These logos, from IBM, Ford, BMW and Mercedes are great examples of how logos evolve along with the products and services of a company. The more a company's core offering seems to change, the more their logo does as well.

Details are your best friend in guessing the year these logos were used by WalMart, Shell, Kodak and Pepsi. The logos for Pepsi and Kodak offer great clues to the decade these logos represent.

This grouping of logos from Starbucks, Nike, Mazda and Apple are all similar in that they are all quite different from previous logo versions.

Many times logos become increasingly complex as they are refined. These logos from BMW, Canon, Kodak and Shell have all gone in the opposite direction and have become more simplistic over time.

Design styles that influence logo creation are often heavily determined by societal and world events. Looking at the logo from Volkswagen especially, you may be able to guess what era these logos appeared.

These logos from 3M, Kodak, Ford and Mercedes all hint at their age due to their lack of color, but can you figure out which early decade these logos arose?

Clue: Two of the following logos from Nike, Starbucks, Shell and Apple are actually the original logos designed when the companies began.

Don't let colorful, intricate logos fool you! These logos from Ford, Pepsi, Mercedes and IBM could all be precursors to today's versions, or perhaps examples of these famous logos from the recent past.

Just like fashion trends, design fads seem to come back around. Perhaps this set of logos from BMW, Mercedes, Xerox and Canon hint at the simple design impact seen in many logos today, or perhaps they're from a different generation altogether.

If you are familiar with web design, you may notice that several of these logos are incorporating popular design style seen online. Are these logo versions from Volkswagen, 3M, Shell and Nike current, or maybe just ahead of their time?