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Austin-Healey
Austin-Healey was a British sports car maker. The marque was established through a joint venture arrangement, set up in 1952 between Leonard Lord of the Austin division of the British Motor Corporation (BMC) and Donald Healey, a renowned automotive engineer and designer.
Austin-Healey produced cars until 1972 when the 20-year agreement between Healey and Austin came [...]
Land Rover
Land Rover is a 4×4, SUV and all-terrain vehicle manufacturer, based in Solihull, West Midlands, England.
Originally the term Land Rover referred to one specific vehicle, a pioneering civilian all-terrain utility vehicle launched on 30 April 1948, at the Amsterdam Motor Show, but was later used as a brand for several distinct models, all capable of [...]
Volvo
Volvo is a Swedish automobile manufacturer founded in 1927 in the city of Gothenburg, Sweden. The name Volvo, Latin for “I roll” was thought to be a good trademark for a ball bearing as well as for an automobile.
The Volvo symbol is an ancient chemistry sign for iron. The iron sign is used to symbolize [...]
Heinkel
Heinkel Flugzeugwerke was a German aircraft manufacturing company founded by and named after Ernst Heinkel. It is noted for producing bomber aircraft for the Luftwaffe in World War II and for important contributions to high-speed flight.
Heinkel introduced the “Kabine” bubble car in 1956. It competed with the BMW Isetta and the Messerschmitt KR200. It had [...]
Saab
“Svenska Aeroplan AB (aktiebolaget)” (Swedish for “Swedish Aeroplane Limited”) (SAAB) was founded in 1937 in Trollhättan, with the merger of SAAB and Linköping based ASJA. The headquarters moved to Linköping. The style “Saab” replaced “SAAB” around 1950.
Originally manufacturing airplanes, the company sought ways in which to diversify its business and in the late 1940s began [...]
Porsche
Professor Ferdinand Porsche founded the company called “Dr. ing. h. c. F. Porsche GmbH” in 1930, with main offices at Kronenstraße 24 in the center of Stuttgart. Initially, the company offered motor vehicle development work and consulting but did not build any cars under its own name. One of the first assignments the new company [...]
Volkswagen Karmann Ghia
The Karmann Ghia was marketed from 1955 to 1974 by Volkswagen as a 2+2 coupe and as a convertible — both incorporating the commonplace chassis and mechanicals of the Type 1, evocative styling by the Italian carrozzeria Ghia, and hand-built bodywork by German coach-builder Karmann.
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Alvis
Alvis cars were produced by the manufacturer Alvis Car and Engineering Company Ltd of Coventry, United Kingdom from 1919 to 1967.
Ariel
Ariel was a bicycle, motorcycle and automobile marque manufacturer based in Bournbrook, Birmingham, England.
Simca
Simca was a French automaker and marque, founded in 1934 by Henri Théodore Pigozzi (1898-1964). Simca was originally affiliated with Fiat, but later, after a period of independence, when Simca bought Ford’s French branch, became increasingly controlled by the Chrysler Group, in 1970 becoming a part of Chrysler Europe and a brand rather than independent [...]
