Symbolic imagery has existed alongside automobiles for generations, appearing as logos and decorations like hood ornaments. Take, for example, the enduring Japanese automotive giant Subaru ...

The Subaru logo is proudly embossed on the black plastic lower half of the bumper, in line with the new “Outback” badging that runs prominently across the rear. Those behind you in traffic ...

On those pieces of plastic are two little plaques denoting a date that's very important in the history ... logo that reads "Since 1966" in English, and the driver's side it's written in Subaru's ...