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    Directions in Which Automotive Emblem Animals Face

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    • davesaddiction
      davesaddiction last edited by davesaddiction

      Because these are the kind of things that matter to Opponauts. An exhaustive, but definitely not complete, list. Please let me know what I’ve missed. Looking for logo or emblems only here; hood ornaments are excluded (that’s a whole separate list...). Credit to @scoob for sending me on this wild goose chase (in 2017).

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      Alfa Romeo’s serpent - left

      AMC’s Eagle* - both, with left-facing squirrel bonus!

      AMC’s Gremlin* - forward

      AMC's Hornet" - forward

      AMC’s Marlin - right

      Arash’s peregrine falcon - right

      Artega’s dog - left

      Audi’s Fox* - forward

      Bizzarrini’s eagle - right

      Buick’s Skylark* - right

      Buick Wildcat* - right

      Chevrolet’s Bison* - left

      Chevrolet’s Corvette Stingray* - both (fender badges)

      Chevrolet’s Impala* - left

      Cizeta’s wolf - right

      Datsun’s Bluebird* - left

      Datsun’s Honey Bee* - left

      Dodge’s ram - forward

      Dodge’s Super Bee* - right

      Dodge’s Viper* - left
      -- with an interlude facing forward

      Ferrari’s horse - left

      Fiat’s Abarth** scorpion - left (barely)

      Ford’s Bronco* - left

      Ford's Falcon* - both (fender badges)

      Ford Galaxie's* eagle - left

      Ford's Maverick* bull - forward

      Ford Mustang* - left

      Ford’s Pinto* - left

      Ford’s Puma* - right??

      Ford's Ranchero's* bull - forward

      Ford’s Thunderbird* - left

      Gumpert’s griffin - right

      Holden’s lion - left

      Jaguar’s leaper - left
      -- also have a front facing logo

      Kaiser Traveler’s* bison - left

      Kissel’s White Eagle* - left

      Lamborghini’s bull - right

      Mack’s bulldog - right (used to be left)

      McLaren’s kiwi - right

      Mercury’s Cougar* - left

      Nissan Stagea’s* unicorns - left and right (but mostly right?)

      Peugeot’s lion - left
      -- with one historic version facing right

      Plymouth’s Barracuda* - right

      Plymouth’s Superbird’s* road-runner - forward (meep, meep!)

      Pontiac's Fiero* - left

      Pontiac’s Firebird* - right

      Porsche’s horse - left

      Opel's Manta's* ray - both (fender badge)

      Reliant’s Robin* - right

      Roewe’s lions - left and right!

      Rover's viking (not an animal...) - forward

      Ruxton’s griffen - right

      Saab’s “gripen” - left

      Singer’s Gazelle* - right

      Shelby’s cobra - right (or forward)

      Studebaker’s Lark* - right

      Sunbeam’s Tiger* - right

      Triumph’s Stag* - right

      Toyota's MR2's eagle* - right (first gen left)

      Toyota’s Soarer* (winged lion) - left

      Vauxhall’s griffin - right

      Volvo’s moose - left

      Volkswagen’s Rabbit* - left

      Volkwagen’s Wolfsburg** wolf - right

      Weismann’s gecko - left

      (*) - model, not make

      (**) - sub-model, or other

      Current count has left in the lead at 28 and right sitting at 23. Definitely more makes facing left, but lots of models facing right. Only 8 face forward, and 6 have both (mostly fender badges).

      If direction varied over time, I used the most recent iteration.

      TR-6060 . RWD . LS3 . MagneRide . Brembos ... 4 doors + 5 seatbelts

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      • trivet
        trivet last edited by

        Pontiac Fiero - left
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        Current stable: 2015 WRX Limited, 1987 Fiero GT,
        Past cars: 1990 Eagle Talon TSi, 1990 Plymouth Laser RS Turbo, 1982 Pontiac J2000 (my first) and many others I don't want to talk about.......

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        • MUSASHI66
          MUSASHI66 last edited by

          I didn't see Abarth under A and I was so, so ready to be internet upset. But then you made my day.

          2023 BMW X3 M40i | 2022 Toyota Tundra | 2019 FIAT Abarth 500

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          • davesaddiction
            davesaddiction @trivet last edited by

            @trivet Added! Thanks.

            TR-6060 . RWD . LS3 . MagneRide . Brembos ... 4 doors + 5 seatbelts

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            • way2blu
              way2blu last edited by

              1st gen Toyota MR2: Left

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              2nd/3rd gen MR2 Birb: Right

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              Note that the crown's an 'M' and the head is an 'R' and the wings spell the roman numeral "II" (2)

              @ GibbsEmphasis on YouTube and IG
              1991 MR2
              2019 Rally Camero

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              • WhoIsTheLeader
                WhoIsTheLeader last edited by WhoIsTheLeader

                This is fantastic!

                I am of the opinion all automotive logos should face left or forward. Never right. Just looks better.

                Question: Which way does this face?

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                Oh, and this one faces forward:

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                Color enthusiast, Citroën fanatic, and Cruze driver

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                • onlytwowheels
                  onlytwowheels last edited by

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                  • davesaddiction
                    davesaddiction last edited by

                    Thanks guys - looks like I can no longer edit the post, unfortunately...

                    TR-6060 . RWD . LS3 . MagneRide . Brembos ... 4 doors + 5 seatbelts

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                    • ?
                      A Former User @WhoIsTheLeader last edited by

                      @whoistheleader The Vauxhall Griffin body is to the left, but looking over it's shoulder to the right.

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                      • WhoIsTheLeader
                        WhoIsTheLeader @Guest last edited by

                        @svend So it is facing left but looking to the right? That's just confusing but I guess they can't be too close to Peugeot. alt text

                        Color enthusiast, Citroën fanatic, and Cruze driver

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                        • ?
                          A Former User @WhoIsTheLeader last edited by

                          @whoistheleader Well Peugeot is a lion.
                          Vauxhall's is a Griffin. Legs of a lion, head of an eagle.

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                          • WhoIsTheLeader
                            WhoIsTheLeader @Guest last edited by

                            @svend Yeah but that's still 50% right.

                            Color enthusiast, Citroën fanatic, and Cruze driver

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                            • KAC
                              KAC last edited by

                              Opel Manta's* manta ray - Left and right, depends on which side you look.
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                              '85 Buick Electra STW, ever changing work van, '99 Nissan Almera sedan

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                              • Urambo Tauro
                                Urambo Tauro last edited by Urambo Tauro

                                Peugeot's lion reminds me of the Thriller dance, and makes it hard to remember sometimes which way it traditionally faces
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                                1995 Mustang GT
                                1998 Wrangler Sport

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                                • sn4cktimes
                                  sn4cktimes @davesaddiction last edited by

                                  @davesaddiction THIS is the hard hitting journalistic integrity I’m looking for!!!

                                  I gots your AMC Eagle head logo answers as well as every other logo on the car answers you seek! I ventured out to the garage in the cold in the middle of a conversation to go immediately solve this pressing matter.

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                                  Left AND right! They both face forward!
                                  And SO heavily logo’d!

                                  '88 AMC Eagle, '15 Husky FE350S -Oppo Never Dies!

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                                  • davesaddiction
                                    davesaddiction @way2blu last edited by

                                    @way2blu

                                    Midship Runabout? Eagles? I love these cars even more now!

                                    Added.

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                                    TR-6060 . RWD . LS3 . MagneRide . Brembos ... 4 doors + 5 seatbelts

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                                    • davesaddiction
                                      davesaddiction @WhoIsTheLeader last edited by

                                      @whoistheleader That's not an animal... but I added it anyway.

                                      TR-6060 . RWD . LS3 . MagneRide . Brembos ... 4 doors + 5 seatbelts

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                                      • davesaddiction
                                        davesaddiction @onlytwowheels last edited by

                                        @onlytwowheels Thanks for all these! I had some, but you caught I few I didn't. Added.

                                        TR-6060 . RWD . LS3 . MagneRide . Brembos ... 4 doors + 5 seatbelts

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                                        • davesaddiction
                                          davesaddiction @Guest last edited by

                                          @svend Such a great logo.

                                          TR-6060 . RWD . LS3 . MagneRide . Brembos ... 4 doors + 5 seatbelts

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                                          • davesaddiction
                                            davesaddiction @Urambo Tauro last edited by

                                            @urambo-tauro Yes!

                                            TR-6060 . RWD . LS3 . MagneRide . Brembos ... 4 doors + 5 seatbelts

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                                            • davesaddiction
                                              davesaddiction @sn4cktimes last edited by

                                              @sn4cktimes With bonus squirrel!

                                              TR-6060 . RWD . LS3 . MagneRide . Brembos ... 4 doors + 5 seatbelts

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