List of cars
Encyclopedia
This list of automobile makers tries to show every car/automobile
marque/brand ever used; some are manufacturing companies in their own right, and others are subsidiary companies or products of badge engineering
. The list is sorted by continent
and then country
, but note that globalisation makes some of these distinctions of historical relevance only.
are British, Italian, French and German models.
Automobile
An automobile, autocar, motor car or car is a wheeled motor vehicle used for transporting passengers, which also carries its own engine or motor...
marque/brand ever used; some are manufacturing companies in their own right, and others are subsidiary companies or products of badge engineering
Badge engineering
Badge engineering is an ironic term that describes the rebadging of one product as another...
. The list is sorted by continent
Continent
A continent is one of several very large landmasses on Earth. They are generally identified by convention rather than any strict criteria, with seven regions commonly regarded as continents—they are : Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, and Australia.Plate tectonics is...
and then country
Country
A country is a region legally identified as a distinct entity in political geography. A country may be an independent sovereign state or one that is occupied by another state, as a non-sovereign or formerly sovereign political division, or a geographic region associated with a previously...
, but note that globalisation makes some of these distinctions of historical relevance only.
Angola
- Zhongji (since 2007, a part of the Zhengzhou Nissan Automobile CompanyDongfeng MotorDongfeng Motor Corporation along with its listed subsidiaries comprise one of China's largest vehicle manufacturers.Traditionally included as one of the "big 3" Chinese automakers, Dongfeng is currently in the top 4 along with Chang'an Motors, FAW Group, and Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation...
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Egypt
- Egy-TechEgy-Tech EngineeringEgy-Tech Engineering is a car manufacturer located in Cairo, Egypt. The company is specialized in manufacturing three-wheeled vehicles in the class of city cars and autorikshaws. The company was founded in 1997....
(since 2010) - Mod Car (since 1986)
- Nasr (1960–2008)
- Ramses (1959–1972)
- Speranza CherySperanza CherySperanza Motors, Ltd is an Egyptian auto manufacturer based in Maadi, Cairo. It is a part of the Daewoo Motor Egypt which itself belongs to the Aboul Fotouh Group. The factory is located in the 6th of October City....
(since 1998)
Ghana
- Kantanka (since 1997)
- OTAVIKwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology is a university located in Kumasi, Ghana.It is the second public university established in the country. The University has its roots in the plans of the Asantehene Agyeman Prempeh I to establish a university in Kumasi as part of his drive...
(since 2005)
Libya
- Saroukh el-Jamahiriya (since 2009)
- Trucks and Bus CompanyTrucks and Bus CompanyThe Trucks and Bus Company is a Libyan manufacturer of trucks and buses. It is a joint-venture between the Italian Industrial Vehicles Corporation and the Libyan Secretariat of Industry and Mineral Resources....
(since 1976; known as TBCo and T&BC also, a Joint-Venture with IvecoIvecoIveco, an acronym for Industrial Vehicle Corporation, originally an alliance of European commercial vehicle manufacturers such as Fiat , Unic and Magirus. Iveco is now an Italian truck, bus, and diesel engine manufacturer, based in Turin...
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Morocco
- LarakiLarakiLaraki was a Moroccan manufacturer company of luxurious high-performance sport cars. Its owner was Abdeslam Laraki, a 31 year old Moroccan designer who started out creating luxurious yachts . Laraki produced 2 models, the Fulgura and Borac. Laraki lasted from 1999-2008.-Fulgura:The Laraki Fulgura...
(1999–2008) - MénaraSociété Automobiles MénaraThe Société Automobiles Ménara is an Moroccan automobile manufacturer and was founded in 1972 under the brand name CANAM. The company is located in Aïn Sebaâ, Casablanca.-The CANAM years :...
(1993–present) - Réac
- Triam (since 2007)
South Africa
- Badsey (1979–1983, then the company moved to the USA: www.badsey.com)
- Barnard Motors (since 2008)
- BirkinBirkin CarsBirkin Cars, Ltd. is a South African-based car manufacturer. The company's specialty and only currently-produced vehicle is the S3 Roadster, a kit-car copy of the Lotus Super 7. The founder and owner of the company is John Watson, a descended relative of pioneering race car driver Tim Birkin.Birkin...
(1982–present) - China Auto Manufacturers (2006-present)
- EagleAutomotive Design and DevelopmentAutomotive Design and Development Ltd was an English company that was responsible for the creation of the futuristic-looking Nova kit car. The company was based in Southampton from 1971 to 1973 after which it moved to Accrington, Lancashire until 1975...
- Freeranger
- Griffin
- GSMGlass Sport MotorsGlassport Motor Company was a South African motor manufacturer based in Cape Town between 1958 and 1964. They produced the Dart and Flamingo sports cars. The name Glass Sport Motors is due to their use of fiberglass. GSM narrowly missed being South Africas first sports car maker, beaten by the GRP...
(1958–1964) - Harper (since 2006)
- Hayden Dart (1954–1966, 1997–2003)
- Hi-TechSuperformanceSuperformance LLC is a small American automobile company that builds, designs, and imports sports cars and replicars. The company was founded as "Superformance International Inc." by Hi-Tech Automotive Ltd. in 1996. Today, Superformance has 15 authorized dealers in the United States and 6...
(1992–1996) - Interstate (1980-c.1985)
- KCC (1980–2003){
- Libra (1990s)
- Lynx
- Revo (since 1984)
- Optimal EnergyOptimal Energy JouleJoule is an electric five seat passenger car that is to be mass produced from 2014 by Optimal Energy, a South African company based in Cape Town. According to the company, it will have a nominal driving range of 300 km and a top speed of 135 km/h...
(since 2008) - PeranaBasil Green MotorsBasil Green Motors is a former car manufacturer and rallye team who is located in Edenvale, Gauteng near Johannesburg, South Africa. Currently the company is active as a dealer of Ford and Mazda vehicles....
(1967–1996; a famous Ford manufacturer, today only active as a Ford dealer) - PeranaPerana Performance GroupThe Perana Performance Group is a South African car developer located in Port Elizabeth. It is the second manufacturer which uses the Perana brand name after the famous Basil Green Motors. The company was founded in the late 2007. The cars are manufactured in the Hi-Tech plant of Hi-Tech Automotive...
(since 2007) - ProteaProtea (car)The Protea was a two seater sports car built in South Africa by G.R.P. Engineering between 1957 and 1958. Either 14 or 26 units were completed...
(1957–1958) - PumaPuma (car)Puma was a Brazilian specialist car manufacturer which built cars from 1967 until roughly 1997. High import tariffs effectively closed Brazil during much of this period to foreign-built cars...
(1973–1974, 1989–1991, 2006-current) - RangerRanger (car)The Ranger was a car sold by General Motors in South Africa in the early 1970s. Known as 'South Africa's Own Car', with a springbok badge, it was based on the European Opel Rekord, with a Chevrolet engine...
(1968–1973) - Replicars (since 1995)
- Revo (since 1984)
- Rotrax
- Salamander
- SaoSao PenzaThe Sao Penza was a car sold in the United Kingdom between 1991 and 1993 by Automotive Holdings, a subsidiary of Mazda Cars Ltd, the official UK importer. It was simply a rebadged version of the Mazda 323, imported from South Africa, where the 1985 model was still assembled by Samcor...
(1985–1994) - ShakaAdvanced Automotive DesignAdvanced Automotive Design is an South African automobile manufacturer located in Die Wilgers, Pretoria. The company was founded in 1995 by Brian Glover and Rhys Edwards. Shaka is a registered Trademark of the AAD....
(since 1995) - SuperformanceSuperformanceSuperformance LLC is a small American automobile company that builds, designs, and imports sports cars and replicars. The company was founded as "Superformance International Inc." by Hi-Tech Automotive Ltd. in 1996. Today, Superformance has 15 authorized dealers in the United States and 6...
(since 1996) - Uri (seit 1997, since 2008 a part of the defense company Ivema (Pty) Ltd)
- Volkspares (since 1946)
Asia
Iran
- Iran KhodroIran KhodroIran Khodro Company, also known as IKCO, is the leading Iranian automaker with headquarters in Tehran. The company's original name was Iran National. IKCO was founded in 1962 and it produced 688,000 passenger cars in 2009...
(since 1962) - SAIPASAIPASaipa is the second largest Iranian auto manufacturer.Saipa was established in 1966, with 75% Iranian ownership, to assemble Citroëns under license for the Iranian market...
(since 1966) - Pars KhodroPars KhodroPars Khodro is an Iranian automobile manufacturer. It was the first manufacturer of sport utility vehicles in Iran.-History:Formerly, Pars Khodro built American Motors' Rambler and General Motors products under licence. Its first cars, the Aria and the Shahin, were based on AMC's compact 1966...
(since 1967) - Bahman GroupBahman GroupBahman Group is a Tehran, Iran-based manufacturer of vehicles under license by Mazda. Founded in 1952 by Mr. Amanollah Sarbaz and his son, they have since then manufactured, under license, versions of Mazda's trucks. Today they manufacture versions of the Mazda B-Series pickups and the previous...
- Rakhsh Khodro
- Kerman Motors
- Kish KhodroKish KhodroKish Khodro is a car company based in Kish, Iran. Established in 1998, 40% of the company is owned by the Iranian State Bank. Their original model was the plastic-bodied Sinad I hatchback, which was built by Mohammad Saffari Kermani. This was followed by the differently styled Sinad II and the...
- Raniran
- Traktorsazi
- Shahab KhodroShahab KhodroShahab Khodro is an Iranian company which manufactures autobuses. Founded in 1962, it is one of the oldest and best-known Iranian motor companies. The company began producing double-decker buses in 1972. In 1987 Shahab Khodro company teamed up with TAM, a former Yugoslavian company, in...
- Zamyad
- MorattabMorattabMorattab is an SUV manufacturer based in Tehran, Iran. Since 1962, the company has produced clone versions of the Series Land Rover. The currently produced models are versions of the "Series IV" made by Santana Motor of Spain until the early 1990s, when the production tooling and design were sold...
- ReyanReyanReyan is a vehicle manufacturing company is based in Tehran, Iran. Established in 1995, they originally produced, under license, the Daewoo Cielo between 1996 and 2004 and the Daewoo Matiz from 2000 to 2004. In 2005, they became partners with Hyundai, and now manufacture the Hyundai Avante and...
- DiarDiarDiar Automobile Company is an automobile company based in Tehran, Iran. Established in 2000, the company manufacturers SUVs and pick-ups under license from China's Changcheng, also known as Great Wall Motor. Diar also manufactures their own vehicles...
- Khodro KaveerKhodro KaveerKhodro kaveer is an automobile company based in Yazd, Iran. Established in 2002, it makes BMC and Cumitas cars....
- Rain Khodrosazan
- MVMModiran Vehicle Manufacturing CompanyModiran Vehicle Manufacturing Company is an Iranian automobile firm, that currently makes a version of the Chery QQ3 called the MVM 110.-History:...
- Zagross KhodroZagross KhodroZagross Khodro is an Iranian industrial concern, which manufactures automobiles in Borujerd for the domestic Iranian market. It was established in 1996...
Europe
Most known cars in EuropeEurope
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
are British, Italian, French and German models.
Canada
- AcadianAcadian (automobile)Acadian was a make of automobile produced by General Motors of Canada from 1962 to 1971. The Acadian was introduced so that Canadian Pontiac-Buick dealers would have a compact model to sell, since the Pontiac Tempest was unavailable in Canada...
(1961–1971) - Acme (1910–1911)
- Allard (1999–present)
- AmherstAmherst (automobile)The Amherst was a Canadian automobile manufactured for one year only, 1912. The company offered a "Two-in-One", the Amherst 40, which could be converted into a truck with the removal of the rear seats. Nine cars were completed before the company folded....
(1912) - AsünaAsünaAsüna was a captive import automobile brand created in 1992 for the Canadian market by General Motors as a counterpart to Geo. It was one of two successors to the Passport brand, which had a similar intent....
(1992–1995) - Barrie (1919–1920)
- Bell (1917–1918)
- Bourassa (1926)
- Bricklin (1974–1975)
- Brintnell (1912)
- BrockBrock MotorsBrock Motors Ltd. , was founded by William Riley Stansell in 1921 in Amherstberg, Ontario, Canada. The factory had previously been home to Amherst cars. The company announced that it intended to build 10,000 vehicles per year...
(1921) - Brockville (1911–1915)
- BrooksBrooks Steam MotorsBrooks Steam Motors, Ltd. was a Canadian manufacturer of steam cars established in March 1923. Its cars more closely resembled the Stanley Steamers in terms of engineering rather than the more sophisticated Doble steam cars. The company was formed from the defunct Detroit Steam Motors...
(1923–1926) - CanadianColonial MotorsColonial Motors Ltd. produced one prototype in 1922. It was designed by Earl G. Gunn . This prototype, the Canadian, had a six-cylinder engine and Canada's first independent front suspension....
(1921) - Canadian MotorCanadian MotorThe Canadian Motor was a Canadian electric car manufactured from 1900 until 1902.Billed as being "ideal for any first-class automobilist to drive", the cars could travel up to 45 miles on one change of their batteries...
(1900–1902) - Case (1907–1909)
- Chatham (1907–1908)
- ClintonClinton (automobile)The Clinton was a Canadian automobile manufactured between 1911 and 1912. The company initially made threshers, but when the factory burned down it was rebuilt and refitted for the manufacture of cars. Fewer than ten were produced, all four-cylinders with American engines....
(1911–1912) - ColonialColonial MotorsColonial Motors Ltd. produced one prototype in 1922. It was designed by Earl G. Gunn . This prototype, the Canadian, had a six-cylinder engine and Canada's first independent front suspension....
(1922) - Comet (1907–1909)
- Conquest Vehicle Incorporated (present)
- Crow (1915–1918)
- Danduran & Jennings (1895)
- Dart (1914)
- Davis (1924)
- Detroit-Chatham (1911–1912)
- Diamond Arrow (1909–1912)
- Dominion (1911)
- Dominion (1914)
- Duplex (1907–1909)
- EnterraEnterraEnterra Vipre is an out-of-production Canadian sports car.- History :In the mid 1980s, Enterra Technologies Ltd. allegedly received C$8 to 10 million loan guarantees and tax credits from the Canadian government's Scientific Research Council...
(1987) - Fisher (1914–1915)
- Forster (1920–1922)
- FrontenacDominion Motors FrontenacDurant Motors of New York, New York first used the Frontenac marque in 1931 on vehicles built and sold in Canada. The Canadian Durant firm was acquired by a group of Canadian investors and renamed Dominion Motors Limited. The firm continued building Durant and Frontenac cars...
(1931–1933) - FrontenacFord FrontenacIn 1960, Ford Canada introduced the Frontenac in order to give Mercury-Meteor dealers a compact to sell. Produced for the 1960 model year only, the Frontenac was essentially a 1960 Falcon with its own unique grille, tail lights and external trim including red maple leaf insignias...
(1959–1960) - Galt (1911–1912)
- Galt (1913–1915)
- GareauGareauThe Gareau was a Canadian automobile manufactured only in 1910. Only three 35 hp worm-drive fours were completed before the firm, based in Montreal, folded for lack of working capital....
(1910) - Gray-DortGray-Dort Motors Ltd.Gray-Dort Motors was a Canadian automobile manufacturer in Chatham, Ontario, Canada, from 1915 to 1925. It started as Canadian carriage works of William Gray & Sons Company Ltd, founded in 1855 by William Gray. In the mid 1900s Robert Gray began to build Ford bodies for the Walkerville factory....
(1915–1925) - Guy (1911)
- Harding (1911–1912)
- Jules 30 (1911–1912)
- Kennedy (1909–1912)
- Leroy (1899–1907)
- Lethbridge (1908–1909)
- Locus
- London SixLondon MotorsLondon Motors Ltd., London, Ontario. 1921-1924The London Six was one of the more successful all-Canadian cars of its time, offering a variety of open and closed models priced from $2600 for the 5-seater touring car to $3700 for the sedan. Designed by William R...
(1922–1924) - Manic GTManic GTThe Manic GT was a two-seater sports car built in Canada from 1969-1971, first in Terrebonne, Quebec and later in Sorel, Quebec ....
(1969–1971) - Marathon (1976–1981)
- McKay (1911–1914)
- McLaughlinMcLaughlin automobileThe McLaughlin automobile company began life in 1876 as the McLaughlin Carriage Company, a blacksmith's shop in the village of Enniskillen, located north east of Oshawa, Ontario, Canada. The company began making horse-drawn carriages in the mid 19th Century, moving to Oshawa, Ontario in 1876...
(1908–1922) - McLaughlin Buick (1923–1942)
- Menard (1908–1910)
- MeteorMeteor (car)Meteor was a brand of automobiles offered by Ford in Canada from 1949 to 1976. The brand was retired for the 1962 and 1963 model years, when the name was used for the Mercury Meteor sold in the United States...
(1949–1976) - MonarchMonarch (automobile)The Monarch was an automobile built in Detroit, Michigan by the Monarch Motor Car Company from 1913 to 1917.Joseph Bloom founded the company in the spring of 1913; by August, the company moved into the former Carhartt Motor Car Company factory. The car itself was designed by Bloom's brother-in-law...
(1946–1961) - Moose Jaw StandardMoose Jaw StandardThe Moose Jaw Standard was a Canadian automobile manufactured in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan in 1917.Five local residents imported the parts to build 25 luxury cars from the United States; these were to be powered by Continental engines. Once each investor had a car, they gave up the concern when they...
(1916–1918) - National
- Oxford (1913–1915)
- Palm (1918–1919)
- Peck (1913)
- PlethoreLocus PlethoreThe HTT Pléthore is the first Canadian supercar. It used to be called "Locus Plethore". It is developed by HTT Automobile in Quebec, Canada, and is led by Mr.Sebastien Forest .-History:...
- Publix (1947–1948)
- QueenQueen (Canadian automobile)The Queen was a Canadian automobile manufactured in Toronto between 1901 and 1903. A gas buggy, it had a single-cylinder 824 cc engine....
(1901–1903) - Regal (1914–1917)
- Roberts Six (1921)
- Royal Six (1921)
- Russell (1905–1916)
- Russell-Knight (1910–1915)
- Sager (1910)
- Sellew-Royce (1911)
- Still (1899–1903)
- StudebakerStudebaker Canada Ltd.Studebaker of Canada Ltd. was the name given to Studebaker Corporation's Canadian manufacturing arm.While Studebaker produced cars in Canada prior to World War II, Studebaker's first modern automobile factory was established at Hamilton, Ontario in 1947, in an anti-aircraft gun plant purchased from...
(1963–1966) - Timmis (1968–present)
- TudhopeJames Brockett TudhopeJames Brockett Tudhope was a Canadian manufacturer and politician.Tudhope was born in Oro Township, Canada West in 1858, the son of William Tudhope, a carriage manufacturer, and Mary Reid. In 1897, he formed the Tudhope Carriage Company in Orillia with his brothers...
(1906–1913) - Tudpole
- Two-in-One
- Winnipeg (1921)
- Wright (1929)
- ZENN (2006–2010)
Mexico
- Cimex
- DinaDINA S.A.DINA is a Mexican automotive producer of heavy duty and specialty trucks, urban buses, armored military vehicles and intercity coaches...
- FANASA (missing between the 60s and 70s)
- MastrettaMastrettaMastrettadesign Tecnoidea SA de CV is a Mexican car maker and design studio established by Mexican industrial designer Daniel Mastretta in Mexico City in 1987. Mastretta under Tecnoidea and Unidiseño brands has previously developed a small number of kit cars, but the 2010 MXT is the first fully...
- VAMVehículos Automotores MexicanosVehiculos Automotores Mexicanos S.A. was an automaker in Mexico. The original organization, a distributor for Willys-Overland vehicles, became government controlled in 1963 with American Motors Corporation holding a minority interest. The company imported and produced automobiles and light...
- Autobuses King
- Grupo Electrico Motorizado
Australia
- Alpha SportsAlpha SportsAlpha Sports is an Australian kit car manufacturer. It makes sports cars originally based on the styling of the Lotus Seven but have evolved to construct their own distinctive designs....
- AmuzaAmuzaAmuza Motors Pty Ltd of Perth is an Australian automotive company which exhibited its Ford Falcon-based stretch limo at the 2003 Tokyo Auto Salon. It is marketed in Japan and Singapore as well....
- AscortAscortThe Ascort was an Australian automobile manufactured by Continental Coachwork of Sydney from 1958 to 1960. It was basically a Volkswagen Beetle turned into a four-seater touring coupe and featured a roomy, double-skinned body made out of fiberglass and closely resembled a 1970s Karmann Ghia coupe. ...
(1958–1960) - Australian Kit Car (1995–present)
- Australian SixAustralian SixThe Australian Six was an Australian automobile manufactured from 1919 to 1925. It was a grandiose attempt to compete against imported cars from the United States, and was produced from a mixture of local and imported parts. Vehicles featured a conventional chassis layout and a choice of five...
(1919–1930) - AustralisAustralis (automobile)The Australis was an Australian automobile manufacturer in Leichhardt, New South Wales, from 1897 to 1907 by G.W. & G. Wood. The company began production with a De Dion powered quadricycle followed by a tricycle powered by their own engine. Only two actual cars were produced: a single-cylinder 3hp...
(1897–1907) - BirchfieldBirchfield (car)Birchfield Motor Company of Rockingham, Western Australia is a small Australian specialty car manufacturer, making replicas of the 1937 SS Jaguar model on individual orders. Birchfield is the continuation of earlier British Shapecraft that is known to have built about 20 replicas....
(2003–present) - Blade Electric Vehicles
- BolwellBolwellBolwell is an Australian company that originally produced sports cars between 1962 and 1979. A new company of the same name began production of new cars in 2009 after several years of concept and show cars.-Mk IV:...
(1963–present) - Bomac
- BuchananBuchanan (car)N H Buchanan Motor Co Pty Ltd was an Australian kit car manufacturer. It made sports cars in the 1950s.The original body produced by Buchanan was a fibreglass item based on an Aston Martin DB3-S racing car. Buchanan borrowed a DB3-S and pulled moulds from it while it was in Australia...
- BuckleBuckle GT TourerThe Buckle GT Tourer is an automobile which was designed by Bill Buckle of Sydney and was built and marketed by him in Australia from 1956 to 1960....
(1955–1959) - BulletBullet (car)Dreamt up by John Bettini, the first Bullet car prototype was built in 1996 utilising a Mazda MX-5 body. The chassis was designed and fabricated by Barry Pearson; it consisted of a square-tube spaceframe onto which a 13B rotary powerplant from a Mazda RX-7 was fitted.Two more years of development...
(1996–present) - BushrangerBushranger (4WD)The Bushranger is an Australian 4wd buggy made by John E Davis Motor Works derived from the British Dakar but is considerably different, although both use Range Rover parts. Options like roofs, front and rear butterfly doors and canvas doors and roofs were available as well. Little is known about...
- Caldwell ValeCaldwell ValeThe Caldwell Vale Truck & Bus Co. was an Australian automobile, bus, truck and tractor manufacturer from 1907 to 1913 in the Sydney suburb of Auburn. The company started in 1907 when Felix Caldwell and Norman Laurie Caldwell of South Australia filed for a patent covering "Improvements in and...
(1907–1913) - Canstel
- Carbontech (1999–present)
- Cheetah Racing Cars
- ChryslerChrysler AustraliaChrysler Australia is the importer of Chrysler, Jeep and Dodge vehicles for sale in the Australian marketplace. However, there had previously been a "Chrysler Australia Ltd" which had operated as a vehicle manufacturer in Australia from 1951 until 1980....
- Classic GlassClassic GlassClassic Glass is an Australian maker of Shelby 427 replicas. A car can be ordered with an extended chassis for increased legroom and easier access....
- Classic Revival (1989–present)
- Cobra Craft
- Daktari
- DaytonaDaytona (car)Daytona Motors Pty Ltd of Woodend, Victoria, Australia is a kit car maker that builds the X7, a car very similar to the Lotus 7....
(2002–present) - Deuce Customs (1979–present)
- Devaux (2001–present)
- DRBDRB Sports CarsDRB Sports Cars is a manufacturer of high performance sportscars, based on the Gold Coast in South East Queensland, Australia. DRB SportsCars manufacture replicas of the iconic AC_Cobra 427 and Le Mans winning Ford GT40 and a modern interpretation of the Cobra, the DRB-540.- Chasis :Made from...
(1997–present) - E-Vade
- ElfinElfin CarsElfin Sports Cars Pty Ltd is the current name of the car company which was founded by Garrie Cooper. It has been an Australian manufacturer of sports cars and motor racing cars since 1957....
(1958–present) - Evans
- FinchFinch (car)Founded by Ray Finch in 1964, Finch is a car restoration company that also builds 1939 SS100 Jaguar and 1959 Ferrari Testa Rossa replicas. It is based in Mount Barker, South Australia.-External links:*...
- FordFord AustraliaFord Australia is the Australian subsidiary of Ford Motor Company and was founded in Geelong, Victoria, in 1925 as an outpost of Ford Motor Company of Canada, Limited. At that time, Ford Canada was a separate company from Ford USA...
- G-Force (1986–present)
- GiocattoloGiocattoloGiocattolo Motori Pty Ltd was a short-lived Australian car company, founded in 1986 by sports car enthusiast Paul Halstead and Formula One designer Barry Lock. The company's name comes from the Italian word for "toy"....
- GoggomobilGoggomobilGoggomobil was a series of microcars produced in the Bavarian town Dingolfing after World War II by Glas.Glas produced three models on the Goggomobil platform: the Goggomobil T sedan, the Goggomobil TS coupé, and the Goggomobil TL van...
(1958–1961) - Goy
- Hartnett (1949–1955)
- HoldenHoldenGM Holden Ltd is an automaker that operates in Australia, based in Port Melbourne, Victoria. The company was founded in 1856 as a saddlery manufacturer. In 1908 it moved into the automotive field, before becoming a subsidiary of the U.S.-based General Motors in 1931...
(1948–present)
- Homebush
- IlingaIlingaIlinga was an Australian car manufacturer founded in Melbourne by Tony Farrell and his partner, Daryl Davies, in business from 1974 to 1975. The company's only model, the AF-2, saw only two examples produced, despite having fifteen customers order one...
- Joss
- KaditchaKaditchaKaditcha was an automobile manufacturer in Australia. The company, formed by Queensland engineer Barry Lock, made open wheel and sports car racing cars, including cars for Formula 5000 and Australian Formula 2...
- Kraftwerkz (2002–present)
- LeylandBritish Motor Corporation (Australia)British Motor Corporation was a motor manufacturing company formed in Australia in 1954 by the merger of the Austin Motor Company and Nuffield Pty Ltd. This followed the merger in 1952 of the Austin Motor Company and the Nuffield Group in the United Kingdom to form the British Motor Corporation...
(1973–1975) - LightburnLightburnZeta is a marque of automobile which was produced in Australia from 1963 to 1965 by South Australian manufacturing company Lightburn and Co.An established manufacturer of cement mixers and washing machines, Lightburn and Co. built the cars in its factory in the Adelaide suburb of Camden Park. The...
- Lloyd-Hartnett
- MitsubishiMitsubishi Motors AustraliaMitsubishi Motors Australia Limited is a fully owned subsidiary of parent company Mitsubishi Motors Corporation of Japan. Its Australian administrative headquarters are located at Tonsley Park , with branch offices in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and Perth...
- Nasenbaer
- NotaNotaNota is an automobile manufacturer in Australia. The company was founded by Guy Buckingham in 1952. He was an aircraft engineer and used his expertise to build triangulated spaceframed sportscars. Possibly Australia's first space-framed cars. In 1958 the company built a series of all-enveloping...
(1955–present) - Pellandini CarsPellandini CarsPellandini Cars was a manufacturer of kit cars during the early 1970s that was located in South Australia.- History :Englishman Peter Pellandine founded Pellandini Cars Ltd in 1970 at Cherry Gardens, South Australia. He first produced a curvy, gull-wing coupe that used a mid-mounted BMC Mini...
- Pioneer (1897–1898)
- Piper
- PRBPRB (car)PRB is an Australian builder of Clubman-style sportscars , the PRB Clubman was created by Peter Raymond Bladwell in 1978...
- Purvis EurekaPurvis EurekaThe Purvis Eureka is a sports car which was produced by Purvis Cars at Dandenong in Victoria, Australia from 1974 to 1991.First exhibited at the 1974 Melbourne International Motor Show, the Eureka was based on the British Nova kit car design of 1971...
- PythonPython (automobile maker)Python is a Cobra replica company founded by George Vidovic in Melbourne, Australia, in 1981. This company has no relation to the Python automobile created in the 1980s by Kelly Motors at Riverside, California and later at Fort Collins, Colorado....
(1981–present) - RCM
- RMC
- Roaring Forties (1997–present)
- Robnell
- Sharpbuilt
- ShrikeShrike (racing car)Shrike is a racing car developed in Australia by the Croydon Park Institute of TAFE in 1988 and 1989. It was developed for the then new Formula Holden category which mandated an aluminium tub monocoque, powered by a Buick sourced 3.8 litre Holden V6 engine, as used in the Holden Commodore at that...
- Skelta (2004–present)
- Southern CrossSouthern Cross (automobile)The Southern Cross was an Australian automobile manufactured between 1931 and 1935.Financed by Sir Charles Kingsford Smith, a noted flying pioneer, the car featured a monocoque chassis and body, and was built from laminated plywood. Rumors quickly began circulating that the body was a fire risk,...
(1931–1935) - StatesmanStatesman (automobile)Statesman was an automotive marque created in 1971 by General Motors Holden , the Australian subsidiary of General Motors. Statesman vehicles were sold through Holden dealerships, and were initially based on the mainstream Holden HQ station wagon platform, thereby providing more interior room and...
- White Pointer
New Zealand
- Ace ClassicAce ClassicThe Ace Classic is a replica of the AC Cobra sports car. Since 1991 it has been built in New Zealand, and then been shipped to Los Angeles for assembly....
(1991-present) - AlmacAlmac (automobile)Almac is a New Zealand based kit car company founded in 1984 and located in Upper Hutt. Almac cars is a part of Almac Reinforced Plastics Ltd fibreglass product manufacturing a company founded in 1971 by Alex McDonald. McDonald's interest in kit cars started while he was living in England, having...
(1985–present) - AnzielAnziel NovaThe Anziel Nova was meant to be New Zealand's first domestically produced car.It was unveiled in September 1967, however never reached production....
(1967) - BeattieBeattie (automobile)Beattie was a New Zealand kitcar manufacturer, making the Beattie SR2000 and Clubman Sports, based on the Lola-Climax Mk1. Kevin Hunt of Redline Performance Cars Limited acquired the design from Stephen Beattie in 1999 and the car was renamed the Redline Sprint with a least two models being available...
(1997–2001) thence Redline - Blenheim (1915)
- CarltonMarlborough (automobile)Marlborough is a make of car built in Blenheim, New Zealand. The first one was constructed by John North Birch between 1912 and 1919. It was a touring car, had a four cylinder engine with a four-inch bore and seven-inch stroke, five main bearings, and full force feed lubrication. Valves were two...
(1922-1928) - ChevronChevron Engineering LtdChevron Engineering Specialties Ltd is a New Zealand based kit-car and race-car manufacturer owned by Dan, Evan, and Barbara Fray. The most numerous Chevron model is the Classic, which is based on the same design concepts as the Lotus Seven. Chevron's first Classic was built in 1984 and has been...
(1984-present) - De JouxDe Joux (car)Ferris de Joux was a designer and maker of sports cars. He was born on 24 August 1935.Internationally he is perhaps best known as the designer and manufacturer of a series of fibreglass bodies for Buckler sports cars, however in New Zealand he is best known for his Mini derivative, the de Joux...
(1970) - DennisonFrederick DennisonFrederick Ridley Dennison was a Oamaru mechanical engineer who designed and built New Zealand's first indigenous motor car in 1900....
(1900–1905) - New Zealand's first indigenous car - FraserFraser ClubmanFraser Clubman is a component based car similar to a Lotus Seven Series 3, built in Auckland, New Zealand by Fraser Cars Ltd. Scott and Ida Tristram are the current Managing Directors of Fraser Cars having taken over the company from Neil Fraser in 2006....
(1988–present) - HeronHeron CarsHeron Cars were racing cars, sports and kit cars built in New Zealand between 1962 and 1999 by Ross Baker. They also included a one-off electric car..-MJ 1:...
(1983–1990) - HulmeHulme F1The Hulme F1 is an expected sports car manufactured by New Zealand boutique company Hulme Supercars Ltd. Its name is taken after the 1967 Formula One World Champion, New Zealander Denny Hulme...
(2005–present) - LeitchLeitch Super SprintThe Leitch Super Sprint is a Lotus Seven replica made by Leitch Motorsport and Restoration, Ltd, in Invercargill, New Zealand.Barry Leitch started building Super Sprints in 1986 and regularly raced them competitively in local classic and sports car racing...
(1986–present) - MarlboroughMarlborough (automobile)Marlborough is a make of car built in Blenheim, New Zealand. The first one was constructed by John North Birch between 1912 and 1919. It was a touring car, had a four cylinder engine with a four-inch bore and seven-inch stroke, five main bearings, and full force feed lubrication. Valves were two...
(1912–1922) - McRaeGraham McRaeGraham McRae is a former racing driver from New Zealand.McRae's single outing in the Formula One World Championship was at the 1973 British Grand Prix on 14 July 1973, where he retired in the first lap...
(1990–2003) - Microbond (1957)
- RedlineBeattie (automobile)Beattie was a New Zealand kitcar manufacturer, making the Beattie SR2000 and Clubman Sports, based on the Lola-Climax Mk1. Kevin Hunt of Redline Performance Cars Limited acquired the design from Stephen Beattie in 1999 and the car was renamed the Redline Sprint with a least two models being available...
(2001-2009) - SakerSaker CarsSaker Sports Cars originated in New Zealand and have been manufactured from 1989 to the present day. The Saker car is named after the bird of prey, found in the Middle East and Central Asia....
(1989–present) - TrekkaTrekkaThe Škoda powered Trekka was a light utility vehicle manufactured in New Zealand between 1966 and 1973. It is the only vehicle designed and manufactured in New Zealand to have entered commercial production for an extended period...
(1966–1973)
Argentina
- AdelmoAdelmoAdelmo is a masculine Italian given name. People named Adelmo include:* Adelmo Bulgarelli , Italian wrestler* Adelmo Paris , Italian footballer* Adelmo Prenna , Italian footballer...
- AJR
- Alcre
- AnasagastiAnasagastiThe Anasagasti was the first automobile to be built in Argentina; it was manufactured by Horacio Anasagasti of Buenos Aires from 1912 to 1914. Anasagasti's first vehicle was a 15 horsepower Ballot-engined car...
(1911–1915) - AndinoAndinoAndino was a small automobile manufacturer around 1967 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Andino built sports coupés using Renault engines.-External links:*...
(1967–1973) - Anadón (1995–present)
- ASAASA Aluminium BodyASA Aluminium Body is an Argentinian company that produces exact replicas of racing cars from the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s.- History:In 1969 a company named Lotus Argentina started producing licenced Lotus Seven roadsters...
(1985–present) - Autoar (1950–1962)
- Bambi (1961)
- Baufer
- Biscayne (1998–present)
- Castano
- Corvill
- Crespi
- de CarloDe CarloDe Carlo is an Italian surname and may refer to:*Andrea De Carlo , Italian writer*Giancarlo De Carlo , Italian architect*Yvonne De Carlo , Canadian actress...
- Dinarg (1961–1962)
- Dinfia
- Donatini
- Donto (2010-)
- Di TellaSiam di TellaSiam Di Tella was an Argentine manufacturing company; the name Siam is an acronym from Sección Industrial Amasadoras Mecánicas.-Early years:...
(1959–1965) - DURADuraDura may refer to:* Dura , a Palestinian town in the southern West Bank located eleven kilometers southwest of Hebron in the Hebron Governorate* Dura language, a critically endangered language of Nepal...
- Eniak (1984)
- FAAS
- F.A.Y.R.
- Feresa
- Gilda (1957)
- Graciela (1957–1963)
- Grosspal
- Helguero
- Hispano-Argentina (1940–1945)
- IAVAIAVAIAVA can refer to:*Information Assurance Vulnerability Alert, an announcement of a computer application software or operating system vulnerability by the US DoD Joint Task Force-Global Network Operations....
- Industrias Aeronáuticas y Mecánicas del EstadoIndustrias Aeronáuticas y Mecánicas del EstadoIndustrias Aeronáuticas y Mecánicas del Estado was a state entity and autarchic conglomerate of factories of Argentina created in 1951 to promote the manufacture of aircraft and automobiles...
(IAME, Mechanical Aircraft Industries of the State) (1951–1979), not to be confused with Italian American Motor Engineering. - IES
- Industrias Kaiser Argentina (IKA)Industrias Kaiser ArgentinaIndustrias Kaiser Argentina S.A. or IKA was an Argentine motor company established in 1956 in Córdoba Province as a joint venture with Kaiser Motors of the United States....
(1956–1975) - Inauco
- Isard
- Jefe (1956)
- Justicialista (1953–1955)
- JVA (1998–present)
- KollerKollerPeople with the surname Koller include:* Alexandru Koller , Romanian football player* Arnold Koller , Swiss politician* Ben Koller, drummer of the American band Converge* Dagmar Koller , Austrian actress and singer...
- Luján Hnos
- OlivaOlivaOliva is a municipality in the comarca of Safor in the Valencian Community, Spain, in the Valencian language area. To its east lie 10 km of coastline and beaches fronting the Mediterranean Sea....
- Macnie-Rey
- Norma Sport
- RG Sport (1992–1997)
- RYCSA
- Rolmar
- Strega
- TaitaTaitaTaita may refer to:* Taita people, a Kenyan ethnic group; also their language* Taitā, New Zealand, a suburb of Lower Hutt City* Taita Hills, mountain range in Kenya* Taita Line, a railway line in Gifu prefecture, Japan...
- Teram
- Titania
- Vassalli
- WinogradWinograd-Surname:* Arthur Winograd, original cello player for the Juilliard String Quartet* Eliyahu Winograd, chairman of the Winograd Commission, an Israeli government-appointed commission of inquiry regarding the 2006 Lebanon War...
- Zunder (1960–1962)
Brazil
- Abais
- Adamo GT
- AgraleAgraleAgrale is a Brazilian manufacturer of military vehicles, motorcycles, scooters, commercial vehicles, engines and agricultural tractors. It is based in Caxias do Sul, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul. Established in 1962, the brand's current model line-up consists of the Marrua SUV and pick-up truck...
(1982–present) - Aldee
- Almenara Buggy
- Aurora 122-CAurora 122-CFirst presented at the Motor Show in São Paulo, 1990, Aurora 122-C took 3 years and 3 million dollars in its development. With lines inspired by the Ferrari F40, the vehicle, developed by Aurora Projetos Automobilísticos, Valinhos uses their own chassis and engine based on the central family 2...
- Americar
- Amoritz GT
- Avallone
- Baby Buggy
- BiancoBiancoBianco is a town and comune in the Province of Reggio Calabria,in southern Italy. It is a seaside town and a popular tourist resort. The main attractions are the remainings of an old...
- Brasinca (1964–present)
- BRM Buggy (1969–present)
- BugreBugreBugre is a town and municipality in the state of Minas Gerais in the Southeast region of Brazil.-References:...
(1970–present) - Bugway (2001–present)
- Caribe
- CBT
- CentaurusCentaurusCentaurus is a bright constellation in the southern sky. One of the largest constellations, Centaurus was included among the 48 constellations listed by the 2nd century astronomer Ptolemy, and it remains one of the 88 modern constellations.-Stars:...
- ChamonixChamonix (car)Chamonix is a Brazilian automobile manufacturer which has produced replicas of 1960s Porsche sports cars based on Volkswagen parts since 1987....
(1987–present) - Cobracar
- Cross Lander
- Dacon
- DardoDardoThe Dardo was a small two-seater sports car manufactured in Brazil by Corona S. S. Viatura e Equipamento of Diadema, São Paulo between 1979 and 1983....
(1981)
- Democrata (1967)
- EdraEdraEdra s.p.a. is an Italian manufacturing company specialised in the creation of high-end designer furniture.-History:Edra was founded in 1987. The name "Edra" is a modification of the Greek word esedra, meaning a place for philosophical discussion...
(1989–present) - EMIS (1981–present)
- Emme
- EngesaEngesaEngesa – Engenheiros Especializados S/A was a Brazilian company in the agriculture and defense sectors that specialized in producing tactical military trucks, armored fighting vehicles, and civilian Sport utility vehicles....
(1963–1993) - Envemo (1978-c.1994)
- Equus Thundix
- FabralFabralFabral is an off-road vehicle manufacturer based in Palmas, Tocantins, Brazil. Fabral was established in 2002....
- Farus
- Fibravan (1989–present)
- FNMFábrica Nacional de MotoresFábrica Nacional de Motores was a Brazilian manufacturer of engines and motor vehicles based in the Xerém district of Duque de Caxias near Rio de Janeiro that operated between 1942 and 1988.-Origins:...
(1960–1963) - Fúria
- Glaspac
- Grancar
- GurgelGurgelGurgel was the brand name of Gurgel Motores , a Brazilian automobile manufacturer, named after its founder João do Amaral Gurgel. The company was founded in 1969 and first specialized in buggies and off-road vehicles...
(1966–1995) - Hofstetter turboHofstetter TurboThe Hofstetter Turbo is a car created in the 1980s by Mario Richard Hofstetter, inspired by the Bertone Carabo, a quiet car of the '70s. In 1980 Hofstetter pulled out his drawing paper and started to draw a prototype of the car. Mario Hofstetter also made this car at this time because the Brazilian...
(1986–1989) - JPX
- Kadron
- Karmann Ghia
- KremerKremer- People :* Honorable I. Raymond Kremer, Court of Common Pleas Judge* Andrea Kremer, ESPN and HBO reporter focusing on sports* Gerard de Kremer, Gerardus Mercator* Gidon Kremer, a celebrated Latvian violinist and conductor....
- Lassale
- LobiniLobiniLobini is a Brazilian automobile manufacturer. The company produces a sports car called the H1 which uses Audi engines and fiberglass bodies produced by fellow Brazilian sports car manufacturer Chamonix....
(2002–present) - Lorena GT
- Madom
- Malzoni
- MatraMatraMécanique Aviation Traction or Matra was a French company covering a wide range of activities mainly related to automobile, bicycles, aeronautics and weaponry. In 1994, it became a subsidiary of the Lagardère Group and now operates under that name.Matra was owned by the Floirat family...
- Mirage GT
- MiuraMiura-Places:*Miura, Kanagawa*Miurakaigan Station*Miura District, Kanagawa*Miura Peninsula*Ganadería Miura, the home of the Miura fighting bull line-People:*Miura clan - Japanese descended clan of the Taira*Miura Anjin, honorific title of William Adams...
(1977-c.1987) - MP LaferMP LaferThe MP Lafer was an automobile built in Brazil by Lafer S/A beginning in 1974. Created by Percival Lafer, a furniture manufacturer, the MP Lafer was a fiberglass-bodied two-seat roadster that took its styling cues from the classic British sports cars of the 1940s and early '50s, with a strong...
(1974-c.1990) - NBM-Nasser Brazil Motores
- PAGPremier Automotive GroupThe Premier Automotive Group , was a group within the Ford Motor Company which was formed in 1999 to oversee the business operations of Ford's high-end automotive marques....
(1988-c.1990) - Pretty
- PumaPuma (car)Puma was a Brazilian specialist car manufacturer which built cars from 1967 until roughly 1997. High import tariffs effectively closed Brazil during much of this period to foreign-built cars...
(1967–1997) - Romi (1956)
- RossinRossinRossin is a municipality in the Vorpommern-Greifswald district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany....
- San VitoSan VitoSan Vito is a comune in the Province of Cagliari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 45 km northeast of Cagliari.San Vito borders the following municipalities: Burcei, Castiadas, Muravera, Sinnai, Villaputzu, Villasalto....
- Short GT
- Santa MatildeSanta MatildeThe Santa Matilde, or SM4.1, is a sports car designed and produced in Brazil by Cia. Industrial Santa Matilde between 1977 and 1997.- Conception :...
(1977-c.1997) - SS Fiberglass
- TACTecnologia Automotiva CatarinenseTAC - Tecnologia Automotiva Catarinense is a corporation of capital closed established in 2004 in Joinville, Brazil. The administration is based on management tools such as Corporate Governance and Balanced Score Card....
(2004–present) - Tanger
- Troller (1998–present)
- UirapuruUirapuruUirapuru is a small town and municipality in northwestern Goiás state, Brazil.-Location:Uirapuru is in the São Miguel do Araguaia Microregion, west of the important BR-153 highway. It is connected by a paved road to Crixás, 35 kilometers to the south. The distance to the state capital, Goiânia,...
(1966–1968) - Villa GT
- Willys Interlagos
- W.W. Trevis (1998–present
Uruguay
- Dellepiane (1980)
- El Terruno (1960)
- Grumett (1960–1982)
- Guitolar (1970–2004)
- Hita (1964–1966)
- Indio (1969–1977)
- Industrias WARV (1966–1972)
- LimaLima Locomotive WorksLima Locomotive Works was an American firm that manufactured railroad locomotives from the 1870s through the 1950s. The company took the most distinctive part of its name from its main shops location in Lima, Ohio. The shops were located between the Baltimore & Ohio's Cincinnati-Toledo main line...
(1970–1980) - Mauser
- Metalurgica Laguarda (1963)
- Nordex (1962-)
- Regusci (2002-)
- Suntrike (2000-)
- Super
- Taller Danree y Silveira (1950–1960)
See also
- CyclecarCyclecarCyclecars were small, generally inexpensive cars manufactured mainly between 1910 and the late 1920s.-General description:Cyclecars were propelled by single cylinder, V-twin or more rarely four cylinder engines, often air cooled. Sometimes these had been originally used in motorcycles and other...
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