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[Mikep99]

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[darwin dali]

There's quite a lot of misinformation here - just listing things that I knew from the top of my head to be questionable:

BMW: the blue and white are the traditional Bavarian colors.

Audi: In 1909 August Horch was involved in a dispute with the supervisory board of A. Horch & Cie. Motorwagen-Werke AG. Horch left the company he had set up. Shortly after, on 16 July 1909, he established a second company, Horch Automobil-Werke GmbH, in the same city. Horch lost the legal dispute over the company name. However, a solution to the problem was found: the Latin translation of his name (the German word for “hark!”). The new company name, Audiwerke GmbH, became effective on 25 April 1910.

The name "Mitsubishi" refers to the three-diamond emblem. "Mitsubishi" is a combination of the words mitsu and hishi. Mitsu means three.
Hishi means water chestnut, and Japanese have used the word for a long time to denote a rhombus or diamond shape. Japanese often bend the "h" sound to a "b" sound when it occurs in the middle of a word. So they pronounce the combination of mitsu and hishi as mitsubishi.
Yataro Iwasaki, the founder of the old Mitsubishi organization, chose the three-diamond mark as the emblem for his company. The mark is suggestive of the three-leaf crest of the Tosa Clan, Yataro's first employer, and also of the three stacked rhombuses of the Iwasaki family crest.

Volvo: Latin for 'I roll'.

[Mikep99]

There's quite a lot of misinformation here - just listing things that I knew from the top of my head to be questionable):

BMW: the blue and white are the traditional Bavarian colors.

Audi: In 1909 August Horch was involved in a dispute with the supervisory board of A. Horch & Cie. Motorwagen-Werke AG. Horch left the company he had set up. Shortly after, on 16 July 1909, he established a second company, Horch Automobil-Werke GmbH, in the same city. Horch lost the legal dispute over the company name. However, a solution to the problem was found: the Latin translation of his name (the German word for “hark!”). The new company name, Audiwerke GmbH, became effective on 25 April 1910.

The name "Mitsubishi" refers to the three-diamond emblem. "Mitsubishi" is a combination of the words mitsu and hishi. Mitsu means three.
Hishi means water chestnut, and Japanese have used the word for a long time to denote a rhombus or diamond shape. Japanese often bend the "h" sound to a "b" sound when it occurs in the middle of a word. So they pronounce the combination of mitsu and hishi as mitsubishi.
Yataro Iwasaki, the founder of the old Mitsubishi organization, chose the three-diamond mark as the emblem for his company. The mark is suggestive of the three-leaf crest of the Tosa Clan, Yataro's first employer, and also of the three stacked rhombuses of the Iwasaki family crest.

Volvo: Latin for 'I roll'.

You pass the test DD, I was testing you

So its true when Bud tells me all my posts are full of crap

[darwin dali]

Nah, you're excused, you only posted something you found somewhere else. Though sometimes it would be advised to do some research for verification purposes

[Mikep99]

Nah, you're excused, you only posted something you found somewhere else. Though sometimes it would be advised to do some research for verification purposes

OK DD I might PM you first before I post anything for your final verification.

You can be my official nit picker

[Rivelution]

Wow this is very cool Mike, but I read somewhere that the BMW medallion has nothing to do with the propeller of an airplane.

Edit: I take that back.

[darwin dali]

Nah, you're excused, you only posted something you found somewhere else. Though sometimes it would be advised to do some research for verification purposes

OK DD I might PM you first before I post anything for your final verification.

You can be my official nit picker

Sorry, that's your job (verification) - it would be too much work

[darwin dali]

Wow this is very cool Mike, but I read somewhere that the BMW medallion has nothing to do with the propeller of an airplane.

Edit: I take that back.

http://www.bmweducation.co.uk/coFacts/v ... &topicID=1

[bud]

So its true when Bud tells me all my posts are full of crap

[madbrad]

A look at that Toyota logo:
When it first was put to use in the 90s I believe, I read that it contains all the letters found in the word TOYOTA, and it's true.

[bud]

Wow this is very cool Mike, but I read somewhere that the BMW medallion has nothing to do with the propeller of an airplane.

Edit: I take that back.

http://www.bmweducation.co.uk/coFacts/v ... &topicID=1

yeah this part...

It is said that the pilot's view through the propeller was one of white and blue
alternating segments.

[McLaren Fan]

I thought the Skoda logo's explanation was hilarious: suggests speed!

[paulabear]

I thought the Skoda logo's explanation was hilarious: suggests speed!

[Forti_Corse]

wheres the damn honda and acura ones

FAVOURATISM!!!! IMPEACH!!!!!!!!!

[Mikep99]

Family tree I found. Not sure if it's current ?