Okay it's not really a shootout, so let's get past the tabloid type headlines purposely written to angry up Chevy and Ford fans blood and take a look through unbiased eyes. I'm just a mercenary ...

American automobiles of the 1950s had more elegant chrome that included the hood ornament, as well as more ... see an array of cars from the 1930s to '50s, with a few from the '60s, with hood ...

But there's also something missing: the distinctive three-point Mercedes star atop the hood. A feature of nearly every Mercedes made since 1923, the trademark raised-ornament adorns less than a ...