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 ...

In the early days of automobiles, hood ornaments were not merely decorative; they served a functional purpose that might surprise modern car enthusiasts. Originally designed to indicate the status of ...

As far back as the 1920s, certain models of car have had distinctive hood ornaments. In the olden days, hood ornaments were used to cover up the jutting point of a car's radiator cap with something a ...

You never know what you have until it's gone, and the proliferation of hood scoops on turbocharged cars is a perfect example of that. Looking back in time a decade or two, it was more common for ...

Documents from Chevrolet show there have been hundreds of reports of car hoods flying open while driving, and 22 times it's caused a crash. Documents from Chevrolet show there have been hundreds of ...