2D logo Design... please please Help

[BRANDISH]

So, I got to do a Logo Design for a liitle company, they do expert opinions for car accidents and generally car related stuff.
BUT i absolutely know nothing about abstract 2d design. so please help me, every comment is appriciated!
here`s the log so far, but it looks kinda 1950's to me....
any idea how i could make it more modern?
also, if sth is badly proportioned, please crit!

http://brandish.org/img/logo.gif

[ElvisMcVegas]

maybe you should change the back of the K a little, looks kind of wierd

[dfacto]

The two Rhombus shapes are disruptive imo. Try making the leading edges (right side) curved inwards, and the left edges a bit too.

[BRANDISH]

Thanks for your comments, they were really helpful.
i triesd out some new variations, what do you think?
imo d is best, but still, now it looks 1980s...

http://brandish.org/img/logo2.gif

[Jadin]

In my opinion, the reason it looks old is because its sharp..make it rounder

[dfacto]

Is it supposed to represent just a K? Or is it a hollow B, solid K, type design?

[BRANDISH]

Thanks for c&c!
It's just a K.
so here's my latest try. does it even look better than the first? what do you think?
http://brandish.org/img/logo3

[BRANDISH]

or more like this one?

(dfacto; thanks, thats what you meant, right?)http://brandish.org/img/logo4.gif

[bRyaN]

I like logo A...

Combine the current one you have now, and close off the 2 parallel lines...see how that looks..

[jetpack42]

Thanks for c&c!
It's just a K.
so here's my latest try. does it even look better than the first? what do you think?
http://brandish.org/img/logo3


I think this is the most successful K. I think the yin-yangy circle is rather detracting from...really the whole logo. Maybe if you turned the circle on the outside to something more related to cars (like a quasi hubcap, steeringwheel) or something, in very simple form, it would look alot better and relate to the company.

[Groover McNab]

I think you can probably get rid of the swirly things on the outside, just extend the legs of the K out and mask it out with a circle to create an implied circle. Make sense? I can show you what I mean later if you want, (I'm at work designing boring stuff :D). Just my 2 cents.

[BRANDISH]

jetpack, bryan, groovermacnab, thanks!
groover, frankly i don`t really get it. it would be great if you showed me.

[Groover McNab]

here's what I meant. The one on the left has an implied circle. The one on the right I just straightened things out. Just suggestions for variations, feel free to ignore them obviously ;)

http://www.flipvertical.com/images/klogo3.jpg

[thek0n]

http://img18.photobucket.com/albums/v53/thek0n/KLogoWeb.jpg