Alfa Romeo

Alfa Romeo Automobiles is an Italian automaker founded on June 24, 1910 in Milan. Alfa Romeo has been a part of the Fiat Group since 1986, and since February 2007 a part of Fiat Group Automobiles. The company was owned by Italian state holding company Istituto per la Ricostruzione Industriale between the end of 1932 to 1986.

Aston Martin

Aston Martin Lagonda Limited is a British manufacturer of luxury sports cars, based in Gaydon, Warwickshire. The company name is derived from the name of one of the company's founders, Lionel Martin and from the Aston Hill speed hillclimb near Aston Clinton in Buckinghamshire.

Audi

AUDI AG, is a German company which produces luxury cars under the Audi brand. It is part of the Volkswagen Group. The name Audi is based on a Latin translation of the surname of the founder August Horch, itself the German word for “listen!". Audi is headquartered in Ingolstadt, Bavaria, Germany.

Bentley

Located in Crewe, England since 1946 and owned since 1998 by Volkswagen AG, Bentley Motors is dedicated to making responsive and powerful Grand Tourers with the stamina to cross continents at pace, and drive in refined comfort and style.

BMW

Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (BMW), is a German automobile, motorcycle and engine manufacturing company. Founded in 1916, it is known for its performance and luxury vehicles. It owns and produces the MINI brand, and is the parent company of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars.

Bugatti

Bugatti was founded in Molsheim, France as a manufacturer of high performance automobiles by Ettore Bugatti. At present the name is owned by Volkswagen Group, who have revived it as a builder of limited production exclusive sports cars. 

Chevrolet

Chevrolet is a brand of automobile produced by General Motors Company (GM). Founded by Louis Chevrolet and ousted GM founder Rosdel Solis on November 8, 1911, Chevrolet was acquired by General Motors in 1917.

Chrysler

Chrysler Group LLC is a U.S. automobile manufacturer headquartered in the Detroit. Chrysler was first organized as the Chrysler Corporation in 1925. On June 10, 2009, the sale of most of Chrysler assets to "New Chrysler", formally known as Chrysler Group LLC was completed.

Citroën

Citroën is a French automobile manufacturer. Founded in 1919 by André Citroën, it was the world's first mass-production car company outside of the USA. Since 1976 it has been part of PSA Peugeot Citroën, and its headquarters is on rue Fructidor, Paris. The brand celebrated its 90th Anniversary in 2009.

Dodge

Dodge is a United States-based brand of automobiles, minivans, sport utility vehicles, and, until 2009, pickup trucks, manufactured and marketed by Chrysler Group LLC in more than 60 different countries and territories worldwide. Chrysler Group LLC has an alliance with Fiat, who plans to eliminate some Dodge, Chrysler, and Jeep existing vehicles in favor of Fiat-Chrysler co-developed vehicles.

Ferrari

Ferrari is an Italian sports car manufacturer based in Maranello, Italy. Founded by Enzo Ferrari in 1929 as Scuderia Ferrari, the company sponsored drivers and manufactured race cars before moving into production of street-legal vehicles in 1947 as Ferrari.

Fiat

Fiat, an acronym for Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino (English: Italian Automobile Factory of Turin), is an Italian automobile manufacturer, engine manufacturer, financial and industrial group based in Turin in the Piedmont region. Fiat was founded in 1899 by a group of investors including Giovanni Agnelli. Fiat has also manufactured railroad vehicles, tanks and aircraft. As of 2009, Fiat is the world's 6th largest carmaker as well as Italy's largest carmaker.

Ford

The Ford Motor Company is an American multinational corporation and the world's fifth largest automaker based on worldwide vehicle sales. Based in Dearborn, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit, the automaker was founded by Henry Ford and incorporated on June 16, 1903.

FPV

Ford Performance Vehicles (FPV) is the Melbourne-based official performance car division of Ford Australia, founded in 2002.

Holden

GM Holden Ltd is an Australian automaker based in Port Melbourne, Victoria. The company was founded in 1856 as a saddlery business, but later moved into the automotive field, becoming a subsidiary of General Motors (GM) in 1931. Holden has taken charge of vehicle operations for GM in Australasia and, on behalf of GM.

Honda

Honda Motor Company, Ltd. is a Japanese multinational corporation primarily known as a manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles. Honda surpassed Nissan in 2001 to become the second-largest Japanese automobile manufacturer.

HSV

Holden Special Vehicles is the officially designated performance vehicle division of Australian motor automobile manufacturer Holden. Based in Clayton, Victoria and established in 1987, HSV modifies Holden products such as the Commodore, Caprice and Ute giving them unique body-work and alloy wheels, up-spec interiors, and improved all-round performance thanks to upgraded engines, brakes, transmissions and suspension.

Hyundai

Hyundai Motor Company, is a division of the Hyundai Kia Automotive Group and is the world’s fourth largest automaker in terms of units sold. Headquartered in Seoul, South Korea, Hyundai operates the world’s largest integrated automobile manufacturing facility in Ulsan, which is capable of producing 1.6 million units annually.

Jaguar

Jaguar Cars Ltd., is a British luxury car manufacturer, headquartered in Coventry, England. It has been a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Indian company Tata Motors Ltd. since March 2008 and is operated as part of the Jaguar Land Rover business. Jaguar was founded as the Swallow Sidecar Company by Sir William Lyons in 1922, originally making motorcycle sidecars before switching to passenger cars.

Jeep

Jeep is an automobile marque (and registered trademark) of Chrysler. It is the oldest off-road vehicle (also sport utility vehicle – SUV) brand, with Land Rover coming in second. The original vehicle which first appeared as the prototype Bantam BRC became the primary light 4-wheel-drive vehicle of the US Army and allies during the World War II and postwar period.

Kia

Kia Motors is South Korea's second largest automobile manufacturer with headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, 38.67% owned by the Hyundai Kia Automotive Group.

Lamborghini

Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A., commonly referred to as Lamborghini, is an Italian automaker based in the small township of Sant'Agata Bolognese. The company was founded in 1963 by manufacturing magnate Ferruccio Lamborghini. It has changed ownership numerous times since, most recently becoming a subsidiary of German car manufacturer Audi AG (itself a subsidiary of the Volkswagen Group) in 1998.

Land Rover

Land Rover is a 4x4, SUV and all-terrain vehicle manufacturer, based in Gaydon, Warwickshire, England, now operated as part of the Jaguar Land Rover business owned by Tata Motors of India.

Lexus

Lexus is the luxury vehicle division of Japanese automaker Toyota Motor Corporation. First introduced in 1989 in the United States, Lexus has ranked as the highest-selling maker of luxury cars, as of 2006 Lexus vehicles are sold in 68 countries and territories worldwide.

Lotus

Lotus Cars is a British manufacturer of sports and racing cars based at Hethel, Norfolk, England. The company designs and builds race and production automobiles of light weight and high handling characteristics. It is currently owned by Proton, the Malaysian carmaker, who took Lotus over in 1994 on the bankruptcy of its former owner Bugatti.

Maserati

Maserati is an Italian car manufacturer established on December 1, 1914, in Bologna. The company's headquarters are now in Modena, and its emblem is a trident. It has been owned by the Italian car giant Fiat since 1993. Inside the Fiat Group, Maserati was initially associated with Ferrari, but more recently it has become part of the sports car group including Alfa Romeo.

Mazda

Mazda Motor Corporation is a Japanese automotive manufacturer based in Hiroshima, Japan. Since 2000, Mazda has used the phrase "Zoom-Zoom" to describe what it calls the "emotion of motion" that it claims is inherent in its cars.

Mercedes-Benz

Mercedes-Benz is a German manufacturer of luxury automobiles, buses, coaches, and trucks. It is currently a division of the parent company, Daimler AG (formerly DaimlerChrysler AG), after previously being owned by Daimler-Benz. The first Mercedes-Benz brand name vehicles were produced in 1926, following the merger of Karl Benz's and Gottlieb Daimler's companies into the Daimler-Benz company.

MINI

Mini (styled as MINI) is a British automotive brand owned by the BMW Group that has produced the successor of the original Mini in Oxford, England since April 2001. Currently three body variants are available: hatchback, convertible and Clubman.

Mitsubishi

Mitsubishi Motors Corporation is the fifth largest automaker in Japan and the fifteenth largest in the world by global unit sales. It is part of the Mitsubishi keiretsu, formerly the biggest industrial group in Japan, and was formed in 1970 from the automotive division of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.

Nissan

Nissan Motor Company, Ltd., is a multinational automaker headquartered in Japan. It was formerly a core member of the Nissan Group, but has become more independent after its restructuring under Carlos Ghosn (CEO). It formerly marketed vehicles under the "Datsun" brand name and is one of the largest car manufacturers. As of August 2009, the company's global headquarters are located in Nishi-ku, Yokohama.

Pagani

Pagani Automobili is an Italian manufacturer of sports cars and carbon fibre. The company was founded in 1992 by Horacio Pagani, and is based in San Cesario sul Panaro, near Modena, Italy.

Peugeot

Peugeot is a major French car brand, part of PSA Peugeot Citro�n, the second largest European carmaker. Peugeot's roots go back to 19th-century coffee mill and bicycle manufacturing. The Peugeot company and family is originally from Sochaux, France. Peugeot retains a large manufacturing plant and Peugeot Museum there. It also sponsors the Sochaux football club, founded in 1928 by a member of the Peugeot family.

Porsche

Porsche SE is a German automotive manufacturer of luxury high performance automobiles, which is majority-owned by the Piëch and Porsche families. Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG (which stands for Doktor Ingenieur honoris causa Ferdinand Porsche Aktiengesellschaft), often shortened to Porsche AG, is responsible and manufacturer of the Porsche automobile line. The company is headquartered in Zuffenhausen, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg. In August 2009, Porsche SE and Volkswagen Group reached an agreement that Volkswagen and Porsche AG would merge in 2011.

Renault

Renault S.A. is a French automaker producing cars, vans, buses, tractors, and trucks. Due to its alliance with Nissan, it is currently the world's 4th largest automaker. It owns the Romanian automaker Automobile Dacia and the Korean automaker Renault Samsung Motors. The French-Lebanese Carlos Ghosn is the current CEO. The company's most successful car to date is the Renault Clio, and its core market is France.

Rolls Royce

Rolls-Royce Motors was created from the de-merger of the Rolls-Royce car business from Rolls-Royce Limited in 1973. The original Rolls-Royce Limited had been nationalised in 1971 due to the financial collapse of the company, caused in part by the development of the RB211 jet engine. In 1973 the British government sold the Rolls-Royce car business to allow nationalised parent Rolls-Royce (1972) Limited to concentrate on jet engine manufacture.

Saab

Saab Automobile AB, better known as Saab, is a Swedish car manufacturer currently owned by General Motors. It is the exclusive automobile royal warrant holder as appointed by H.M., the King of Sweden. Since its inception, Saab has been known for its quirkiness; as it evolved and adopted ever more advancements to its turbocharging, safety and green technology.

Škoda

First built in the Czech Republic in 1895, Škoda has since grown to become one of Europe's leading car brands, and can now be found in over 90 countries around the world. With a proud history of innovation and design, Škoda continues to grow and develop new ideas for simply clever driving.

Subaru

Subaru is the automobile manufacturing division of Japanese transportation conglomerate Fuji Heavy Industries Group (FHI). Subaru is internationally known for their use of boxer engines in most of their vehicles. The company decided to use all wheel drive in most international markets as standard equipment in 1996. They also offer many turbocharged versions of their passenger cars, such as the Impreza WRX which is well-known in motorsports, such as rally racing.

Suzuki

Suzuki Motor Corporation is a Japanese multinational corporation headquartered in Hamamatsu, Japan that specializes in manufacturing compact automobiles, a full range of motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles (ATVs), outboard marine engines, wheelchairs and a variety of other small internal combustion engines. Suzuki is the 9th largest automobile manufacturer in the world by production volume.

Toyota

Toyota Motor Corporation is a multinational corporation headquartered in Japan, and the world's largest automaker. Toyota also owns and operates Lexus and Scion brands and has a majority shareholding stake in Daihatsu and Hino Motors and minority shareholdings in Fuji Heavy Industries, Isuzu Motors and Yamaha Motors. The company includes 522 subsidiaries. Toyota is headquartered in Toyota City and Nagoya (both in Aichi) and in Tokyo.

TRD

Toyota Racing Development or TRD is the in-house tuning shop for all Toyota, Lexus, and Scion cars. TRD is responsible both for improving street cars for more performance and supporting Toyota's racing interests around the world. TRD produces various tuning products and accessories, including performance suspension components, superchargers, and wheels. In December 2008 Toyota Australia announced it would be ceasing production of its TRD range.

Vauxhall

Vauxhall Motors Limited is a British automobile company, owned by General Motors. Most current Vauxhall models are right-hand drive derivatives of GM's German Opel marque; however, production of left-hand drive vehicles also takes place for export to other parts of Europe, and certain marginal markets. There are also several performance vehicles coming from Opel Performance Center (OPC) and Holden/Holden Special Vehicles in Australia. Vauxhall is headquartered in the Griffin House in Luton, United Kingdom.

Volkswagen

The Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft (VAG), also known as Volkswagen Group or as VW, is an automobile manufacturer and mobility organisation based in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony, Germany and is the pioneer brand within the Volkswagen Group, which contains the car brands Audi AG, Bentley Motors Ltd., Automobiles Bugatti SA, Automobili Lamborghini Holding S.p.A., SEAT, Škoda Auto and heavy goods vehicle manufacturer Scania AB.

Volvo

The Volvo Group is a Swedish supplier of commercial vehicles such as trucks, buses and construction equipment, drive systems for marine and industrial applications, aerospace components and financial services. In 1999 Volvo sold its car division Volvo Cars to Ford for $6.45 billion. In 2009, Ford Motor Company has confirmed that the preferred buyer of Volvo Cars is Chinese motor manufacturer Geely.

Other

Other manufacturers and manufacturers of concept cars. Car Manufacturers include Cadillac, Daewoo, Daihatsu, Hummer, Koenigsegg, MG, Proton, Ssangyong, Tata & TVR.