Abarth & C. S.p.A.

Type

Societ per Azioni

Industry

Automotive

Founded

Bologna, Italy(March 31, 1949)

Founder

Carlo Abarth

Headquarters

Turin[1]:304, Italy

Alfa Romeo Automobiles S.p.A.

Type

Societ per azioni

Industry

Automotive

Predecessor

Societ Anonima Italiana Darracq (SAID)

Founded

24 June 1910 in Milan, Italy

Alexandre Darracq/Ugo Stella

Founder

Nicola Romeo

Headquarters

Turin, Italy[1]

Aston Martin Lagonda Limited

Type

Privately held company

Industry

Automobile manufacturing

Founded

London, 1913

Founder

Lionel Martin
Robert Bamford

Headquarters

Gaydon, Warwickshire,England, United

Kingdom

Audi AG[1]

Audi head office in Ingolstadt

Type

Public, Aktiengesellschaft

Traded as

FWB: NSU

Industry

Automotive

Founded

Chemnitz, Germany
(29 June 1932; 83 years ago)[2]

Founder

August Horch[2]

Headquarters

Ingolstadt, Germany

Bentley Motors Limited

Type

Subsidiary

Industry

Engineering
Manufacturing
Distribution

Fate
Acquired by Rolls-Royce Limited
(1931)
Acquired by Volkswagen

Group (1998)
[1]

Predecessor

Rolls-Royce Motors

Founded

18 January 1919

Founder
H. M. Bentley
W. O. Bentley
Headquarters

Crewe, England, United Kingdom [2]

Bayerische Motoren Werke AG

BMW headquarters in Munich, Germany

Type

Aktiengesellschaft (AG)

Traded as

FWB: BMW

Industry

Automotive

Predecessor

Rapp Motorenwerke
Bayerische Flugzeugwerke AG (BFW)[1]
Automobilwerk Eisenach

Founded

7 March 1916

Founder

Franz Josef Popp, Karl Rapp,Camillo

Castiglioni

Headquarters

Munich, Bavaria, Germany

Bugatti

The Bugatti logo

Former type

Private

Industry

Automotive

Fate

Sold to Hispano-Suiza (1963)

Sold to Volkswagen Group(July 1998)

Successor

Bugatti Automobiles S.A.S.

Founded

1909

Founder

Ettore Bugatti

Defunct

1963

Headquarters

Molsheim, Alsace, France

Bugatti Automobiles S.A.S.

The Bugatti Logo

Type

Private
Socit par actions simplifie

Industry

Automobile manufacturing
Automobile distribution

Fate

purchased by Volkswagen AG (July, 1998)[1]

Predecessor

Automobiles Ettore Bugatti[1]

Founded

July 1998[1]

Headquarters

Molsheim, France[2]

Cadillac

Type

Division

Industry

Automotive

Predecessor

Henry Ford Company

Founded

Michigan, U.S.
August 22, 1902

Founder

William Murphy
Lemuel Bowen
Henry M. Leland

Headquarters

New York City, New York,United States

Chevrolet

Find New Roads

Type

Division

Industry

Automotive

Founded

3 November 1911; 103 years ago

Founder

Louis Chevrolet
William C. Durant

Headquarters

Detroit, Michigan, United States

FCA US LLC

FCA US LLC U.S. Headquarters and Technology Center

in Auburn Hills in Metro Detroit
Trading name

Chrysler

Type

Limited liability company

Industry

Automotive

Predecessor

Chrysler Group LLC

(2009-Present)
Chrysler LLC
(20072009)
DaimlerChrysler AG
(19982007)
Chrysler Corporation
(19251998)

Founded

Chrysler Corporation
June 6, 1925

Chrysler Group LLC

June 10, 2009

Founder

Walter P. Chrysler

Headquarters

Auburn Hills, Michigan, U.S.

Automobiles Citron S.A.

Type

Socit Anonyme

Traded as

Citron S.A

Industry

Automotive

Founded

1919; 96 years ago

Founder

Andr Citron

Headquarters

Saint-Ouen[1], France

Ferrari S.p.A.

Type

Societ per azioni

Industry

Automotive

Founded

1947 (historical 1929)

Founder

Enzo Ferrari

Headquarters

Maranello, Italy

Fiat Automobiles S.p.A.

Type

Public

Industry

Automotive

Founded

July 11, 1899 in Turin, Italy

Founder

Giovanni Agnelli

Headquarters

Turin, Italy

Ford Motor Company

The Ford World Headquarters in Dearborn, Michigan, USA, also

known as the Glass House.
Type

Public company

Traded as

NYSE: F
(S&P 500 Component)

Industry

Automotive

Founded

June 16, 1903; 112 years ago

Founder

Henry Ford

Headquarters

Dearborn, Michigan, U.S.

Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

Honda Headquarters
Native name

Romanizedname

Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki-gaisha

Type

Public (K.K.)

Traded as

TYO: 7267
NYSE: HMC

Industry

Automotive
Aviation
Telematics

Founded

Hamamatsu, Japan (October 1946,

incorporated September 24, 1948; 66 years
ago)

Founder

Soichiro Honda
Takeo Fujisawa

Headquarters

Minato, Tokyo, Japan

Hyundai Motor Company

Native name

(Hyeondae Jadongcha
Jushikhwesa)

Type

Public

Traded as

KRX: 005380

Industry

Automotive

Founded

December 29, 1967; 47 years ago

Founder

Chung Ju-yung

Headquarters

Seoul, South Korea

Isuzu Motors Ltd.

Isuzu Motors' head office (Minami- i, Shinagawa Ward, Tokyo

Native name

Isuzu Jidsha Kabushiki-Kaisha

Type

Public (K.K.)

Traded as

TYO: 7202

Industry

Manufacturing

Founded

1916

Headquarters

Tokyo, Japan

Isuzu Motors India Private Limited

Type

Private Limited

Industry

Manufacturing

Founded

2012

Headquarters

Chennai, India

Key people

Naohiro Yamaguchi (Managing Director)

Shigeru Wakabayashi (Deputy Managing
Director)

Products

Commercial vehicles: Pickup trucks and Sport

utility vehicles

Website

Isuzu India Website

Jaguar Cars

Type

Brand of Jaguar Land Rover

Industry

Automotive

Fate

1945: SS Cars Limitedchanged its name to

Jaguar Cars Limited
1966: Merged with British Motor Corporation
1968: Merged with British Leyland
1984: Demerged
1989: Taken over by Ford
2008: Sold to Tata Motors

Founded

1922

Founder

Sir William Lyons and William Walmsley

Headquarters

Whitley, Coventry, United Kingdom