Mercedes Benz 3d domed decals

[SunDiego]

I wouldn't put a Mercedes logo on a smart, but that's just me. Not my taste but to each his own.

[BigWarpGuy]

It would be neat to create ones own logo and use it on the hood of ones Smart car. It would really give people some thing to talk about.

[Alchemy R]

My Smarts do say Daimler on the tridion cell... I like th

I'm just sayin'...

[Alan Smithee]

Exactly. Both smart and Mercedes-Benz (as well as Maybach) are Daimler brands. But the smart is not a Mercedes. Just like Chevrolet and Cadillac are GM brands...but a Cadillac badge on an Aveo would look lame.

[curtis]

but doesn't smart stand for Swatch-Mercedes-ART?

[NCC1701]

I'm in the "smart isn't an MB camp". I mean, is simply is NOT a Mercedes. WTF, why claim it is?

[Mike T]

Same here....my 4 year old car is a smart and proud of it, even though its diesel engine says "smart cdi - Engineered by Mercedes-Benz" on its intake plenum, that does not make it a Mercedes. The 451 smart is even further removed from that, with a Mitsubishi engine.

[parnami]

If the "Smith" family has a family crest, then, both the offspring of Don Smith, and Jane (Smith) Jones are entitled to use it, even though their actual names may differ. I think the same goes for SMART: it's built by Mercedes, PERIOD! The fact that Mercedes doesn't have a seperate emblem for the corporate persona versus the individual brands is their own fault!

The same would apply to GM cars. Sure, a Chevy is NOT a Buick, but, both, appropriately could display the GM emblem on their hoods. Ford, like Mercedes is both a corporate entity manfacturing a host of brands as well as it's own FORD brand. Any vehicle manfactured by the Ford company, properly, is identified as a FORD, including Lincolns and whatever foreign brands they've not yet sold off. Although it's doubtful a Lincoln owner would choose to display a FORD logo on his car's hood, it's certainly proper for him to do so!

Smarts ARE Mercedes, like it or not!

I think! ;)

[BORICUA60610]

Hello, I agree that a smart is a smart not a Mercedes. A matter a fact our smarts are just a division of Mercedes and not truly a Mercedes. Just like a Bentley is truly not a Rolls Royce.....lol.

[Old smart]

smarts are built by the (name recently changed) "Mercedes-Benz Cars Division" of Daimler AG. The M-B C Division builds four product lines: M-B, Maybach, Mercedes-AMG GmbH, and smart.

Daimler's "Daimler Trucks Division" builds Mercedes-Benz, Freightliner, Sterling, Western Star, Thomas, Detroit Diesel, and Mitsubishi* Fuso. A Detroit Diesel isn't a M-B.

Daimler's "Mercedes-Benz Vans Unit" builds Mercedes-Benz "models" Vario, Vito, Viano, and Sprinter (badged as Dodge** and Freightliner). Yup, in this case a Sprinter is a model of M-B Vans thus a M-B.

Daimler's "Daimler Buses Unit" builds the separete brands of Mercedes-Benz, Orion, and Setra. A Setra isn't a M-B; it is a Setra.

* Note DAG's connection with Mitsu, similar to their connection with the Mitsu Colt-based smart forfour, and our 3B21 engines.

**Daimler still retains some minor ownership in Chrysler, at least for now.

N.B.: Daimler reserves the tristar for M-B named brands, including Mercedes-AMG. The M-B Cars Division does not use a logo for the division, nor does Daimler AG for the corporation. DAG's standard is a simple white flag with Daimler in blue.