One look and Andy Faas was smitten. The Winged Goddess reclining atop the classic car's grille could have been a Siren from Greek mythology, the deceptively simple grille the western sea between Aeaea ...

Even though I’m not a car buff, oldtimer car shows and exhibitions attract me. One reason is hood ornaments—a distinctive aspect of each automobile that beautifully combines art, design and typography ...

American automobiles of the 1950s had more elegant chrome that included the hood ornament, as well as more glass and more horsepower. The chrome was called “brightwork.” So if you would ever forget ...

Many of us grew up watching hood ornaments bob somewhere near the horizon on the fronts of our parents’ cars. The winged motometer on my dad’s Model T and chrome star on my grandma’s Mercedes were two ...

The era of the Great Hood Ornament is likely long past, with only a small and dwindling number of new models sporting them. But a look back reveals a history of unique, classic statuettes that defined ...

Du Pont Motors’ focus on absolute quality over quantity meant that it built very few cars -- a mere 537 -- between 1919 and 1931; the dozen on display at the 2015 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance ...

The winged motometer on Grandpa's Model T. The chrome star on Mom's Mercedes. For decades, hood ornaments identified the beginning of a car and the height of an automaker's branding. But styles change ...

Having the dinner-plate-sized Mercedes-Benz three-point star placed in the middle of the grille has been standard on the front of the C-Class for a while now. However, starting for the 2018 model year ...

Classic cars come with classic hood ornaments and badging. We captured some of the coolest examples of this lost art at the Ann Arbor Rolling Sculpture car show on Friday night. Also known as mascots, ...

Many of us grew up watching hood ornaments bob somewhere near the horizon on the fronts of our parents’ cars. The winged motometer on my dad’s Model T and chrome star on my grandma’s Mercedes were two ...