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The Saab was introduced with its iconic griffin in 1949.
Then the car was switched from parent company to parent company like it was in a game of hot potato.
It went from Saab AB to Scania to GM to Spyker Cars, 
a Dutch manufacturer. Shortly after the 2010 buy, however, Saab went bankrupt.
Enter Electric Vehicle Sweden (NEVS) — a partnership between China's National Modern Energy Holdings and Japan's Sun Investment — which bought Saab Automobile, Powertrain, and Tools. The thing it didn't buy: The rights to Saab's griffin logo.
According to Brand New, the transition won't be too tough since Saab has been leaving the griffin out for a while. But the griffin isn't completely extinct. Saab planes and trucks, which aren't owned by NEVS, will still get to use the mythical beast.