Hood ornaments are all but gone in modern cars, but decades ago automakers had a bit more taste, adorning their cars with evocative symbols of speed and beauty. Cadillac, for example, had its Goddess, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Original Caption) 1938-Close-up of the very front end of a 1938 Cadillac La Salle. This smaller counterpart to the Cadillac ...

Hood ornaments have largely faded into obscurity thanks to modern safety regulations and ever increasing costs of production. Just like historical architecture, classic and vintage car design ...

Cadillac is positioning the all-electric, $340,000 Celestiq as a return to its ultra-luxurious roots. So it makes sense that with it, the brand has brought back the hood ornament that adorned the ...

Almost nine decades ago, Cadillac had a hood ornament on its vehicles, and the firm introduced another one. The first one was a Heron, while the second was a Goddess, which was described as "the very ...

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. With a few ...

Human beings have always liked status symbols. Centuries ago, the pineapple was a rarity shown off in the mansions of European nobles, reportedly worth around $8,000 each in today's money. This ...

Even the rusted-out 1951 Chrysler Windsor featured here last week had one.A hood ornament, the elegant metal sculpture jutting out from the front of old classic cars.I love them, especially the ...