Audi AG, also simply known as Audi, is a German automobile manufacturer that designs, engineers, produces, markets and distributes luxury vehicles. Audi has been a majority owned subsidiary of Volkswagen Group since 1966. Audi, along with BMW and Mercedes-Benz, are among the best-selling luxury automobile brands in the world.
","Luxury Vehicles","July 16, 1909","August Horch",,Volkswagen,,,"Vorsprung durch Technik","Lamborghini,Audi Sport GmbH",,www.audi.com,2009–Present,"The logo was lately changed in 2009, to celebrate Audi’s 100th birthday. The chrome color of the Audi logo is bright and slick, which lends it a very modern and sophisticated touch." 2,"2018-04-11 23:43:35","Aston Martin","Aston Martin Lagonda Limited is a British manufacturer of luxury sports cars and grand tourers. It was founded in 1913 by Lionel Martin and Robert Bamford.
The company has had a chequered financial history, including bankruptcy in the 1970s, but has also enjoyed long periods of success and stability, including under the ownership of David Brown, from 1947 to 1972 and of the Ford Motor Company from 1994 to 2007.
","Luxury Sports Cars",1913,"Lionel Martin,Robert Bamford",,,,,,Lagonda,,www.astonmartin.com,2003-Present, 3,"2018-04-11 23:46:44","Alfa Romeo","Alfa Romeo Automobiles S.p.A. is an Italian car manufacturer. Founded as A.L.F.A. on June 24, 1910, in Milan, the company has been involved in car racing since 1911. It was owned by Italian state holding company Istituto per la Ricostruzione Industriale between 1932 and 1986, when it became a part of the Fiat group. In February 2007, the Alfa Romeo brand was transformed into the current Alfa Romeo Automobiles S.p.A., a subsidiary of Fiat Group Automobiles, now Fiat Chrysler Automobiles Italy.
","Luxury Vehicles","24 June 1910","Nicola Romeo,Ugo Stella,Alexandre Darracq",,"Fiat Chrysler Automobiles","FCA Italy",,,,,www.alfaromeo.com,2015-Present, 4,"2018-04-11 23:47:57",Acura,"Acura is the luxury vehicle marque of Japanese automaker Honda. The brand was launched in the United States and Canada in March 1986, marketing luxury, performance, and high-performance vehicles.
Since its inception, Acura has been a trailblazer in the automotive industry. In the late 1980s, the success of the company's first flagship vehicle, the Legend, inspired fellow Japanese automakers Toyota and Nissan to launch their own luxury brands, Lexus and Infiniti.
","Luxury Vehicles","March 27, 1986","Honda Motor Company",,Honda,,,"Precision Crafted Performance",,,www.acura.com,1990-Present,"The white color in the Acura logo represents confidence, integrity, purity and the element of metal whereas the black color depicts elegance, sophistication and power." 5,"2018-04-11 23:43:56",/////AMG,"Mercedes-AMG GmbH, commonly known as AMG, is the high performance brand used by Mercedes-Benz. AMG independently hires engineers and manufactures and customizes Mercedes-Benz AMG vehicles. Mercedes-AMG is headquartered in Affalterbach, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. AMG was originally an independent engineering firm specializing in performance improvements for Mercedes-Benz vehicles; Daimler-Benz AG took a controlling interest in 1999, then became sole owner of AMG in 2005. Mercedes-AMG GmbH is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Daimler AG.
","High Performance",1967,"Hans Werner Aufrecht,Erhard Melcher",,,"Daimler AG",,,,,www.mercedes-amg.com,Present,"Its logo is just the above-said letters AMG placed on the body of a car along with a Mercedes’s triangle star or on specially developed auto parts. It may also be accompanied with five inclined lines." 6,"2018-04-11 23:43:58",Alpina,"Alpina Burkard Bovensiepen GmbH & Co. KG is an automobile manufacturing company based in Buchloe, in the Ostallgäu district of Bavaria, Germany selling their own cars, based on BMW cars.
","High Performance",1965,"Burkard Bovensiepen",,,,,,,,www.alpina-automobile.de,Present, 7,"2018-04-11 23:47:12",Abarth,"Abarth & C. S.p.A. is a racing car and road car maker founded by Italo-Austrian Carlo Abarth in 1949. Its logo is a shield with a stylized scorpion on a red and yellow background. Abarth & C. S.p.A. is a fully owned subsidiary of FCA Italy S.p.A. (formerly Fiat Group Automobiles S.p.A.), the subsidiary of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (formerly of Fiat S.p.A.) controlling its European automotive production activities.
","Racing cars",1949,"Carlo Abarth",,"Fiat Chrysler Automobiles","FCA Italy",,,,,www.abarth.it,Present, 8,"2018-04-11 23:44:13",Aixam,"Aixam-Mega is a French automobile manufacturer based in Aix-les-Bains, Savoie. It was founded in 1983 to make microcars following the acquisition of Arola. On April 11, 2013, US based Polaris Industries announced that it had acquired Aixam-Mega.
","Small Cars",1983,,,,,,,,,www.aixam.com,2010-Present, 9,"2018-04-11 23:44:24",Ariel,"Ariel Motor Company Ltd is a low-volume performance motor vehicle manufacturing company in Crewkerne, in Somerset, England.
The company manufactures the Ariel Atom, an extremely light, high performance car, powered by a Honda Civic Type-R engine and gearbox.
","Motor Vehicles",1870,"Simon Saunders",,,,,,,,www.arielmotor.co.uk,2000-Present, 10,"2018-04-11 23:44:34",Ascari,"Ascari Cars Ltd. is a British automobile manufacturer that is based in Banbury, England, and founded by Dutch millionaire Klaas Zwart. The company is named after Alberto Ascari (1918–1955) who was the first double Formula One world champion. Ascari also manages a racetrack, Race Resort Ascari.
","Sports Cars",1995,,,"Klaas Zwart",,,,,2010,www.ascari.net,1995-Present, 11,"2018-04-11 23:44:41",Arrinera,,Supercars,2008,"Łukasz Tomkiewicz",,,,,,,,www.arrinera.com,Present, 12,"2018-04-11 23:44:49",Artega,"Artega Automobil GmbH & Co. KG was a German sports car manufacturer based in Delbrück, Germany. Founded by Klaus Dieter Frers in 2006, the company filed for bankruptcy in July 2012.
","Sports Cars",2006,"Klaus Dieter Frers",,,,,,,2012,www.artega.de,Present, 13,"2018-04-11 23:44:56",ABT,"ABT Sportsline is a motor racing and auto tuning company based in Kempten im Allgäu, Germany. ABT mainly deals with Audi and the related primary Volkswagen Group brands—Volkswagen, Škoda, and SEAT—modifying them by using sports-type suspensions, engine power upgrades, lightweight wheels, aerodynamic components and more. It has been active in DTM for more than a decade. After the death of their father Johann in 2003, the company with 170 employees in their headquarters in Kempten was run by the brothers Hans-Jürgen Abt (born 1962, Managing Director) and Christian Abt. Since 2011, Hans-Jürgen Abt has run the company.
","Car Tuning",,"Johann Abt",,,,,,,,www.abt-sportsline.de,Present, 14,"2018-04-11 23:45:06",AC,"AC Cars Ltd. formerly known as Auto Carriers Ltd., is a British specialist automobile manufacturer and one of the oldest independent car makers founded in Britain.
","Sports cars",1901,"Weller Brothers",,,"ACEDES Holdings",,,,,www.ac-automotive.com,Present, 15,"2018-04-11 23:45:10",Autobianchi,"Autobianchi was an Italian automobile manufacturer, created jointly by Bianchi, Pirelli and Fiat in 1955.
Autobianchi was bought by the Fiat group and integrated into the operations of Lancia. The marque survived in Italy until the end of the Y10's production in 1995, but became extinct elsewhere when the model was rebranded as a Lancia in 1989.
","Small Cars",1955,,"Merged into Lancia",,"Fiat S.p.A.",,,,1995,,, 16,"2018-04-11 23:45:12",Alpine,"Alpine was a French manufacturer of racing and sports cars which used rear mounted Renault engines. The proper pronunciation is closer to ""al-peen"".
","Racing & Sports Cars",1955,"Jean Rédélé",,,Renault,,,,,www.alpinecars.com,Present, 17,"2018-04-11 23:49:14",ARO,"ARO (short for Auto Romania) was a Romanian off-road vehicle manufacturer located in Câmpulung-Muscel. The first ARO vehicles were produced in 1957, and the last in 2003. For a short while, Daihatsu-powered AROs were sold in Spain and produced in Portugal under the brands Hisparo and Portaro, respectively. In Italy, Volkswagen-powered AROs were produced by ARO-Ciemme and sold under the ACM brand.
Low volume production of ARO vehicles has restarted under the aegis of a Czech company called Auto Max Czech (AMC).
","Off-Road Vehicles",1957,,,,,,,,2006,www.aro.ro,, 18,"2018-04-11 23:49:25",Alvis,"Alvis Car and Engineering Company Ltd was a British manufacturing company in Coventry from 1919 to 1967. In addition to automobiles designed for the civilian market, the company also produced racing cars, aircraft engines, armoured cars and other armoured fighting vehicles.
Car manufacturing ended after the company became a subsidiary of Rover in 1965, but armoured vehicle manufacture continued. Alvis became part of British Leyland and then in 1982 was sold to United Scientific Holdings, which renamed itself Alvis plc.
",Automobiles,1919,"Thomas George John",,,,,,,1967,www.thealviscarcompany.co.uk,Present, 19,"2018-04-11 23:49:28",AMC,"American Motors Corporation (AMC) was an American automobile company formed by the 1954 merger of Nash-Kelvinator Corporation and Hudson Motor Car Company. At the time, it was the largest corporate merger in U.S. history.
AMC went on to compete with the US Big Three, Ford, General Motors and Chrysler — with its small cars including the Rambler American, Gremlin and Pacer; muscle cars including the Marlin, AMX and Javelin, and early 4-wheel-drive variants including the Concord and Eagle.
",Automobiles,1954,"George W. Mason","Trademark now held by FCA US LLC",,,,,,1988,,, 20,"2018-04-11 23:49:31",Arash,"Arash Motor Company is a small sports car manufacturer based in Newmarket, Suffolk, England. It was originally established by Arash Farboud as Farboud Limited in 1999 and changed name in 2006.
","Sports cars",1999,"Arash Farboud",,,,,,,,www.arashcars.com,Present, 21,"2018-04-11 23:49:39",Atalanta,"Atalanta Motors is a British car company created in 2011 by Martyn Corfield to relaunch the dormant 1930s Atalanta which stopped production due to the war after a production run of only 21 cars.
Initially announcing the rebirth of the marque in 2012 with the retro-designed Sports Tourer, Atlanta Motors displayed another car at the 2014 Concours of Elegance at Hampton Court Palace, but production models have yet to be announced.
","Vintage Sports Cars",2011,"Martyn Corfield",,,,,,,,www.atalantamotors.com,2011-Present, 22,"2018-04-11 23:49:50",Axon,"Axon Automotive is a British car manufacturer and car components manufacturer based in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire. The company is focused on innovation in both design and material technologies. Axon provides solutions for lightweight structural composite components for mainstream automotive and other high volume markets. It supports these with highly experienced teams encompassing design, analysis and manufacturing.
","Small Cars",2005,,,,,,,,,www.axonautomotive.com,Present, 23,"2018-04-11 23:49:53",Austin,"The Austin Motor Company Limited was a British manufacturer of motor vehicles, founded in 1905 by Herbert Austin. In 1952 it was merged with Morris Motors Limited in the new holding company British Motor Corporation (BMC) Limited, keeping its separate identity. The marque Austin was used until 1987.
","Motor Vehicles",1905,"Herbert Austin",,,,,,,1952,,, 24,"2018-04-11 23:49:56",Abadal,"The Abadal was a Spanish car manufactured between 1912 and 1923, named after Francisco Abadal.
Francisco Abadal (nicknamed Paco) was a Hispano-Suiza salesman and racing driver in Barcelona. He began this enterprise in 1912, and upon its cessation became an agent of General Motors in Spain. General Motors' plans in 1930 related to a prototype named the Abadal Continental never materialised.
","Luxury Cars",,,,,,,,,,,, 25,"2018-04-11 23:50:08",Abbott-Detroit,,Automobiles,1909,"Carlo Abarth",,,,,,,1919,,, 26,"2018-04-11 23:50:10",Alta,"Alta was a Greek manufacturer of light and heavier three-wheeler trucks, motorcycles and passenger cars. The truck, featuring a pleasant design and high reliability became one of the most successful vehicles of its kind in Greece.
",Automotive,1962,,,,,,,,1978,,, 27,"2018-04-11 23:50:15",Auburn,"Auburn was a brand name of American automobiles produced from 1900 through 1937.
",Automobiles,1900,"Frank, Morris Eckhart",,,,,,,1937,,, 28,"2018-04-11 23:50:20",Autobacs,"Autobacs Seven Co., Ltd. (株式会社オートバックスセブン Kabushiki-gaisha Ōtobakksu Sebun?) (TYO: 9832) is a retailer of automotive parts and accessories based in Japan with branches primarily in Asia, with stores also located in France.
",Automobiles,1947,"Toshio Sumino",,,,,,,,www.autobacs.co.jp,Present, 29,"2018-04-11 23:50:31",BMW,"BMW (Bavarian Motor Works) is a German automobile company founded in 1916, it also owns and produces Mini cars and Rolls-Royce Motor Cars. BMW is one of three best-selling luxury automakers in the world, along with Audi and Mercedes-Benz.
","Luxury Vehicles","7 March 1916","Franz Josef Popp,Karl Rapp",,,,,"Sheer Driving Pleasure (Worldwide)Automobiles Ettore Bugatti was a French car manufacturer of high-performance automobiles, founded in 1909 in the then German city of Molsheim, Alsace by Italian-born Ettore Bugatti. In the 1990s, an Italian entrepreneur revived it as a builder of limited production exclusive sports cars. Today, the name is owned by German automobile manufacturing group Volkswagen.
","Luxury Supercars",1909,"Ettore Bugatti","Sold to Hispano-Suiza (1963)Sold to Volkswagen Group (July 1998)",,,,,,,www.bugatti.com,Present,"The main color of the Bugatti logo is red, which naturally demonstrates extreme power, passion and pleasure to drive. White stands for elegance and nobility, while black shades represent excellence and courage." 31,"2018-04-11 23:50:40",Bentley,"Bentley Motors Limited is a British company that designs, develops, and manufactures luxury motorcars which are largely hand-built. It is a subsidiary of Volkswagen AG. Now based in Crewe, England, Bentley Motors Limited was founded by W. O. Bentley on 18 January 1919 in Cricklewood, North London.
In 1998, Vickers sold it to Volkswagen AG. The sale included the vehicle designs, model nameplates, production and administrative facilities, the Spirit of Ecstasy and Rolls-Royce grille shape trademarks, but not the rights to the Rolls-Royce name or logo which are owned by Rolls-Royce Holdings plc and were licensed to BMW AG.
","Luxury Cars",1919,"W. O. Bentley","Rolls-Royce Limited (1931)Vickers plc (1980)Volkswagen Group (1998)",,"Volkswagen Group",,,,,www.bentleymotors.com,Present,"The Bentley logo consists of three main colors; black, white and silver hues. While the white color defines purity and charm, the black color represents excellence and elegance of the company. The silver color, on the other hand, depicts sophistication an" 32,"2018-04-11 23:50:48",Buick,"Buick, formally the Buick Motor Division, is an upscale automobile brand of the American manufacturer General Motors (GM). For much of its existence in the North American market, Buick has been marketed as a premium automobile brand, selling luxury vehicles positioned above GM's mainstream brands, e.g. Chevrolet, while below the flagship luxury Cadillac division.","Mass-Market Cars",,"David Dunbar Buick",,"General Motors (1908–present)",,,,,,www.buick.com,2002–Present,"The silver color in the Buick logo stands for purity, dignity, sophistication and grandeur – whereas the black color represents the dynamic attitude and excellence of the company." 33,"2018-04-11 23:50:50",Brilliance,"Brilliance Auto Group (officially HuaChen Group Auto Holding Co., Ltd.) is a Chinese automobile manufacturer headquartered in Shenyang. In 2003, BMW and Brilliance signed a deal for the production of BMW-branded sedans in China. Its models are, alongside FAW Group Audis and Beijing Benz Mercedes Benzes, some of the only Western luxury cars to have gained popularity in the Chinese market.
","Economy Cars",1992,,,,,,,,,www.brillianceauto.com,Present, 34,"2018-04-11 23:50:55",BYD,"BYD Co Ltd is a Chinese manufacturer of automobiles and rechargeable batteries with its corporate headquarters in Shenzhen. It has two major subsidiaries, BYD Automobile and BYD Electronic.
","Economy Cars",1995,"Wang Chuanfu",,,,,,,,www.byd.com,2007-Present, 35,"2018-04-11 23:50:57",Borgward,"Borgward is an automobile manufacturer originally founded by Carl F. W. Borgward (November 10, 1890 – July 28, 1963). The original company, based in Bremen in Germany, ceased operations in the 1960s. The Borgward group produced four brands of cars: Borgward, Hansa, Goliath and Lloyd. The marque has been revived by Carl Borgward’s grandson, Christian Borgward, together with his partner, with assistance from Chinese investment, Foton Motor Inc. The Borgward logo unveiled in 2015 International Motor Show, its diamond shape consists of four triangles, two of which are coloured red – a reference to the flag of the German city of Bremen.
","Mass-Market Cars",1919,"Carl F. W. Borgward",,,,,,,,www.borgward.com,2016-Present, 36,"2018-04-11 23:51:05",Brammo,"Brammo, Inc. is an American producer of electric traction motors and traction batteries based in Ashland, Oregon, United States. Brammo marketed its motorcycles via the company's website. They were also available for sale and service at some motorcycle dealers throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia.
","Electric Vehicles",2002,"Craig Bramscher",,,,,,,,www.brammo.com,2002-Present, 37,"2018-04-11 23:51:16",Brabus,"Brabus, founded 1977 in Bottrop (Ruhr Area), Germany, is a high-performance aftermarket tuning company which specializes in Mercedes-Benz, Smart, and Maybach vehicles. Klaus Brackman and Bodo Buschmann established the company in 1977, the name deriving from the combined first three letters of their last names. Brabus became the largest Mercedes tuner, other than Mercedes-AMG which became a DaimlerChrysler affiliate in the 1990s.
","High Performance",1977,"Klaus Brackman,Bodo Buschmann",,,,,,,,www.brabus.com,Present, 38,"2018-04-11 23:51:20",Bertone,"Gruppo Bertone, commonly known simply as Bertone, was an Italian automobile company, which specialized in car styling, coachbuilding and manufacturing. Bertone styling is distinctive, with most cars having a strong ""family resemblance"" even if they are badged by different manufacturers. Bertone has styled cars for Abarth, Alfa Romeo, Aston Martin, Citroën, Ferrari, Fiat, Iso, Lancia, Lamborghini, Mercedes Benz, Opel and Volvo, among others. In addition, the Bertone studio was responsible for two of the later designs of the Lambretta motorscooter. In the late 1980s, Bertone styled the K20 motorcycle helmet for Swiss bicycle and motorcycle helmet manufacturer Kiwi.
","Automotive & Design",1912,"Giovanni Bertone",,,,,,,2014,www.bertone.it,Present, 39,"2018-04-11 23:51:22",BAC,"Briggs Automotive Company (BAC) is a British supercar manufacturing company based in Speke, Liverpool. BAC is renowned worldwide for creating Mono - the world's only single-seater, road-legal supercar - which has been exported to over 35 countries around the globe.
","Road-legal sports car",2009,"Neill Briggs, Ian Briggs",,,,,,,,www.bac-mono.com,2009-Present, 40,"2018-04-11 23:51:27","BAIC Motor","BAIC Motor Co., Ltd. is a subsidiary of BAIC which manufactures passenger cars and microvans sold under the Senova (绅宝) and Weiwang (威旺) marques, respectively. Founded in 2010 and based in Beijing, Daimler AG acquired a 12% stake in BAIC Motor in November 2013.
",Automobiles,2010,,,,"BAIC Group",,,,,www.baicmotor.com,Present, 41,"2018-04-11 23:51:35",Bitter,,Sports-Luxury,1971,"Erich Bitter",,,,,,,,www.bitter-automotive.de,Present, 42,"2018-04-11 23:51:37",Bowler,"Bowler Manufacturing is the manufacturer of off-road racing vehicles based on the Land Rover Defender and Range Rover chassis. The company is located in the town of Belper, Derbyshire, in the United Kingdom.
The company was founded by Drew Bowler who originally designed and produced the Bowler Tomcat which was sold and then the development of the Bowler Wildcat began. In December 2007 the manufacturing rights to the Wildcat were sold by Bowler to Qt Services, to provide support to existing Wildcat owners while Bowler concentrated on production of their newer vehicle, the Bowler Nemesis. In late 2009 the concept of the road version of the Bowler Nemesis was revealed.
","Off-Road Racing",1985,"Andrew Bowler",,,,,,,,www.bowlermotorsport.com,1985-Present, 43,"2018-04-11 23:51:47",Bufori,"Bufori is a brand of hand-built automobiles inspired by American 1930s coupes. The company is owned by three Australian Lebanese brothers Anthony, George and Gerry Khouri. In 1986, Gerry Khouri began to build three special sports cars in his garage, one each for the three brothers, which led to the formation of the company. The name Bufori is an acronym that stands for B - Beautiful U - Unique F - Funtastic O - Original R - Romantic I - Irresistible.
","Luxury Cars",1986,"Khouri Brothers",,,,,"Statement Of Pride",,,www.bufori.com,, 44,"2018-04-11 23:51:50",Berliet,"Berliet was a French manufacturer of automobiles, buses, trucks and military vehicles among other vehicles based in Vénissieux, outside of Lyon, France. Founded in 1899, and apart from a five-year period from 1944 to 1949 when it was put into 'administration sequestre' it was in private ownership until 1967 when it then became part of Citroën, and subsequently acquired by Renault in 1974 and merged with Saviem into a new Renault Trucks company in 1978. The Berliet marque was phased out by 1980.
",Automobiles,1899,"Marius Berliet",,,"Citroën (1968-1974)Renault (1974-1978)",,,,1978,,1899-1978, 45,"2018-04-11 23:51:56",Baojun,"Baojun (simplified Chinese: 宝骏; traditional Chinese: 寳駿; pinyin: Bǎojùn; literally: ""Treasured Horse"") is a Chinese automobile marque owned by a joint venture of General Motors and SAIC Motor, SAIC-GM-Wuling Automobile.
","Economy Cars",2010,,,,"SAIC-GM-Wuling Automobile, joint venture between General Motors, SAIC Motor and Wuling Automobile Company Limited.",,,,,www.autobaojun.com,2010-Present, 46,"2018-04-11 23:51:57",Brooke,"Brooke Cars Ltd is a British car manufacturer of specialist sports cars, based near Honiton in Devon, England. It was established in 2002, following the purchase of the vehicle rights from Brooke Kensington.
","Sports Cars",2002,,,,,,,,,www.brookecars.co.uk,Present, 47,"2018-04-11 23:51:59",Bizzarrini,"Bizzarrini S.p.A. was an Italian automotive manufacturer in the 1960s founded by former Alfa Romeo, Ferrari and ISO engineer, Giotto Bizzarrini.
Originally Prototipi Bizzarrini s.r.l., the name was changed to Bizzarrini S.p.A. in 1966.
",Automobiles,1964,"Giotto Bizzarrini",,,,,,,1969,,, 48,"2018-04-11 23:52:02",Berkeley,"Berkeley Cars Ltd of Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, England produced economical sporting microcars with motorcycle-derived engines from 322 cc to 692 cc and front wheel drive between 1956 and 1960.
","Sporting Microcars",1956,,,,,,,,1960,,, 49,"2018-04-11 23:52:08",Bristol,"Bristol Cars is a manufacturer of hand-built luxury cars headquartered on Kensington High Street, London, England.
The company suspended manufacturing in March 2011, when administrators were appointed and 22 staff were made redundant. In April 2011, the company was purchased by Kamkorp.
","Luxury Cars",1945,,,,Kamkorp,,,,,www.bristolcars.co.uk,, 50,"2018-04-11 23:52:16",Cadillac,"Cadillac, formally the Cadillac Motor Car Division, is a division of the U.S.-based General Motors (GM) that markets luxury vehicles worldwide. Its primary markets are the United States, Canada, and China, but Cadillac-branded vehicles are distributed in 34 additional markets worldwide.
","Luxury Vehicles","Aug 22, 1902","Henry M. Leland,William Murphy,Lemuel Bowen",,"General Motors",,,,,,www.cadillac.com,2014–Present,"Cadillac logo contains wide range of colors including black, red, grey, yellow, sliver and blue. Every color has its own special meaning. They symbolize creativity, excellence, passion, grandeur and business responsibility established by the automaker." 51,"2018-04-11 23:52:24",Chevrolet,"Chevrolet, or Chevy for short, is a division of General Motors. It is one of the most popular GM marques. In the North American market in 2005, Chevrolet outsold its main American rival, Ford, for the first time in 19 years, making it once again the top-selling marque in the United States.
","Mass-Market Cars","Nov 03, 1911","Louis Chevrolet,William C. Durant",,"General Motors",,,"Find New Roads",,,www.chevrolet.com,2013–Present,"The famous Chevrolet logo is designed in gold and yellow colors, decorated with a silver border. Such vivid colors stand out the brand’s logo and call for enthusiasm and strength. The company’s name beneath the logo is written in black letters. Yet, the p" 52,"2018-04-11 23:52:28",Citroën,"Citroën is a major French automobile manufacturer, part of the PSA Peugeot Citroën group since 1976, founded in 1919 by French industrialist André-Gustave Citroën (1878–1935).
","Mass-Market Cars",1919,"André Citroën",,"PSA Peugeot Citroën",,"DS Automobiles","Spirit of avant-gardeChrysler is an American luxury car brand and the longstanding premium marque of automaker FCA US LLC.
","Luxury Vehicles","June 6, 1925","Walter Chrysler",,"Fiat Chrysler Automobiles","Chrysler (formally, FCA US LLC)DivisionsDodge, Jeep, Ram, SRT",,,,,www.chrysler.com,2010-Present,"The latest edition of Chrysler’s famous winged logo sees a pair of elegant silver wings matched with a Chrysler inscription on deep blue background in the middle. Despite the elimination of historic wax seal sign, the logo represents the company’s legacy " 54,"2018-04-11 23:52:44",Changan,"Changan Automobile (Group) Co Ltd is a Chinese automobile manufacturer headquartered in Chongqing, China, and a state-owned enterprise. Foreign automakers that have joined joint ventures with Chang'an include Ford, Mazda, Suzuki, and PSA Peugeot Citroen.
","Economy Cars",1862,,,,,,,Hafei,,www.changan.com.cn,2010-Present, 55,"2018-04-11 23:52:53",Corvette,,"Sports Cars",,,,"General Motors",,,,,,www.chevrolet.com/corvette-sports-cars.html,2014–Present,"The seventh generation logo is an evolution of the last, with a more swept-back look, wider more angular edging and flags that aren't quite crossed at the base, all meant to convey the speed and bold styling of the upcoming car." 56,"2018-04-11 23:53:01",Caterham,"Caterham Cars is a British manufacturer of specialist lightweight sports cars established in Caterham, Surrey, with their headquarters in Crawley, Sussex. Their current model, the Caterham 7 (or Seven), originally launched in 1973, is a direct evolution of the Series 3 Lotus Seven designed by Colin Chapman.
",Roadsters,1973,"Graham Nearn",,,"Caterham Group",,,,,www.caterhamcars.com,, 57,"2018-04-11 23:53:04",Carlsson,,"Car Tuning",1989,,,,,,,,,www.carlsson.de,Present, 58,"2018-04-11 23:53:12",Chery,"Chery Automobile Co., Ltd., trading as Chery and sometimes known by the pinyin transcription of its Chinese name, Qirui (奇瑞), is a Chinese automobile manufacturer headquartered in Wuhu, Anhui Province, China. It was founded by the Government of China in 1997 and is a state-owned corporation. Chery's principal products are passenger cars, minivans, and SUVs; it sells passenger cars under the Chery marque and commercial vehicles under the Karry brand. Chery is the tenth-largest China-based automaker measured by 2012 output (around 590,000 units).
","Economy Cars",1997,,,,,,,"Chery Jaguar Land Rover (50%),Qoros (50%)",,www.chery.cn,2013-Present, 59,"2018-04-11 23:53:13",Caparo,"Caparo Vehicle Technologies (CVT), formerly known as Freestream, is a British company that provides advanced technology development, materials engineering, and design services to automotive, motorsport and aerospace markets.
","Road-legal Race Cars",2006,,,,Caparo,,,,,www.caparovehicletechnologies.com,2006-Present, 60,"2018-04-11 23:53:22",Changfeng,,"Light Trucks",1950,,,,,,,,,,Present, 61,"2018-04-11 23:53:23",Cizeta,"Cizeta Automobili srl of Modena, Italy is a car manufacturer set up in the late 1980s by Claudio Zampolli (an Italian Ferrari dealer) and the record producer Giorgio Moroder.
The name ""Cizeta"" comes from the Italian pronunciation of co-founder Claudio Zampolli's initials (C.Z.). Moroder became involved into the project when he took his Lamborghini Countach for a service at Zampolli's garage. Their only product, the Cizeta-Moroder V16T, featured a technically advanced transverse-configured sixteen-cylinder engine. Styled by Marcello Gandini, the body was strikingly similar to the later Lamborghini Diablo's as Gandini first proposed the design to the then Chrysler-owned Lamborghini, which altered the concept significantly. Gandini then brought the original Diablo design to Cizeta. The prototype was the only car to carry the ""Cizeta-Moroder"" badge, as Giorgio Moroder pulled out of the Cizeta project in 1990. The prototype remains with Giorgio Moroder to this day.
","Hand-built Cars",1980s,"Claudio Zampolli",,,,,,,,www.cizetausa.com,Present, 62,"2018-04-11 23:53:24",Cisitalia,"Cisitalia was an Italian sports and racing car brand. The name ""Cisitalia"" derives from ""Compagnia Industriale Sportiva Italia"", a business conglomerate founded in Turin in 1946 and controlled by the wealthy industrialist and sportsman Piero Dusio. The Cisitalia 202 GT of 1946 is well known in the world as a ""rolling sculpture"".
",Automobiles,1946,"Piero Dusio",,,,,,,1963,,, 63,"2018-04-11 23:53:27","Corre La Licorne",,Automobiles,1901,"Jean-Marie Corre",,,,,,,1949,,, 64,"2018-04-11 23:53:28",Cole,"The Cole Motor Car Company was an early automobile maker based in Indianapolis, Indiana. Cole automobiles were built from 1908 until 1925. They were quality-built luxury cars. The make is a pioneer of the V-8 engine.
","Luxury Cars",1909,"Joseph J. Cole",,,,,,,1925,,, 65,"2018-04-11 23:53:35",Dodge,"Dodge is an American brand of automobile manufactured by Fiat Chrysler (formerly known as Chrysler Group LLC), based in Auburn Hills, Michigan. Dodge vehicles currently include the lower-priced badge variants of Chrysler-badged vehicles as well as performance cars, though for much of its existence Dodge was Chrysler's mid-priced brand above Plymouth.
","Performance Cars",1900,"John Francis Dodge,Horace Elgin Dodge",,"Fiat Chrysler Automobiles",Chrysler,,"Domestic. Not Domesticated",,,www.dodge.com,2011-Present,"The current Dodge logo features several shades of silver and red colors. The Dodge inscription is all silver, but has a light hue at the top and dark, or rather grey, at the bottom. It stands for grandeur, dignity and sophistication. The two inclined stri" 66,"2018-04-11 23:53:45",DS,"DS is the premium brand of Groupe PSA. The DS marque was first announced in early 2009 by Citroën as a premium sub-brand added to certain models, with DS being an abbreviation of Different Spirit or Distinctive Series (although the reference to the historical Citroën DS is evident), to run in parallel to its mainstream cars. The name is also a play on words, as in French it is pronounced like the word déesse, meaning goddess. Since 2015 (and since 2012 in China), the Citroën branding has been dropped from the DS line models, and DS has continued as a standalone premium brand developed and part from Citroen.
","Luxury Vehicles",2009,"Groupe PSA",,"Groupe PSA (PSA Peugeot Citroën)",Citroën,,,,,www.dsautomobiles.com,2009-Present, 67,"2018-04-11 23:53:51",Dacia,"Automobile Dacia S.A. is a Romanian car manufacturer that takes its name from the historic region that constitutes much of present-day Romania. The company was founded in 1966, and has been a subsidiary of the French car manufacturer Renault since 1999.
","Economy Cars",1966,,,,Renault,,,,,www.daciagroup.com,2008-Present, 68,"2018-04-11 23:53:59",Dongfeng,"Dongfeng Motor Corporation is a Chinese state-owned automobile manufacturer headquartered in Wuhan, China. Traditionally one of the ""Big Three"" Chinese automakers, Dongfeng is currently in the top four along with Chang'an Motors, FAW Group, and SAIC Motor.
","Commercial Vehicles",1969,,,,,,,,,www.dfmc.com.cn,Present, 69,"2018-04-11 23:54:03",Daewoo,"Daewoo Motors was a South Korean automotive company established in 1982, part of the Daewoo Group. It sold most of its assets in 2001 to General Motors, after running into financial trouble, becoming a subsidiary of the American company and in 2011, it was replaced by GM Korea.
",Automobiles,1982,"Kim Woo-jung","Reincorporated as GM Daewoo after bankruptcy, and replaced by GM Korea in 2011",,,,,,2002,,2011, 70,"2018-04-11 23:54:03",Datsun,"Datsun is an automobile brand owned by Nissan. Datsun's original production run began in 1931. From 1958 to 1986, only vehicles exported by Nissan were identified as Datsun. By 1986 Nissan had phased out the Datsun name, but re-launched it in June 2013 as the brand for low-cost vehicles manufactured for emerging markets.
",Automobiles,,,"Re-launched (2013)Discontinued (1986)",,Nissan,,"Break Through",,,www.datsun.com,2013-Present, 71,"2018-04-11 23:54:14",DMC,"The Delorean Motor Company (DMC) is an American automobile manufacturer formed by automobile industry executive John DeLorean in 1975. It is remembered for the one model it produced — the distinctive stainless steel DeLorean DMC-12 sports car featuring gull-wing doors—and for its brief and turbulent history, ending in receivership and bankruptcy in 1982.
In 1995, Liverpool-born mechanic Stephen Wynne started a separate company using the ""DeLorean Motor Company"" name and shortly thereafter acquired the remaining parts inventory and the stylized ""DMC"" logo trademark of DeLorean Motor Company. The current DeLorean Motor Company located near Houston is not, and has never been, associated with the original company but supports owners of DeLorean cars. DMC (Texas), as they are known, has an additional five authorized, franchised dealers in Bonita Springs, Florida; Crystal Lake, Illinois; Huntington Beach, California; Bellevue, Washington and Hem, Netherlands.
","Sports Cars",,"John DeLorean",,,,,,,,www.delorean.com,Present, 72,"2018-04-11 23:54:19",Dartz,,"Armored Vehicles",,,,"Leonard F. Yankelovich","DARTZ GRUPA OÜ",,,,,www.dartz.us,Present, 73,"2018-04-11 23:54:28","Devel Sixteen",,Supercars,2013,,,,,,,,,www.devel-sixteen.com,Present, 74,"2018-04-11 23:54:35","David Brown","David Brown Automotive is a British manufacturer of limited edition automobiles in Silverstone, England, belonging to British businessman David Brown. The company began in Coventry in 2013 and moved to a new 18,000 sq ft build facility in Silverstone in March 2017.
","Luxury Cars",2013,,,"David Brown",,,,,,www.davidbrownautomotive.com,2013-Present, 75,"2018-04-11 23:54:38","De Tomaso","De Tomaso Modena SpA was an Italian car-manufacturing company. It was founded by the Argentine-born Alejandro de Tomaso (1928–2003) in Modena in 1959. From 1976 to 1993 De Tomaso owned legendary Italian sports car maker Maserati, and was responsible for producing cars including the Biturbo, the Kyalami, Quattroporte III, Karif, and the Chrysler TC.
","Racing Cars",1959,"Alejandro de Tomaso",,,,,,"Maserati (1976-1993),Moto Guzzi (1973-2000)",2015,,2011-Present, 76,"2018-04-11 23:54:48",Daihatsu,"Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd. is a Japanese manufacturer of cars, especially compact/small cars. These cars are also known as ""kei jidosha"" in Japan. Daihatsu researches hybrid vehicles and two stroke diesel engines.
","Automobiles, Engines",1907,,,,"Toyota Group (100%)",,"We Do CompactDonkervoort Automobielen BV is a manufacturer of authentic hand-built and ultra light weight sports cars based in Lelystad, Netherlands. The car brand was founded in 1978 by Joop Donkervoort.
In 1996, Donkervoort's Ford engines were replaced by Audi engines. Donkervoort's motto – ""No Compromise"" – means driving without any electronic aids such as ABS (Anti-lock braking system), Electronic stability program (ESP) or power steering.
",Roadsters,1978,"J.A. Donkervoort",,,,,"'No Compromise'",,,www.donkervoort.com,Present, 78,"2018-04-11 23:55:06","Detroit Electric",,Vehicles,"1907–1939, revived in 2008",,,,,,,,,www.detroit-electric-group.com,Present, 79,"2018-04-11 23:55:12",Diatto,"In 1905 the grandsons of the founder, Vittorio and Pietro Diatto, believed that motor-vehicle production represented the future for the 'carriage market'. On 12 April 1905, they founded the Società Diatto-A. Clement in partnership with the French company Clément-Bayard, owned by Adolphe Clément-Bayard of Paris. Diatto-Clément had a workforce of 500 (Note: Fiat had 776) and produced cars with 4 and 6 cylinder engines.
",Automobiles,1905,"Pietro,Vittorio Diatto",,,,,,,1929,,, 80,"2018-04-11 23:55:15",DKW,"DKW is a German car and motorcycle marque. The company and brand is one of the ancestor companies of the modern day Audi company as one of the four companies that formed Auto-Union.",Automobiles,1916,"Dr Jørgen Skafte Rasmussen",,,,,,,1966,,, 81,"2018-04-11 23:55:22",DINA,"DINA is a Mexican automotive producer of heavy duty and specialty trucks, urban buses, armored military vehicles, and intercity buses. The company is owned by the Gómez Flores family.
Currently the company distributes its products in the US, UK, Russia, Iran, Egypt, Syria, Mexico, Nicaragua (24.3 MUSD) and other Central and South American countries. In the US and Canada the company previously sold the high-profile Dina Viaggio coaches under its former subsidiary, Motor Coach Industries, a brand with more recognition there.
",Trucks,1951,"Henri Théodore Pigozzi",,,"Grupo Empresarial G, S.A",,,,,www.dina.com.mx,Present, 82,"2018-04-11 23:55:28",Delage,"Delage was a French luxury automobile and racecar company founded in 1905 by Louis Delage in Levallois-Perret near Paris; it was acquired by Delahaye in 1935 and ceased operation in 1953.
","Luxury Cars",1905,"Louis Delage",,,,,,,1953,,blue, 83,"2018-04-11 23:55:38",Edsel,"Edsel is an automobile marque that was planned, developed, and manufactured by the Ford Motor Company for model years 1958–1960. With the Edsel, Ford had expected to make significant inroads into the market share of both General Motors and Chrysler and close the gap between itself and GM in the domestic American automotive market. Ford invested heavily in a yearlong teaser campaign leading consumers to believe that the Edsel was the car of the future – an expectation it failed to meet. After it was unveiled to the public, it was considered to be unattractive, overpriced, and overhyped. The Edsel never gained popularity with contemporary American car buyers and sold poorly. The Ford Motor Company lost $250 million on the Edsel's development, manufacturing, and marketing.
The very name ""Edsel"" became a popular symbol for a commercial failure.
",Automobiles,1957,,,,"Ford Motor Company",,,,1960,,, 84,"2018-04-11 23:55:45",Eagle,"Eagle was a marque of the Chrysler Corporation following the purchase of American Motors Corporation (AMC) in 1987 and marketed through the end of the 1998 model year. It was aimed at the enthusiast driver and promoted as more ""European"" than the automaker's similar models.
","Passenger Cars",1988,,,,"Chrysler Corporation (1988-1998)",,,,1999,,1988-1999, 85,"2018-04-11 23:55:54",Elemental,"Elemental Motor Company was founded in 2012 with the aim to develop the Rp1 sportscar and bring it into production.
The company is part of Elemental Group Ltd, and its manufacturing facility is based in Hambledon in rural Hampshire, UK.
",Roadsters,2012,,,,,,,,,www.elementalcars.co.uk,2012-Present,"With core specialisms in high performance automotive and racecar engineering, vehicle dynamics and systems, advanced composites technology, advanced manufacturing, vehicle design and styling, the team at Elemental Group has over 120 man-years of experienc" 86,"2018-04-11 23:56:01",Elfin,"Elfin Sports Cars Pty Ltd (formerly known as Elfin Sports Car Company) is a car manufacturer company founded by Garrie Cooper. It has been an Australian manufacturer of sports cars and motor racing cars since 1957.
",Roadsters,1957,"Garrie Cooper",,,"Walkinshaw Performance",,,,,www.elfin.com.au,Present, 87,"2018-04-11 23:56:07",EDAG,"EDAG Engineering GmbH is a German company founded 1969 in Groß-Zimmern by Horst Eckard as eckard design. The headquarters are located in Wiesbaden, Germany. The company has more than 4000 employees in 32 offices all over the world. It serves for new product development, production facility development, production system, aviation and spaceflight, tool development and subconstruction for automotive industry.
",Automotive,1969,"Horst Eckard",,,"ATON GmbH",,,,,www.edag.de,Present, 88,"2018-04-11 23:56:11",Eterniti,"Eterniti Motors was a short-lived British company founded in 2010 and placed in administration in January 2014. It unveiled its first and only car, the Hemera, at the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show. In 2012 the Hemera was shown in China at the Beijing International Automotive Exhibition as the Artemis.
",Automobiles,2010,,,,,,,,2014,,, 89,"2018-04-11 23:56:21",Eicher,"Eicher Motors is a commercial vehicle manufacturer in India. The company's origins date back to 1948, when Goodearth Company was established for the distribution and service of imported tractors. In 1959 the Eicher Tractor Corporation of India Private Ltd was established, jointly with the Eicher tractor company, a German tractor manufacturer. Since 1965 Eicher in India has been completely owned by Indian shareholders. The German Eicher tractor was partly owned by Massey-Ferguson from 1970, when they bought 30%. Massey-Ferguson bought out the German company in 1973.
In July 2008, EML and Volvo Group's 50:50 joint venture VE Commercial Vehicles (VECV) designs, manufactures and markets commercial vehicles, engineering components and provides engineering design.
","Commercial Vehicles",1948,,,"Siddhartha Lal",,,,,,www.eicher.in,Present, 90,"2018-04-11 23:56:24",Elva,"Elva was a sports and racing car manufacturing company based in Bexhill, then Hastings and Rye, East Sussex, United Kingdom. The company was founded in 1955 by Frank G. Nichols. The name comes from the French phrase elle va (""she goes"").
","Racing Cars",1955,"Frank G. Nichols",,,,,,,,www.elva.com,, 91,"2018-04-11 23:56:34",Englon,,"Economy Cars",2010,,,,Geely,,,,,www.engloncar.com,Present, 92,"2018-04-11 23:56:35",Ferrari,"Ferrari is an Italian automotive manufacturer in the Formula One World Championship, also involved in high-end and high-performance racing cars, supercars, and sports cars. The company was founded by Enzo Ferrari in 1939 out of Alfa Romeo's race division as Auto Avio Costruzioni, the company built its first car in 1940. However, the company's inception as an auto manufacturer is usually recognized in 1947, when the first Ferrari-badged car was completed.
In 2014, Ferrari was rated the world's most powerful brand by Brand Finance. In May 2012 the 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO became the most expensive car in history, selling in a private transaction for US$38.1 million to American communications magnate Craig McCaw.
","Luxury Sports Cars",1947,"Enzo Ferrari",,,,,,,,www.ferrari.com,Present, 93,"2018-04-11 23:56:37",Ford,"The Ford Motor Company (commonly referred to simply as ""Ford"") is an American multinational automaker headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit. In its twentieth century heyday, Ford, along with General Motors and Chrysler, were known as Detroit's ""Big Three"" automakers, companies that dominated the American auto market. Ford is the second-largest U.S.-based automaker (preceded by General Motors) and the fifth-largest in the world (behind Toyota, Volkswagen, Hyundai-Kia and General Motors) based on 2015 vehicle production.
","Mass-Market Cars","June 16, 1903","Henry Ford",,,,,"Go FurtherFiat Automobiles S.p.A., is the largest automobile manufacturer in Italy producing Fiat branded cars, and is a subsidiary of FCA Italy S.p.A. which is part of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles. Fiat Automobiles S.p.A. was formed in January 2007 when Fiat reorganized its automobile business, and traces its history back to 1899 when the first Fiat automobile was produced.
","Small Cars","Jul 11, 1899","Giovanni Agnelli",,"Fiat Chrysler Automobiles","FCA Italy",,,,,www.fiat.com,2006-Present,"The new chrome shield-like Fiat logo was introduced in 2006 on Fiat Bravo. It depicts the notion of the “ongoing change”, featuring the company’s name in white color on a red background with a vertically elongated typeface." 95,"2018-04-11 23:56:52",FAW,"FAW Group Corporation is a Chinese state-owned automotive manufacturing company headquartered in Changchun, Jilin, China. FAW is one of the ""Big Four"" Chinese automakers alongside Chang'an Motors, Dongfeng Motor, and SAIC Motor. In 2014, the company ranked third in terms of output making 2.7 million whole vehicles.
","Compact Cars",1953,,,,,,,"Hongqi,Jie Fang,Besturn,Haima,Xiali",,www.faw.com,Present, 96,"2018-04-11 23:56:52",Foton,"Beiqi Foton Motor Co., Ltd. (Foton Motor or Foton) is a Chinese company which designs and manufactures trucks, buses, sport utility vehicles and agricultural machinery. It is headquartered in Changping, Beijing and is a subsidiary of BAIC Group.
","Commercial Vehicles",1996,,,,"BAIC Group",,,,,www.foton-global.com,Present, 97,"2018-04-11 23:56:59",9ff,"9ff is a German car tuning company, based in Dortmund, founded by Jan Fatthauer in 2001, specializing in converting stock Porsches into street legal racing machines, either as fully tuned cars, or selling individual parts or kits.
","Car Tuning",2001,"Jan Fatthauer",,,,,,,,www.9ff.com,2001-Present, 98,"2018-04-11 23:57:02","Faraday Future","Faraday Future is an American start-up technology company focused on the development of intelligent electric vehicles. Faraday Future was established in April 2014 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California, in the Harbor Gateway neighborhood, which is adjacent to Carson, California.
","Electric Vehicles","April 2014",,,,,,,,,www.ff.com,2014-Present, 99,"2018-04-11 23:57:07",Fisker,"Fisker Automotive was an automaker originally based in Anaheim, California, founded by Henrik Fisker in 2007. The company's first product was the Fisker Karma, one of the world's first production plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. It debuted at the 2008 North American International Auto Show, and first deliveries were in 2011.
","Electric Vehicles",2007,"Henrik Fisker,Bernhard Koehler",,,,,"Pure driving passion (former)",,2014,www.fiskerinc.com,2007-Present,"The Fisker logo is a circular badge with an orange and blue center surrounded by a white border containing the brand name. The orange represents the setting sun into the blue of the Pacific ocean. Two silver vertical stripes in the center represent the co" 100,"2018-04-11 23:57:10","Facel Vega","Facel S.A. was a French manufacturer of steel furniture and pressed steel components, later complete automobiles to their own design, founded in 1939 to make components for Bronzavia's military aircraft. In 1945 in conjunction with Metallon Facel began to make short-run special bodies, coupés or cabriolets, for Simca, Ford, Panhard and Delahaye.
Monocoque bodies without a chassis became general for mass-produced cars and Facel lost their big customers. French niche manufacturers ended production. Metallon left the partnership in 1953. Facel set about designing and making their own complete cars using engines made by Chrysler, Volvo and Austin. Their first design named Vega was shown to the public in 1954.
",Automobiles,1939,"Jean Daninos",,,,,,,1964,,,