Acura Logo - Design and History
Acura is a brand name used by Honda in the US, Canada, Mexico, and Hong Kong since March 1986 to market luxury automobiles. The logo design is an “A” for Acura logo that is formed by combining a molded “H” from Honda with the appearance of engineering calipers.
Acura is largely credited with creating or being the first to tap into a market for luxury Japanese cars outside Japan. Before Acura, automobiles from Japan were primarily economical and were seen as reliable above all else. Other Japanese luxury brands (Lexus and Infiniti) sprang up in North America shortly after Acura's initial introduction of the Legend and later the Integra - two vehicle names the company no longer uses.
Toyota Logo - Design and History
I own a Toyota Camry and never gave much thought to what the logo meant. From far it looked like a T to me, which stood for Toyota. While doing the research for this logo, I found out that it is actually three elipses depicting the heart of the customer, the heart of the product, and the ever-expanding technological advancements and boundless opportunities that lie ahead.
I finally found the official explaination from Toyota, thanks to JoAnn Paules
The current Toyota Mark consists of three ovals: the two perpendicular center ovals represent a relationship of mutual trust between the customer and Toyota. These ovals combine to symbolize the letter "T" for Toyota. The space in the background implies a global expansion of Toyota's technology and unlimited potential for the future.
http://www.toyota.co.jp/en/vision/traditions/nov_dec_04.html
One website even described it as a cowboy with a big hat. :-)
Jeep Logo - Design and History
The Jeep logo as it stands currently represents the front of the vehicle. It consists of two circles representing the headlights and vertical bars representing the grill in the front of the car. The word Jeep runs on top of the logo.
Jeep started out as a military vehicle and was later considered a Willys-Overland model, so it didn't really originally have a logo unless you count the word "Jeep" in parentheses, which appeared in the same typeface from civilian introduction in 1946 well into the 1960s. Probably the closest thing to a Jeep logo appeared in 1963 in the center of Wagoneer and Gladiator hubcaps and steering wheels. This was the same time Kaiser dropped the Willys name, changing the division name from Willys Motors to Kaiser Jeep Corporation and establishing Jeep as a stand-alone brand name. This emblem was a circle (in some illustrations looking vaguely like a stylized dendition of a Warn locking hub) with two gold quarters, two red quarters, and the "Jeep" name across the middle. After AMC's purchase of Jeep in 1971, the gold was replaced by blue.
History of Logos
I recently made some changes to my site which has caused the hyperlinks to be renamed. If you are here from a search engine like Google, you may be looking for one of the following.
IT Logos - Sun, Apple, Cisco etc
All Other logos - Nike, McDonalds etc
Visit the History of Logos section to see all. I hope you will find the information you were looking for here.
Audi Logo - Design and History
The Audi badge the 'Four Rings' is the emblem of one of the oldest car manufacturers in Germany. It symbolises the 1932 merger of the four independent motor-vehicle manufacturers: Audi, DKW, Horch and Wanderer. Together with the NSU brand, which joined in 1969, these companies are the roots of the present-day AUDI AG. After the war the Audi name -
which is Latin for "Hear!" - disappeared, but was revived in 1965, using the four rings as a logo. Also, the name is sort of a pun on 'hoerch', German for 'hear', name of one of the founders. The company itself is more than a century old.
The new logo, released in September 2009 changes the font and also improves on the 3-dimensional aspect of the rings.
Grauman's Chinese Theatre Forecourt
 | The forecourt of the Grauman's is famous for the hand and foot prints of Hollywood's greatest. The forecourt attracts more than two million visitors every year. Depending on what generation you grew up in, you will find a name familiar to you whether it be Marilyn Monroe, Frank Sinatra, Gregory Peck, Kirk Douglas, Michael Douglas or Bruce Willis. There are over 200 stars listed here (see bottom of page for complete list of Dec 2005)
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