I've seen in a few posts that the Infiniti symbol is Mt. Fuji. The first time I saw the symbol I was 12 years old, when the local dealership purchased a franchise. At the time, I figured it was supposed to be a road disappearing into the horizon; i.e., a road stretching into infinity.

So, has the Mt. Fuji thing been corroborated? Or is it merely like my own idea, a supposition?

 

The symbol is just that "Infiniti".

The shape was altered for marketing purposes but If you look at the Calculus Mathematical Symbol "INFINITI" is very close to our cars' symbol. It is used for calculating derivitives which = infinite or endless numerical calculations.

I guess the Infiniti marketing team want the general public to have endless expectations of the cars they produce.

 

I thought it was Mt Fuji

 

The generally accepted symbol for Infinity is a "lazy eight" - not to be confused with the Ranch cattle-branding symbol for the Lazy Eight Ranch.

I'm not sure I'm imaginative enough to see the Infiniti logo in the math symbol for Infinity.

 

I was just stating what I think it might be. That is not being imaginative.

Common sense dictates that the word "Infiniti" next to the symbol that looks like an incomplete / altered "lazy eight", could be referring to INFINITY.

I am not stating a fact, just my thoughts of what it could be.

 

Here's what the ad agency for Infiniti had in mind ...

http://news.lippincottmercer.com/cgi...ewnews?1000046

 

that articel says "the unusual spelling assured the proprietary usage of the name, while the elegant logo was derived from the symbol for infinity"

 

Thank You. Very good article. I gues I wasn't wrong after all.

 

You nailed it Chico

 

In one of the links from the article above, it mentions the symbol as "suggestive" of Mt Fuji as well...

Link

 

Except for spelling.

 

I thought it was a portal to an endless road... the endless road being the "peak" in the logo. C'mon people, use your imagination, we don't need no stinkin' legitimate explanations.

 

Cool Chico. I always thought Mt.Fuji had a hand in it. Not so.
Thanks Mike995134 for posting. Now we have the story.

C.

 

Interesting stuff that's a bit more than trivia to us G and M drivers.

 

man.....the sedan posts are waaaaaaayyyyy more entertaining than the coupes!!!! i might just stay here!!!!