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Kia
Kia began as a steel fabrication and bicycle manufacturer in the mid 1940s. Over the next few decades, the company began producing motor scooters and trucks. In 1974, Kia manufacturing facilities begin to produce vehicles for Fiat and Peugeot.
1991was a banner year for Kia, the company announced More >
Honda
Soichiro Honda was unable to use his car during World War II because of the gasoline shortages. As a result, he had the novel idea of attaching a small engine to his bicycle. He enlisted the aid of bicycle shops all across Japan and by 1964 Honda Motors was the world’s largest motorcycle More >
Nissan
The Nissan Motor Company is an automobile manufacturer that produces cars worldwide but is headquartered in Japan. The genesis of this company started largely with the DAT motor group, named after the original company investors: Den, Aoyama, and Takeuchi. In the early 1900′s, DAT produced mostly More >
Mazda
Mazda, officially known as Mazda Motor Corporation is a Japanese auto manufacturer that produces over a million vehicles each year for consumers. The company began as Toyo Cork Kogyo Co., Ltd in 1920 and was founded by Jujiro Matsuda. Starting up as a manufacturer of tools, Mazda switched to More >
Hyundai
Established in 1947, the Hyundai Motor Company is a South Korean firm that has risen to be one of the largest companies in the nation. Originally founded by Chung Ju-yung, the business first focused on the construction industry before moving into automobiles and other industries. Today, Hyundai has More >
Toyota
Toyota is the largest automaker in the world and is widely considered to be the most dependable and cost-effective brands of vehicles. It is a Japanese-based company that was founded in 1936 by Kiichiro Toyoda. Throughout its history, Toyota has impacted the auto industry in many important ways. More >
Volkswagen
Volkswagen (VW) is a German company that began in 1937 with the “People’s Car” designed by Ferdinand Porsche. It is controversial, but the Nazis formed Volkswagen in an attempt to change Europe’s auto industry by creating cheap, yet efficient cars “for the people”. The distinctive shape of the VW More >
Chevrolet
Chevrolet turned 100 years old in 2011 and continues to be an innovator in terms of safety and performance. It is a versatile brand that began in Detroit with the help of a race car driver named Louis Chevrolet and General Motors startup William C. Durant. Even though its beginnings are shaped by More >
Chrysler
Chrysler is an American automaker (now multinational) founded in 1925 by its namesake, Walter P. Chrysler. It has spent the better part of nearly nine decades reinventing itself and transforming the automotive industry along the way. During the 1970s, the company was on the brink of demise, More >
Ford
Ford Motor Company was founded in 1903 by Henry Ford in Dearborn, Michigan. It has grown over the years to become the second largest automotive manufacturer in the United States and the fifth largest worldwide. Henry Ford’s innovative assembly line techniques enabled the Model T, America’s first More >