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• Ignác Šustala
  ...preneur, and the founder of the Nesselsdorfer Wagenbau-Fabriksgesellschaft company, which later became [[Tatra]]. [[Category:Automotive company founders|Šustala, Ignác]]
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• Tonino Lamborghini
  ....jpg|thumb|250px|right|The son of one of the most legendary figures in the automotive landscape: Tonino Lamborghini.]] ...[[Lamborghini]] founder [[Ferruccio Lamborghini]]. He runs a merchandising company under
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• Lionel Martin
  [[Category:Automotive Company Founder|Martin, Lionel]]
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• August Horch
  ...- 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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• Marcel Renault
  ...(1871 or 1872 -1903) was a French racing car driver and industrialist, co-founder of the car maker [[Renault]], and the brother of [[Louis Renault|Louis]] an He and his brothers jointly founded the Renault company on 25 February 1899. He and Louis raced the cars it built starting the next
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• Fenix Automotive Limited
  ...ll be built in Port Elizabeth, South Africa with the same company (Hi-Tech Automotive) that built the bodyshell of the [[Noble M12]] and [[Noble M400|M400]]. Then, comes the ''History'' section. Expand on any important events and company occurances in this section.
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• Armand Peugeot
  ...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
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• British Motor Holdings
  '''British Motor Holdings Ltd''' (BMH) was a British motor company created in an attempt to halt the decline in Britain's manufacturing base i ...and in 1966 it succumbed to the pressures, and along with [[Pressed Steel Company|Pressed Steel]] (a car body manufacturer), merged with [[Jaguar|Jaguar Cars
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• Battista Pininfarina
  ...f the [[Carrozzeria Pininfarina|Pininfarina]] [[coachbuilder|coachbuilding company]], a name forever associated with many of the best-known postwar sports car ...tp://www.pininfarina.com/index/storiaModelli/biografie/bPinin Biography at Company's Official Site]
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• SEMA
  ...motive Aftermarket Industry Week]]. As part of this event, SEMA and other automotive aftermarket trade groups make-up one of the single largest events on the La | '''Company''' || '''Founder'''
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• Robert Bosch GmbH
  '''Robert Bosch GmbH''' is a German company which was started in 1886 by [[Robert Bosch]]. * Parts and systems supplier for the automotive industry
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• Karl Friedrich Rapp
  ...[[BMW AG]]. He is acknowledged by [[BMW AG]] as an indirect founder of the company. ...learned the engineering profession and was employed by [[Züst]] automotive company from approx. 1908 to 1911. It is believed he was active as a technical des
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• Charles Rolls
  ...y 12, 1910) was, together with [[Henry Royce|Frederick Henry Royce]], a co-founder of the [[Rolls-Royce|Rolls-Royce]] car manufacturing firm. ...d in engines. He teamed up with [[Henry Royce]] to found the manufacturing company in 1906, Royce providing the technical expertise to go with Rolls's financi
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• Alexandre Darracq
  '''Alexandre Darracq''', (November 10 1855-1931), was the founder of [[Darracq]]. ...ablishing the Gladiator Cycle Company in 1891. He sold his very successful company in 1896 for a substantial amount and for a short time went into the busines
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• Allison Transmission
  ...operated as a subsidiary of [[General Motors]] (Powertrain Division), the company's headquarters are located in Indianapolis, Indiana. On June 28, 2007, GM a ...omobile components they manufactured. Now known as the Allison Engineering Company, Allison produced bearings for the Liberty engine.
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• Vincenzo Lancia
  ...February 15 1937) was an Italian pilot, engineer and founder of car making company [[Lancia]]. ...i Ceirano, a bicycle importer in Turin, and he was named bookkeeper in the company's brochure in 1898. He was also developing his skills at engineering, desig
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• Oakland
  ...ation. Oakland's principle founder was Edward P. Murphy, who sold half the company to GM in January 1909; when Murphy died in the summer of 1909, GM acquired ...kwise. This design by [[Alanson Brush]] (inventor of the [[Brush Motor Car Company|Brush Runabout]]) lasted one year and was replaced by a more standard 4 cyl
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• Yataro Iwasaki
  ...ruary 7 1885) was a Japanese financier and shipping industrialist, and the founder of [[Mitsubishi]]. ...leased the trading rights for the Tosa clan's Tsukumo Trading Company. The company changed its name to Mitsubishi in 1873.
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• Frank Kurtis
  ...]], [[IndyCar|Indy cars (champ cars)]], and [[Formula 1]] cars. He was the founder of [[Kurtis-Kraft]]. ...r his own name in Glendale, California between 1949 and 1955. [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] (US) running gear was used. About 36 cars had been made when the lic
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• TH!NK Nordic
  ...t of {{PAGENAME}} Models}}'''Th!nk Nordic''' is a battery electric vehicle company located in Aurskog, Norway, manufacturing cars under the ''Th!nk'' brand. ...ed December 1991 in Oslo, as '''Pivco''' (for Personal Independent Vehicle Company). The first practical prototype, the ''PIV2'', like the vehicles that follo
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