Title: MATRA LOGO
Post by: Derek on April 27, 2004, 04:11:14 am
It looks to me as though the Matra logo is a rooster or chicken. Am I correct? And, if so, why was this symbol chosen?
Derek, USA
Derek, USA
Title: Re:MATRA LOGO
Post by: Spyros on April 27, 2004, 02:22:54 pm
French symbol
Title: Re:MATRA LOGO
Post by: Spyros on April 27, 2004, 02:24:06 pm
There is also the other logo representing a rocket because of the military activities of Matra :P
Title: Re:MATRA LOGO
Post by: Derek on April 29, 2004, 07:32:49 am
Roosters/Chickens are symbols of France? I did not know this. What is the reason behind this?
Derek, USA
Derek, USA
Title: Re:MATRA LOGO
Post by: Spyros on May 03, 2004, 09:28:56 am
http://www.archives.premier-ministre.gouv.fr/juppe_version1/HIST/COQ.HTM
Title: Re:MATRA LOGO
Post by: Derek on May 05, 2004, 01:45:09 am
Merci, Spyros, mais mon francais est pauvre. I thank you for teaching me something today. I am ashamed I did not know this earlier. I had always considered the Fleur d'lis to be the traditional symbol of France. Typical American, right?
Anyway, I guess this effectively ends this string. I enjoyed learning from it.
Anyway, I guess this effectively ends this string. I enjoyed learning from it.
Title: Re:MATRA LOGO
Post by: Spyros on May 05, 2004, 08:17:51 am
Hi Derek,
The Lys flower is the symbol of the French royalty. Something they shortened...
The Lys flower is the symbol of the French royalty. Something they shortened...
Title: Re:MATRA LOGO
Post by: Matra_Hans on June 21, 2004, 08:47:28 am
As I understand it the background for the cockerel/Le Coq, as a symbol of France is that the Latin word “gallus” has two meanings i.e. cockerel/rooster and Gaelic. So if you speak Latin: France and the Coq is one and the same thing.
According to www.motorlegend.com Matra the used the Le Coq logo on their race cars as a supplement to the other Matra logo which symbolizes a missile.
However my Bagheera form 1974 has Le Coq logo on the dial of the sppd-o-meter not in colour but in white lines on a black background and with MATRA printed beneath it.
Does anyone know if Le Coq can be found on any other MATRA production cars?
Regards Hans
According to www.motorlegend.com Matra the used the Le Coq logo on their race cars as a supplement to the other Matra logo which symbolizes a missile.
However my Bagheera form 1974 has Le Coq logo on the dial of the sppd-o-meter not in colour but in white lines on a black background and with MATRA printed beneath it.
Does anyone know if Le Coq can be found on any other MATRA production cars?
Regards Hans
Title: Re:MATRA LOGO
Post by: Spyros on June 21, 2004, 11:14:38 am
On the 530.
