Am I the only one who thinks the 86 emblem looks like a swastika? - Page 2 - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

rice_classic · 11-15-2012, 03:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Grishbok

gee, I guess marketing at toyota forgot to take into account the severe culturally debilitating disease known as ignorance.

Or, just tell people it's Indian Swastika, not the Nazi "ripoff"...

The Nazi's, they're like the Rota's of cultural emblems.

DaJo · 11-15-2012, 03:32 AM

That's why I bought myself a BRZ instead... Lol jokes.

I've never seen it as a swastika until it was mentioned earlier a few months back.

Apparently a lot of people are taking this a bit too offensively... ignorant society we live in...

Xenocide117 · 11-15-2012, 03:35 AM

Oh great now I can see it....

Guillaume · 11-15-2012, 04:21 AM

How on earth does that look like a swastika?!? Doesn't have the same proportions nor aspect and the is not even remotely close!

Calidrifter · 11-15-2012, 04:59 AM

Coming back from SEMA the border check officer asked me that very question. I laughed and let him know that I have heard it being called that before but that he was the first person to ask me about it.

DaJo · 11-15-2012, 05:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Calidrifter

Coming back from SEMA the border check officer asked me that very question. I laughed and let him know that I have heard it being called that before but that he was the first person to ask me about it.

I wonder what would of happened if you replied with a "yes"...

Shagaliscious · 11-15-2012, 07:10 AM

I don't see it, I had a buddy that pointed it out too (but he doesn't like the car, so he was just looking for reasons to dislike it). I personally don't see how people can be looking for a swastika in things...bunch of Nazis.

wbradley · 11-15-2012, 08:50 AM

I don't see it. Personally, I think it's a brilliant logo.

reeves · 11-15-2012, 09:04 AM

People will see what they want to see.

Nowadays when I see a "real" swastika,
I think of "Blade of the Immortal" anyway

Nevermore · 11-15-2012, 09:46 AM

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Originally Posted by TuxedoCartman

I had one gentleman who approached me that thought it was "SS". Glad he pointed out that he thought that because of the emblems, because I thought he was just really dumb before that. "Hey, how ya like your Scion SS?" Me: "Umm... you mean FR-S?" LOL...

Ever since then, I can't unsee it.

I kind of see the SS too. Kind of. It really does look like an 8 and a 6. It's only if you're looking for something else that it doesn't. This whole swastika thing is just silly.

Rayme · 11-15-2012, 09:51 AM

It's not silly it's just how the brain works. It's hard to spot the 86 especially when you don't know what you're looking at, so the brain just look in its directory for something that it knows about, and who can't recognized a nazi sign? It's not ignorance.

whaap · 11-15-2012, 09:55 AM

^^Exactly. I don't go around looking for BS every time I see a new sign or logo. It's simply a matter of what pops up in your mind.

Pete · 11-15-2012, 10:19 AM

I see the SS, but my supervisor always asks how my Nazi car is doing...

enjoi23 · 11-15-2012, 10:26 AM

HISTORY LESSON - The swastika had a meaning before the Nazis fucked it up for everyone. It was a symbol in Hindi that was known to give good luck and used as a good luck charm.

11-15-2012, 03:32 AM	#16
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