Toyota Logo Evolution

[Trufauru]

Well the other day, the logos in my mothers car were falling and before someone took them

i remove from the car, then i compare to the ones that i took from my own car (an 81 corolla)

and here there are....

 

Famous COROLLA

 

 

And the almost famous TOYOTA

 

 

well there they are, in your hand the old ones have that vintage look and feel that makes them

great, they feel more hand made than the new ones, the new ones feel like massive made and not

so "artesanal"

[deri2k3]

the older ones looks better, oh yeah and i really like the corolla logo in the steering wheel on my old ke30, it's a C with 3 stars above it. looks great! :)

[st.nick]

Flowers... Not stars, I believe. :)

 

As the "Corolla" is part of a flower, I reckon the 'stars' are actually flowers.

Edited January 25, 2007 by st.nick

[rolla83]

Correct, expecially on the front grill of the old KE30 range. My Ke35 has the flower type on the front.

[deri2k3]

oops.. how stupid i am.. :D i thought they were stars as they got 5 spokes.. haha.. sorry about that!

still love them though!

[st.nick]

Is all good my friend...

 

No harm done!! :up:

 

Just don't brag about your super-tough 'rollas name coming from part of a flower!! hahaha

[nickyboy]

my 82 got

 

XXX

C

 

on the steering wheel its sick cuz I'm straight edge lol

[OniBerserker]

doesnt corolla mean crown of flowers?

I'm sure i read that somewhere

[Nitephyre]

Affirmative

 

Corolla, Corona are both flower parts.. manly eh :D

[st.nick]

Covered this once before but...

 

 

The Corolla Sportivo (the one like the Bates group NP car. The one that was released with a ZZ engine and 6speed), had the marketing slogan

 

"Corolla by name, not by nature..."

 

Hence, flowery name, but not that flowery!!

[towe001]

Corona - noun - Latin

1. a coloured circle of light seen round the sun or moon, caused by the diffraction of light by water drops in the earth's atmosphere.

2. the outer part of the sun's atmosphere, seen as a shining circle around the sun during an eclipse.

3. a crownlike part on the inner side of a corolla, as in the narcissus.

4. a discharge often visible at the surface of a conductor.

 

corolla - noun - Latin

the petals of a flower collectively.

 

 

And there you have it - within every corolla is a corona

 

 

Maybe Toyoda should patented the vase and flower on the dash instead of VW and its 'new' beetle.

[7shades]

I'm stuck on number 4... "discharge"

 

I love that word :D

[Mr Hardware]

corolla = crown of a flower

corona = crown of a star

camry = kammuri (crown in japanese)

crown = crown

 

toyota seems to like the crown theme.

[JiP]

I wonder why they changed?? Like they've scrapped the "C"'s, you have cars like Yarris & Aurion now and i doubt that it'll be long till the Corolla will go. Like if the "Sales" don't increase due to the crappy styling, they may see it to be better to start fresh like Nissin did with its UGLY Pulsar replacement.

Edited January 29, 2007 by JiP_01

[st.nick]

New breed of marketing guru seems to believe that space-aged sounding names (oh yeah, coz Yaris sounds well space-aged...) will sell more cars!!

 

Nissan scrapped Pulsar for Tiida

 

Toyota scrapped Corolla for Auris

 

Ford uk scrapped the legendary Escort name for Focus (or as we call it, Ford f@$k-arse)

 

Whats wrong with these people!! I'd stick with tradition if it was my decision...

 

And whilst on that subject. Whats with the local release ZZ Corollas (ie current shape), getting a luxury pack and being called Levins!! Whoever decided that would be a good idea needs to be slapped!! If anything, the "Sportivo" Corollas should have been called Levins. Levin Corollas were the 'top-of-the-heap' performance version in Japan... Not some poofed-up hairdresser's car with extra-cushy seats, crappy alloy wheels and colour coded bumpers!!!

 

'Levin' should= Pumped guards, forced induction, factory extractors/sports system, wider wheels, bigger brakes... Hot hatch!!