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• Ignác Šustala
  ...preneur, and the founder of the Nesselsdorfer Wagenbau-Fabriksgesellschaft company, which later became [[Tatra]]. [[Category:European founders of automobile manufacturers]]
  361 bytes (44 words) - 11:58, 10 May 2010
• Albert de Dion
  ...omobile manufacturer for a short time. He also founded the [[Mondial de l'Automobile]] (Paris Motor Show) in 1898. [[Category:Automotive Company Founders|De Dion, Albert]]
  456 bytes (63 words) - 11:11, 15 January 2009
• Martin Fischer
  '''Martin Fischer''' (1867–1947) was a Swiss [[automobile]] designer who built cars under [[Turicum]] and Fischer names. Some of his {{automobile-bio-stub}}
  290 bytes (34 words) - 10:08, 23 March 2009
• Laurin & Klement
  ...y soon became the largest car manufacturer in Austria-Hungary. In 1925 the company was acquired by [[Škoda]] and operated henceforth under the brand [[Škoda * [http://www.quido.cz/osobnosti/laurin_klement.htm Biography of company founders (in Czech)]
  900 bytes (114 words) - 08:08, 19 January 2007
• Laurin
  ...y soon became the largest car manufacturer in Austria-Hungary. In 1925 the company was acquired by [[Škoda]] and operated henceforth under the brand [[Škoda * [http://www.quido.cz/osobnosti/laurin_klement.htm Biography of company founders (in Czech)]
  935 bytes (119 words) - 06:20, 19 February 2007
• Georges Richard (person)
  ...n who ran a short lived automobile manufacturing firm, [[Georges Richard (automobile)|Georges Richard]], from 1897, copying [[Benz]] cars of the era. In 1900, h [[Category:Automotive company founders|Richard, Georges]]
  436 bytes (57 words) - 08:05, 16 February 2007
• Georges Bouton
  ...2 to produce a self-propelled steam vehicle. The result gave birth the the company which, at the time went under the name De Dion. [[Category:Automotive Company Founders|Bouton, Georges]]
  438 bytes (60 words) - 11:13, 15 January 2009
• Marcel Renault
  He and his brothers jointly founded the Renault company on 25 February 1899. He and Louis raced the cars it built starting the next [[Category:French founders of automobile manufacturers]]
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• Jørgen Skafte Rasmussen
  ...ndustrialist of Danish origin. He moved to Germany and established several automobile and motorcycle manufacturing companies, including [[DKW]] and [[Framo]]. [[Category:Automotive company founders|Rasmussen, Jørgen Skafte]]
  405 bytes (50 words) - 22:59, 22 January 2007
• Nicola Romeo
  ...t car carrying the [[Alfa Romeo]] badge was the 1921 Torpedo 20/30 HP. The company gained a good reputation but in 1927 came very close to liquidation. These [[Category:Italian automobile designers]]
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• August Horch
  ...Horch''' (October 12, 1868 - February 3, 1951) was a German engineer and [[automobile]] pioneer, the founder of the manufacturing firm that would become [[Audi]] ...orch was not entitled to use it any more.) Consequently, Horch renamed his company to ''Audi Automobilwerke GmbH'' in 1910, ''Audi'' being the Latinization of
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• Peter Monteverdi
  ...gen, Switzerland, d. July 4 1998) was a Swiss automaker and creator of the automobile brand ''[[Monteverdi|Monteverdi]]''. At the beginning of his career, Montev [[Category:Automobile company founders|Monteverdi, Peter]]
  802 bytes (119 words) - 07:35, 12 January 2007
• André Citroën
  ...ën]] automobile company in 1919, leading it to become the fourth-largest [[automobile]] manufacturer in the world by the early 1930s. [[Category:Automotive company founders|Citroen, Andre]]
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• Elio Zagato
  '''Elio Zagato''' (1921 - September 15, 2009) was an italian automobile designer.<ref>[http://www.zagato.it/pdf/eliozagato.pdf Elio Zagato (1921-20 ...and [[Aston Martin DB4 GT Zagato]]. Also, he raced cars and was one of the founders of
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• Armand Peugeot
  ...&mdash;January 2, 1915) was an industrialist, pioneer of the [[Automobiles|automobile]] industry and the founder of the French firm [[Peugeot]]. In 1881 Armand attended a training course at a company in Leeds. This convinced him of the future of mechanical transport, and he
  2 KB (367 words) - 19:33, 20 August 2009
• Giovanni Agnelli
  ...is holding, overcoming scandals and labour problems. After World War I the company jumped from 30th to third place among Italian industrial companies. The fir [[Category:Italian founders of automobile manufacturers]]
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• E-M-F Company
  ...to 1912. The name E-M-F was gleaned from the initials of the three company founders: Barney '''Everitt''' - a custom auto body builder from Detroit, Willaim '' ...ace the defective parts in their vehicles at a cost of US$1 million to the company. The E-M-F name continued into 1912 with the Studebaker name becoming more
  3 KB (420 words) - 06:56, 19 February 2007
• Haynes-Apperson
  ...of the early advances in automobile technology were first invented by the company. ...early models for $2,000 (USD). At the end of that year, they relocated the company to a large factory where they designed two additional models. They brought
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• William Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield
  ...October 1877 &ndash; 22 August 1963) was the founder of the [[Morris Motor Company]] and a philanthropist. ...ert Austin]], Morris purchased the bankrupt Wolseley Motor Company and the company passed into his personal control. Wolseley were at this stage in fairly adv
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• Ettore Bugatti
  ...o Bugatti''' (September 15, 1881, Milan, died on August 21, 1947) was an [[automobile]] designer and manufacturer. Before founding his own automobile company, Ettore designed a number of engines and vehicles for others. [[Prinetti &
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