All Entries Tagged With: "Car Brands"
Mangusta
The Mangusta was a vehicle produced from 67 to 70 by De Tomaso. The Italian Sports car was one of a few to have been made that year, but received renowned recognition for its build and its ability to outclass other vehicles. Today it is regarded as the best vehicle that De Tomaso has ever […]
Marcos
Marcos was founded in 1959 and has been in business since then. It was founded by Frank Costin and Jem March, who decided to g out and create a dream. Their first run was when they began to build some cars, but, unfortunately the first attempt went off and downhill. They could not afford the […]
Maserati
Maserati began with a small number of brothers. I say this in a sarcastic demeanor. There were six brothers, each one involved in some capacity. They began production of their own cars after the Diattor company they worked for stopped production, they joined together to create the Maserati company itself and began to build the […]
Mazda
Mazda is a Japanese automobile manufacturer and was founded in 1920 by Jujiro Matsuda. Last year an estimate was made of how many vehicle they would produce next year, and the number is a stunning 1.25 million, with sales in countries from Japan, to Australia, to North America, to Europe and finally Latin America. In […]
LDV
LDV, or Leyland DAF Vans, was founded in 1993 by the GAZ group based out of Russia. It was formed out of a buy out in 1993 with DAF NV going bankrupt, followed by other problems that caused other name changed. Before 1987 they were a part of Freight Rover, which was a part of […]
Lotus
Lotus is a car company that was owned by GM for a while and sold, but was originally founded in the UK. Over their long history they have made well over 100 different models of vehicles and have been building racing cars and performance cars since its foundation. Having been founded in 1952 by local […]
Lincoln
Lincoln was founded in 1917 by none other than Henry M. Leland, and just a few years later it was bought by Ford. You know why I say none other than? Because Leland also founded Lincoln’s primary competitor at the time and that was… come on, remember your history… Cadillac. When Leland left GM’s Cadillac […]
Micro
A car project was initiated in 1999 with the idea of providing a safe alternative vehicle to the ones that are currently offered. From this came the first car manufacturer in Sri Lanka, a historic event for the small island with thousands upon thousands of inhabitants (one of which is famous science fiction writer Arthur […]
Lexus
Lexus, like Infinity, is a clone of the Acura Japanese Luxury vehicle model started in 1989 by Toyota. They are sold in many different countries and as such have developed a reputation as a good luxury vehicle that is reliable and as such has sold many automobiles. Recently in a survey of owners of over […]
Land Rover
Land Rover is the oldest brand to manufacture SUV’s, as it was established before the brand Jeep – but after the jeep vehicle. It is said to have been inspired by the earlier jeeps manufactured during the second world war, and that land rover’s designer Maurice Wilks, as he was at the time in head […]