so car designers began incorporating a "car mascot" (a term that morphed into hood ornament) to make them more stylish and appealing. They also came with thermometers called MotoMeters that ...

As far back as the 1920s, certain models of car have had distinctive hood ornaments. In the olden days, hood ornaments were used to cover up the jutting point of a car's radiator cap with ...

As stylish and desirable as they were, hood ornaments are quickly joining the long list of classic car features that are gone ...

Sure, that hood ornament and the car's distinctive lines are part of what makes a Rolls-Royce a Rolls-Royce. But there's also ...

“Hood ornaments were originally designed for a purpose and then transformed into elaborate decorations or symbols,” said Kim Cady, assistant curator of the Car and Carriage Museum. “They ...