Car badges- best & worst

[Mound Dawg]

I agree on the five bar gate being crap but that chart's wrong. My 1970 125 had the pre-65 badge on it. Part of the grille moulding too. And when the blue /F/I/A/T/ logo came in later it was white on black for a while.

Is that my anorak?

Ta.

[RedWhiteMonkey]

I don't know, Fiat from 1931 to 1938 has a nice art deco feel to it.

This one (along with most of their cars) was pretty awful:

[SeldomSeenKid]

richb77 said:

Blue oval was NEVER available on mk1 escorts. Only "F.O.R.D" letters.

The blue oval came in part way through the mk2

Sorry to be anal

In fairness, that was a poor one on my part!

Thought of another one, along the same lines as the 'baby' Italian ones, the Volvo 'prancing moose' always makes me smile.

Interesting back story there about Toyota too. Gives the badge a whole different light!

[stewy68]

For me:

[LuS1fer]

richb77 said:

SeldomSeenKid said:

Saw an advert for the new Ford B Max there, Not a car I really like, although the door arrangement is pretty clever!

It got me thinkIng though, the blue oval is one of the most widely recognisable car brand logos in the world. It has adorned such fine metal as the Cortina, Rs200, Mustang and Mk1 Escort. Each a completely different car, but all identifiable by the badge on the front.

So over to you PH, I was wondering what are the best and worst car badges/logos out there?

Blue oval was NEVER available on mk1 escorts. Only "F.O.R.D" letters.

The blue oval came in part way through the mk2

Sorry to be anal

Model A in 1927 used it though and the Mk 1 Escort was an exception = most Fords had them a the bottom of the front wings
http://www.anglia-models.co.uk/history-fordlogo.ht...

I recall them well on my Mk 1 and II Cortinas.

[Mound Dawg]

RedWhiteMonkey said:

I don't know, Fiat from 1931 to 1938 has a nice art deco feel to it.

This one (along with most of their cars) was pretty awful:

Careful, MGJohn will be round your house.

[anonymous-user]

RedWhiteMonkey said:

I don't know, Fiat from 1931 to 1938 has a nice art deco feel to it.

This one (along with most of their cars) was pretty awful:

Oh I don't know, a swirling plughole with the company letter disappearing down it seems apt.

[Pesty]

weissman is a good one too.

[Rovinghawk]

[DanielJames]

Mound Dawg said:

RedWhiteMonkey said:

I don't know, Fiat from 1931 to 1938 has a nice art deco feel to it.

This one (along with most of their cars) was pretty awful:

Careful, MGJohn will be round your house.

[Cyder]

stewy68 said:

For me:

Best or worst?

[Riley Blue]

Pesty said:

weissman is a good one too.

How is that good?

[LuS1fer]

Riley Blue said:

Pesty said:

weissman is a good one too.

How is that good?

Looks like a cheap earring.

[Dr Interceptor]

LuS1fer said:

Riley Blue said:

Pesty said:

weissman is a good one too.

How is that good?

Looks like a cheap earring.

'Ello Pat

[Pesty]

LuS1fer said:

Riley Blue said:

Pesty said:

weissman is a good one too.

How is that good?

Looks like a cheap earring.

well i like it.

[TREMAiNE]

Strawman said:

Although the Gordon Keeble one is also good

Edited by Strawman on Sunday 16th June 11:06

+1 - Beautiful badge.

[Baryonyx]

Pesty said:

weissman is a good one too.

It looks like a piece of jewellery from Elizabeth Duke! I( love the cars, just not the tacky badge.

The Lotus badge is a good one.

[ajprice]

RosscoPCole said:

Slightly off topic but these always make me smile.

The baby Jaguar one would look great on an X-Type and if I ever had a Fiat Coupe I would have some baby Ferrari shields on the front wings.

These are great

[43034]

Thread has got me thinking, is there a make that have never changed their badge in the history of their existence?

[JonathanLegard]

This is a clever one. Horizontally-opposed pistons and the '86' lettering designed to look like a four-wheel drift.