8 Car Logos with Stars, Did You Know?

1Subaru

Subaru is our most common car logo with a star shape.

Subaru logo is a representation of the Pleiades star cluster in the constellation of Taurus. Six hot blue stars are neatly organized inside the dark blue background, standing for space or night sky. The big star on the left also represents Fuji Heavy Industries, while five smaller stars on the right stand for its subsidiaries, including Subaru, the automobile division.

2Western Star

Western Star is an American truck manufacturer headquartered in Portland, Oregon, United States, and a subsidiary of Daimler Trucks North America, in turn, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the German Daimler AG.

The Western Star logo is made up of the capital letter "W" and a five-pointed star. This design highlights the company name "Western Star".

3Pontiac

Pontiac was a brand of automobiles manufactured and sold by General Motors (GM); though production ended in 2010, Pontiac remains a registered and active trademark of GM.

Until 1959, The Pontiac logo old-fashioned Native American profile was replaced with a subtler, elegant emblem: a downward-facing, red arrowhead known as the “Dart.” With a star at the top of the dart.

4Venucia

Venucia is an automobile marque owned by Dongfeng Nissan Passenger Vehicle, itself a subsidiary of Dongfeng Motor Co., Ltd.. It was launched in September 2010.

The Venucia literal meaning: "Beginning of a new day".

5Englon

Launched in 2010 and replacing the Shanghai Maple brand, the company claimed Englon (Chinese: 英伦; pinyin: yīng lún) emulated classic, British style, and its model line included a TX4 sold on the Chinese market. Some of its cars were built by Geely subsidiary Shanghai LTI. As Geely fully acquired The London Taxi Company in 2013, the emblem of Englon also became the new logo of The London Taxi Company.

6Askam

Askam, a subsidiary of Çiftçiler Holding, was a manufacturer of trucks and commercial vehicles in Turkey. The company went bankrupt in 2015, and apparently discontinued all production.

7Facel Vega

Facel S.A. was a French car manufacturer of steel furniture and pressed steel components, later complete automobiles to their own design, founded in 1939 to make components for Bronzavia's military aircraft. In 1945, in conjunction with Métallon, Facel began to make short-run special bodies, coupés or cabriolets, for Simca, Ford, Panhard, and Delahaye.

Though initially successful Facel closed its factory in October, 1964. Their Facellia model, introduced in 1959, was under-developed and losses brought about by its warranty problems became impossible to recoup. Prior to closure Facel had been placed under the control of Sud Aviation subsidiary SFERMA.

8Berkeley

Berkeley was a British car manufacturer that traded in 1913, building 18 hp cars. The engine was quoted as a 75x100, 1764 cc unit of unknown origin and the nominal list price was £120. Little else is known of them.