Heartfelt Passion or Lollipop?

My friend Miranda and I met for coffee on Saturday and got into the topic of automotive logos. She said that she really liked her Mazda logo on her CX-7, but that her husband's car was an older Mazda with a logo that looked really strange. The logo is shown on the right. It's a 2nd-generation logo that shows a flame inside of a sun, representing heartfelt passion. Miranda thought it looked more like a lollipop. Since the car was pretty beat up, we thought it would be better to call it a sucker. =)