Rolls-Royce retracting anti-theft hood emblem - GIF

[Jon]

They can argue that they've made generic rounded-shape vehicle bodies because they perform better in crashes. I don't like this, but I recognize it as a good argument.

Same deal with the ornaments I guess. Rolls-Royce's emblem retraction is also characterized as a safety device.

A tech at a Jeep dealership was telling me that the newer models have anti-wrenching technology in them that prevents people from building cars from parts at boneyards. For example, he was saying that the transmission and the engine communicate over a local wireless network, and if you try to install a different transmission than the exact one that came with the car, it won't run.