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The interpretation behind the brands of car companies

In a car what is it that takes up little space on the hood or steering wheel and yet means a lot to its owner; A symbol! Famous car brands that you don't have to “you know what it's called” because its sign alone is characteristic. But what is hidden behind each brand and its emblem; A man, a bow tie, a helix, an animal, a zodiac sign, an acronym, a translation, a coat of arms are some of the answers. Let's travel into the minds of the founders of the biggest car companies.

ALFA ROMEO
1910, Milan, Italy: A group of Milanese entrepreneurs founds the Lombardy Automobile Industry Anonymous (Anonima Lombarda Automobile Factory). Hence the abbreviation ALFA. A few years later, the Milanese businessman Nicolas Romeo buys a share in the company and the company takes the name by which it is known to this day as Alfa-Romeo. About the Alfa-Romeo brand, the red cross has a triple symbolism: is a symbol of Milan, it refers to the Crusades and finally it is the most widespread Christian symbol. Representatives of the company do not want to discuss the importance of the second half of the brand, which depicts a snake eating a young man, symbolizing the defeat of the Crusaders.
AUDI
1909, Tsvikau, Germany: The surname of the founder of AUDI, August Horsch, in Latin it translates as “Audi” which means “to listen”. In the emblem each of the circles symbolizes the merger of the four oldest car manufacturers of Germany's Auto Union (Αudi, DKW, Hark, Wanderer). Similarity to Olympic emblem prompts Olympic Committee to sue AUDI for trademark infringement, although as it turns out the Commission lost.
BMW
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Traffic fees per month and for 2017

of Kostis Plantzos
Motivation to take back the signs also gives for the 2017 the Ministry of Finance, to interested owners of I.X. vehicles, cars or motorcycles, who have put them to rest.
According to an amendment submitted to Parliament by the Ministry of Finance, in order to increase public revenues, the owners are given the option for the year as well 2017, to remove the immobility by paying traffic fees, having to choose between the following three options:
• To remove time immobility 1 month are paid 2/12 of the corresponding annual circulation fees.
• To remove time immobility 3 months are paid 4/12 of the annual circulation fees.
• To remove immobility for the rest of the year and until its end 2016 one twelfth of the amount of the annual vehicle registration fees remaining from the date of removal until the end of the year plus 2/12 of the corresponding annual fees.
It is recalled that, same as last year, the above three options are, case by case, binding and it is not possible to choose another time period beyond those expressly mentioned in the provision. It should be noted that the immobility is lifted following a written request from the owner of the vehicle.
Based on a circular issued on the same subject last year by AADE, the month in which the immobility is lifted is counted as a whole month, regardless of the exact day of withdrawal.