Automotive Brands

Alfa Romeo Automobiles S.p.A. is an Italian car manufacturer. Founded as A.L.F.A. in 1910, the company has been involved in car racing since 1911. It was owned by Italian state holding company Istituto per la Ricostruzione Industriale between 1932 and 1986, when it became a part of the Fiat group.

Aston Martin is a British manufacturer of luxury sports cars and grand tourers. It was founded in 1913 by Lionel Martin and Robert Bamford. The company has had a chequered financial history, including bankruptcy in the 1970s, but has enjoyed long periods of stability, especially over the last decade.

Bentley Motors Limited is a British company that designs, develops, and manufactures luxury motorcars which are largely hand-built. It is a subsidiary of Volkswagen AG. Now based in Crewe, England, Bentley Motors Limited was founded by W. O. Bentley on 18 January 1919 in Cricklewood, North London.

BMW (Bavarian Motor Works) is a German automobile company founded in 1916, it also owns and produces Mini cars and Rolls-Royce Motor Cars. BMW is one of three best-selling luxury automakers in the world, along with Audi and Mercedes-Benz. BMW is still an independent manufacturer which is rare in this day and age.

Automobiles Ettore Bugatti was a French car manufacturer of high-performance automobiles, founded in 1909 in the then German city of Molsheim, Alsace by Italian-born Ettore Bugatti. In the 1990s, an Italian entrepreneur revived it as a builder of limited production exclusive sports cars. Today, it is owned by Rimac.

Ferrari is an Italian auto brand making in high-end and high-performance racing cars, supercars, and sports cars. Founded by Enzo Ferrari in 1939 out of Alfa Romeo's race division, built its first car in 1940. Company's inception as manufacturer is usually recognized in 1947, when the first Ferrari-badged car was completed.

Jaguar is a British car manufacturer founded in 1922, is now a division of Jaguar Land Rover owned by Tata Motors, which purchased it from Ford in 2008. Because Jaguar occupies both the performance and luxury markets, its competition is particularly diverse. It includes Porsche, Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Lexus, Cadillac and Infiniti.

The company was founded in 1994 in Sweden by Christian von Koenigsegg, with the intention of producing a "world-class" supercar. In March 2009 the Koenigsegg CCXR was chosen by Forbes to be one of the most beautiful cars in history. They make some of the most extreme hypercars on the planet.

Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A. is an Italian brand and manufacturer of luxury supercars, sports cars, SUVs based in Sant'Agata Bolognese and tractors Lamborghini Trattori in Pieve di Cento, Italy. The company is owned by the Volkswagen Group through its subsidiary Audi.

Lotus Cars is a British manufacturer of sports and racing cars based at Hethel, England. The company is famous for designing and building landmark race and production automobiles of extremely light weight and possessing legendary handling characteristics.

Maserati is an Italian luxury vehicle manufacturer established on 1 December 1914, in Bologna. The company's headquarters are now in Modena, and its emblem is a trident. It has been owned by the Italian-American car giant Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) since 1993.

McLaren Automotive ( McLaren) is a British automotive manufacturer of luxury, high-performance sports cars. To mark their move to the McLaren Technology Centre, the McLaren logo was refined and updated in 2002 with a more modern design; the now familiar speedmark was retained.

Mercedes-Benz is a global automobile marque and a division of the German company Daimler AG. The brand is known for luxury vehicles, buses, coaches, and lorries. It is also the name of the world's oldest continuously produced automobile line. Its contemporary competition in automobile production is from BMW, Audi, Lexus and Infiniti.

Pagani Automobili S.p.A. is an Italian manufacturer of Supercars and carbon fibre. The company was founded in 1992 by the Argentinian Horacio Pagani, and is based in San Cesario sul Panaro, near Modena, Italy. gani's first model, the Zonda, is propelled by mid-mounted V-12 DOHC engines manufactured by Mercedes-Benz's AMG division.

Porsche AG, is a German automobile manufacturer specializing in high-performance sports cars, SUVs and sedans. Porsche AG is headquartered in Stuttgart, and is owned by Volkswagen AG, which is itself majority-owned by Porsche Automobil Holding SE. Porsche's current lineup includes the 718 Boxster/Cayman, 911, Panamera, Macan and Cayenne.

Audi's roots trace back to the early 1900s. The company was originally founded by August Horch in 1909 after he left his first automotive company, Horch. The name "Audi" is derived from the Latin translation of Horch, meaning "listen". They were among the first to introduce all-wheel drive in luxury passenger cars with their "quattro" system, which debuted in 1980.