: Re: Using real a car logo or gun in crime fiction - can I be sued for it? If I use a real car company in telling a story about a bank heist, can I be sued for it? What could happen if

In this case I'm pretty sure you should have no problem thanks to what's called "Artistic License". Basically, as an author of fiction, you are entitled to fictionalize elements of the real world in pursuit of your art.

The risk writers run with stuff like this is being accused of something like "defamation". For example: if every single Ford in your book is shoddily built and suffers from debilitating manufacturing defects, Ford might become displeased at the shadow you've cast on their real-world image. Any book that so aggressively mars a company's image that it seems purposefully deleterious starts edging into Defamation territory.

Any statement meant to mar someone's reputation counts as "Defamation". However, as a writer, I would think you'd have an easy time claiming that your statements were in the service of your art, not some anti-Ford agenda.

And just having the bad guys drive Fords? You are 100% in the clear.

Hope this helped!

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