Everything about a car’s emblem is deliberate — it’s one more way an automaker communicates with the public. So what does the red Honda badge mean?
Some Honda cars have a red Honda badge while others have the standard black, and car enthusiasts are wondering if there’s a special meaning behind the red Honda badge. It makes sense to wonder, since car logos are created with purpose, and even added symbols have meaning behind them — for example, the “4” emblem found on the back of some Dodge cars, which signifies four-wheel drive. While the red Honda badge doesn’t have a significant meaning, it does hark back at the brand’s racing history.
The red used in the Honda logo is a color designed by Honda — it created its own color, “Honda Red”, in 2001. This is because red plays a special role in Honda’s story dating back to the 1960s, when Japanese law barred cars from being red, with worry that citizens would confuse them for emergency vehicles.
