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History: American Motors Corporation (AMC) was an American automobile company formed in 1954 by the merger of Nash-Kelvinator Corporation and Hudson. At the time, it was the largest corporate merger in U.S. history, valued at $198,000,000. More |
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 Austin |
History: The Austin Motor Company was a British manufacturer of automobiles that rose to be a major motorcar brand, the dominant partner after merger with Morris in 1952 but declining after absorption into the British Leyland Motor Corporation, and its subsequent troubles. More |
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 BMW |
History: BMW AG (an abbreviation of Bayerische Motoren Werke AG, or in English, Bavarian Motor Works), is a German company and manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles. More |
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 Buick |
History: Buick originated as an independent motor car manufacturer, the Buick Motor Company, incorporated on May 19, 1903 by the Scottish-American David Dunbar Buick (who invented the overhead valve engine on which the company's success was based) in Flint, Michigan. More |
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 Cadillac |
History: Cadillac is a brand of luxury vehicles, part of General Motors, produced and mostly sold in the United States and Canada. In the United States, the name became a synonym for "high quality", used in such phrases as "the Cadillac of clocks. This is less prevalent, though still known, in other English-speaking countries (who are more likely to use Rolls-Royce in such phrases). More |
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 Checker |
History: Originally, a Checker Cab was a taxi produced by the Checker Cab Manufacturing Company (later known as Checker Motors Corporation) of Kalamazoo, Michigan, and operating under the name "Checker Cabs" in New York and other American cities. More |
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 Chevrolet |
History: Chevrolet, or Chevy for short, is a division of General Motors. It is one of the most popular GM marques. For 2005, Chevrolet outsold its main domestic rival, Ford, for the first time in 19 years, making it once again the top-selling marque in the United States. More |
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 Chrysler |
History: The Chrysler Corporation was a United States automobile manufacturer that existed independently from 1925-1998. Chrysler and its subsidiaries became part of the German-American based DaimlerChrysler AG when purchased by Daimler-Benz in 1998. More |
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 Datsun |
History: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., which formerly marketed vehicles under the Datsun brand name, is a Japanese automobile manufacturer. The company's main offices are located in the Ginza area of Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan. Nissan plans to move their headquarters to Yokohama, Kanagawa by 2010; the headquarters will start construction in 2007. More |
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 De Lorean |
History: The De Lorean Motor Company (DMC) was a short-lived automobile manufacturer formed by automobile industry executive John De Lorean in 1975. It is remembered for the one distinctive model it produced – the stainless steel De Lorean DMC-12 sports car featuring gull-wing doors - and for its brief and turbulent history, ending in receivership and bankruptcy in 1982. More |
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 DeSoto |
History: The De Soto (later DeSoto) was a brand of automobile based in the United States of America, marketed by the Chrysler Corporation from 1928 through 1961. The De Soto make was founded by Walter P. Chrysler on August 4, 1928. More |
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Dodge |
History: Dodge is a brand name of automobiles and light to heavy-duty trucks, currently marketed by the German-American-based DaimlerChrysler AG from 1928 to the present. From 1914 to 1927, the company was named Dodge Brothers Motor Vehicle Company. More |
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 Edsel |
History: The Edsel was a make of automobile manufactured by the Ford Motor Company during the 1958, 1959 and 1960 model years. The car brand is best known as a spectacular failure in the history of the United States automobile industry. More |
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 Essex |
History: The Essex was a brand of automobile produced by the Essex Motor Company from 1918-1922 and Hudson Motor Company of Detroit, Michigan between 1922 and 1932. During its production run, the Essex was considered a small car and affordably priced. More |
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 Ford |
History: The Ford Motor Company is a multinational automobile manufacture. The corporation was founded by Henry Ford in Dearborn, Michigan, (where the company is currently headquartered), and incorporated on June 16, 1903. More |
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 Franklin |
History: The H. H. Franklin Manufacturing Company was a maker of automobiles in the United States between 1902 and 1934 in Syracuse, New York. Herbert H. Franklin, the founder, started out in the metal die-casting business before entering the automobile business with the engineer John Wilkinson. More |
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 Honda |
History: Honda Motor Company, Ltd. is a Japanese manufacturer of automobiles, trucks, motorcycles, scooters and robots. However the company is often described as an engineering or engine company rather than a car company. More |
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 Hudson |
History: The Hudson Motor Car Company made Hudson brand automobiles in Detroit, Michigan, from 1909 to 1957. The name "Hudson" came from JL Hudson, Detroit department store entrepreneur. More |
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 Jeep |
History: Jeep is an automobile marque (and registered trademark) of DaimlerChrysler. The marque, like all other Chrysler subsidiaries, became part of DaimlerChrysler when Daimler-Benz merged with the Chrysler Corporation in 1998. More |
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 Kaiser |
History: Kaiser Motors, a subsidiary of Kaiser Industries, was a manufacturer of automobiles in the United States from 1946-1963. Kaiser Motors was based in Willow Run, Michigan. The company was also known as Kaiser-Frazer from 1946 to 1951. More |
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 Lasalle |
History: The LaSalle was a product of General Motors and sold as a companion to the Cadillac from 1927 to 1940. The two were both named for explorers: René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle and Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac. More |
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 Lincoln |
History: Lincoln is an American luxury automobile made by the Ford Motor Company. The company was founded in 1917 by Henry M. Leland, one of the founders of Cadillac. More |
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 Mercury |
History: Mercury is an automobile made by the Ford Motor Company. Mercury was founded in 1939 to market semi-luxury cars slotted between entry-level Ford and luxury Lincoln models, similar to General Motors' Buick brand and DaimlerChrysler's Chrysler brand. More |
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 Nash |
History: Nash Motors was an automobile manufacturer based in Kenosha, Wisconsin, from 1916 to 1938. From 1938 to 1954, Nash was the automotive division of the Nash Kelvinator Corporation. More |
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 Oldsmobile |
History: Oldsmobile was a brand of automobile founded by Ransom E. Olds, and was produced in the United States from 1897 to 2004. In its 107 years, it produced 35.2 million cars, including at least 14 million built at its Lansing, Michigan factory. More |
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 Packard |
History: Packard was a United States based brand of automobile. The brand went off the market in 1958 but its cars are still highly sought after by collectors today. Packards were advertised with the slogan "Ask the Man who Owns One". More |
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 Plymouth |
History: Plymouth was a brand of automobile based in the United States, marketed by the Chrysler Corporation and DaimlerChrysler from 1928 to 2001. For much of its life, it was the number-three make, after Chevrolet and Ford ("the low-priced three"), but suffered greatly in the early 1960s. More |
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 Pontiac |
History: Pontiac is a marque of automobile produced by General Motors and sold in the United States, Canada and Mexico from 1926 to the present. In the GM brand lineup, Pontiac is the performance brand. More |
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 Studebaker |
History: Studebaker Brothers Manufacturing Company was a United States wagon and automobile manufacturer that was incorporated in 1868. The company left the automobile business in 1966. More |
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 Toyota |
History: Toyota Motor Corporation is a Japanese multinational corporation and the world's second largest automaker, headquartered in Toyota, Aichi, Japan. It is speculated that it will become the world's largest automaker, overtaking General Motors, by producing and selling 9.8 million vehicles in 2008. More |
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 Volkswagen |
History: Volkswagen AG, or VW, is an automobile manufacturer based in Wolfsburg, Germany. It forms the core of Volkswagen Group, one of the world's four largest car producers. The name means "people's car" in German. Its German tagline is "Aus Liebe zum Automobil", which is translated as "For the love of the car" - or, "For Love of the People's Cars," as translated by VW in other languages. More |
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 Willys |
History: Willys (pronounced "WILL-iss") was the brand name used by Willys-Overland Motors, best known for its production of military and civilian Jeeps during the last century. More |
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