This short list barely scratches the surface of all the makes and models that have come and gone in the hundred-plus years since the emergence of the automobile.
The bottom part represents the earth, direction, action and forward momentum. NIO is a manufacturer of electric vehicles, and its Chinese name is “Weiling,” or “Blue Sky Coming.” The top part of the logo represents the sky, openness, vision and the future. NIO is an emerging Chinese automotive company founded in 2014 with an eye toward expanding overseas, including into the United States. The griffin featured on the emblem is a famously majestic mythical creature with a body of a lion and the wings of an eagle. Founded in 1857, Vauxhall started as a pump and engine manufacturer and began its transition to automobiles in 1903. Abarth got started in 1949.īritish brand Vauxhall is a mirror image of Opel, selling the same vehicles in limited markets under its name. It’s recognizable for the scorpion insignia (founder Carlo Abarth was a Scorpio) which overlays a lightning bolt Italian flag. The stylized “M” in the center of the logo represents the company’s first letter, doubling as stylized lane markers.Īs one of the 14 brands under the Stellantis umbrella (itself representing the merger of Fiat Chrysler and the PSA Groupe), the Abarth performance brand emblem is occasionally affixed to select Fiat models. For now, however, they don’t offer any road cars to American buyers. and may soon offer its line of Jeep-like vehicles as well. Indian automaker Mahindra & Mahindra, established in 1945, sells tractors in the U.S. Its blocky logo, DMC, stands for the DeLorean Motor Company.
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If it weren’t for the “Back to the Future” movie franchise, would we even remember DeLorean? This futuristic model, assembled in Northern Ireland by a former GM exec, had a short run in the 1980s. Its remaining models were rebranded under the Chrysler name. Its last logo, an updated version of the classic one pictured here, rolled out in 1996, just five years before the brand’s demise. But Olds was shuttered in 2004, less than 10 years after the rebranding.įounded by Chrysler in 1928, the Plymouth brand touted its Mayflower tribute from the start, as it was named for the rock where English settlers landed in 1620. Ironically, its last logo, which featured a rocket piercing an oval (an updated version of the old rocket emblem seen above), represented a “new direction” for the brand. Under GM, Olds served as a stepping stone between Pontiac and Buick, but a declining identity did it in. Oldsmobile was founded in 1897 by Ransom Olds. The stylized S represents speed, swiftness, dynamics and technical development. Officially known as Sociedad Española de Automóviles de Turismo, SEAT is a Spanish automaker introduced in 1950 and owned by the Volkswagen Group since 1986. Consisting of three overlapping ellipses, the logo stands for the unification of the hearts of Toyota’s customers and the company’s products. This current emblem represents one of the largest automakers in the world, Toyota, launched in 1990. The arrow represents speed, and the feathers represent progress. The logo is a winged arrow with three feathers.
One of 12 brands under the Volkswagen Group umbrella, Skoda is a Czech company founded in 1895 with a presence in Europe and Asia. The distinctive badge comes from an ancient story speculating that wheels were invented by lions rolling stones. Although no Holden-badged models were sold in the U.S., several vehicles made it to the states and were badged as the Pontiac G8 and the Chevrolet SS, but GM shuttered the brand in 2020. Launched in 1856 in Australia as a saddlery brand, Holden later began to build cars and became a subsidiary of GM in 1931. The logo’s four directional arrows represent innovation and adventure (outside arrows) and being inspiring and inviting to all (inside arrows). Represented by the R1T pickup truck and R1S SUV, these all-electric vehicles are manufactured in Indiana. Beginning in late 2021, the first models sporting a Rivian emblem will take to the road.
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