Infiniti is the luxury division of Nissan. It is headquartered in Hong Kong and sells cars in over 50 countries. Infiniti began selling in the United States in 1989. And while Infiniti is a Japanese car company, the name is not used for cars sold there. Infiniti has mainly sold Read more…
One of the first car brands in the world, Cadillac was founded from the original Henry Ford Company, the first company Henry Ford started. Established in 1902 and named after Antoine de Mothe Cadillac. General Motors purchased the company in 1909. The Cadillac logo represents the Cadillac Coat of Arms. Read more…
Headquartered in Auburn Hills, Michigan, Chrysler was founded in 1925 by Walter Chrysler. In 2014 Chrysler merged with Fiat to become Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA). The company also owns Dodge, Jeep, and Ram. Fiat-Chrysler has 26 factories in the US, Canada, Mexico and Venezuela. Walter Chrysler built the iconic, art Read more…
Volvo is a Swedish luxury car company founded in 1927 in Gothenburg, Sweden where it is still headquartered. Over the years it tried various mergers and was owned by Ford for about eleven years. It is currently owned by Geely, a Chinese automotive company. Volvo, Latin for I roll, has Read more…
Tesla, founded in 2003, is headquartered in Palo Alto, California. Its main factory is in Fremont, California and has an assembly plant outside of Reno, Nevada. It is currently ranked as the world’s best-selling plug-in passenger car manufacturer. It is the only auto maker that sells directly to the customer, Read more…
Subaru, founded in 1953, is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. All Subaru cars have a standard AWD drivetrain. Subaru introduced their first car in the early 1950’s called the Subaru 1500. The first 4WD wagon was introduced in 1975 and established Subaru as the leading manufacturer in the 4WD market. The Legacy Read more…
Porsche, founded in 1931 in Stuttgart, Germany by Ferdinand Porsche, is currently owned by Volkswagen AG. Porsche manufactures high performance sports cars, sedans and SUV’s. The iconic Porsche logo is based on the coat of arms of both Wurttembuerg, Germany and Stuttgart, Germany. Both were combined as one to represent Read more…
Maserati is an Italian luxury sports car company that began in 1914 in Bologna, Italy. Founded by Alfieri Maserati and his brothers, they began making racecars that won grand prix races. One of the Maserati brothers was tasked with designing a unique logo for the company. Using inspiration from the Read more…
Formed in 1970, Mitsubishi is Japanese auto manufacturer and headquartered in Japan. Mitsubishi is 30% owned by Nissan with the rest of the company owned by Mitsubishi Group a large industrial holding company. Even though the company was founded in 1970, cars were being produced under Mitsubishi Shipbuilding as early Read more…
Mini, founded in England by the British Motor Company, and was the iconic British car of the 1960’s. Between 1959 several models of Mini’s were produced up until 2000, when the final British Mini rolled off the assembly line. BMW then purchased the right to “Mini” when it purchased the Read more…