Aston Martin was founded in 1913 by Lionel Martin and Robert Bamford. The two had joined forces as Bamford & Martin the previous year to sell cars made by Singer from premises in Callow Street, London where they also serviced GWK and Calthorpe vehicles. Martin raced specials at Aston Hill near Aston Clinton , and the pair decided to make their own vehicles. The first car to be ...

BENTLEY

Bentley Motors Limited is a British manufacturer of luxury automobiles and Grand Tourers . Bentley Motors was founded in England on January 18 , 1919 by Walter Owen Bentley , known as W.O. Bentley or just "W.O." (1888–1971). He was previously known for his successful range of rotary aero-engines in World War I , the most famous being the Bentley BR1 as used in later versions of ...

BMW

BMW was officially founded as a public company in 1922, but traces its origins to the pioneering days of German aviation all the way back to 1913. Two of these pioneering men, Karl Rapp and Gustav Otto , are credited by BMW as the "founding fathers". However, the company was actually founded by three men: Josef Popp , Max Friz , and Camillo Castiglioni . These men brought BMW through ...

DODGE

Dodge is a United States -based brand of automobiles and trucks , sold by Chrysler LLC in over 60 different countries and territories worldwide. Founded as the Dodge Brothers Company in 1900 to supply parts and assemblies for Detroit 's growing auto industry , Dodge began making its own complete vehicles in 1914. The brand was sold to Chrysler Corporation in 1928, passed through the ...

CADILLAC

Cadillac was formed from the remnants of the Henry Ford Company when Henry Ford departed along with several of his key partners and the company was dissolved. With the intent of liquidating the firm's assets, Ford's financial backers, William Murphy and Lemuel Bowen called in engineer Henry M. Leland to appraise the plant and equipment prior to selling them. Instead, Leland ...

FERRARI

Ferrari S.p.A. is an Italian sports car manufacturer based in Maranello and Modena , Italy . Founded by Enzo Ferrari in 1929 as Scuderia Ferrari , the company sponsored drivers and manufactured race cars before moving into production of street legal vehicles in 1947 as Ferrari S.p.A. . Throughout its history, the company has been noted for its continued participation in racing , ...

HUMMER

Hummer is a brand of large off-road vehicles (H1) or sport utility vehicles (SUVs) (H2, H3,) sold by General Motors , also known as GM. The H1 version is based on the military High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV, or Humvee). The Hummer is one of the larger 4x4 types, with commensurate high fuel consumption. In most countries, a hummer is considered to be a truck, ...

CHRYSLER

Chrysler LLC is an American automobile manufacturer that has been producing automobiles since 1925 and from 1914 under the Dodge name. From 1998 to 2007 , Chrysler and its subsidiaries were part of the German based DaimlerChrysler (now Daimler AG ) Prior to 1998 , Chrysler Corporation traded under the "C" symbol on the NYSE. Under DaimlerChrysler, the company was named ...

JAGUAR

Jaguar Cars Limited is a luxury car manufacturer , originally based at Browns Lane , Coventry , England but now at Whitley, Coventry . It was founded as the Swallow Sidecar Company in 1922, changing to SS Cars Ltd in 1934, and finally becoming Jaguar Cars Ltd in 1945.
While Jaguar is currently part of the Premier Automotive Group , Ford is divesting both Jaguar and Land Rover , ...

LAMBORGHINI

Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A., commonly referred to as Lamborghini, is an Italian manufacturer of high performance sports cars based in the small Italian village of Sant'Agata Bolognese , near Bologna . Lamborghini is now a subsidiary of German car manufacturer Audi AG , which is in turn a subsidiary of Volkswagen Group . Lamborghini's latest model, the Reventón , is one of ...

LOTUS

Lotus Cars is a British manufacturer of sports and racing cars based at Hethel , Norfolk , England . The company designs and builds race and production automobiles of light weight and high handling characteristics.
The company was formed as Lotus Engineering Ltd. by engineer Colin Chapman , a graduate of University College, London , in 1952. The first factory was in old stables ...

MASERATI

Officine Alfieri Maserati was founded on 1 December 1914 in Bologna, Italy. Since then, Maserati has played a consistently important role in the history of sports car culture and its development.
Nearly a century of activity has brought with it moments of glory on the road and the track as well as more difficult times, which have helped forge the company's character and ...

MAYBACH

Maybach-Motorenbau GmbH (founded 1909) is a German luxury car manufacturer. It was founded in 1909 by Wilhelm Maybach with his son Karl Maybach as director. The company was originally a subsidiary of Luftschiffbau Zeppelin/GmbH and was itself known as "Luftfahrzeug-Motorenbau GmbH" (literally Airship Engine Company) until 1918. Today, the brand is owned by Daimler AG and based in ...

MERCEDES

Mercedes-Benz is a German brand of luxury and high-performance automobiles , buses , coaches , and trucks owned by Daimler AG . Mercedes-Benz has, over the years, introduced many of the technological and safety features that have become common in modern vehicles.
Established in 1871, Benz & Cie. was the most important of several companies founded by Karl Benz . The Benz patent ...

Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, often shortened to Porsche AG, or just Porsche, is a German manufacturer of automobiles majority owned by the Austrian Porsche and Piëch families. It was founded in 1931 by Ferdinand Porsche , an Austro-Hungarian engineer, born in Maffersdorf (Vratislavice) , Bohemia (now part of the Czech Republic ) who also designed the first Volkswagen . The company is ...

ROLLS ROYCE

Frederick Henry Royce was born near Peterborough, in Cambridgeshire, England on 27th March 1863.His interest in engineering was sparked at 14 years of age, when he started an apprenticeship at the nearby Great Northern Railway Works, but by 19 he had already started his own manufacturing company, with friend Ernest Claremont.
The business was successful, and by 1903 Royce ...

VOLVO

Volvo Cars, or Volvo Personvagnar, is a well-known Swedish luxury automobile maker founded in 1927 in the city of Gothenburg in Sweden .
Volvo was formed as a subsidiary company to the ball bearing maker SKF . It was not until 1935 when Volvo AB was introduced on the Swedish stock exchange that SKF sold most of the shares in the company. Volvo Cars was owned by AB Volvo until 1999 ...