Others used detachable designs that drivers could remove when parking their cars. Though the hood ornaments may now be a novelty, their place in automotive history is well preserved.

The DeSoto was founded by Walter Chrysler in 1928 ind introduced for the 1929 model year. It was named after the Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto. His image is the hood ornament. DeSoto served as ...

A tribute to the original Chrysler 300, the 2023 300C can go from 0-60 mph in a manufacturer-estimated 4.3 seconds on its way to a 12.4-second quarter-mile run, with a top speed of 160 mph.

Hood ornaments are long gone from most automobiles, a victim of pedestrian safety regulations keen on keeping people from being impaled by steel and chrome in the event of a collision.

To understand the hood ornament, we must travel back over a century when automakers like Ford moved their engines from beneath the body to in front of it, exposing the radiator.

Many of us grew up watching hood ornaments bob somewhere near the horizon on the fronts of our parents’ cars. The winged motometer on my dad’s Model T and chrome star on my grandma’s ...

Ram recently introduced the retro-inspired Traveller pickup and one of its coolest features was a modern-day take on the company’s classic hood ornament.

Hood ornaments may be disappearing, but collectors still seek them out These shiny treasures or small sculptures captured grace in motion.

For 2011, Chrysler has totally refreshed the 300, making changes on the inside and under the hood. But from the curb, the car looks very much the same, aside from a new front grille and some other ...

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles never gave Hellcat power to the Chrysler 300 from the factory, but that didn't stop one owner from doing it themselves. YouTuber TalonTSi97 captured this 2014 300 SRT8 ...

To understand the hood ornament, we must travel back over a century when automakers like Ford moved their engines from beneath the body to in front of it, exposing the radiator.