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Photo by MichaelGaida Automotive brands really do hold significant sway with consumers. A strong car brand can create huge value for the automotive industry as
Manufacturer Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (2014–2017) Chrysler Group LLC (2013–2014) Chrysler LLC (2007-2010) Daimler Chrysler (1998–2007) Chrysler Corporation (1992–1998) Production 1992–present Assembly Conner Avenue Assembly, Detroit, Michigan, United States
Manufacturer Shelby Ford Class Muscle car, Pony car Website https://www.ford.com/cars/mustang/ The Shelby logo stands out among other car badges. That’s because the brand chose quite
Founded 1856 Founder James Alexander Holden (original firm) Edward Holden (automobile division) Headquarters Port Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Parent General Motors Slogan “Let’s Go There” Official
Founded 1891 Founder Gustaf Erikson Headquarters Södertälje, Sweden Parent Volkswagen Group Official Site www.scania.com The iconic griffin on the logo of the Swedish brand Scania has
Founded 1857 Founder Alexander Wilson Headquarters Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom Parent Opel Owner General Motors Official Site www.vauxhall.co.uk The logo of the British car brand
Founded 2010 Headquarters Liuzhou, Guangxi, China Parent SAIC-GM-Wuling Automobile, joint venture between General Motors, SAIC Motor and Wuling Automobile Company Limited. Official Site www.autobaojun.com As
Fate Withdrawn from the market in 2001; models were either discontinued or rebranded as Chrysler Founded 1928 Founder Walter Chrysler Headquarters Auburn Hills, Michigan, United States
Founded 1949 Founder Carlo Abarth Headquarters Turin, Italy Parent FCA Italy Owner Fiat Chrysler Automobiles Official Site www.abarth.it The Abarth brand is one of the most famous
Car manufacturing represents a fast-growing industry in Africa. Local entrepreneurs are establishing automotive companies and developing cars suited for the local market. More and more
Founded 24 January 1884 Founder Rinaldo Piaggio Headquarters Pontedera, Italy Parent FCA Italy Official Site www.piaggiocommercialvehicles.com Official Facebook Page www.facebook.com/piaggio The Italian company Rinaldo
Founded 1970 Headquarters South Bend, Indiana, U.S. Parent MacAndrews & Forbes Renco Group Official Site amgeneral.com The design of the classic AM General logo is
Founded 1992 Founder Alan Cocconi Headquarters San Dimas, California, USA Official website www.acpropulsion.com The original AC Propulsion logo is a monochrome system consisting of two
Founded 1989 Founder Dan Panoz Headquarters Braselton, Georgia, United States Slogan “America’s Most Exclusive Custom Sports Car” Official Site www.panoz.com Official Facebook Page www.facebook.com/panozllc Originally
Founded 1985 Founder Warren Mosler Headquarters Riviera Beach, Florida, United States Defunct 2013 Official Site www.moslerauto.com The relatively short history of Mosler Automotive, through a series
Founded 1991 Founder John Hennessey Headquarters Houston, United States Official Site www.hennesseyperformance.com Official Facebook Page www.facebook.com/hennesseype In the history of automobile production, the brand Hennessey will
Founded 1965 Founder Burkard Bovensiepen Headquarters Buchloe, Germany Official Site www.alpina-automobile.de The Alpina brand belongs to the BMW car concern, and marks a direction specializing in
Successor Auto Union AG (1932-1969) Audi NSU Auto Union AG (1969-1985) Audi AG (1985-present) Founded 1916 Founder Dr Jørgen Skafte Rasmussen Headquarters Zschopau, Germany (1906-1932) Chemnitz (1932-1949) Ingolstadt
Founded 1903 Founder Heinrich Büssing Headquarters Braunschweig, Germany In 1903, Henry Bussing organized bus production Büssing AG. The first car of the brand was a
Founded 1958 Headquarters Karl-Marx-Stadt, Deutsche Demokratische Republik The first Barkas logo was designed by the designers of the GDR in 1961 and was a stylized
Founded 1945 Founder August Horch Headquarters Cvikau The AWZ brand actually counts its history from 1945, when the car factory of the city of Zwickau,
Founded 1928 Founder Carl F. W. Borgward Wilhelm Tecklenborg Headquarters Bremen, Germany Parent Borgward Meaning and History The Goliath brand existed in 1928-1961 in Germany.
Founded 1905 Headquarters Bremen, Germany Official Site www.lloyd-motoren.de Meaning and History The Hansa brand has a very impressive history, because the first logo for Hansa-Automobil
Founded 1956 Founder Artur Adé Headquarters Waltershausen Official Site www.multicar.de Originally, the Multicar logo was created for the company of the same name, whose production
Founded 1901 Founder Emil Rathenau Headquarters Berlin, Germany The NAG car manufacturer’s logo was created for the company Neue Automobil-Gesellschaft AG, later renamed the National
Founded 1 July 1935 Founder Gottlob Auwärter Headquarters Stuttgart, Germany Parent MAN SE Official Site www.neoplan.com The Neoplan logo was developed in 1953 for innovative
Founded 1922 Founder Ernst Heinkel Headquarters Warnemünde, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany Meaning and History The Heinkel logo was designed by designers for Heinkel Flugzeugwerke products. It was
Founded 1904 Founder August Horch Headquarters Zwickau, Saxony, Germany Fate Merged with DKW, Wanderer and Audi to form Auto Union Defunct 1932 Horch is the name
Founded 1908 Headquarters Bremen, Germany Defunct 1963 Parent Norddeutscher Lloyd Official site www.lloyd-motoren.de Meaning and History The Lloyd brand logo was created in 1908, when Norddeutscher
Founded 1919 Founder Carl F. W. Borgward Headquarters Bremen, Germany Official Site www.borgward.com Official Facebook Page www.facebook.com/borgward.official Borgward is a unique phenomenon of the German automotive
Founded 1971 Founder Erich Bitter Headquarters Schwelm, Germany Official Site www.bitter-automotive.de The logo Erich Bitter Automobil GmbH or simply Bitter is characterized by restraint and even
Founded 1988 Founder Martin Wiesmann Friedhelm Wiesmann Headquarters Dülmen, Germany Official Site www.wiesmann.com Official Facebook Page www.facebook.com/WIESMANNsportscars The family brand Wiesmann existed from 1988 to
Founded 1969 Founder Eberhard Schulz Headquarters Hildesheim, Germany Official Site www.isdera.de Meaning and History History of the Isdera company started in 1969, when the tuning version
Founded 1971 Founder Herbert Hartge Headquarters Merzig, Germany Official Site hartge.de Meaning and History German car manufacturer Hartge “grew” in the present production from
Founded 1961 Founder Edmond Pery Headquarters Belgium The German car brand Apal acquired its own logo in 1961, simultaneously with the opening of the automobile
Founded 1959 Founder Heinz Melkus Headquarters Germany Meaning and History A small manufacturer of racing cars from Germany, Melkus is well known in the world
Founded 1989 Founder Kourosh Mansory Headquarters Brand, Germany Official Site www.mansory.com Meaning and History Bentley Mansory Continental GT was released in 2008 on the market with
Founded 1993 Founder Horst Keinath Headquarters Reutlingen, Deutschland Keinath is the name of a German automaking brand, which was established in 1983 and day is
Founded 1937 Founder Edsel Ford Headquarters Dearborn, Michigan, United States Parent Ford Motor Company Slogan “New Doors Opened” Official Site www.mercuryvehicles.com Mercury is a name that
Founded 1945 Headquarters Mumbai, Maharashtra, India Parent Mahindra Group Subsidiaries SsangYong Official Site www.mahindra.com Official Facebook Page www.facebook.com/MahindraGroup Mahindra & Mahindra began its history
Founded 1945 Founder Jamnalal Bajaj Headquarters Pune, India Parent Bajaj Group Owner Fiat Chrysler Automobiles Official Site www.bajajauto.com The automaker Bachraj Trading Corporation Private Limited began its
Founded 2004 Founder / Owner Roland Gumpert Headquarters Altenburg, Thuringia, Germany Official Site www.apollo-automobil.com Official Facebook Page www.facebook.com/gumpert lo” is supercar produced by the German
Although Sweden is far from being one of the world’s largest automakers, it is still the home country for several well-known brands, including Volvo, Saab,
Headquarters Gothenburg, Sweden Parent Volvo Cars Official Site www.polestar.com The history of Polestar started in 1996, yet it acquired the status of a standalone brand
Founded 1945 Founder J. R. D. Tata Headquarters Mumbai, Maharashtra, India Subsidiaries Jaguar Land Rover Tata Daewoo Tata Hispano Slogan “More Dreams Per Car” “Inspired by
Predecessor Fargo Trucks Founded 2010 Headquarters Auburn Hills, Michigan, United States Owner Fiat Chrysler Automobiles Parent Chrysler Official Site www.ramtrucks.com The iconic Ram logo evolved from the
Founded 1992 Founder Horacio Pagani Headquarters San Cesario sul Panaro, MO, Italy Products Supercars Official Site www.pagani.com Official Facebook Page www.facebook.com/PaganiAutomobili Pagani Automobili is a
The Canadian automotive industry is the eighth largest in the world with positive trade balance, according to the information provided by the Government of Canada.
Fate Absorbed into Toyota Founded 2003 Headquarters Torrance, California, United States Defunct August 5, 2016 Parent Toyota Slogan “Weird, right?” Official Site www.scion.com Official Facebook
Manufacturer Chevrolet Production 1953–Present Model years C1: 1953–1962 C2: 1963–1967 C3: 1968–1982 C4: 1984–1996 C5: 1997–2004 C6: 2005–2013 C7: 2014–present Owner General Motors Official Site
Successor Buick Chevrolet Founded 1985 Founder Roger Smith Headquarters Spring Hill, Tennessee, United States (1985–2007) Detroit, Michigan, United States (2007-2010) Parent General Motors Defunct 2010
Predecessor American Motors Successor Chrysler Founded 1988 Defunct 1999 Headquarters Auburn Hills, Michigan, United States Parent Chrysler Corporation (1988-1998) Unlike other marques that belong to
Founded 1994 Founder Nicolas Hayek Headquarters Böblingen, Germany Owner Daimler-Benz (1993-1998) Daimler Chrysler (1999-2007) Daimler AG (2007-present) Official Site www.smart.com Official Facebook Page www.facebook.com/smart The
Founded 1895 Founder Václav Laurin Václav Klement Headquarters Mladá Boleslav, Czech Republic Parent Volkswagen Group Slogan “Simply Clever” Official Site www.skoda-auto.com Official Facebook Page www.facebook.com/skoda
Founded 1950 Founder Instituto Nacional de Industria Headquarters Martorell, Spain Slogan “Technology to Enjoy” Parent Volkswagen Group Official Site www.seat.com Official Facebook Page www.facebook.com/SEAT.Official The
Founded 1954 Headquarters Seoul, South Korea Parent Mahindra & Mahindra Limited (70%) Official Site www.SsangYong.com Official Facebook Page www.facebook.com/ssangyongglobal The enterprise, which began as a small
Founded 1937 Founder Saab AB Headquarters Trollhättan, Sweden Parent Saab AB (1945–1968) Saab-Scania (1968–1990) General Motors (1990–2010) Spyker N.V. (2010–2012) Defunct 2012 Official Site www.saabcars.com Official
Founded 1862 Founder Adam Opel Headquarters Rüsselsheim, Hesse, Germany Parent General Motors Subsidiaries Vauxhall Official Site www.opel.com Official Facebook Page www.facebook.com/Opel Opel is one of
Successor Chevrolet Buick GMC Founded 1926 Headquarters Detroit, Michigan, United States Parent General Motors Official Site www.pontiac.com Although Pontiac had at least two logotypes (the
Successor British Motor Corporation Founded 1905 Founder Herbert Austin Headquarters Longbridge, England, United Kingdom Products Automobiles, Rover, Austin Rover, MG, Morris Defunct 1952 Meaning and history Austin was founded
Founded 1910 Founder H.F.S. Morgan Headquarters Malvern, England, United Kingdom Owner Morgan Family (100%) Official Site www.morgan-motor.co.uk Official Facebook Page www.facebook.com/morganmotor Meaning and History 1909 –
Founded 1963 Founder Bruce McLaren Headquarters Woking, Surrey, United Kingdom Products Sports cars Official Site www.mclaren.com Official Facebook Page www.facebook.com/McLaren.Racing From the very inception McLaren Automotive
Founded 1909 Founder Wilhelm Maybach Headquarters Stuttgart, Germany Owner Daimler AG Official Site www.mercedes-benz.com Official Facebook Page www.facebook.com/Maybach.Manufaktur Maybach is the name of a discontinued
Founded 1906 Founder Vincenzo Lancia Headquarters Turin, Italy Parent FCA Italy Owner Fiat Chrysler Automobiles Official Site www.lancia.com Official Facebook Page www.facebook.com/Lancia Lancia is the name of
Founded 2015 Headquarters Seoul, South Korea Parent Hyundai Motor Company Slogan “Luxury Evolved” Official Site www.genesis.com Official Facebook Page www.facebook.com/GenesisMotorAmerica When the Hyundai Genesis sedan
Fate Reincorporated as GM Daewoo after bankruptcy, and replaced by GM Korea in 2011 Successor GM Korea Founded 1982 Founder Kim Woo-jung Headquarters Bupyeong-gu, Incheon,
Founded 1966 Headquarters Mioveni, Argeș, Romania Parent Renault Official Site www.daciagroup.com Official Facebook Page www.facebook.com/Dacia Dacia is the largest and the most famous auto-manufacturing company
Founded 1907 Headquarters Osaka, Japan Parent Toyota Group (100%) Subsidiaries Perodua (25%) Slogan “We Do Compact” “We Make It Compact” Official Site www.daihatsu.com Today, the Daihatsu brand
Native name いすゞ自動車株式会社 Founded 1934 Founder Armand Isuzu Headquarters Tokyo, Japan Slogan Rajanya Diesel (The King of Diesel) Official Site www.isuzu.com Isuzu is the name
Founded 1992 Headquarters Detroit, Michigan, United States Parent General Motors Defunct 2010 Official Site www.hummer.com Hummer is the name of an American manufacturer of SUVs, which
Founded 1913 Founder Lionel Martin Robert Bamford Headquarters Gaydon, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom Subsidiaries Lagonda Official Site www.astonmartin.com Official Facebook Page www.facebook.com/astonmartin Aston Martin is
Founded 1952 Founder Colin Chapman Headquarters Hethel, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom Parent Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Owner Geely (2017–present) Proton (1996–2017) R. Artioli/Bugatti (1993–1996) General Motors (1986–1993) Official Site
Fate Re-launched (2013) Discontinued (1986) Founded 2013 1931 Headquarters Tokyo, Japan Parent Nissan Slogan “Break Through” Official Site www.datsun.com Datsun is the name of one
Native name スズキ株式会社 Founded 1909 Founder Michio Suzuki Headquarters Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan Official Site www.suzuki.co.jp Official Facebook Page www.facebook.com/SuzukiCycles Suzuki is one of the
Native name 三菱自動車工業株式会社 Founded April 22, 1970 Founder Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Headquarters Minato, Tokyo, Japan Owner Nissan (34%) Mitsubishi (20%) Slogan New Motoring Wave Creating Together
Initially, France was among the pioneers in car manufacturing. At the beginning of the previous century it produced the most advanced vehicles and boasted the
About thirty years ago, Lee Yakokka, the former president of Ford and Chrysler, predicted, that by the beginning of the XXIst century, just several carmakers
Founded 1906 Founder Charles Rolls Henry Royce Headquarters Goodwood, England, United Kingdom Parent BMW Official Site www.rolls-roycemotorcars.com Official Facebook Page www.facebook.com/rollsroycemotorcars Rolls-Royce is an
Founded 1953 Founder Kenji Kita Headquarters Ebisu, Tokyo, Japan Parent Fuji Heavy Industries Slogan “Confidence in Motion” Official Site www.subaru-global.com Official Facebook Page www.facebook.com/subaruofamerica Subaru
Founded 1899 Founder Louis Renault Marcel Renault Fernand Renault Headquarters Boulogne-Billancourt, France Slogans Drive the change (corporate) Passion for life (Renault marque) Official Site www.renault.com Official
Founded 1896 Founder Armand Peugeot Headquarters Paris, France Parent Groupe PSA Slogan “Motion & Emotion” Official Site www.peugeot.com Official Facebook Page www.facebook.com/Peugeot Peugeot is a
Native name 日産自動車株式会社 Founded Dec 26, 1933 Founder Masujiro Hashimoto Headquarters Nishi-ku, Yokohama, Japan Slogan “Innovation that excites” Divisions Infiniti Datsun Owner Renault Official Site
Founded 1959 Founder Alec Issigonis Country United Kingdom Owners British Leyland (1968–1986) Rover Group (1986–1988) British Aerospace (1988–1994) BMW (1994-Present) Official Site www.mini.com Official Facebook Page www.facebook.com/MINI Meaning
Founded 1926 Founder Karl Benz Gottlieb Daimler Headquarters Stuttgart, Germany Divisions Mercedes-AMG Mercedes-Maybach Slogan “The Best or Nothing” Owner Daimler AG Official Site www.mercedes-benz.com Official
Native name マツダ株式会社 Founded 1920 Founder Jujiro Matsuda Headquarters Fuchū, Aki, Hiroshima, Japan Owner Japan Trustee Services Bank (6.0%) The Master Trust Bank of Japan (5.4%)
Founded 1917 Founder Henry M. Leland Headquarters Dearborn, Michigan, United States Parent Ford Motor Company (1922–present) Official Site www.lincoln.com Official Facebook Page www.facebook.com/Lincoln Lincoln Motor Company
Founded Dec 01, 1914 Founder Alfieri Maserati Headquarters Modena, Italy Parent Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, NV Official Site www.maserati.com Official Facebook Page www.facebook.com/Maserati Maserati is a luxury
Founded 1983 Founder Eiji Toyoda Headquarters Nagoya, Japan Toyota Toyota Slogan “The Pursuit of Perfection” “Amazing in Motion” Official Site www.lexus.com Official Facebook Page www.facebook.com/lexus
Founded 1948 Founder Maurice Wilks Headquarters Whitley, Coventry, United Kingdom Parent Jaguar Land Rover Owner Rover Company (1948–1967) Leyland Motor Corporation (1967–1968 ) British Leyland Motor Corporation (1968–1986)
Founded Oct 30, 1963 Founder Ferruccio Lamborghini Headquarters Sant’Agata Bolognese, Italy Parent Audi Owner Volkswagen Official Site www.lamborghini.com Official Facebook Page www.facebook.com/Lamborghini Lamborghini is
Native name 기아자동차 Founded 1944 Headquarters Seoul, South Korea Slogan “The Power to Surprise” Parent Hyundai Motor Company (1999–present) Owner Hyundai Motor Group Official Site www.kia.com
Founded 1941 Headquarters Toledo, Ohio, United States Parent Chrysler Owner Fiat Chrysler Automobiles Slogan “I live. I ride. I am Jeep.” Official Site www.jeep.com Official Facebook
Founded 1922 Founder William Lyons William Walmsley Headquarters Whitley, Coventry, United Kingdom Parent Jaguar Land Rover (since 2013) Owner Tata Motors Slogan “How Alive Are You?” Official
Founded 1989 Founder Bill Bruce Headquarters Hopewell Centre, Wan Chai, Hong Kong Parent Nissan Official Site www.infiniti.com Official Facebook Page www.facebook.com/infiniti Meaning and History The
Native name 현대자동차 Founded Dec 29, 1967 Founder Chung Ju-yung Headquarters Seoul, South Korea Parent Hyundai Motor Group (2000–present) Divisions Genesis Kia Official Site www.hyundai.com
Native name 本田技研工業株式会社 Founded 1948 Founder Soichiro Honda Headquarters Minato, Tokyo, Japan Subsidiaries Acura Official Site www.honda.com Official Facebook Page www.facebook.com/Honda Honda is the name of
Predecessors Rapid Motor Vehicle Company Founded 1911 Founder William C. Durant Headquarters Detroit, Michigan, United States Parent General Motors Official Site www.gmc.com Official Facebook Page
Founded June 16, 1903 Founder Henry Ford Headquarters Dearborn, Michigan, United States Slogan “Go Further” “Built Ford Tough” Subsidiaries Lincoln Aston Martin (8%) Changan Ford Mazda
Founded Jul 11, 1899 Founder Giovanni Agnelli Headquarters Turin, Italy Parent FCA Italy Owner Fiat Chrysler Automobiles Official Site www.fiat.com Official Facebook Page www.facebook.com/fiat Fiat is one
Founded 1900 Founder John Francis Dodge Horace Elgin Dodge Headquarters Auburn Hills, Michigan, United States Owner Fiat Chrysler Automobiles Parent Chrysler Slogan “Domestic. Not Domesticated” Official
Founded 1919 Founder André Citroën Headquarters Saint-Ouen, France Slogan “Spirit of avant-garde” “Créative Technologie” Divisions DS Automobiles Owner PSA Peugeot Citroën Official Site www.citroen.com Official Facebook
Founded June 6, 1925 Founder Walter Chrysler Headquarters Auburn Hills, Michigan, United States Parent Chrysler (formally, FCA US LLC) Divisions Dodge, Jeep, Ram, SRT Owner Fiat Chrysler Automobiles Official Site www.chrysler.com
Fate Rolls-Royce Limited (1931) Vickers plc (1980) Volkswagen Group (1998) Predecessor Rolls-Royce Motors Founded 1919 Founder W. O. Bentley Headquarters Crewe, England, United Kingdom Parent Volkswagen Group
Founded Nov 03, 1911 Founder Louis Chevrolet William C. Durant Headquarters Detroit, Michigan, United States Slogan “Find New Roads” Owner General Motors Official Site www.chevrolet.com
Predecessor Henry Ford Company Founded Aug 22, 1902 Founder Henry M. Leland William Murphy Lemuel Bowen Headquarters New York City, New York, United States Owner General Motors
Founded 1994 Founder Christian von Koenigsegg Headquarters Ängelholm, Scania, Sweden Owner Christian von Koenigsegg Official Site www.koenigsegg.com Official Facebook Page facebook.com/KoenigseggAutomotiveAB Koenigsegg is the name
Founded 1927 Founder Gustav Larson Assar Gabrielsson Headquarters Gothenburg, Sweden Parent Geely Official Site www.volvo.com Official Facebook Page www.facebook.com/Volvo Volvo is the largest and the
Founded 1899 (Buick Auto-Vim and Power Company) 1903 (Buick Motor Company) Founder David Dunbar Buick Headquarters Detroit, Michigan, United States Owner General Motors (1908–present) Official Site
Fate Sold to Hispano-Suiza (1963) Sold to Volkswagen Group (July 1998) Successor Bugatti Automobiles S.A.S. Founded 1909 Founder Ettore Bugatti Headquarters Molsheim, Alsace, France Official Site www.bugatti.com
Founded 1931 Founder Ferdinand Porsche Headquarters Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany Owner Volkswagen Official Site www.porsche.com Official Facebook Page www.facebook.com/porsche Porsche is a German luxury car manufacturer,