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Toyota, Mercedes, Subaru: The meaning behind ten popular car emblems

Have you ever wondered about the meaning of car emblems?

George Wilson was the first dude down these shores to import a moti, the De Dion Bouton make in 1903 when Sir Charles Elliot was the governor. This Elliot guy was the one who ceded the ranch the Delamere family owns in Naivasha. His car came with its own matangi ya fuel. There were no petrol stations in Kenya, let alone roads, besides the Mackinnon-Scalter, an ox-track road in Mombasa. There no mechanics either, neither were traffic rules nor driving tests. The number of vehicles on Kenyan roads increased after World War I ended in 1918. But have you ever wondered about the meaning of car emblems? Well, here goes:

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