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====Chronology of car noses==== A selection of Red Nose Day "car noses" have been produced over the years, to show support for the charity while out on the road. They have traditionally been a curved nose that attaches to the car's radiator grille. In 2009, this was replaced with a magnetic design owing to safety concerns.<ref>{{cite web|author=Tom Bryant |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2009/02/18/health-safety-killjoys-ban-dangerous-comic-relief-car-accessory-exclusive-115875-21132383/ |title=Health & safety killjoys ban 'dangerous' Comic Relief car accessory β Exclusive β |work=Daily Mirror |date=18 February 2009 |access-date=18 March 2013}}</ref> The original grill-attachable design returned for 2011, for the first time since 1999.<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.rednoseday.com/whats-on/news/a-come-back-for-the-car-nose |title=A Come Back For The Car Nose |work=Red Nose Day 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314082436/http://www.rednoseday.com/whats-on/news/a-come-back-for-the-car-nose |archive-date=14 March 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" |- !style="width: 3em;"| Year !style="width: 9em;"| Name ! Description |- | 1989 | The Red Nose | A curved, dome-like plastic red nose which attached to the car's radiator grille at the front. |- | 1991 | The Hands Nose | A red plastic nose with hands, which attached to the car's radiator grille at the front. |- | 1993 | The Tomato Nose | A red plastic nose with a green tomato stalk, which attached to the car's radiator grille at the front with cable ties. |- | 1997 | The Aerial Nose | A small red plastic nose that attached to the car's aerial. This nose was sold in Texaco fuel stations. |- | 1999 | The Hands Nose | Another red plastic nose with hands and '1999' in golden adhesive numbers, which attached to the car's radiator grille at the front with cable ties. |- | 2001 | The Big Sticky Car Nose | A small plastic nose with wings, synonymous to The Spirit of Ecstasy hood ornament on Rolls-Royce cars, for attaching to the car's bonnet with a suction cup on the base. The Big Sticky Nose featured a face designed by Aardman animators, the creators of Wallace and Gromit. |- | 2003 | The Hairy Air Freshener Nose | A small plastic nose with a smiley face and red tuft of hair, attached to the driver's [[rear-view mirror]]. |- | 2005 | The Air Freshener Nose | A small plastic nose with a smiley face and colourful koosh-like elastic hair, for attaching to the driver's rear-view mirror. |- | 2007 | Big Smelly Nose Balls | Two furry air freshener noses with black spectacles, which dangled from the driver's rear-view mirror, synonymous with furry dice from the 1950s. |- | 2009 | The Magnetic Nose | A thin and flat magnetic nose, with a grinning face, which attached magnetically to the car's bonnet. |- | 2011 | The Monster Nose | A return to the curved plastic nose, featuring a monster face, which attached to the car's radiator grille at the front with cable ties. |- | 2013 | The diNOSEsaur Air Freshener | A return to the air freshener for cars. The flat design featured the three dinosaur red noses, T-Spex, Triceytops and Dinomite, with the tag line 'It's extinction time for bad odours'. |- | 2015 | The Mystery Bag Air Freshener | A flat design with the 9 noses from the mystery bags. |} 2014 saw the new release of 2 Flip Flap noses, the Poppy and England flag red nose designs and the first paper noses for cars and the 1st year for 2 car noses.
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