VGMStudios33 In German, each letter is pronounced, therefore the e is not silent and it is, in fact, pronounced like Porsch-a
ask any german - it has nothing to do with a persons name. It's the language halfwit
Nice Video Can you tell something about the BMW E36?
Thank You!
Mitsubishi is illuminati.
Very interesting an informative
I don't know where u got that BMW logo fact but the employee brand history training talked about the plane propeller spinning
Please make Part 2.
nooooooooooooo way! thats minddddddddd blowing Dude!
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I love your vids
Very informative....
nice compilation... a secound part would be cool
Good to know these！
You did a good video
I subscribed And i love youur chanell
im a proud alfa owner , i love looking at that badge everyday , for sure the best looking one.
Cool video!
Nice.. Learned a few new things today lol
Damn I just got a new-found respect for the Mercedes logo after watching this. Such class.
very interesting I want more.
The constellation of Subaru is called Matariki in Maori, it's also the Maori new year. That's why Maoris love the Legacy wagons so much.
Waaa, love it!!
Till now, I only knew Audi and Merc logo meanings, thnx for the info...very helpful Need to know more about logo's now..Gumpert, Renault, Dodge, Saab, Holden, VW plz part 2
VW is just a V and a W....
+800573D “BOOSTED” Donut ohh thnx
I've been subscribed since forever. :D
Damn this was a cool video should Do a Part 2
I think and sure that this is perfect
learnt the meaning thx
your German is on point. good job
The BMW logo at the rear was actually an old warning sign indicating to those behind that the car may turn suddenly without warning (this was before indicators were invented). Many BMW still refuse to use their indicators as they believe the logo still does the same job. The logo at the front does the same function however most BMW drivers drive right up the back backside of the car in front to ensure that it is clearly seen.
I loved this vid.
cool video!!
pub facts for this weekend sorted!
I heard about the subaru - Pleadies connection many years ago.
I subscribed!
Amazing
Nice video
I always thought the BMW logo was the symbol used in technical drawings for "centre of mass" And I still think that.
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good one