Equal parts beautiful and dangerous, the hood ... of ornament still exists, just glued flat against the car. Studebaker used the crest, as did Buick and Maybach, but our favorite is Cadillac ...

The ornament has gone through six iterations since then, with modern iterations of the mascot featuring a cool retracting mechanism to pop in and out of the hood. The Cadillac Wreath And Crest Is ...

Cadillac’s wreath hood ornament was the 12th logo to have graced the front end of its luxury cars. It also happens to have been the most enduring, staying in the lineup in some form from 1963 ...