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Here is the most completed list about all car brands, with its basic information, links to official sites, car
logos etc.
Alfa Romeo
The cars built by this manufacturer have a certain allure to them. Not only they have a very stylish design,
they also provide all the comfort that a person needs while driving them. The company was founded back
in 1910 and exported cars all over the world. They had a time in which they didn’t ship to the US for
different reasons, but in recent years the exporting was renewed, so Americans can also enjoy these
luxurious cars. Alfa Romeo has come with one of the most unique body designs and has received quite a
lot of awards over the years.
Official Site of Alfa Romeo : www.alfaromeo.com
Headquarters: Italy
Owner(s) : Fiat Group
Abarth
Abarth is a racing car and road car maker founded by Carlo Abarth of Turin in 1949.[1] Its logo is a shield
with a stylized scorpion on a red and yellow background.
Official Site of Abarth : http://www.abarth.it/
Headquarters: Turin, Italy
Owner(s) : Fiat Group
Bentley
Bentley Motors Limited is a British luxury automaker, and a wholly owned subsidiary of the German
Volkswagen AG. Its principal activity is the design, engineering, manufacture and distribution of luxury
automobiles sold under the Bentley marque. Based in Crewe, England, Bentley Motors Limited was
founded by W. O. Bentley on 18 January 1919 in Cricklewood near London and was acquired by Rolls-
Royce in 1931.
Bentley Motors Limited is the direct successor of Rolls-Royce Motors, which Volkswagen AG purchased
in 1998. The purchase included the vehicle designs, model nameplates, production and administrative
facilities, the Spirit of Ecstasy and Rolls-Royce grill shape trademarks, but not the rights to the use of the
Rolls-Royce name or logo, which are owned by Rolls-Royce Holdings plc and were later licensed to BMW
AG.
Headquarters: Crewe, England, United Kingdom
Official Site of Bentley : http://bentleymotors.com/
Owner(s) : Volkswagen AG
BMW
BMW was created in 1916 and since then it created anything from race cars to sports cars and luxury
cars. Their main target remains the creation of premium, high quality cars. People know that this is one of
the best car companies in the world, as they create high standard cars with amazing performance, added
luxury on the inside as well as outside, comfort and also high speeds.
Headquarters: Munich, Germany
Official Site of BMW : http://bmwgroup.com/
Chevrolet
Chevrolet , colloquially referred to as Chevy and formally the Chevrolet Division of General Motors LLC, is
a brand of automobiles produced by American automaker General Motors (GM). Louis Chevrolet and
ousted General Motors founder William C. Durant started the company on November 3, 1911 as the
Chevrolet Motor Car Company. Durant used the Chevrolet Motor Car Company to acquire a controlling
stake in General Motors with a reverse merger occurring on May 2, 1918 and propelled himself back to
the GM presidency.
Headquarters: Detroit, Michigan, United States
Official Site of Chevrolet : http://www.chevrolet.com/
Owner(s) : General Motors Company
Cadillac
Cadillac formally the Cadillac Motor Car Division, is a division of U.S.-based General Motors Company
(GM) that markets luxury vehicles worldwide. Cadillac’s primary markets are the United States, Canada,
and China, but Cadillac-branded vehicles are distributed in 34 additional markets worldwide. In 2012,
Cadillac’s U.S. sales were 149,782 vehicles.
Headquarters: Detroit, Michigan, United States
Official Site of Cadillac : http://www.cadillac.com/worldwide.html
Owner(s) : General Motors Company
Dacia
Automobile Dacia S.A is a Romanian car manufacturer, named for the historic region that constitutes
much of present-day Romania. It is now a subsidiary of the French carmaker Renault. The company is
the largest exporter from Romania with 7.9% of total exports in 2011.The Dacia manufacturing plant in
Mioveni, Argeș County is currently Europe’s fifth biggest car manufacturing facility in terms of volume
produced with a total of 412,718 units (cars + CKD collections) delivered in 2013.
Headquarters: Mioveni, Argeș, Romania
Official Site of Dacia : http://www.daciagroup.com/en
Owner(s) : Renault
Daihatsu
First known as Hatsudoki Sieze Co.; Ltd, Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd was founded in 1907. It is a Japanese
company that manufactures cars. This company was known for their off roader models and their small
sized cars. It was renamed as Daihatsu Motor in 1951, which means “engine manufacturer.” In this year,
it also started exporting cars to Europe, but it did not work out well until the year 1980.
Headquarters: Osaka, Japan
Official Site of Daihatsu: http://www.daihatsu.com/
Owner(s) : Toyota Group (51.2%)
Elfin
Elfin Sports Cars Pty Ltd is the current name of the car company which was founded by Garrie Cooper. It
has been an Australian manufacturer of sports cars and motor racing cars since 1957.
Elfin is the oldest continuous sports car maker in Australia and one of the most successful with 29
championships and major Grand Prix titles.The original factory was located at Conmurra Avenue,
Edwardstown in suburban Adelaide, South Australia. The company is currently located is at Braeside, a
suburb of Melbourne, Australia.
Headquarters: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Official Site of Elfin : http://www.elfin.com.au/
Owner(s) : Walkinshaw Performance
Fiat
Fiat was founded in 1899 by a small group of investors. They create road vehicles, but on top of that, they
are also specialized in the commercialization of car components as well. For a brief time, they were are
suppliers of metallurgical products as well. The manufacturer received the European Car of the Year
award 12 times, but, on top of that, it’s also widely recognized in the world for the quality products they
provide.
Headquarters: Turin, Italy
Official Site of Fiat : http://www.fiatspa.com/
Owner(s) : Exor(30.05%)
Ferrari
The company was created in 1929 and since then they are specialized in creating the best luxury sports
cars in the world. The first cars created by them were not street legal, as they had tremendous amounts
of power as well as high speeds that really surpassed the powers of the vehicles at that time. After the
two world wars, they began creating street legal cars. They created a lot of supercars and concept cars
that really put the drivers to the test, as they have an amazing design and insane speeds. Ferrari also
made quite a name in driving competitions, especially in Formula 1, where it’s one of the top players for
more than 2 decades.
Headquarters: Maranello, Italy
Official Site of Ferrari : http://www.ferrari.com/
Owner(s) : Fiat S.p.A.
Ford
The Ford Motor Company (also known as simply Ford) is an American multinational automaker
headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit. It was founded by Henry Ford and
incorporated on June 16, 1903. The company sells automobiles and commercial vehicles under the Ford
brand and most luxury cars under the Lincoln brand. Ford also owns Brazilian SUV manufacturer, Troller,
and performance car manufacturer FPV. In the past it has also produced tractors and automotive
components. Ford owns a 2.1% stake in Mazda of Japan, a 15% stake in Aston Martin of the United
Kingdom, and a 49% stake in Jiagling of China. It also has a number of joint-ventures, two in China
(Changan Ford Mazda and Ford Lio Ho), one in Thailand (AutoAlliance Thailand), one in Turkey (Ford
Otosan), and one in Russia (Ford Sollers). It is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and is controlled
by the Ford family, although they have minority ownership. It is described by Forbes as “the most
important industrial company in the history of the United States.
Headquarters: Dearborn, Michigan, U.S.
Official Site of Ford : http://corporate.ford.com/
Owner(s) : Ford Family (2%)
GMC
GMC, formally the GMC Division of General Motors LLC, is an American automobile division of the
American manufacturer General Motors (GM) that primarily focuses on trucks and utility vehicles. GMC
sells pickup and commercial trucks, buses, vans, military vehicles, and sport utility vehicles marketed in
North America and the Middle East by General Motors. In January 2007, GMC was GM’s second-largest-
selling North American vehicle division after Chevrolet, ahead of Pontiac.
Headquarters: Detroit, United States
Official Site of GMC : http://www.gmc.com/
Owner(s) : General Motors Company
Gaz
GAZ or Gorkovsky Avtomobilny Zavod (Russia, Nizhny Novgorod), translated as Gorky Automobile Plant
started in 1932 as NAZ, a cooperative enterprise between Ford and the Soviet Union, as a result of a Five
year plan.
GAZ is the core company of GAZ Group holding, a part of Basic Element business group. The
headquarters of GAZ Group is located in Nizhny Novgorod. Russian Machines Corporation is the
controlling shareholder in OAO GAZ.
Headquarters: Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
Official Site of Gaz: http://www.azgaz.ru/
Owner(s) : Oleg Deripaska
Honda
Honda Motor Co., Ltd. is a Japanese public multinational corporation primarily known as a manufacturer
of automobiles and motorcycles.
Honda has been the world’s largest motorcycle manufacturer since 1959, as well as the world’s largest
manufacturer of internal combustion engines measured by volume, producing more than 14 million
internal combustion engines each year.Honda became the second-largest Japanese automobile
manufacturer in 2001. Honda was the eighth largest automobile manufacturer in the world behind
General Motors, Volkswagen Group, Toyota, Hyundai Motor Group, Ford, Nissan, and PSA in 2011.
Headquarters: Minato, Tokyo, Japan
Official Site of Honda : http://world.honda.com/
Owner(s) : Tokyo Bank Corporation (50,49%)
Hyundai
The Hyundai Motor Company is a South Korean multinational automotive manufacturer headquartered in
Seoul, South Korea. The company was founded in 1967 and, along with its 32.8% owned subsidiary, Kia
Motors, together comprise the Hyundai Motor Group, which is the world’s fifth largest automaker based
on annual vehicle sales in 2012. In 2008, Hyundai Motor (without Kia) was ranked as the eighth largest
automaker. As of 2012, the Company sold over 4.4 million vehicles worldwide in that year, and together
with Kia total sales were 7.12 million.
Hyundai operates the world’s largest integrated automobile manufacturing facility in Ulsan, South Korea,
which has an annual production capacity of 1.6 million units. The company employs about 75,000 people
worldwide. Hyundai vehicles are sold in 193 countries through some 6,000 dealerships and showrooms.
Headquarters: Seoul, South Korea
Official Site of Hyundai : http://worldwide.hyundai.com/
Owner(s) : Hyundai Motor Group
Isuzu
Isuzu Motors Ltd. trading as Isuzu is a Japanese commercial vehicles and diesel engine manufacturing
company headquartered in Tokyo. Its principal activity is the production, marketed and sale of Isuzu
commercial vehicles and diesel engines.
Isuzu has assembly and manufacturing plants in Fujisawa, as well as in the Tochigi and Hokkaidō
prefectures. Isuzu-branded vehicles are sold in most commercial markets worldwide. By 2009, Isuzu had
produced over 21 million diesel engines, which can be found in vehicles all over the world. Isuzu diesel
engines are used by General Motors and Renault-Nissan Alliance.
Headquarters: Tokyo, Japan
Official Site of Isuzu: http://www.isuzu.co.jp/world/index.html
Infiniti
Infiniti is the luxury vehicle division of Japanese automaker Nissan Motor Company. Infiniti officially
started selling vehicles on November 8, 1989 in North America. The marketing network for Infiniti-branded
vehicles now includes over 230 dealers in over 15 countries.
With its QX60 crossover (formerly known as JX35) Infiniti began to produce vehicle outside Japan. In
2014, it is expected to start producing two models in Xiangyang, China, a plant operated by Nissan’s joint
venture with Dongfeng Motor.It is also expanding in Sunderland, England, to produce a new compact car
named Q30 in 2015.
Headquarters: 3 Garden Road, Central, Hong Kong
Official Site of Infiniti : http://www.infiniti.com/
Owner(s) : Nissan Motor Company
Jeep
Jeep is a brand of American automobiles that is a division of Chrysler Group LLC, a wholly owned
subsidiary of Italian multinational automaker Fiat S.p.A..The former Chrysler Corporation acquired the
Jeep brand, along with the remaining assets of its owner American Motors, in 1987. Jeep’s product range
current consists solely of sport utility vehicles and off-road vehicles, but has also included pickup trucks in
the past.
The original Jeep vehicle that first appeared as the prototype Bantam BRC became the primary light 4-
wheel-drive vehicle of the United States Army and Allies during World War II, as well as the postwar
period. Many Jeep variants serving similar military and civilian roles have since been created in other
nations.
Headquarters: Toledo, Ohio; Auburn Hills, Michigan, US
Official Site of Jeep: http://www.jeep.com/
Owner(s) : Chrysler Group LLC
Jaguar
Jaguar Cars is a brand of Jaguar Land Rover, a British multinational car manufacturer headquartered in
Whitley, Coventry, England, owned by Tata Motors since 2008.Jaguar cars today are designed in Jaguar
Land Rover’s engineering centres at the Whitley plant in Coventry and at their Gaydon site in
Warwickshire, and are manufactured in Jaguar’s Castle Bromwich assembly plant in Birmingham with
some manufacturing expected to take place in the Solihull plant.
In September 2013 Jaguar Land Rover announced plans to open a 100 million GBP (160 million USD)
research and development centre in Warwick, United Kingdom to create a next generation of vehicle
technologies. The carmaker said around 1,000 academics and engineers would work there and that
construction would start in 2014.
Headquarters: Whitley, Coventry, United Kingdom
Official Site of Jaguar: http://www.jaguar.com/
Owner(s) : Tata Motors
Koenigsegg
Koenigsegg Automotive AB is a Swedish manufacturer of high-performance sports cars, also known as
hyper-cars, based in Ängelholm. The company was founded in 1994 in Sweden by Christian von
Koenigsegg, with the intention of producing a world-class supercar. Many years of development and
prototyping led to the company’s first street-legal production car delivery in 2002.
In March 2009 the Koenigsegg CCXR was chosen by Forbes to be one of the ten most beautiful cars in
history.In December 2010 the Koenigsegg Agera won the BBC Top Gear Hypercar of the Year Award.
Headquarters: Ängelholm, Scania, Sweden
Official Site of Koenigsegg: http://www.koenigsegg.com/
Lamborghini
The company was founded back in 1963 in Italy and it’s specialized in the creation of luxury sports cars
that most of the time come in very limited editions. Few people know this, but they also created a lot of
SUVs during their history. They were acquired by Audi back in 1998, but they still create some of the
most amazing and fast cars in the world. With a unique body design and lots of comfort, these cars are
just a breeze to ride. Their cars come with very exotic designs and received numerous awards all over the
world.
Headquarters: Sant’Agata Bolognese, Italy
Official Site of Lamborghini: http://lamborghini.com/en/home/
Owner(s) : Audi AG
Land Rover
Land Rover is a brand of the British car manufacturer Jaguar Land Rover, which specialises in four-
wheel-drive vehicles. Jaguar Land Rover, with its headquarters in Whitley, Coventry, was acquired by
Tata Motors in 2008.
Land Rover is the second oldest four-wheel-drive car brand in the world (after Jeep).
In June 2008, Ford sold both Land Rover and Jaguar Cars to the Indian Tata Motors. This sale also
included the dormant Rover brand.
Headquarters: Whitley, Coventry, United Kingdom
Official Site of Land Rover: http://www.landrover.com/
Owner(s) : Tata Motors
Lancia
Lancia Automobiles S.p.A. is an Italian automobile manufacturer founded in 1906 by Vincenzo Lancia
which became part of the Fiat Group in 1969.
The company has a strong rally heritage and is noted for using letters of the Greek alphabet for its model
names.
Headquarters: Turin, Italy
Official Site of Lancia: http://www.lancia.com/
Owner(s) : Fiat S.p.A.
Lincoln
The Lincoln Motor Company is a division of the Ford Motor Company that sells luxury vehicles under the
Lincoln brand. While sold primarily in North America and the Middle East, Ford is planning to bring the
Lincoln brand to China by the end of 2014. Founded in 1917 by Henry M. Leland, Lincoln has been a
subsidiary of Ford since 1922.
The current Lincoln model range in North America consists of two sedans (MKS and MKZ), three CUVs
(MKT, MKX, and 2015 MKC), and two SUVs (Navigator/Navigator L). Lincoln also sells two vehicles
specifically for limousine/livery use, both based on the MKT. In Mexico, Lincoln sells the Lincoln Mark LT
pickup truck which is based on the Ford F-150.
Headquarters: Dearborn, Michigan, U.S.
Official Site of Lincoln: http://www.lincoln.com/
Owner(s) : Ford Motor Company
Lexus
Lexus is the luxury vehicle division of Japanese automaker Toyota Motor Corporation. First introduced in
1989 in the USA, Lexus is now sold globally and has become Japan’s largest-selling make of premium
cars. The Lexus marque is marketed in over 70 countries and territories worldwide, and has ranked
among the ten largest Japanese global brands in market value. Lexus is headquartered in Nagoya,
Japan. Operational centers are located in Brussels, Belgium, and Torrance, California, USA.
Headquarters: Nagoya, Japan
Official Site of Lexus: http://www.lexus-int.com/
Owner(s) : Toyota Motor Corporation
Maserati
Maserati is, just like Ferari, one of the top car manufacturers in the world when it comes to the luxury
sports car segment. The company was founded in 1914 and during the years it had Orsi, Citroen, as well
as Fiat ownership. Recently it has become a part of the sports car group that includes Alfa Romeo. Their
cars are known for their amazing visual expressivity as well as added comfort.
Headquarters: Modena, Italy
Official Site of Maserati: http://www.maserati.com/
Owner(s) : Fiat S.p.A.
Mazda
Mazda Motor Corporation is a Japanese automaker based in Fuchū, Aki District, Hiroshima Prefecture,
Japan.
In 2007, Mazda produced almost 1.3 million vehicles for global sales, the majority of which (nearly 1
million) were produced in the company’s Japanese plants, with the remainder coming from a variety of
other plants worldwide. In 2011, Mazda was the fifteenth biggest automaker by production worldwide.
Headquarters: Fuchu, Aki District, Hiroshima, Japan
Official Site of Mazda: http://www.mazda.com/
Owner(s) : Japan Trustee Services Bank (6.0%)
Maybach
Maybach-Manufaktur was a German luxury car manufacturer.The company was founded in 1909 by
Wilhelm Maybach and his son, originally a subsidiary of Luftschiffbau Zeppelin GmbH and was itself
known as Luftfahrzeug-Motorenbau GmbH until 1912.
Today, the ultra-luxury car brand is owned by Daimler AG and based in Stuttgart. Tognum AG based in
Friedrichshafen used to manufacture the commercial Maybach diesel engines under the MTU brand
through its subsidiary MTU Friedrichshafen GmbH.
Daimler announced in November 2011 that Maybach will cease to be a brand by 2013 and manufactured
the last Maybach vehicle in December 2012. This was due to poor sales, with only 3,000 cars sold since
the brand’s revival in 2002. The decision follows almost a decade of trying to make Maybach a profitable
rival to Rolls Royce and Bentley.
Headquarters: Stuttgart, Germany
Official Site of Maybach: http://www.maybach-manufaktur.com/
Owner(s) : Daimler AG
McLaren
McLaren Automotive, commonly referred to as McLaren, is a British automotive manufacturer of high-
performance vehicles. The company was established as McLaren Cars in 1989 as a producer of road
cars based on Formula One technology. It works closely with McLaren Racing, the successful Formula
One constructor, and is a spinoff of McLaren Group.
Headquarters: Woking, Surrey, England
Official Site of McLaren: http://www.mclarenautomotive.com/
Owner(s) : McLaren Group
Mercedes Benz
Founded in 1926, this company has created some of the most durable and visually impressive cars on
the market. On top of that, when it comes to comfort, there’s nothing close that can match it. Over the
years, the company also specialized in the creation of other types of vehicles as well, namely trucks,
busses, limousines, vans, etc. They create a wide range of vehicles, and also innovate a lot, being one of
the world leaders when it comes to researching and innovation in the automotive world. Their high end
cars provide all the functions that a person can need, with added car safety features, car computer and
other unique functions.
Headquarters: Stuttgart, Germany
Official Site of Mercedes Benz: http://www.mercedes-benz.com/
Owner(s) : Daimler AG
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Mini
The Mini is a small economy car made by the British Motor Corporation (BMC) and its successors from
1959 until 2000. The original is considered a British icon of the 1960s. Its space-saving front-wheel drive
layout – allowing 80 per cent of the area of the car’s floorpan to be used for passengers and luggage –
influenced a generation of car makers.[8] The vehicle is in some ways considered the British equivalent of
its German contemporary the Volkswagen Beetle, which enjoyed similar popularity in North America. In
1999 the Mini was voted the second most influential car of the 20th century, behind the Ford Model T.
Headquarters: BMW Group headquarters
Official Site of Mini: http://www.mini.co.uk/
Owner(s) : BMW Group
Mitsubishi
Mitsubishi Motors Corporation is a multinational automotive manufacturer headquartered in Minato,
Tokyo, Japan. In 2011, Mitsubishi Motors was the sixth biggest Japanese automaker and the sixteenth
biggest worldwide by production.It is part of the Mitsubishi keiretsu, formerly the biggest industrial group
in Japan, and was formed in 1970 from the automotive division of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.
Headquarters: Minato, Tokyo, Japan
Official Site of Mitsubishi: http://mitsubishi-motors.com/
Owner(s) : Mitsubishi Group
Nissan
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.is a Japanese multinational automotive manufacturer headquartered in Nishi-ku,
Yokohama, Japan.The company is in a close alliance with Renault. Carlos Ghosn serves at CEO of both;
technology and production sites are being shared. Nissan is in alliances and joint ventures with other
automakers around the world. Nissan Motor Company sells its cars under the Nissan, Infiniti, Datsun, and
NISMO brands.
Nissan was the sixth largest automaker in the world behind Toyota, General Motors, Volkswagen Group,
Hyundai Motor Group, and Ford in 2012.[8] Taken together, the Renault–Nissan Alliance would be the
world’s fourth largest automaker. Nissan is the leading Japanese brand in China, Russia and Mexico.
Headquarters: Nishi-ku, Yokohama, Japan (
Official Site of Nissan: http://www.nissan-global.com/
Owner(s) : Renault (43.4%)
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Opel
Adam Opel AG (Opel) is a German automobile manufacturer headquartered in Rüsselsheim, Hesse,
Germany and a subsidiary of the American General Motors Company. The company designs, engineers,
manufactures and distributes Opel-branded passenger vehicles, light commercial vehicles and vehicle
parts for distribution in Africa, Asia, Europe and South America. Opel designed and manufactured
vehicles are also sold under the Buick brand in the United States, Canada, Mexico and China and the
Vauxhall brand in the United Kingdom.
Headquarters: Rüsselsheim, Germany
Official Site of Opel: http://opel.com/
Owner(s) : General Motors
Peugeot
The company that now holds the name Peugeot was actually founded back in 1810 as a bicycle and
coffee mill manufacturer. The first car was created in 1889 and, since then, the brand has created
numerous car models that simply became the delight of people that love quality cars. In 1974 Peugeot
bought 30% of Citroën, and it took it over completely in 1975. However, the company still keeps separate
identities for the two brands, although it does share the technical and engineering resources. As
expected, Peugeot has lots of factories in and outside France, as it has extended to Spain, Brazil,
Slovakia, Czech republic, Japan, Indonesia, Portugal, Iran and Italy, among others.
Headquarters: Sochaux, France
Official Site of Peugeot: http://www.peugeot.com/
Owner(s) : PSA Peugeot Citroën (Peugeot S.A.)
Porsche
This company is based in Stuttgart and, since its creation back in 1931, it has created only sports cars.
Their consumer models offer various high end functions as well as high speeds, so they are really an
attraction for the younger crowd. They also created lots of race models during the years, with the Carrera
GT model being one of the most popular. They also have numerous concept car that showcase the
amount of research this company undertakes in the technology sector. Few people know this, but
Porsche also created quite a lot of tractors that are used all over the world.
Headquarters: Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Official Site of Porsche: http://www.porsche.com/
Owner(s) : Porsche-Piëch family (50% of equity, 100% of voting power)
Renault
This manufacturer started the fabrication of cars back in 1899. Since then it has created numerous car
types, such as vans, race cars, normal cars, but also trucks, tractors, tanks and buses. They were always
specialized in fulfilling the needs of all industry sectors, and still provide one of the best cars that can be
found on the market. Their cars also have a large success in motor sport competitions, such as Formula
1. They have numerous subsidiaries all over the world, in Romania, India, Spain, Russia, Argentina,
Turkey and Morocco, among others. They won the European car of the year awards 6 times in the last 40
years, the most recent award being received for their Renault Clio III model back in 2006.
Headquarters: Boulogne-Billancourt, France
Official Site of Renault: http://www.renault.com/
Owner(s) : APE (15.01%)
Rolls Royce
Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Limited engineers, manufactures and distributes luxury automobiles and
automobile parts worldwide. Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of BMW AG
established in 1998 after BMW licensed the rights to the Rolls-Royce brand name and logo from Rolls-
Royce PLC and acquired the rights to the Spirit of Ecstasy and Rolls-Royce grill shape trademarks from
Volkswagen AG. Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Limited operates from purpose built administrative and
production facilities opened in 2003 across from the historic Goodwood Circuit in Goodwood, West
Sussex, England, United Kingdom. Rolls-Royce Motors Cars Limited is the exclusive manufacturer of
Rolls-Royce branded motor cars since 2003.
Headquarters: Goodwood, England, United Kingdom
Official Site of Rolls Royce: http://rolls-roycemotorcars.com/
Owner(s) : BMW AG
Seat
SEAT, S.A. is a Spanish automobile manufacturer with its head office in Martorell, Spain. It was founded
on May 9, 1950, by the Instituto Nacional de Industria (INI), a state-owned industrial holding company.
It is currently a wholly owned subsidiary of the German Volkswagen Group, as a member of the now-
defunct Audi Brand Group, together with Audi and Lamborghini, and marketed as a car maker with a
youthful sporty profile.Within the Volkswagen Group and under the Audi Brand Group, the SEAT brand
itself has been developed as a group with subsidiary companies (SEAT Group) and ‘SEAT, S.A.’ as the
parent company.
The name SEAT previously stood for the acronym Sociedad Española de Automóviles de Turismo
(Spanish Touring Car Company, in English)
Headquarters: Martorell, Spain
Official Site of Seat : http://www.seat.com/
Owner(s) : Volkswagen Group
Skoda
Škoda Auto , more commonly known as Škoda, is an automobile manufacturer based in the Czech
Republic. Škoda became a wholly owned subsidiary of the Volkswagen Group in 2000, positioned as the
entry brand to the group. Its total global sales reached 939,200 cars in 2012
2012 saw an emission-free fleet of Octavia Green E Line e-cars on Czech roads in use of external
partners. Since internal tests in late 2011, the e-fleet drove more than 250,000 km. During this very year
Škoda celebrated several milestones, for instance fourteen millions Škoda cars since 1905 (January),
three millions Fabias (May), 500,000 Superbs from Kvasiny plant (June ) and 5 years of Škoda operations
in China.
Headquarters: Mladá Boleslav, Czech Republic
Official Site of Skoda: http://skoda-auto.com/
Owner(s) : Volkswagen Group
Subaru
Subaru is the automobile manufacturing division of Japanese transportation conglomerate Fuji Heavy
Industries (FHI), the twenty-second biggest automaker by production worldwide in 2012.
Subaru is known for its use of the boxer engine layout in most of its vehicles above 1500 cc as well as its
use of the all wheel drive drive-train layout since 1972, with it becoming standard equipment for mid-size
and smaller cars in most international markets as of 1996, and now standard in most North American
market Subaru vehicles. The lone exception is the RWD BRZ introduced in 2012. Subaru also offers
turbocharged versions of their passenger cars, such as the Impreza WRX.
Fuji Heavy Industries, the parent company of Subaru, is currently in a partial partnership with Toyota
Motor Corporation, which owns 16.5% of FHI.
Subaru is the Japanese name for the Pleiades star cluster (M45, or “The Seven Sisters”), which in turn
inspires the Subaru logo and alludes to the companies that merged to create FHI.
Headquarters: Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
Official Site of Subaru: http://www.subaru-global.com/
Owner(s) : Fuji Heavy Industries
Suzuki
Suzuki Motor Corporation is a Japanese multinational corporation headquartered in Minami-ku,
Hamamatsu, Japan, which specializes in manufacturing automobiles, four-wheel drive vehicles,
motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles (ATVs), outboard marine engines, wheelchairs and a variety of other
small internal combustion engines. In 2011, Suzuki was the tenth biggest automaker by production
worldwide. Suzuki employs over 45,000 and has 35 main production facilities in 23 countries and 133
distributors in 192 countries.[citation needed] According to statistics from the Japan Automobile
Manufacturers Association (JAMA), Suzuki is Japan’s second-largest manufacturer of small cars and
trucks.
Headquarters: Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan
Official Site of Suzuki: http://www.globalsuzuki.com/
Owner(s) : Volkswagen Group (19.9%)
Tesla
Tesla Motors, Inc. is an American company that designs, manufactures and sells electric cars and electric
vehicle powertrain components. Tesla Motors is a public company that trades on the NASDAQ stock
exchange under the symbol TSLA. In the first quarter of 2013, Tesla posted profits for the first time in its
ten year history.
Tesla Motors first gained widespread attention by producing the Tesla Roadster, the first fully electric
sports car. The company’s second vehicle was the Model S, a fully electric luxury sedan.
Tesla also markets electric powertrain components, including lithium-ion battery packs, to automakers,
including Daimler and Toyota. Tesla’s CEO, Elon Musk, has said he envisions Tesla as an independent
automaker, aimed at eventually offering electric cars at a price affordable to the average consumer.
Headquarters: Palo Alto, California, USA
Official Site of Tesla: http://www.teslamotors.com/
Owner(s) : Elon Musk (27%)
Toyota
Toyota Motor Corporation is a Japanese automotive manufacturer headquartered in Toyota, Aichi, Japan.
In 2013 the multinational corporation consisted of 333,498 employees worldwide and, as of January
2014, is the fourteenth-largest company in the world by revenue. Toyota was the largest automobile
manufacturer in 2012 (by production). In July of that year, the company reported the production of its 200-
millionth vehicle. Toyota is the world’s first automobile manufacturer to produce more than 10 million
vehicles per year. It did so in 2012 according to OICA, and in 2013 according to company data. As of
November 2013, Toyota was the largest listed company in Japan by market capitalization and by
revenue.
Headquarters: Toyota, Aichi, Japan
Official Site of Toyota: http://www.toyota-global.com/
Owner(s) : Toyota Group
UAZ
UAZ is an automobile manufacturer based in Ulyanovsk, Russia which manufactures off-road vehicles,
buses and trucks. It is best known for its Model 469 utility vehicle, which has seen wide use as a military
vehicle in the Eastern bloc and around the world. The UAZ factory started production in 1941 as part of
the Soviet war effort.
Headquarters: Ulyanovsk, Russia
Official Site of UAZ: http://www.uaz.ru/
Owner(s) : Sollers JSC
Volkswagen
Since its inception in 1937, this company has created some of the best cars in the world. They say they
create the car of the people, and that’s what they do. They design cars that can be used by the normal
persons day in and day out. Volkswagen cars are known for their durability on the road, with some cars
being able to withstand more than 1 million KM, which is surely a great achievement. This added a lot to
their success, as they now own companies like Seat, Skoda, Rolls-Royce, Lamborghini and Bugatti,
among others. They won numerous Car of the Year awards all over the world, both in Europe and
overseas. In addition, they have created numerous iconic cars, one of the most popular ones being the
Beetle.
Headquarters: Wolfsburg, Germany
Official Site of Volkswagen: http://volkswagenag.com/
Owner(s) : Porsche SE (50.7%)
Volvo
Aktiebolaget Volvo is a Swedish multinational manufacturing company headquartered in Gothenburg,
Sweden. Its principal activity is the production, distribution and sale of trucks, buses, and construction
equipment. Volvo also supplies marine and industrial drive systems, and provides financial services.
Although Volvo was established in 1915 as a subsidiary of AB SKF, a Swedish ball bearing manufacturer,
the auto manufacturer considers itself officially founded on 14 April 1927, when the first car, the Volvo ÖV
4 series, affectionately known as “Jakob”, rolled out of the factory in Hisingen, Gothenburg.
Volvo means “I roll” in Latin, conjugated from “volvere”, in relation to ball bearing. The name Volvo was
originally registered in May 1911 as a separate company within SKF AB and as a registered trademark
with the intention to be used for a special series of ball bearing.
In August 2010, Ford completed its sale of Volvo Cars to the Chinese motor manufacturer Geely
Automobile (Zhejiang Geely Holding Group) for $1.8 billion.
Headquarters: Gothenburg, Sweden
Official Site of Volvo: http://www.volvogroup.com/
Owner(s) : Geely Automobile
Wiesmann
Wiesmann GmbH is a German automobile manufacturer based in Dülmen, Germany. The company was
founded in 1985 by two brothers, engineer Martin Wiesmann and businessman Friedhelm Wiesmann.
The cars are manufactured by hand in Dülmen. The Wiesmann logo portrays a gecko, as they claim their
cars “stick to the road like geckos to a wall”.
The company originally manufactured custom hard-tops for convertibles, which they continue to do. The
first roadster left the workshop in 1993. As of 2006, they produce the Wiesmann MF 3 and MF 30
roadsters and the Wiesmann GT MF 4 coupé, all of which utilize engine and transmission components
supplied by BMW.
Headquarters: Dülmen, Germany
Official Site of Wiesmann : http://www.wiesmann.com/
Owner(s) : Wiesmann corporation
ZAZ
ZAZ or Zaporizhia Automobile Building Plant is the main automobile manufacturer of Ukraine, based in
the south-eastern city of Zaporizhia. It is also known for its former mother company name, AvtoZAZ.
ZAZ’s products were never held in high esteem by Soviet citizens. In fact, ZAZ’s original mission was to
create a “people’s car”, almost like Volkswagen’s original mission. In May 2009, ZAZ won the international
tender for the production of vehicles for veterans and disabled people of Azerbaijan.
Russian president Vladimir Putin is a proud owner of a 1972 Zaporozhets model.
Headquarters: Zaporizhia, Ukraine
Official Site of ZAZ: http://www.avtozaz.com/en/
Owner(s) : UkrAVTO
ZiL
Zavod imeni Likhachova, more commonly called ZIL is a major Russian truck and heavy equipment
manufacturer, which also produced armored cars for most Soviet leaders, as well as buses, armored
fighting vehicles, and aerosani. The company also produces hand-built limousines and high-end luxury
sedans in extremely low quantities, primarily for the Russian government. ZIL passenger cars are priced
at the equivalent of models from Maybach and Rolls-Royce, but are largely unknown outside the CIS and
production rarely exceeds a dozen cars per year.
Headquarters: Moscow, Russia
Official Site of ZiL: http://www.amo-zil.ru/
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