All Entries Tagged With: "Car Brands"
KIA
Kia is a Korean Automobile Brand that is also Korea’s second largest manufacturer and has been in business since 1944, and is also owned by Hyundai KIA Automotive. They have been in the American market for quite some time and their American base is called the Kia America Motors. They opened their first U.S. full […]
Lancia
Lancia was founded in 1906 in Italy, by Vincenzo Lancia, which later was to become a major part of the Fiat Company in 69 after a merger. Lancia was to see several pioneering advancements in the auto market, from the first monocoque car to the first production vehicle to carry a V6 engine, and also […]
Lamborghini
Lamborghini was created in 1963 by Ferruccio Lamborghini. His son told a story about how his father, Ferruccio, had bought a Ferrari 250 GT, and had a problem with it, being that the clutch did not work right. He took the Ferrari to Enzo and complained to him, to which Enzo told him to go […]
Jeep
Jeep was founded in 1941; however it did not begin life as the Jeep. Rather it was a prototype for the Army by American Bantam (the Austin Car Corp) called the Bantam BRC. It competed with other prototypes, such as the ones built by Ford and by Willys Overland. The Bantam won in respects to […]
Isuzu
The history of Isuzu can be traced back all the way to 1916 with the Ishikawajima Shipbuilding co. and Tokyo Gas, both planning to build automobiles after watching the success of the machine – they planned a joint venture in order to do this. In 1918 they entered a joint cooperative venture with the Wolseley […]
Mercedes Benz S 600 Guard Technical Specifications
The Mercedes Benz S 600 Guard is an awesome exotic car running on a 5.5 Liter Twin-turbocharged V12 engine, capable of 612lb-ft@3500rpm / 517bhp@5000rpm. The Mercedes Benz S 600 Guard is able to accelerate from 0-60 mph in only 4.5 s and reaches a top speed of 130 mph. This beautiful exotic car uses a […]
Renault
Going as far back as the late 1890’s Renault’s first vehicles were manufactured by founder Louis Renault along with members of his family under the first company name of Society Renault. Along with his two brothers two friends also helped in the manufacture of the first cars – their first one was the Voiturette and […]
Smart
Started in 1994 by the Swiss watch manufacturer Swatch the Smart was meant to be a tiny car that could fit three in one parking space that is the size of a normal vehicle (by parking from the other direction of course) and to be extremely economical. The Acronym SMART stands for Swatch Mercedes ART, […]
SAAB
Founded in 1947 SAAB Automobile was created as a part of the mega corporation SAAB (an airplane manufacturing company) which is an acronym in itself for “The Swedish Airplane Company”. The founding company was started as far back as the 30’s with war plane manufacturing in preparation of future European continental conflicts which soon occurred […]
Suzuki
Suzuki has been around since 1905, having been founded by Michio Suzuki as the Suzuki Loom manufacturing company, and at first manufactured, as you can guess by the name, weaving looms. With the success of the loom weaving industry came a chance to expand the empire, and Michio soon did so in 1937 with a […]