[jason520]

Perhaps inspired by warp speed, did Honda lift the logo for the United Federation of Planets and use it for the logo of their luxury brand cars?

Ok, maybe it's a stretch, but...

 

[HurricaneLegend]

Well, its actually a Federation engine, capable of warp factor 9... thus the Starfleet emblem

 

[vince]

It's supposed to be a caliper.

 

[St.Francis]

like one of these:
http://www.lockport-ny.com/images/Calipers.jpg
http://users.ids.net/goldmach/graphics/calipers.gif http://www.webslingerz.com/~shoff/art/images/calipers.gif

the caliper denotes the precision and accuracy that goes into designing and building an 'ACURA'.

 

[jason520]

LOL I wasn't serious!