It looks like at least one Cadillac CT5 owner is going old school when it comes to the custom upgrades, adding a classic Caddy hood ornament to their four-door.

Lincoln and Rolls-Royce also have models with an upright emblem, although the Lincoln Town Car is as much of a relic as the hood ornament itself, and the 2009.5 Rolls-Royce Phantom costs $450,000.

Hood ornaments–also known as car mascots–were points of pride for automakers. L-R: Rolls-Royce, Bugatti, Packard.

Well, go ahead and take a look at car hood ornaments. Throughout the 1920s–1950s, this car "accessory" went on the front of ...

For decades, hood ornaments identified the beginning of a car and the height of an automaker's branding. But styles change, and with them, hood ornaments have become the exception rather than the ...

The old school styling cue was a hit with fans and it got us thinking about the golden age of hood ornaments. While they’ve largely fallen out of favor, hood ornaments can still be found on a ...

What did all of those E-segment cars have in common? Hood ornaments keeping ... Mercedes-Benz designed and sells a version of the 2021 E-Class in Europe with the old-school grille and ornament ...

So, based on what I can determine, the only car ever sold to have a hood ornament—even a choice of hood ornaments that included depictions of human penises was this odd little 660cc retro-silly ...

How Many of These Monterey Car Week Hood Ornaments Can You Identify? Jonny Lieberman Photographer Aug 14, 2015. See All 12 Photos. See All 12 Photos.

These exquisite hood ornaments were early car bling. ... The museum acquired a collection of some 200 hood ornaments in 1989, ... and cast it using the old cire perdue “lost wax” method.

It's called "The Spirit of Ecstasy," and the new, sleeker version will be featured on the company's forthcoming Spectre EV.

To some, hood ornaments held an incredible amount of subtext. “’[It’s] certainly some kind of sex symbol, a symbol of virility,” sculptor Elizabeth Hansell told The New York Times in 1972.