Hood ornaments–also known as car mascots–were points of pride for automakers. L-R: Rolls-Royce, Bugatti, Packard. Images: Kristin Shaw / Popular Science ...

The Spirit of Ecstasy hood ornament adorns an automobile produced by Rolls-Royce Motor Cars, during the 2019 Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este show in Cernobbio, Italy.

Bugatti is finally commencing deliveries of the roofless W16 Mistral, the last road-going model to use that incredible engine.

Not every hood ornament possesses such powers, though all have been so intended. This one certainly did, the day Andy Faas bought his 1933 Oldsmobile Convertible Coupe L33 in West Palm Beach, Fla.

Read the full story on Backfire News We’re amazed at the Bugatti, or something looking a lot like one, was built by some guys. They chopped up three cars and put a ton of fabrication work into the ...

The hood ornament of Bugatti (not used on the Veyron) was designed by Rembrandt, the younger brother of Etorre Bugatti, the brand's founder.

This year, the all-new 2020 Bentley Flying Spur came adorned with a large upright “Flying B” mascot on the hood. It’s a notable offering: This will be the first time that this style of B ...

Bugatti is finally commencing deliveries of the roofless W16 Mistral, the last road-going model to use that incredible engine.

To some, hood ornaments held an incredible amount of subtext. “’ [It’s] certainly some kind of sex symbol, a symbol of virility,” sculptor Elizabeth Hansell told The New York Times in 1972.

The secrets behind your Rolls-Royce, Bentley, Bugatti hood ornaments Inside the close-knit world of the badge fabricators for the greatest automotive brands in history.