Early cars were not equipped with coolant temperature gauges. One enterprising company created the Moto-Meter, a temperature ...

While some Bentley vehicles have simpler winged B badges on the hood, others opt for the brand's official mascot hood ornament, the Flying B. It's a capital B with swept-back wings, brilliant in ...

Hood ornaments are long gone from most automobiles ... Crosby had also come up with the very first iteration of the Bentley Winged B. It was a flat logo for the brand from way back in 1919 ...

What happened to these mobile works of art? Ultra luxury brands like Bentley and Rolls-Royce retain their hood ornaments, with a twist: they retract. Image: Kristin Shaw / Popular Science ...