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car_x_region.id | car.id | car.ts | car.title | car.overview | car.feature | car.founded | car.founder | car.fate | car.owner | car.parent | car.division | car.slogan | car.subsidiary | car.defunct | car.website | car.present_logo | car.logo_description | region.id | region.ts | region.country | region.city | region.location |
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231 | 208 | 2018-04-12 00:14:36 | Marcos | <p><strong>Marcos Engineering</strong> was a British sports car manufacturer. The name derives from the surnames of founders Jem Marsh and Frank Costin.</p> <p>On 9 October 2007 it was again announced that Marcos would cease production and go into voluntary liquidation.</p> | Sports Cars | 1959 | Jem Marsh,Frank Costin | 2007 | www.marcos-eng.com | 231 | 2018-04-12 00:14:36 | United Kingdom | England | Kenilworth | ||||||||
232 | 209 | 2018-04-12 00:14:39 | Morris | <p><strong>Morris Motors Limited</strong> was a British motor vehicle manufacturer formed in 1919 to take over the assets of WRM Motors Ltd., which had been put into voluntary liquidation. Though merged into larger organisations, the Morris name remained in use until 1984 when British Leyland's Austin Rover Group decided to concentrate on the more popular Austin brand. The trademark is currently owned by the China-based automotive company SAIC after being transferred from bankrupt subsidiary Nanjing Automotive.</p> <p>Today, the former Morris manufacturing complex at Cowley, Oxford survives as Plant Oxford, and is owned by the BMW Group as the headquarters of the MINI marque and associated family of vehicles.</p> |
Motor Vehicles | 1919 | SAIC | 1984 | 53 | 2018-04-11 23:49:53 | United Kingdom | England | Longbridge | |||||||||
233 | 210 | 2018-04-12 00:14:44 | Nissan | <p><strong>Nissan Motor Company Ltd</strong>, is a Japanese multinational automobile manufacturer headquartered in Nishi-ku, Yokohama. The company sells its cars under the Nissan, Infiniti, and Datsun brands with in-house performance tuning products labelled Nismo. The company traces its name to the Nissan zaibatsu, now called Nissan Group.</p> | Mass-Market Cars | Dec 26, 1933 | Masujiro Hashimoto | Renault | Infiniti,Datsun | Innovation that excites | www.nissan-global.com | 2013–Present | 233 | 2018-04-12 00:14:44 | Japan | Yokohama | Nishi-ku | |||||
234 | 211 | 2018-04-12 00:14:53 | Noble | <p><strong>Noble Automotive Ltd.</strong>, more commonly known simply as <strong>Noble</strong>, is a British sports car manufacturer. Noble is a low-production British sports car company, its past products include the M12 GTO, M12 GTO-3, M12 GTO-3R, M400 and Noble M600.</p> | Sports Cars | 1999 | Lee Noble in Leeds | Peter Dyson | Perfection is a road. Not a destination. | www.noblecars.com | Present | 234 | 2018-04-12 00:14:53 | United Kingdom | England | Leicester | ||||||
235 | 212 | 2018-04-12 00:14:57 | Opel | <p>Adam Opel AG is a German automobile manufacturer headquartered in Rüsselsheim, Hesse, Germany, and a subsidiary of General Motors Company. Opel designed and manufactured vehicles are also sold under the Buick brand in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and China, the Holden brand in Australia and New Zealand, and the Vauxhall brand in the United Kingdom.</p> | Mass-Market Cars | 1862 | Adam Opel | General Motors | Vauxhall | www.opel.com | 2009-Present | Opel has had a number of different logos throughout the history. The “Blitz” logo of Opel was first introduced in 1964. The emblem of Opel is designed in several hues of silver color, and also features black shades. The silver lightning is adorned with bl | 235 | 2018-04-12 00:14:57 | Germany | Hesse | Rüsselsheim | |||||
236 | 213 | 2018-04-12 00:15:05 | Oldsmobile | <p><strong>Oldsmobile</strong> was a brand of American automobiles produced for most of its existence by General Motors. Olds Motor Vehicle Co. was founded by Ransom E. Olds in 1897. In its 107-year history, it produced 35.2 million cars, including at least 14 million built at its Lansing, Michigan factory. When it was phased out in 2004, Oldsmobile was the oldest surviving American automobile marque, and one of the oldest in the world, after Daimler, Peugeot and Tatra. Though it was closed in 2004, it still remains an active trademark of the General Motors Corporation. The closing of the Oldsmobile division presaged a larger consolidation of GM brands and discontinuation of models during the company's 2009 bankruptcy reorganization.</p> |
Luxury Vehicles | 1897 | Ransom E. Olds | General Motors | 2004 | http://www.gm.com/owner-assistance/oldsmobile.html [html] | 1996-Present | 236 | 2018-04-12 00:15:05 | United States | Michigan | Lansing | ||||||
237 | 214 | 2018-04-12 00:15:05 | Oltcit | <p>Oltcit S.A. was an automobile manufacturer, established as a joint venture between the Romanian government (64%) and Citroën (36%). Their main product was the Oltcit Club / Citroën Axel hatchback, assembled in Craiova, Romania.</p> | Automotive | 1976 | 1991 | 237 | 2018-04-12 00:15:05 | Romania | Craiova | |||||||||||
238 | 215 | 2018-04-12 00:15:14 | OSCA | <p><strong>O.S.C.A.</strong> (Officine Specializzate Costruzione Automobili—Fratelli Maserati S.p.A.) was an Italian manufacturer of racing and sports cars established 1947 in San Lazzaro di Savena, Bologna, by the Maserati brothers, and closed down in 1967. Its name is usually abbreviated to OSCA or Osca.</p> | Racing & Sports Cars | 1947 | Ettore,Ernesto,Bindo Maserati | 238 | 2018-04-12 00:15:14 | Italy | Bologna | San Lazzaro di Savena | ||||||||||
239 | 217 | 2018-04-12 00:15:18 | Peugeot | <p><strong>Peugeot</strong> is a major French car manufacturer, part of PSA Peugeot Citroën Group. It is the second largest automaker in Europe, after Volkswagen. Peugeot's roots go back to bicycle manufacturing at the end of the 19th century. Its headquarters are in Paris, Avenue de la Grande Armée.</p> | Mass-Market Cars | 1896 | Armand Peugeot | Groupe PSA | Motion & Emotion | www.peugeot.com | 2010-Present | Peugeot logo contains silver, blue and black colors. Blue is associated with forward-looking approach of major French automaker. Silver stands for innovations and traditions brought by enormous experience. Black color is mainly used as lion’s shadow. | 95 | 2018-04-11 23:53:45 | France | Paris | ||||||
240 | 218 | 2018-04-12 00:15:29 | Pontiac | <p>Pontiac was a brand of automobiles manufactured and sold by General Motors (GM); though production ended in 2010, Pontiac remains a registered and active trademark of GM. The Pontiac automobile brand was established in 1926 as a companion make for GM's more expensive line of Oakland automobiles.</p> | Automobiles | 1926 | General Motors | www.pontiac.com | Present | 55 | 2018-04-11 23:50:08 | United States | Michigan | Detroit | ||||||||
241 | 219 | 2018-04-12 00:15:37 | Pagani | <p>Pagani Automobili S.p.A. is an Italian manufacturer of Supercars and carbon fibre. The company was founded in 1992 by the Argentinian Horacio Pagani, and is based in San Cesario sul Panaro, near Modena, Italy.</p> | Supercars | 1992 | Horacio Pagani | www.pagani.com | 1992-Present | 241 | 2018-04-12 00:15:37 | Italy | MO | San Cesario sul Panaro | ||||||||
242 | 220 | 2018-04-12 00:15:48 | Proton | <p><strong>PROTON Holdings Berhad</strong>, (PHB; informally <strong>PROTON</strong>) is a Malaysia-based corporation active in automobile design, manufacturing, distribution and sales. PROTON was established in 1983 as the sole national badged car company until the advent of Perodua in 1993. The company is headquartered in Shah Alam, Selangor, and operates additional facilities at Proton City, Perak. 'PROTON' is a Malay acronym for Perusahaan Otomobil Nasional (National Automobile Company).</p> |
Economy Cars | 1983 | Mahathir Mohamad | DRB-HICOM (50.1%)Geely (49.9%) | It's in the Drive! | www.proton.com | 2016-Present | 242 | 2018-04-12 00:15:48 | Malaysia | Selangor | Shah Alam | ||||||
243 | 221 | 2018-04-12 00:15:51 | Perodua | <p>The <strong>Perodua</strong> is Malaysia's second automobile manufacturer after Proton. It was established in 1993. Perodua mainly produces compact cars and therefore does not actually compete with Proton for the same market niche.</p> | Economy Cars | 1993 | Excellence That Assured (1998-2008)<br />Building Cars, People First (2008-present) | www.perodua.com.my | 2008-Present | 243 | 2018-04-12 00:15:51 | Malaysia | Selangor | Serendah | ||||||||
244 | 222 | 2018-04-12 00:15:55 | Pininfarina | <strong>Pininfarina S.p.A.</strong> (short for Carozzeria Pininfarina) is an Italian car design firm and coachbuilder in Cambiano, Italy. It was founded by Battista "Pinin" Farina in 1930.On December 14, 2015, Mahindra Group, acquired Pininfarina S.p.A. in a deal worth about 168 million euros ($185 million). | Automotive & Design | 1930 | Battista Farina | Mahindra Group (76.06%) | www.pininfarina.com | 1997-Present | 244 | 2018-04-12 00:15:55 | Italy | Cambiano | ||||||||
245 | 223 | 2018-04-12 00:16:05 | Peterbilt | Trucks | 1939 | Paccar | www.peterbilt.com | Present | 245 | 2018-04-12 00:16:05 | United States | Texas | Denton | |||||||||
246 | 224 | 2018-04-12 00:16:07 | Praga | Cars & Karts & Planes | 1907 | PRAGA-Export s.r.o. | www.pragaglobal.com | Present | 246 | 2018-04-12 00:16:07 | Czech republic | Prague | ||||||||||
247 | 225 | 2018-04-12 00:16:14 | Polestar | <p><strong>Polestar</strong> is the official Volvo Cars performance company and brand, based in Gothenburg, Sweden. Polestar develops electric performance cars, high-performance cars based on Volvos and offers technical and cosmetic upgrades to enhance Volvo models. Until 2015, Polestar Performance was a division of Polestar along with the Polestar racing team. and prototypes. Volvo announced in July 2015 that it had purchased Polestar Performance. The racing team will remain under the direction of Christian Dahl, changing name from Polestar Racing to Cyan Racing. A close cooperation with Polestar is maintained with Cyan Racing becoming official motorsport partner to Polestar, the Volvo Cars performance brand.</p> |
Electric Cars | Volvo Cars | www.polestar.com | Present | 247 | 2018-04-12 00:16:14 | Sweden | Gothenburg | ||||||||||
248 | 226 | 2018-04-12 00:16:19 | Prodrive | <p><strong>Prodrive</strong> is a British motorsport and advanced engineering group based in Banbury, Oxfordshire, England. It designs, constructs and races cars for companies and teams such as Aston Martin, Mini and Volkswagen. Its advanced technology division now applies this motorsport engineering approach to deliver engineering solutions into automotive OEMs, aerospace, defence, marine and other sectors, which now represents more than half its turnover. Prodrive also has a specialist composite division based in Milton Keynes where it manufactures lightweight carbon composite CFRP and visual carbon components for many supercars and increasingly for the luxury automotive, aerospace and marine sectors.</p> |
Racing Cars | 1984 | David Richards | www.prodrive.com | 1984-Present | 248 | 2018-04-12 00:16:19 | United Kingdom | England | Banbury | ||||||||
249 | 227 | 2018-04-12 00:16:21 | Panoz | <p><strong>Panoz, LLC</strong> is an American manufacturer of high performance sports automobiles. The company has also been extensively involved in professional racing, and designs, engineers and builds its own race cars, i.e. chassis and components. Founded in 1989 as Panoz Auto Development by Dan Panoz, son of pharmaceutical and motorsport mogul Don Panoz. The company is located in Braselton, Georgia. Panoz products have included the Panoz Roadster and AIV Roadster, and the Panoz Esperante. All Panoz road cars are tested at Panoz-owned Road Atlanta in Braselton, Georgia and built at the Braselton workshop.</p> |
Racing & Sports Cars | 1989 | Dan Panoz | America's Most Exclusive Custom Sports Car | www.panoz.com | 249 | 2018-04-12 00:16:21 | United States | Georgia | Braselton | ||||||||
250 | 228 | 2018-04-12 00:16:26 | Plymouth | <p><strong>Plymouth</strong> was a brand of automobiles based in the United States, produced by the Chrysler Corporation and its successor Daimler Chrysler. The brand first appeared in 1928 in the United States and was discontinued in 2001.</p> | Automobiles | 1928 | Walter Chrysler | Withdrawn from the market in 2001; models were either discontinued or rebranded as Chrysler | Chrysler | 2001 | 83 | 2018-04-11 23:52:33 | United States | Michigan | Auburn Hills | |||||||
251 | 229 | 2018-04-12 00:16:37 | Panhard | <p><strong>Panhard</strong> was originally called Panhard et Levassor, and was established as a car manufacturing concern by René Panhard and Émile Levassor in 1887.</p> <p>Panhard is a French manufacturer of light tactical and military vehicles. Its current incarnation, now owned by Renault Trucks Defense, was formed by the acquisition of Panhard by Auverland in 2005. Panhard had been under Citroën ownership, then PSA (Peugeot société anonyme) after the 1974 takeover of Citroën by Peugeot, for 40 years. The combined company now uses the Panhard name; this was decided based on studies indicating that the Panhard name had better brand recognition worldwide than the Auverland name.</p> |
Cars | 1891 | René Panhard,Émile Levassor | Renault Trucks Defense | www.panhard-defense.fr | 95 | 2018-04-11 23:53:45 | France | Paris | |||||||||
252 | 230 | 2018-04-12 00:16:47 | PGO | <p><strong>PGO Automobiles</strong> is a French car manufacturer, producing exclusive series' of sports cars. The brand operates in the same special market as Lotus, Wiesmann, Donkervoort and Morgan. Their cars are considered an appropriate solution for connoisseurs seeking for individuality and style.</p> | Sports Cars | 1985 | Gilles and Olivier Prevot | www.pgo.fr | Present | 252 | 2018-04-12 00:16:47 | France | Saint-Christol-lès-Alès | |||||||||
253 | 231 | 2018-04-12 00:16:55 | Premier | <p><strong>Premier Ltd.</strong> (formerly The Premier Automobiles Limited) is a manufacturer of vehicles based in Mumbai, India. The company is owned by the Walchand Group. Walchand established Premier Ltd. with the encouragement and support of architect of modern India, Sir. M. Vishweswarayya. In October 1947 Premier Ltd. manufactured the first Indian made trucks and cars rolled out onto the streets of a free India.</p> |
Vehicles | 1944 | www.premier.co.in | Present | 253 | 2018-04-12 00:16:55 | India | Mumbai | ||||||||||
254 | 232 | 2018-04-12 00:17:05 | Pierce-Arrow | <p><strong>Pierce-Arrow Motor Car Company</strong> was an American automobile manufacturer based in Buffalo, New York, which was active from 1901 to 1938. Although best known for its expensive luxury cars, Pierce-Arrow also manufactured commercial trucks, fire trucks, camp trailers, motorcycles, and bicycles.</p> | Luxury Vehicles | 1901 | George N. Pierce | 1938 | 254 | 2018-04-12 00:17:05 | United States | New York | Buffalo | |||||||||
255 | 233 | 2018-04-12 00:17:10 | Pegaso | <p><strong>Pegaso</strong> was a Spanish manufacturer of trucks, omnibuses, tractors, armored vehicles, and, for a while, sports cars. The parent company, Enasa, was created in 1946 and based in the old Hispano-Suiza factory, under the direction of the renowned automotive engineer Wifredo Ricart.</p> | Commercial Vehicles | 1946 | 1994 | black | 255 | 2018-04-12 00:17:10 | Spain | Barcelona | ||||||||||
256 | 234 | 2018-04-12 00:17:11 | Qoros | Compact Cars | 2007 | Chery Automobile Co., Ltd. (50%),Kenon Holdings (50%) | www.qoros.com | 2007-Present | 224 | 2018-04-12 00:12:49 | China | Shanghai | ||||||||||
257 | 235 | 2018-04-12 00:17:19 | Rolls-Royce | <p><strong>Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Limited</strong> is a British luxury automobile maker. A wholly owned subsidiary of German group BMW, it was established in 1998 after BMW was 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.</p> |
Luxury Cars | 1906 | Charles Rolls,Henry Royce | BMW | www.rolls-roycemotorcars.com | Present | “The Spirit of Ecstasy” or “The Flying Lady” is also a significant part of the Rolls Royce company, It was created by Charles Sykes as a statue to adorn Rolls Royce cars. this Lord immortalized their tragically love by unveiling Spirit of Ecstasy as a sig | 257 | 2018-04-12 00:17:19 | United Kingdom | England | Goodwood | ||||||
258 | 236 | 2018-04-12 00:17:24 | Renault | <p><strong>Renault</strong> was the eleventh biggest automaker in the world by production volume, with 50.5% of sales coming outside of Europe. The Renault–Nissan Alliance is the fourth-largest automotive group.</p> | Mass-Market Cars | 1899 | Louis Renault,Marcel Renault,Fernand Renault | www.renault.com | 2015-Present | The Renault diamond logo has been through many iterations since it was first used in 1923. The current Renault logo was released in 2015. The previous logo was redesigned by Saguez & Partners in 2007. | 258 | 2018-04-12 00:17:24 | France | Boulogne-Billancourt | ||||||||
259 | 237 | 2018-04-12 00:17:30 | RAM | <p><strong>Ram Trucks</strong>, stylized as <strong>RAM</strong> (formally known as the Ram Truck Division) is a United States-based brand of light to mid-weight commercial vehicles established in 2009 as a division of FCA US LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles. It was spun-off from Dodge marque, using the name of the popular Dodge Ram line of trucks. Ram Trucks' logo was originally Dodge's logo.</p> |
Trucks & Vans | 2010 | Fiat Chrysler Automobiles | Chrysler | www.ramtrucks.com | 2009-Present | 83 | 2018-04-11 23:52:33 | United States | Michigan | Auburn Hills | |||||||
260 | 238 | 2018-04-12 00:17:39 | Roewe | <strong>Roewe</strong> is a vehicle marque created by the Chinese automaker SAIC Motor in 2006. Roewe vehicles were initially based on technology acquired from defunct British carmaker MG Rover. SAIC was unable to purchase the rights to the Rover brand name and created the Roewe marque as a replacement. The MG name is preferred in most markets outside China. | Compact Cars | 2006 | SAIC Motor | www.roewe.com.cn | 2006-Present | 224 | 2018-04-12 00:12:49 | China | Shanghai | |||||||||
261 | 239 | 2018-04-12 00:17:43 | Rover | <p><strong>Rover</strong> is a former British car manufacturing company founded as Starley & Sutton Co. of Coventry in 1878. It is the direct ancestor of the present day Land Rover company, which is a subsidiary of Jaguar Land Rover, in turn owned by the Tata Group.</p> | Automotive | 1878 | John Kemp Starley,William Sutton | Alvis Cars (1965–1967) | 2005 | 2003-2005 | 261 | 2018-04-12 00:17:43 | United Kingdom (2000–2005) | England | ||||||||
262 | 240 | 2018-04-12 00:17:52 | Rossion | Supercars | 2006 | Grunes & Rosen | www.rossioncars.com | Present | 217 | 2018-04-12 00:10:30 | United States | Florida | Riviera Beach | |||||||||
263 | 241 | 2018-04-12 00:18:00 | Rimac | Electric Sports Cars | 2009 | Mate Rimac | www.rimac-automobili.com | 2016-Present | 263 | 2018-04-12 00:18:00 | Croatia | Sveta Nedelja | ||||||||||
264 | 242 | 2018-04-12 00:18:21 | RUF | Car Tuning | 1939 | Alois Ruf Sr. | www.ruf-automobile.de | 1939-Present | 264 | 2018-04-12 00:18:21 | Germany | Pfaffenhausen | ||||||||||
265 | 243 | 2018-04-12 00:18:30 | Rezvani | <p><strong>Rezvani Motors</strong> is an Iranian automotive designer and manufacturer of high-performance supercars based in Irvine, California. Rezvani Motors was founded by Ferris Rezvani, one of the designers of Vencer’s Sarthe supercar who formerly worked with Aston Martin, Ferrari, and DBC. The company's main product is the Rezvani Beast, a self-funded project by Rezvani.</p> <p>Chris Brown purchased the first Rezvani Beast in 2015 for $200,000. The car was used in the filming of Brown's single "Liquor." The 500 horsepower street-legal race car has no doors, no roof, and weighs just 1,650 pounds.</p> |
Supercars | 2014 | Ferris Rezvani | www.rezvanimotors.com | 2014-Present | 126 | 2018-04-11 23:57:07 | United States | California | Irvine | ||||||||
266 | 244 | 2018-04-12 00:18:40 | Renault Samsung | <p><strong>Renault Samsung Motors</strong>, also known by the acronym <strong>RSM</strong>, is a South Korean car manufacturer headquartered in Busan where its single assembly site is also located, with additional facilities at Seoul (administration) and Giheung (research and development). It was first established as Samsung Motors in 1994 by the chaebol Samsung, with technical assistance from Nissan. The company started selling cars in 1998, just before South Korea was hit by the Asian financial crisis. In September 2000, it became a subsidiary of Renault and adopted its present name, although Samsung maintained a minority ownership. RSM markets a range of cars, including electric models and crossovers.</p> |
Cars & Luxury Cars | 1994 | Renault (80.1%),Samsung (19.9%) | Renault | www.renaultsamsungm.com | 1994-Present | 266 | 2018-04-12 00:18:40 | South Korea | Busan | ||||||||
267 | 245 | 2018-04-12 00:18:43 | Radical | <p><strong>Radical Sportscars</strong> is a British manufacturer and constructor of racing cars. The company was founded in January 1997 by amateur drivers and engineers Mick Hyde and Phil Abbott, who built open cockpit sportscars which could be registered for road use and run on a track without modification. Radical produce a mix of purpose built race cars as well as road legal sports cars in varying specifications. The most popular racecar produced to date is the radical SR3 with the V6 RXC being their most numerous road legal sportcar.</p> |
Racing Cars | 1997 | Phil Abbott,Mick Hyde | www.radicalsportscars.com | 1997-Present | 267 | 2018-04-12 00:18:43 | United Kingdom | Peterborough | |||||||||
268 | 246 | 2018-04-12 00:18:57 | Rinspeed | <strong>Rinspeed</strong> is a Swiss automobile manufacturer and tuning designer. It specialises in restoring classic cars, and tuning and modifying modern cars such as Porsches and Subarus. Since 1991, they have also designed exotic concept and special vehicles for the Geneva Motor Show each year, but do not enter into production. | Automobiles | 1979 | Frank M. Rinderknecht | www.rinspeed.eu | 1979-Present | 268 | 2018-04-12 00:18:57 | Swiss | ||||||||||
269 | 247 | 2018-04-12 00:19:08 | Ronart | <p><strong>Ronart Cars</strong> is a British sports car manufacturer and constructor of unique and bespoke sports racing cars. The company was founded in 1984 by Rona and Arthur Wolstenholme, based in Peterborough. The company design and manufacture sports and racing cars for both road legal and track day use with unique designs from open wheel racing cars to modern day sports cars.</p> |
Sports Cars | 1984 | Rona,Arthur Wolstenholme | www.ronart.co.uk | 1984-Present | 72 | 2018-04-11 23:51:37 | United Kingdom | ||||||||||
270 | 248 | 2018-04-12 00:19:09 | Rambler | <p><strong>Rambler</strong> was an automobile brand name used by the Thomas B. Jeffery Company between 1900 and 1914, then by its successor, Nash Motors from 1950 to 1954, and finally by Nash's successor, American Motors Corporation from 1954 to 1969 in the United States and 1983 in international markets. It was often nicknamed the "Kenosha Cadillac" after its place of manufacture.</p> |
Automobiles | Red | 183 | 2018-04-12 00:05:01 | United States | |||||||||||||
271 | 249 | 2018-04-12 00:19:18 | Riley | <p><strong>Riley</strong> was a British motorcar and bicycle manufacturer from 1890. Riley became part of the Nuffield Organisation in 1938 and was merged into the British Leyland Motor Corporation in 1968. ln July 1969 British Leyland announced the immediate end of Riley production, although 1969 was a difficult year for the UK auto industry and cars from Riley's inventory may have been first registered in 1970. Today, the Riley trademark is owned by BMW.</p> |
Automotive | 1896 | Acquired by William Morris in 1938 thereafter with Morris Motors Limited | 48 | 2018-04-11 23:49:25 | United Kingdom | England | Coventry | ||||||||||
272 | 251 | 2018-04-12 00:19:30 | Škoda | <p><strong>Škoda Auto</strong> more commonly known as <strong>Škoda</strong>, is a Czech automobile manufacturer founded in 1895 as Laurin & Klement. It is headquartered in Mladá Boleslav, Czech Republic. After 1991 it was gradually privatized and in 2000 Škoda became a wholly owned subsidiary of the Volkswagen Group.</p> | Mass-Market Cars | 1895 | Václav Laurin,Václav Klement | Volkswagen Group | Simply Clever | www.skoda-auto.com | 2016-Present | The present Škoda emblem, introduced in 2011, represents a good old winged arrow, designed in green color. This iconic symbol is placed on white background and is embedded into black and silver 3D circle. While the black color represented the hundred-year | 272 | 2018-04-12 00:19:30 | Czech Republic | Mladá Boleslav | ||||||
273 | 252 | 2018-04-12 00:19:33 | Subaru | <p><strong>Subaru</strong> is the automobile manufacturing division of Japanese transportation conglomerate Fuji Heavy Industries (FHI), the twenty-second biggest automaker by production worldwide in 2012. In Western markets, the Subaru brand has traditionally been popular among a dedicated core of buyers.</p> | Mass-Market Cars | 1953 | Kenji Kita | Fuji Heavy Industries | Confidence in Motion | www.subaru-global.com | 2003-Present | The use of blue color in the Subaru logo represents excellence and reliability of the Subaru vehicles, whereas the silver and black colors stand for their sophistication, elegance, creativity and perfection. | 273 | 2018-04-12 00:19:33 | Japan | Tokyo | Ebisu | |||||
274 | 253 | 2018-04-12 00:19:39 | SAIC | <p>SAIC Motor Corporation Limited (informally SAIC, formerly Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation) is a Chinese state-owned automotive design and manufacturing company headquartered in Shanghai, China, with multinational operations. A Fortune Global 100 company and one of the "Big Four" state-owned Chinese automakers (along with Chang'an Motors, FAW Group, and Dongfeng Motor), the company had the largest production volume of any Chinese automaker in 2014 making more than 4.5 million vehicles. Its manufacturing mix is not wholly consumer offerings, however, with as many as 1,000,000+ SAIC passenger vehicles being commercial vans.</p> <p>SAIC traces its origins to the early years of the Chinese automobile industry in the 1940s, and SAIC was one of the few carmakers in Mao's China, making the Shanghai SH760. Currently, it participates in the oldest surviving sino-foreign car making joint venture, with Volkswagen, and in addition has had a joint venture with General Motors since 1998. SAIC products sell under a variety of brand names, including those of its joint venture partners. Two notable brands owned by SAIC itself are MG, a historic British car marque, and Roewe, one of the few domestic Chinese luxury car brands.</p> |
Automobiles | www.saicmotor.com | 2011-Present | 224 | 2018-04-12 00:12:49 | China | Shanghai | |||||||||||
275 | 254 | 2018-04-12 00:19:46 | Smart | <p><strong>smart</strong> (stylised and marketed as "smart") is a German automotive marque and division of Daimler AG, based in Böblingen, Germany. Very popular in Europe-- especially in the streets of Rome, Paris, Florence, and more-- the smart fortwo model, as perhaps the smallest production vehicle in the World, is an international head-turner. The smart fortwo will be available in the United States starting in early 2008.</p> |
Luxury Small Cars | 1994 | Nicolas Hayek | Daimler-Benz (1993-1998),DaimlerChrysler (1999-2007),Daimler AG (2007-present) | www.smart.com | 1994-Present | The 3D ‘c’ letter is designed in gradient shades of silver color, while the arrow at the right side is all yellow. The ‘smart’ word, accompanying the logo, is designed in grey color. | 275 | 2018-04-12 00:19:46 | Germany | Böblingen | |||||||
276 | 255 | 2018-04-12 00:19:53 | SEAT | <p><strong>SEAT, S.A.</strong> is a Spanish automobile manufacturer with its head office in Martorell, Catalonia, Spain. It was founded on May 9, 1950, by the Instituto Nacional de Industria (INI), a state-owned industrial holding company. Since 1986 it has been a wholly owned subsidiary of the German Volkswagen Group.</p> | Compact Cars | 1950 | Instituto Nacional de Industria | Volkswagen Group | Technology to Enjoy | www.seat.com | 2012-Present | SEAT today is the only major Spanish car manufacturer with the ability and the infrastructure to develop its own cars in-house. | 276 | 2018-04-12 00:19:53 | Spain | Martorell | ||||||
277 | 256 | 2018-04-12 00:19:58 | Suzuki | <p>The <strong>Suzuki Motor Corporation</strong> is a Japanese manufacturing company producing a range of small automobiles, a full range of motorcycles, outboard motors, and a variety of other small combustion-powered engine products. Suzuki’s domestic motorcycle sales volume is the third largest in Japan.</p> | Automobiles | 1909 | Michio Suzuki | www.suzuki.co.jp | Present | The present variant of Suzuki logo is designed in red and blue colors. The red color represents passion, integrity and tradition, while the blue stands for excellence and grandeur. The earliest Suzuki logo was designed in black and white palette. The embl | 277 | 2018-04-12 00:19:58 | Japan | Shizuoka | Hamamatsu | |||||||
278 | 257 | 2018-04-12 00:20:02 | Saab | <p><strong>Saab Automobile AB</strong>, better known as <strong>Saab</strong>, was a Swedish car manufacturer owned by the Dutch automobile manufacturer Swedish Automobile NV, formerly Spyker Cars NV. It was the exclusive automobile royal warrant holder as appointed by H.M., the King of Sweden. Since its inception, Saab has become known for turbocharging, “quirkiness”, safety and "green" technology.</p> |
Automobiles | 1937 | Saab AB | Saab AB (1945–1968)Saab-Scania (1968–1990)General Motors (1990–2010)Spyker N.V. (2010–2012) | 2012 | www.saabcars.com | 2013-Present | On 3 September 2012, Nevs announced that it had finalized the acquisition of Saab Automobiles assets. Nevs would be able to use the name Saab on future cars but not the griffin logo. | 278 | 2018-04-12 00:20:02 | Sweden | Trollhättan | ||||||
279 | 258 | 2018-04-12 00:20:12 | Scion | <p><strong>Scion</strong> was a United States-only division of Toyota Motor Corporation founded in 2003 and defuncted in 2016. It is also a brand of Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. It currently has no models in production. The previous Scion xA was discontinued after the 2006 model year.</p> | Sports Compact | 2003 | Absorbed into Toyota | Toyota | Weird, right? | August 5, 2016 | www.scion.com | 2003-Present | Scion’s name is based off the Old French cion, ciun, cyon, or sion, meaning a shoot or twig. It’s commonly used as the root for “descendant of.” Thus, Scion is the “descendant of” Toyota. | 279 | 2018-04-12 00:20:12 | United States | California | Torrance | ||||
280 | 259 | 2018-04-12 00:20:17 | Spyker | <p>Swedish Automobile N.V. (formerly Spyker Cars N.V.) is a Dutch hand-built automobile manufacturer based in Zeewolde, in the Netherlands and not related to or controlled by the previous Spyker company that went bankrupt in 1929. The modern Spyker Cars only has the legal right to the brand name. The company's motto is "Nulla tenaci invia est via," which is Latin for "For the tenacious, no road is impassable."</p> |
Luxury Sports Cars | 1898 | Maarten de Bruijn,Victor Muller | Spyker N.V. (1999 – present) | www.spykercars.com | black | 280 | 2018-04-12 00:20:17 | Netherlands | Zeewolde | ||||||||
281 | 260 | 2018-04-12 00:20:26 | Saturn | <p>The <strong>Saturn Corporation</strong>, also known as Saturn LLC, is a registered trademark established on January 7, 1985, as a subsidiary of General Motors. The company marketed itself as a "different kind of car company" and operated somewhat independently from its parent company for a time with its own assembly plant in Spring Hill, Tennessee; unique models; and a separate retailer network, and was GM's attempt to compete with Japanese automakers.</p> |
Automobiles | 1985 | Roger Smith | General Motors | 2010 | www.saturn.com | 1985-2010 | 281 | 2018-04-12 00:20:26 | United States (2007-2010) | Michigan | Spring Hill, Tennessee, United States (1985–2007)Detroit | ||||||
282 | 261 | 2018-04-12 00:20:27 | SsangYong | <p><strong>SsangYong Motor Company</strong> (Ssangyong meaning "Double Dragons"), is the fourth largest South Korean-based automobile manufacturer. It is a subsidiary of Indian multinational Mahindra & Mahindra.</p> | Automobiles | 1954 | Mahindra & Mahindra Limited (70%) | www.SsangYong.com | Present | 139 | 2018-04-11 23:58:09 | South Korea | Seoul | |||||||||
283 | 262 | 2018-04-12 00:20:32 | SSC | <p><strong>SSC</strong> is an American supercar company founded in 1998 by automotive enthusiast, Jerod Shelby. SSC's headquarters in Tri-Cities, Washington, is also the hometown of Mr. Shelby and home to his dream. Fueled by his passion for racing and automotive culture SSC's success is a true representation of the American Dream.</p> <p>Competing with the likes of Ferrari, Lamborghini, Bugatti, and Koenigsegg (to name a few), SSC has and continues to exponentially accelerate in its development and production of world class supercars. They built the SSC Aero, a kit car based on a Pontiac Fiero spaceframe chassis, equipped with a twin turbocharged pushrod engined V8s. Its turbocharged 6.35 litres (388 cu in) V8 produces 1,287 bhp (960 kW; 1,305 PS), which made it the most powerful production car in the world, until the arrival of Koenigsegg One:1 (1,341 bhp (1,000 kW; 1,360 PS)) in 2014. On September 13, 2007, the "Ultimate Aero" took the title of fastest production car. The Ultimate Aero has a top speed of 412 km/h (256 mph).</p> |
Supercars | 1998 | Jerod Shelby | Jerod Shelby | www.sscnorthamerica.com | Present | 283 | 2018-04-12 00:20:32 | United States | Washington | West Richland | |||||||
284 | 263 | 2018-04-12 00:20:42 | Saleen | <p><strong>Saleen Automotive</strong>, commonly known as Saleen, is an American manufacturer of specialty high-performance sports cars and high-performance automotive parts. Saleen is headquartered in Corona, California, USA. On June 26, 2013 Saleen Automotive, Inc became public through a reverse merger. It is listed on the OTC Bulletin Board and is controlled and majority owned by Saleen brand founder Steve Saleen.</p> |
Supercars | 1984 | Steve Saleen | Power in the hands of a few | www.saleen.com | 1984-Present | 284 | 2018-04-12 00:20:42 | United States | California | Corona | |||||||
285 | 266 | 2018-04-12 00:21:02 | Saipa | <p><strong>SAIPA</strong> (Persian: سایپا) is an automaker headquartered in Tehran, Iran. The SAIPAC was established in 1965 as with 75% Iranian ownership, to assemble Citroëns under license for the Iranian market and changed its name into SAIPA in 1975 when the Iranian state withdrew from the company. Its products in recent years were mostly under-licensed Korean cars and its own engine and range of cars. The chief executive (president or managing director) of SAIPA is Mehdi Jamali, predecessor of whom was Nematollah Poustindouz. The main subsidiaries of SAIPA Group are Saipa Diesel, Pars Khodro and Zamyad Co. SAIPA signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Malaysia's Proton to jointly develop a new compact sedan to replace the SAIPA Pride.</p> |
Automobiles | 1965 | www.saipacorp.com | Present | 168 | 2018-04-12 00:03:10 | Iran | Tehran | ||||||||||
286 | 267 | 2018-04-12 00:21:12 | Suffolk | <p><strong>Suffolk Sportscars</strong> Ltd is the magnum opus of Roger Williams. Roger started the business over 20 years ago, which was initially dedicated solely to the production of SS100s, then C-types and over the years diversifying into sales, maintenance, restorative works and internationally touring a variety of classic cars that we have had the pleasure of enjoying.</p> | Sports Cars | www.suffolksportscars.com | Present | 72 | 2018-04-11 23:51:37 | United Kingdom | ||||||||||||
287 | 268 | 2018-04-12 00:21:21 | Studebaker | <p><strong>Studebaker</strong> was an American wagon and automobile manufacturer based in South Bend, Indiana. Founded in 1852 and incorporated in 1868 under the name of the Studebaker Brothers Manufacturing Company, the company was originally a producer of wagons for farmers, miners, and the military.</p> | Automobiles | 1852 | Studebaker brothers | Studebaker Brothers Manufacturing Company | 1967 | 1950-1960 | 287 | 2018-04-12 00:21:21 | United States | Indiana | South Bend | |||||||
288 | 269 | 2018-04-12 00:21:29 | Soueast | <p>The <strong>Soueast</strong> is a Chinese automobile manufacturer based in Fuzhou, Fujian, and a joint venture between China Motor Corporation (25%), Fujian Motor Industry Group (50%) and Mitsubishi Motors (25%). Its principal activity is the design, development, production and sale of passenger cars and minibuses sold under the Soueast marque. It also manufactures Mitsubishi brand passenger cars for sale in mainland China.</p> |
Economy Cars | 1995 | China Motor Corporation (25%),Fujian Motors Group (50%),Mitsubishi Motors (25%) | www.soueast-motor.com | 1995-Present | 288 | 2018-04-12 00:21:29 | China | Fujian | Fuzhou | ||||||||
289 | 270 | 2018-04-12 00:21:34 | Spirra | <p>The <strong>Oullim Spirra</strong> is a sports car manufactured by Oullim Motors, a subsidiary of Oullim Networks. The company headquarters are located in Yangjae-dong in downtown Seoul while the production facility is located in Kyunggi-do province just south of Seoul. Oullim Motors was co-founded in 2007 by former Ssangyong Motors designer Han-chul Kim and Dong-hyuk Park, the founder and CEO of Oullim Networks.</p> <p>The Spirra has been in production since 2008, and is available in various countries including China, United Arab Emirates, Malaysia and The Netherlands.</p> |
Sports Cars | Present | 289 | 2018-04-12 00:21:34 | South Korea | |||||||||||||
290 | 271 | 2018-04-12 00:21:41 | Simca | <p><strong>Simca</strong> (Société Industrielle de Mécanique et Carrosserie Automobile, Mechanical and Automotive Body Manufacturing Company) was a French automaker, founded in November 1934 by Fiat and directed from July 1935 to May 1963 by Italian Henri Théodore Pigozzi (born Enrico Teodoro Pigozzi, 1898–1964). Simca was affiliated with Fiat and then, after Simca bought Ford's French activities, became increasingly controlled by the Chrysler Group. In 1970, Simca became a subsidiary and brand of Chrysler Europe, ending its period as an independent company. Simca disappeared in 1978, when Chrysler divested its European operations to another French automaker, PSA Peugeot Citroën. PSA replaced the Simca brand with Talbot after a short period when some models were badged as Simca-Talbots.</p> <p>During most of its post-war activity, Simca was one of the biggest automobile manufacturers in France. The Simca 1100 was for some time the best-selling car in France, while the Simca 1307 and Simca Horizon won the coveted European Car of the Year title in 1976 and 1978, respectively—these models were badge engineered as products of other marques in some countries. For instance the Simca 1307 was sold in Britain as the Chrysler Alpine, and the Horizon was also sold under the Chrysler brand.</p> |
Automobiles | 1934 | Henri Théodore Pigozzi | Chrysler Europe | 1970 taken over by Chrysler1979 by PSA | 290 | 2018-04-12 00:21:41 | France (1954–1970) | France (1935–1961)Poissy | Nanterre | ||||||||
291 | 272 | 2018-04-12 00:21:42 | Singer | <p><strong>Singer Motors Limited</strong> was a British motor vehicle manufacturing business, originally a bicycle manufacturer founded as Singer & Co by George Singer, in 1874 in Coventry, England. Singer & Co's bicycle manufacture continued. From 1901 George Singer's Singer Motor Co made cars and commercial vehicles.</p> | Automobiles | 1875 | George Singer | 1970 | 199 | 2018-04-12 00:06:09 | United Kingdom | Coventry | ||||||||||
292 | 273 | 2018-04-12 00:21:49 | Toyota | <p><strong>Toyota Motor Corporation</strong> is a Japanese automotive manufacturer headquartered in Toyota, Aichi, Japan. Toyota was the largest automobile manufacturer in 2015 ahead of the Volkswagen and Mercedes-Benz.</p> <p>Toyota Motor Corporation produces vehicles under five brands, including the Toyota brand, Hino, Lexus, Ranz, and Daihatsu. It also holds a 16.66% stake in Fuji Heavy Industries, a 5.9% stake in Isuzu, a 3.58% stake in the Yamaha Motor Company, and a 0.27% stake in Tesla, as well as joint-ventures with two in China (GAC Toyota and Sichuan FAW Toyota Motor), one in India (Toyota Kirloskar), one in the Czech Republic (TPCA), along with several "nonautomotive" companies. TMC is part of the Toyota Group, one of the largest conglomerates in the world.</p> |
Mass-Market Cars | 1937 | Kiichiro Toyoda | Lexus,Scion | Let's Go Places | www.toyota.com | 1989-Present | The current version of the Toyota logo was first introduced in 1989. It comprises of three ellipses that symbolize wheels, motion, speed and unity. Taking a closer and more careful look, one can easily notice that the two intersecting ellipses in the midd | 292 | 2018-04-12 00:21:49 | Japan | Aichi | Toyota | |||||
293 | 274 | 2018-04-12 00:21:50 | Tesla | <p><strong>Tesla Motors</strong> is named after electrical engineer and physicist Nikola Tesla. The Tesla Roadster uses an AC motor descended directly from Tesla's original 1882 design. The Tesla Roadster, the company's first vehicle, was the first production automobile to use lithium-ion battery cells and the first production EV with a range greater than 200 miles (320 km) per charge.</p> |
Electric Vehicles | 2003 | JB Straubel,Martin Eberhard,Ian Wright,Elon Musk,Marc Tarpenning | www.tesla.com | 2003-Present | Tesla badge contains black and silver color. All letters are painted black enclosed in silver shield. These colors are mainly associated with creativity, innovations and style making the logo look rather attractive and eye-catching. | 293 | 2018-04-12 00:21:50 | United States | California | Palo Alto | |||||||
294 | 275 | 2018-04-12 00:21:51 | Tata | <p>Founded in 1945 as a manufacturer of locomotives, the company manufactured its first commercial vehicle in 1954 in a collaboration with Daimler-Benz AG. Tata Motors acquired the South Korean truck manufacturer Daewoo Commercial Vehicles Company in 2004 and purchased Jaguar Land Rover from Ford in 2008.</p> <p>The company is ranked 226th on the Fortune Global 500 list of the world's biggest corporations as of 2016.</p> |
Automobiles | 1945 | J. R. D. Tata | More Dreams Per Car<br />Inspired by people | Jaguar Land Rover,Tata Daewoo,Tata Hispano | www.tatamotors.com | 2000-Present | 215 | 2018-04-12 00:07:22 | India | Maharashtra | Mumbai | ||||||
295 | 276 | 2018-04-12 00:21:57 | Tatra | <p><strong>Tatra</strong> is a Czech manufacturer producing vehicles in Kopřivnice, it is owned by Tatra Trucks company, based in Ostrava. It is the third oldest company producing cars and has an unbroken history after Daimler and Peugeot. The company was founded in 1850 as Ignatz Schustala & Comp., later renamed Nesselsdorfer Wagenbau-Fabriksgesellschaft when it became a wagon and carriage manufacturer. In 1897, Tatra produced the first motor car in central Europe, the Präsident automobile.</p> |
Automobiles | 1850 | Ignác Šustala | www.tatratrucks.com | Present | 295 | 2018-04-12 00:21:57 | Czech Republic | Moravia | Kopřivnice | ||||||||
296 | 277 | 2018-04-12 00:22:00 | Troller | <p><strong>Troller Veículos Especiais S/A</strong> (<strong>Troller</strong>) is a Brazilian off-road vehicles manufacturer. It was founded in 1995 in Horizonte, Ceará, becoming a Ford subsidiary in 2007. Troller's flagship vehicle is the Troller T4 SUV, which has featured successfully in several rally races around the world, including the Dakar Rally.</p> | Off-Road Vehicles | 1995 | Charlie Guth De Grange | Ford Motor Company | Ford Brasil (2007–present) | www.troller.com.br | Present | 296 | 2018-04-12 00:22:00 | Brazil | Ceará | Horizonte | ||||||
297 | 278 | 2018-04-12 00:22:07 | TechArt | <p>The company was founded in 1987 by Thomas Behringer, with its headquarters located in Leonberg, Germany. Behringer wished to create cars which would blend artistic perfection with technologically advanced features. The company is recognized as an independent manufacturer. On May 10, 2008, the TechArt GT Street RS (based on a Porsche 997 GT2), driven by Jörg Hardt, ran the fastest time at the annual Tuner Grand Prix, beating out Porsche tuner Cargraphic, which had won the past three consecutive years. While not official, it is widely accepted that the winner of the Tuner GP is Europe's best tuner.</p> |
Car Tuning | 1987 | Thomas Behringer | www.techart.de | Present | 297 | 2018-04-12 00:22:07 | Germany | Leonberg | |||||||||
298 | 279 | 2018-04-12 00:22:08 | Trion | <p>Trion Supercars is an American supercar manufacturer located in California, U.S. founded in 2012 by American automotive engineer Richard Patterson. The company is currently developing the "Nemesis", which is going to be their very first vehicle. The Nemesis will be offered in several different variations, in its most extreme form it is planned to be a 2000+ horsepower supercar, powered by a bespoke drivetrain, an American developed and built 552 cubic inch (9045ccm) quad-cam V8.</p> |
Supercars | 2012 | Richard Patterson | www.trionsupercars.com | Present | 298 | 2018-04-12 00:22:08 | United States | California | Orange County | ||||||||
299 | 280 | 2018-04-12 00:22:09 | Tauro Sport | <p><strong>Tauro Sport Auto</strong> is a Spanish manufacturer of luxury sports cars based in Valladolid, founded in 2010, when a group of Spanish businessmen joined with a British manufacturer of racing cars to create the company.</p> | Luxury Sports Cars | 2010 | www.tauro.eu | Present | 299 | 2018-04-12 00:22:09 | Spain | Valladolid | ||||||||||
300 | 282 | 2018-04-12 00:22:24 | Talbot | <p><strong>Talbot</strong> was an automobile manufacturer founded in London in 1903 by investor Charles Chetwynd-Talbot and French engineer Adolphe Clément, later Clément-Bayard. Their products were named just Talbot from shortly after their first manufacture in London but their business remained Clément-Talbot Limited until 1938.</p> | Automobiles | 1903 | PSA Peugeot Citroën | 1994 | blue | 300 | 2018-04-12 00:22:24 | France | United KingdomPoissy | Whitley, Coventry | ||||||||
301 | 283 | 2018-04-12 00:22:46 | TVR | <p><strong>TVR</strong> is an independent British manufacturer of high-end sports cars. The company manufactures lightweight sports cars with powerful engines and was, at one time, the third-largest specialised sports car manufacturer in the world, offering a diverse range of coupés and convertibles.</p> | Sports Cars | 1947 | Syndicate of British Businessmen | tvr.co.uk | Present | 301 | 2018-04-12 00:22:46 | United Kingdom | England | Blackpool | ||||||||
302 | 284 | 2018-04-12 00:22:51 | Triumph | <p>The <strong>Triumph Motor Company</strong> was a British car and motor manufacturing company. The Triumph marque (trade-name) is owned currently by BMW. The marque had its origins in 1885 when Siegfried Bettmann (1863–1951) of Nuremberg formed S. Bettmann & Co and started importing bicycles from Europe and selling them under his own trade name in London. The trade name became "Triumph" the following year, and in 1887 Bettmann was joined by a partner, Moritz (Maurice) Schulte, also from Germany. In 1889 the businessmen started producing their own bicycles in Coventry, England.</p> |
Automobiles | 1885 | Standard Motors Ltd, Leyland Motors Ltd, British Leyland Motor Corporation Ltd, BL plc | 1984 | 1885-1984 | 48 | 2018-04-11 23:49:25 | United Kingdom | England | Coventry | ||||||||
303 | 285 | 2018-04-12 00:23:01 | UAZ | Commercial Vehicles | 1941 | www.uaz.ru | Present | 303 | 2018-04-12 00:23:01 | Russia | ULY | Ulyanovsk | ||||||||||
304 | 286 | 2018-04-12 00:23:08 | Ultima | <p><strong>Ultima Sports Ltd.</strong> are a sports car manufacturer based in Hinckley, Leicestershire, England. Founded in 1992 by Ted Marlow and Richard Marlow, Ultima Sports Ltd manufacture and distribute worldwide the Ultima Evolution supercar.</p> | Sports Cars | 1992 | Ted Marlow,Richard Marlow | www.ultimasports.co.uk | 1992-Present | 304 | 2018-04-12 00:23:08 | United Kingdom | England | Leicestershire | ||||||||
305 | 287 | 2018-04-12 00:23:12 | Volkswagen | <p><strong>Volkswagen</strong>, shortened to VW, is a German automaker founded on 28 May 1937 by the German Labour Front under Adolf Hitler and headquartered in Wolfsburg. It is the flagship marque of the Volkswagen Group, the largest automaker by worldwide sales in 2016.</p> | Mass-Market Cars | 1937 | German Labour Front (DAF),Adolf Hitler | Volkswagen Group(Subsidiaries)Audi, Bentley Motors, Bugatti Automobiles, Lamborghini, MAN SE, Porsche SEAT, Škoda Auto | Das Auto. | www.volkswagen.com | 2015–Present | 305 | 2018-04-12 00:23:12 | Germany | Wolfsburg | |||||||
306 | 288 | 2018-04-12 00:23:12 | Volvo | <p><strong>Volvo Car Corporation</strong> is a Swedish luxury vehicle manufacturer established in 1927 and headquartered in Gothenburg, Sweden, where it operates out of the VAK building. Volvo Cars was owned by AB Volvo until 1999, when it was acquired by the Ford Motor Company as part of its Premier Automotive Group. Geely Holding Group then acquired Volvo Cars from Ford in 2010.</p> |
Luxury Vehicles | 1927 | Gustav Larson,Assar Gabrielsson | Geely | www.volvo.com | 2014-Present | The latest one features a historic chemical sign of Iron, or may as well symbolize Mars, the god of war. The arrow, completing the circle, is directed towards the right upper side, and creates a powerful and masculine image. The emblem is completed with t | 247 | 2018-04-12 00:16:14 | Sweden | Gothenburg | |||||||
307 | 289 | 2018-04-12 00:23:17 | Vauxhall | <p>Vauxhall Motors is a British automotive manufacturing and distribution company headquartered in Luton (Bedfordshire) and an affiliated company of the German Adam Opel AG, both being wholly owned subsidiaries of General Motors (GM) in the United States. The company sells passenger cars and light commercial vehicles under the Vauxhall marque; in the past it has also sold buses and trucks under the Bedford brand. Vauxhall has been the second-largest-selling car brand in the UK for more than two decades.</p> |
Mass-Market Cars | 1857 | Alexander Wilson | General Motors | Opel | www.vauxhall.co.uk | 2008-Present | On 18 September 2017, Vauxhall's official company name was changed from 'General Motors UK Limited' (in use since 16 April 2008), back to its original 'Vauxhall Motors Limited'. | 307 | 2018-04-12 00:23:17 | United Kingdom | England | Bedfordshire | |||||
308 | 291 | 2018-04-12 00:23:23 | Vector Motors | <p><strong>Vector Motors Corporation</strong> is an American automobile manufacturer originally based in Wilmington, California. Its history can be traced to Vehicle Design Force, which was founded in 1978 by Gerald Wiegert. Vehicle production by Vector Aeromotive began in 1989 and ceased in 1993. The company was later revived (as Vector Motors Corporation), and has continued to develop supercars. Vector initially hoped to represent what was perceived as one of America's first attempts to compete with European performance car manufacturers like Ferrari, Lamborghini, and Lotus. Altogether around 50 Vector supercar models were developed and produced during the 1980s and 1990s including some racing versions mostly built using USA made components.</p> |
Sports Cars | 1971 | Gerald Wiegert | www.vectormotors.com | Present | 308 | 2018-04-12 00:23:23 | United States | California | Wilmington | ||||||||
309 | 292 | 2018-04-12 00:23:29 | Venucia | <p><strong>Venucia</strong> is an automobile marque owned by Dongfeng Nissan Passenger Vehicle, itself a subsidiary of Dongfeng Motor Co., Ltd.. It was launched in September 2010.</p> <p>Literal meaning: "Beginning of a new day"</p> | Economy Cars | 2010 | Dongfeng Motor Co., Ltd. | www.venucia.com | 2017-Present | 151 | 2018-04-11 23:59:14 | China | ||||||||||
310 | 293 | 2018-04-12 00:23:35 | Vencer | <p><strong>Vencer</strong> is a Dutch niche manufacturer of expensive, powerful sports cars; it was founded in 2010 by Robert Cobben. Vencer committed to building rare and bespoke hand-built supercars for passionate enthusiasts who share the sheer satisfaction of driving; unhindered and pure, as it is supposed to be. Made out of high-end OEM technology of proven reliability and offering dynamic and aesthetic purity, Vencer creates exceptional cars delicate with character that ensures an involving driving experience.</p> |
Sports Cars | 2010 | Robert Cobben | www.vencer.nl | 2010-Present | 310 | 2018-04-12 00:23:35 | Netherlands | Vriezenveen | |||||||||
311 | 294 | 2018-04-12 00:23:38 | Venturi | <p><strong>Venturi Automobiles</strong> is a French-founded Monegasque-based multinational automotive manufacturer that designs, manufactures, and sells luxury electric vehicles. In 2001, the Monegasque millionaire Gildo Pallanca Pastor bought Venturi and decided to focus on electric-powered engines, leading to the Fétish model.</p> | Electric Vehicles | 1984 | Claude Poiraud, Gérard Godfroy | www.v-group.fr | Present | 311 | 2018-04-12 00:23:38 | France | Monaco | Fontvieille | ||||||||
312 | 295 | 2018-04-12 00:23:44 | Vandenbrink | <p><strong>Vandenbrink</strong> Design is an exclusive automotive design company, headed by ir. Robert C.A. Koumans. It is a privately owned company, founded in 2006 and located in The Netherlands.</p> | Automotive & Design | 2006 | Michiel van den Brink,Robert Koumans | www.Vandenbrinkauto.com | 2006-Present | 312 | 2018-04-12 00:23:44 | Netherlands | Amsterdam | |||||||||
313 | 296 | 2018-04-12 00:23:53 | Wuling | <p><strong>SAIC-GM-Wuling Automobile</strong> (上汽通用五菱汽车股份有限公司 and abbreviated as SGMW) is a joint venture between SAIC Motor, General Motors, and Liuzhou Wuling Motors Co Ltd. Based in Liuzhou, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, in southwestern China, it makes commercial and consumer vehicles sold in China under the Wuling and Baojun marques, respectively.</p> <p>SGMW is one of the largest manufacturers of microvans in China. Both SGMW and Liuzhou Wuling Automobile Industry Co. Ltd. use the Wuling brand name and the red, five-diamond "W" logo.</p> |
Microvans | 2002 | SAIC Motor (50.1%),General Motors (44%),Wuling Motors | www.sgmw.com.cn | Present | 75 | 2018-04-11 23:51:56 | China | Guangxi | Liuzhou | ||||||||
314 | 297 | 2018-04-12 00:24:14 | W Motors | <p><strong>W Motors</strong> is a Dubai-based car company, established originally in Beirut, Lebanon in 2012 by Ralph R. Debbas. W Motors was the first Lebanese manufacturer of sports cars, and is the first Middle-East-based manufacturer of luxury sports cars, or supercars.</p> | Supercars | 2012 | Ralph R. Debbas,Sari El Kahalil | Ralph R. Debbas | www.wmotors.ae | Present | 314 | 2018-04-12 00:24:14 | UAE | Dubai | ||||||||
315 | 298 | 2018-04-12 00:24:17 | Wiesmann | <p><strong>Wiesmann GmbH</strong> was a German automobile manufacturer that specialized in hand-built custom convertibles. The company, which had its factory in Dülmen, was founded by brothers, engineer Martin Wiesmann and businessman Friedhelm Wiesmann, in 1988. The business was liquidated in May 2014.</p> | Convertibles | 1988 | Martin Wiesmann,Friedhelm Wiesmann | www.wiesmann.com | Present | 315 | 2018-04-12 00:24:17 | Germany | Dülmen | |||||||||
316 | 299 | 2018-04-12 00:24:26 | Western Star | Trucks | 1967 | Daimler Trucks North America | www.westernstartrucks.com | Present | 316 | 2018-04-12 00:24:26 | United States | Oregon | Portland | |||||||||
317 | 300 | 2018-04-12 00:24:35 | Westfield | <p>Westfield Sportscars are manufacturers of both factory built and kit versions of several two-seater, open top sportscars. Their main product line is a Lotus Seven inspired car - vehicles originally designed by Colin Chapman with only the bare essentials for motoring in order to give the rawest and most exhilarating driving experience.</p> | Roadsters | 1982 | Chris Smith | www.westfield-sportscars.co.uk | Present | 317 | 2018-04-12 00:24:35 | United Kingdom | England | Kingswinford | ||||||||
318 | 301 | 2018-04-12 00:24:38 | Wanderer | <p>Wanderer was a German manufacturer of bicycles, motorcycles, automobiles, vans and other machinery. Established as Winklhofer & Jaenicke in 1896 by Johann Baptist Winklhofer und Richard Adolf Jaenicke, the company used the Wanderer brand name from 1911, making civilian automobiles until 1941 and military vehicles until 1945.</p> <p>The Wanderer Siegmar plant (now Chemnitz) of Auto Union were destroyed in early 1945, closing this chapter in the history of automobiles. Post-war efforts to restore East German auto industry concentrated on Auto Union facilities in Zwickau and Zschopau: Wanderer car production never recovered, with Auto Union relocating to Ingolstadt, West Germany, where the company was rebuilt based using the DKW and ultimately, the Audi brand.</p> |
Automobiles | 1896 | Johann Baptist Winklhofer,Richard Adolf Jaenicke | Merged into Auto Union (only car division) | 1945 | www.wanderer.eu | 318 | 2018-04-12 00:24:38 | Germany | Chemnitz | ||||||||
319 | 302 | 2018-04-12 00:24:45 | Willys-Overland | <p><strong>Willys</strong> was a brand name used by Willys-Overland Motors, an American automobile company best known for its design and production of military Jeeps (MBs) and civilian versions (CJs) during the 20th century.</p> | Automotive | 1908 | John Willys | 1963 | black | 174 | 2018-04-12 00:03:59 | United States | Ohio | Toledo | ||||||||
320 | 303 | 2018-04-12 00:24:49 | Wartburg | <p>The <strong>Wartburg</strong> was a car marque manufactured in East Germany. The name "Wartburg" derives from Wartburg Castle on one of the hills overlooking the town of Eisenach where the cars were manufactured. From the 1950s, Wartburgs had a three-cylinder two-stroke engine with only seven major moving parts (three pistons, three connecting rods and one crankshaft).</p> | Automobiles | 1955 | Production ended in April 1991, and the factory was acquired by Opel. | 1991 | 226 | 2018-04-12 00:13:04 | Germany | |||||||||||
321 | 304 | 2018-04-12 00:24:57 | Yulon | <p><strong>Yulon Motor</strong> (Chinese: 裕隆汽車; pinyin: Yùlóng Qìchē) is a Taiwanese automaker and importer. Taiwan's biggest automaker as of 2010, Yulon is known for building Nissan models under license. The original romanization of the company's name is Yue Loong, but in 1992 the company renewed its logo and switched to the shorter Yulon name. Historically, it is one of Taiwan's "big four" automakers.</p> <p>Incorporated in September 1953 as a machinery company by Ching-Ling Yen, today Yulon Motor Co., Ltd. is part of the Yulon Group, a Taiwanese conglomerate.</p> |
Automobiles | 1953 | Ching-Ling Yen | Yen Family | Yulon-Nissan Motor Co Ltd (50%),Dongfeng Yulon (50%),Yulon GM (50%) | www.yulon-motor.com.tw | Present | 321 | 2018-04-12 00:24:57 | Taiwan | Miaoli County | |||||||
322 | 305 | 2018-04-12 00:25:08 | Zenvo | <p><strong>Zenvo Automotive</strong> is a Danish supercar manufacturer located in Præstø on the Danish island of Zealand. It was founded by Troels Vollertsen, and the name 'Zenvo' is derived from a combination of the first 2 and last 3 letters in his last name.</p> | Supercars | 2009 | Troels Vollertsen | Zenvo | www.zenvoautomotive.com | 2009-Present | 322 | 2018-04-12 00:25:08 | Denmark | |||||||||
323 | 306 | 2018-04-12 00:25:13 | Zarooq Motors | <p><strong>Zarooq Motors</strong> is a United Arab Emirates car manufacturer of high-performance cars, based in Dubai. Zarooq Motors is the first to manufacture the chassis, the car body and to assemble a production series automobile in the UAE. It is also the first car manufacturer with Emirati Management, therefore at the forefront of emiratisation and Dubai diversification in Industry.</p> |
High-Performance | 2014 | www.zarooqmotors.com | Present | 323 | 2018-04-12 00:25:13 | United Arab Emirates | |||||||||||
324 | 307 | 2018-04-12 00:25:26 | ZAZ | <p><strong>ZAZ</strong> or Zaporizhia Automobile Building Plant is the main automobile manufacturer of Ukraine, based in the south-eastern city of Zaporizhia. It also produces buses and trucks and is known for its former parent company's name, AvtoZAZ.</p> | Economy Cars | 1923 | Soviet Union | UkrAVTO | www.avtozaz.com | 324 | 2018-04-12 00:25:26 | Ukraine | Zaporizhia | |||||||||
325 | 308 | 2018-04-12 00:25:28 | Zenos | <p>The company was founded in Norfolk in 2012. The founders, Ansar Ali and Mark Edwards, had worked together before at Lotus Cars and later at Caterham Cars.</p> <p>Zenos Cars is a British automotive company that produces high-performance, light-weight sports cars. Based in Wymondham, Norfolk, UK, the company designs, manufactures and sells three variants of the Zenos E10 car. In January 2017 Zenos went into administration with staff made redundant but the assets were purchased by a consortium in March 2017.</p> |
Sports Cars | 2012 | Ansar Ali,Mark Edwards | www.zenoscars.com | 2012-Present | 325 | 2018-04-12 00:25:28 | United Kingdom | Wymondham | |||||||||
326 | 309 | 2018-04-12 00:25:34 | Zastava | <p><strong>Zastava special cars</strong> is a Serbian special automobile factory with headquarters in Sombor, a subsidiary of Zastava from Kragujevac.</p> | Cars & Trucks | 2000 | www.zastavasa.co.rs | 326 | 2018-04-12 00:25:34 | Serbia | Sombor | |||||||||||
327 | 310 | 2018-04-12 00:25:35 | Zotye | <p><strong>Zotye Auto</strong> (Chinese: 众泰汽车; pinyin: Zhòngtài Qìchē; officially Zotye International Automobile Trading Co., Ltd.) is a privately owned Chinese automobile manufacturer based in Yongkang, Zhejiang, China. It is owned by Zotye Holding Group and was established in 2005.</p> | Compact Cars | 2003 | Ying Jianren | Zotye Holding Group | www.zotye.com | Present | 327 | 2018-04-12 00:25:35 | China | Zhejiang | Yongkang | |||||||
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