Boring badges

[LotusOmega375D]

Today I was following another car and I realised that I didn’t immediately recognise the manufacturer’s badge on the back. It was a Mazda, so not exactly a rarity. This really is a nothing badge isn’t it?



There must be others equally anonymous. Any suggestions?

[LunarOne]

Boring indeed, as are many, including Lexus, Toyota, Acura, Infiniti. Come to think of it, they're all Japanese.

My favourite is the Alfa Romeo badge. Always loved it!

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

Not boring as such. But with the new KIA logo all & can see is K N

[georgeyboy12345]

I’m not a fan of the font they use on Teslas, like where it says “Model S”, “Model 3”, etc. looks a bit old fashioned

[georgeyboy12345]

LunarOne said:

My favourite is the Alfa Romeo badge. Always loved it!

Any badge with someone getting eaten by a giant snake is always going to be interesting!

[kambites]

I'd say the Mercedes three-pointed star is more basic than the Mazda badge. I don't think that's a bad thing though, I think nice simple symmetrical badges generally look best.

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

kambites said:

I'd say the Mercedes three-pointed star is more basic than the Mazda badge. I don't think that's a bad thing though, I think nice simple symmetrical badges generally look best.

Most mainstream German brands are enclosed in circles to give a feeling of safety or security (apparently)

[MBVitoria]

georgeyboy12345 said:

LunarOne said:

My favourite is the Alfa Romeo badge. Always loved it!

Any badge with someone getting eaten by a giant snake is always going to be interesting!

OMG how did I not notice that before

[mikef]

I spent years believing there was a car called Dobo

[scorcher]

kambites said:

I'd say the Mercedes three-pointed star is more basic than the Mazda badge. I don't think that's a bad thing though, I think nice simple symmetrical badges generally look best.

I guess Mercedes had massive aspirations when they introduced the three pointed star. Not sure they have pulled it off or realised how things would change over the course of time. As you may or may not know, the three points represent land , sea and air and they believed that one day they would dominate each of these environments with their engines. Maybe going back a few decades their engines were better than their competitors, today maybe not such much?

[Kuwahara]

I know what it means but just looks st…

[donkmeister]

I never liked the Renault one that appears to be a half-arsed attempt at a Mobius strip.



Eurgh. Look at it. Rubbish.

However... I actually like what they've done with it now:



Nicole has been vajazzled.

[Super Sonic]

I think the Mazda logo looks like an owls head. I think the Toyota logo looks like a cows head. The Nissan logo looks like a hot dog with a round bap. The Acura logo looks like a pair of thighs.

[Lester H]

LotusOmega375D said:

Today I was following another car and I realised that I didn’t immediately recognise the manufacturer’s badge on the back. It was a Mazda, so not exactly a rarity. This really is a nothing badge isn’t it?



There must be others equally anonymous. Any suggestions?

It’s a winged M. The Toyota badge actually reads as Toyota, all combined in the roundel. Lexus stylised L is dull but very understandable.

[Lester H]

Boo-urns said:

I've always thought the Land Rover logo is a little naff. It'd look at home on the side of a lawnmower.

Exhibit A:


Exhibit B:


Of course, it doesn't matter in practice. These logos become so familiar you don't really notice them after a while.

Of course, the early Land Rovers were used for towing lawn mowers. Lawn mowers can be quite posh, too. Mount field, anyone?

[InitialDave]

2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:

Not boring as such. But with the new KIA logo all & can see is K N

I keep seeing it as KIN, I think I'm having mental readacross front the Nine Inch Nails logo.

One that was pointed out to me years ago was that cheap knockoffs of the Porsche "turbo" script reads more like "Timbo":

[LotusOmega375D]

LunarOne said:

Boring indeed, as are many, including Lexus, Toyota, Acura, Infiniti. Come to think of it, they're all Japanese.

My favourite is the Alfa Romeo badge. Always loved it!

You’re spot on. All utterly dull. Surely they could have come up with something more interesting than this lot?

[Super Sonic]

The infinity logo looks like a pizza w a slice missing or a teepee by a lake.

[LotusOmega375D]

Yeah, that one’s completely inexplicable, given that the word infinity actually has a symbol they could have based their logo on. Something like this:

[Baldchap]

Poor Japan.

Ford have always struck me as a manufacturer that couldn't be bothered to design a logo.

Best logos for me are Alfa, Saab, the new Peugeot one (yes, really, I just like it), Lambo and Porsche.