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The Bull of Pleiades
I learned something interesting today, researching the word "Alcyone".
I had always wondered about the significance of the bull horns on the JDM SVX hood ornament. Was it just a arbitrary design thing or....what? Well, reading up on the star Alcyone and the Pleiades star cluster, Alcyone - being the brightest star - is also referred to as the "Bull of the Pleiades". Hence the bull horns on the logo I presume. Just thought you'd like to know.
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That actually makes a lot of sense for the SVX to have this emblem. It has a lot in common with a bull.
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Nice find, i never really thought anything of it.
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Hiya,
The Pleiades cluster is part of the Taurus constellation, hence the Bull connection. Subaru actually means/symbolizes Unity & Purpose in Japanese & came about in 1953 when Fuji Heavy Industries was formed from the merger of 5 Japanese companies. Darren
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Me? Jaded??
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Subaru , a Japanese car company, is the automotive division of Fuji Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. (FHI).
Unlike some other motor companies, Subaru is not named after its founder. "Subaru" is the Japanese word for the star cluster Pleiades that is depicted in the company logo. The Pleiades (also known as the Seven Sisters) has only six stars easily visible to the naked eye. Subaru's logo of six stars represents the five companies that came together after World War II to form one large company. Before WWII, the maker of SUBARU cars, Fuji Heavy industries (FHI), was known as Nakajima Aircraft, which made many fighters and bombers. Even the famous Mitsubishi Zero fighter had a Nakajima 14 cylinder engine. After the war, the company was forced to spread into 15 companies to cut the strength of the huge weapon industry. In the early 1950s, five of the original companies gathered into one again to restart as a transportation company. That was FHI and explains the five little stars and one big star. So, the present SUBARU emblem represents the present company structure rather than the original star cluster image... OrIoN would know
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which explains why the japs lost the war
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