Directions in Which Automotive Emblem Animals Face

[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).

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.

[trivet]

Pontiac Fiero - left

[MUSASHI66]

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

[davesaddiction]

@trivet Added! Thanks.

[GibbsEmphasis]

1st gen Toyota MR2: Left

2nd/3rd gen MR2 Birb: Right

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

[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?

Oh, and this one faces forward:

[onlytwowheels]

[davesaddiction]

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

[svend]

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

[WhoIsTheLeader]

@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.

[svend]

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

[WhoIsTheLeader]

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

[KAC]

Opel Manta's* manta ray - Left and right, depends on which side you look.

[Urambo Tauro]

Peugeot's lion reminds me of the Thriller dance, and makes it hard to remember sometimes which way it traditionally faces

[sn4cktimes]

@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.

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

[davesaddiction]

@way2blu

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

Added.

[davesaddiction]

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

[davesaddiction]

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

[davesaddiction]

@svend Such a great logo.

[davesaddiction]

@urambo-tauro Yes!

[davesaddiction]

@sn4cktimes With bonus squirrel!