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...preneur, and the founder of the Nesselsdorfer Wagenbau-Fabriksgesellschaft company, which later became [[Tatra]]. [[Category:Automotive company founders|Šustala, Ignác]]

....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

[[Category:Automotive Company Founder|Martin, Lionel]]

...- 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

...(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

...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.

...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

'''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

...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]

...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'''

'''Robert Bosch GmbH''' is a German company which was started in 1886 by [[Robert Bosch]]. * Parts and systems supplier for the automotive industry

...[[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

...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

'''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

...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.

...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

...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

...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.

...]], [[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

...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

...October 1877 – 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

...y on the Danish island of Zealand. It is managed by [[Jesper Jensen]], the founder and financier, and [[Troels Vollertsen]], the car performance expert. The b ...to approved customers.<ref>[http://www.zenvoautomotive.com/aboutus/ Zenvo Automotive site.] Retrieved 18 December 2008.</ref>

...rto Agnelli was in the process of restoring Fiat's balance sheet after the company's balance sheet, market share, and share value were all in decline, when he [[Category:Italian automotive pioneers]]

...iast [[William Walmsley]], the co-founder in 1922 of the [[Swallow Sidecar Company]], maker of motorcycle sidecars, and which became [[Jaguar Cars]] Limited a ...ses in Blackpool they moved to Coventry in 1928. William Walmsley left the company in 1934 and it changed its name to SS Cars Ltd.

...ted States [[automobile]] entrepreneur and served as an executive in the [[automotive industry]]. ...higan where he was noticed by [[William C. Durant]] of The Flint Road Cart Company. Durant hired him in 1890, and Nash became a supervisor.

...ween 1975 and 1999. He is acknowledged as one of the greatest designers in automotive history. ...The man who shaped the quintessential car company | work = | publisher = ''Automotive News Europe'' | date = January 2007 | url = http://findarticles.com/p/artic

...1888 – August 3 1971), often known as W.O. Bentley or just "W.O." was the founder of [[Bentley|Bentley Motors]]. ...ab Company, Bentley in 1912 joined his brother, H.M. (Henry) Bentley, in a company called "Bentley and Bentley" selling French [[DFP]] cars. Unsatisfied with

...7) was a leading pioneer of the United States [[automobile]] industry, the founder of [[General Motors]] and [[Chevrolet]] who created the system of multi-bra ...he made a similar success and was soon president of this horseless-vehicle company. In 1908 he arranged the incorporation by proxies of [[General Motors Corpo

The '''Stutz Motor Company''', later reborn as '''Stutz Motor Car of America''', was a producer of [[l ==Stutz Motor Company==

...at produced [[automobile]]s and trucks from 1905 to 1975. At one point the company also manufactured buses on its truck platforms. ...National Oil Company, the Michigan Screw Company, and the Atlas Drop Forge Company.

...ni''' (April 28, 1916- February 20, 1993) was an Italian car maker and the founder of the [[Lamborghini]] brand. ...nd hopefully victory) in motor racing, Lamborghini clearly stated that his company would not participate in or support motor racing. This was in direct contr

...meo champion, [[Antonio Ascari]]. Anderloni and Ponzoni remained with the company until it ceased operations 40 years later. ...or, and learned the mechanics of the trade as the company progressed. The company licensed [[Charles Weymann]]'s system of fabric-covered lightweight frames,

...ferences with Durant in 1915 and sold his share of the company to him. The company was folded into Durant's [[General Motors Corporation|General Motors]]. ...as a racing car driver, and a year later became employed by a Philadelphia company developing a then-revolutionary [[front-wheel-drive]], racing car. His rac

...engineer, immediately started on improvements to the Lexington to keep the company ahead of its competition. His 1911 multiple exhaust was reported to give 30 The company was promotional minded and entered both the [[Glidden Tour]] and the [[Indi

...ist, railroad mechanic and manager, [[automotive industry]] executive, and founder of the [[Chrysler|Chrysler Corporation]]. ...ager of the Allegheny locomotive erecting shops of the American Locomotive Company (ALCO).

...#1635216, filed Jan 3, 1924</ref>. In association with the DuPont Chemical Company, he was also responsible for the invention of Freon refrigerant for refrige ...dustry, founding the [[Delco Electronics|Dayton Engineering Laboratories]] company (shortened to ''DELCO'') with [[Edward A. Deeds]] and [[Harold E. Talbott]]

...utomobile]] manufacturing pioneer and co-founder of [[Dodge|Dodge Brothers Company]]. ...r plant. In 1894 they went to work as machinists at the Dominion Typograph Company in Windsor, Ontario, Canada.<ref name=hyde>Hyde, Charles K. (2003). ''Ridin

...of [[sports car]]s based in the English town of Blackpool, Lancashire. The company manufactures lightweight sports cars with powerful engines and is the third ...rts cars and grand tourers, and TVR Power, their power-train division. The company has a turbulent recent history and an uncertain future (see below).

The '''[[De Tomaso]] Guarà''' is a sports car and the last project of the founder and owner [[Alejandro de Tomaso]] put into the market. Presented 1993 in [[ ...witzerland. However, it seems there were no cars built after 2004 when the company went into liqudation.

|Marque = [[Adam Motor Company]] '''Adam Revo''' is a [[city car]] assembled by [[Adam Motor Company]] in Pakistan. It is the first indigenously [Pakistani assembled car with a

...ars]] for companies and teams such as [[Subaru]] and [[Aston Martin]]. Its Automotive Technology division based in Warwick provides road car design and engineeri ...unning campaigns for [[Alfa Romeo|Alfa Romeo]], [[Honda]] and [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]].

...becoming a part of [[Chrysler Europe]] and a brand rather than independent company. In 1978, Chrysler divested its European operations to another French autom ...active in the automotive business in the early 1920s when he met [[Fiat]] founder, [[Giovanni Agnelli]]. They began business together in 1922 with Pigozzi ac

...ine tuner and parts manufacturer closely associated with the [[Honda Motor Company]]. Despite the family connections, however, Mugen is not, and has never bee The company tunes and races Honda vehicles in the [[Super GT]] championship, and, addit

'''Noble Automotive Ltd.''', more commonly known simply as '''Noble''', is a British [[sportsca Noble is an independent low production British sports car company, which currently produces the M12-GTO3R, [[Noble M400]] and the [[Noble M15

...ineering Company Ltd''' of Coventry, United Kingdom from 1919 to 1967. The company also produced aero-engines and military vehicles, the latter continuing lon ...ere stationary engines, carburettor bodies and motorscooter. The company's founder T.G. John was approached by Geoffrey de Freville with designs for a 4-cylin

...eturned to its roots. The luxury coupé was styled by [[Italdesign]], whose founder and head Giorgetto Giugiaro penned, among others, the classic [[Maserati Gh If using information gathered from Road Test articles from a reputable automotive source, then '''''please make sure to cite the quote'''''.

...uptcy in 1982. Near the end, in a desperate attempt to raise the funds his company needed to survive, John De Lorean was filmed appearing to accept money to t ...a time machine by eccentric scientist Doctor Emmett L. Brown, although the company had ceased to exist before the first movie was made.

...'''Noble M15''' is a new supercar designed and developed by [[Noble|Noble Automotive]], a high-performance sports car manufacturer based in Leicestershire.The N Noble founder [[Lee Noble]] has been quoted in indicating "the [[Noble M12|M12]] is a gre

'''Active''' or '''adaptive suspension''' is an automotive technology that controls the vertical movement of the wheels via an onboard [[Colin Chapman]] - the inventor and automotive engineer who founded [[Lotus Cars]] and the [[Team Lotus|Lotus]] [[Formula

:''See also [[Battista Farina]], founder of the company, his son [[Sergio Pininfarina]] and grandson [[Andrea Pininfarina]].'' ...ner and builder [[Battista Farina|Battista "Pinin" Farina]] (following the company, his family name became Pininfarina in 1961, as a result of combining his n

{{List of Hudson Models}}The '''Hudson Motor Car Company''' made Hudson and other brand [[automobile]]s in Detroit, Michigan, from 1 ...ho provided the necessary capital. One of the chief "car men" of the early company was Roy Chapin, Sr, a young executive who had worked with [[Ransom E. Olds]

...ourbon). Agnelli was named after his grandfather [[Giovanni Agnelli]], the founder of the Italian car industry [[Fiat]]. ...family's company worked. Agnelli raised Fiat to become the most important company in Italy, and one of the major car-builders of Europe. He also developed th

Production commenced in February 1937, the month in which the firm's founder died: this was the last of [[Vincenzo Lancia]]'s designs, featuring four p If using information gathered from Road Test articles from a reputable automotive source, then '''''please make sure to cite the quote'''''.

...it was announced that Aptera was one of the first 30 participants in the [[Automotive X Prize]], where they are considered a front-runner in the alternate class. | url = http://auto.xprize.org/auto/press-release/automotive-x-prize-announces-first-30-teams-in-multimillion-dollar-competition-fo

The original Europa used Lotus founder [[Colin Chapman]]'s steel backbone chassis concept that was first used in t ...signed and built to be an embodiment of Chapman's oft-stated philosophy of automotive design: "Simplify, then add lightness." The 4-wheel independent suspension

...continued until the company joined the German war effort in 1940, ceasing automotive production in favour of engines for the Panzer and Tiger tanks. ...sler Corporation to become [[DaimlerChrysler_AG|DaimlerChrysler]]. The new company revived the ''[[Maybach]]'' brand name as a luxury make in 2002.

...g sold on the renowned collector of Stratoses, Christian Hrablek, also the founder-designer of Fenomenon. If using information gathered from Road Test articles from a reputable automotive source, then '''''please make sure to cite the quote'''''.

...e world's leading finance companies, GMAC Financial Services, which offers automotive, residential and commercial financing and insurance. GM's [[OnStar]] subsid ...th several automakers around the world, including Toyota, Suzuki, Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp. of China, AVTOVAZ of Russia and Renault SA of France.

...small number of gear ratios, such as the 4 to 6 forward ratios in typical automotive transmissions. The E-CVT saw first commercial automotive use in [[Toyota]]'s [[Hybrid Synergy Drive]] system. This system is not a t

...as founded by [[Bill France Sr.]] in 1947-48. As of 2009, the CEO for the company is [[Brian France]], grandson of the late Bill France Sr.<ref name="buzzle- ...ffame.org/honors/index.php?cmd=view&id=676&type=inductees Induction in the Automotive Hall of Fame], Retrieved April 18, 2009</ref>

...e merger of the [[Nash-Kelvinator Corporation]] and the [[Hudson Motor Car Company]]. At the time, it was the largest corporate merger in U.S. history, valued ....E. Barit]] was retained as a consultant and given a Board seat in the new company, and Nash's [[George W. Mason]] was made President and CEO of the new conce

...s a British company, albeit with an American owner--> ever produced by the company. The DMC-12 featured [[gull-wing door]]s with a brushed stainless steel bod ...ed, these cars were converted from left-hand drive models by a specialized company in the UK.

...rcedes-Benz OM603|OM603]] a 3.0 L (180 cu in) diesel in 1985. In 1996, the company replaced its petrol straight-sixes with a series of 90-degree [[Mercedes-Be ...eportedly was developed during long nights during World War II when Jaguar founder [[William Lyons]] and his staff were on fire watch duty in the Jaguar facto

...title=Moss returns to scene of GP victory |work=The Age |publisher=The Age Company|date=1994-01-28 |accessdate=2007-10-30|quote=the all-conquering Mercedes-Be ...rsche]]'s pioneering [[Auto Union]]s of the 1930s), which evolved from the company's successful [[Formula Three|Formula 3]] designs, occurred in the 1950s. Au

|publisher= Osprey Automotive In January 1989, the Bishops sold the company to Mike Cone and Jeff Parker, owners of the [[IMSA Grand Prix of St. Peters

...am--> "stable", and Ferrari refers to [[Enzo Ferrari]], the founder of the company. The prancing horse was the symbol on Italian World War I ace Francesco Bar ...w structure, with [[Jean Todt]] moving up to his senior role as CEO of the company, [[Stefano Domenicali]] will be taking over as team principal as [[Ross Bra