| 1824 - 1895
| Although nowadays belonging to IVECO, Magirus trucks still have a good name, especially among fans of historical fire-engines. The company founder however, gave only his name to the vehicle production.
| Conrad Dietrich Magirus |
| 1849-1915 | It all started with (steam) bicycles, and still today the Peugeot group sells two-wheeled vehicles in addition to their cars. | Armand Peugeot |
1853-1931
1859-1940 | In the beginning, the company of the brothers Michelin was only responsible for (bicycle) tyres. Later it also became involved in automobiles. | André/Edouard Michelin |
| 1861-1942 | His company became famous for, among other things, the development of the high-tension magneto ignition and the sparking plug. Later it contributed, through developments in the
diesel-injection technology, vitally to the success of the diesel engine. | Robert Bosch |
| 1863-1947 | His influence on modern car manufacturing methods is legendary. He founded a company which became the leading manufacturer worldwide. | Henry Ford |
| 1863-1933 | He was considered to be the more technically experienced of the two founders of the probably most famous, nowadays, at least by name, vehicle manufacturer. | Frederick Henry Royce |
| 1866-1941 | He designed and built automobiles. After his cooperation with Wolseley, he founded the automobile works named after him. | Herbert Austin |
| 1868-1951 | After study and construction work, among others, also at Benz, he founded successively, the companies Horch and Audi. | August Horch |
| 1868-1951 | As a grandson of the company founder of the same name, he took over the Fiat group and lead them to be one of the most important car manufacturers of Europe. | Giovanni Agnelli |
| 1875-1951 | He had worked with famous vehicle manufacturers, (e.g., Daimler-Benz) and had constructed, among other things, (efficient) electric, vehicle motors and chassis components (torsion bar
spring suspension). He became famous through his company foundation and through the development of the VW Beetle. |
Ferdinand Porsche |
| 1876-1938 | Originally he owned an armament factory. His name became known after he took over in 1915 | Nicola
Romeo |
| 1877-1910 | He was considered to be the business-man of the two founders of the probably most famous, nowadays, at least by name, vehicle manufacturer. | Charles Steward Rolls |
| 1877-1944 | He founded, together with his brothers, an automobile production company and introduced quite early, the factory production-line. | Louis Renault |
| 1898-1988 | As a former Alfa works driver he founded his own racing team in 1929 and was very successful, first with Alfa, then however, through his own racing vehicles and the sales of super sports
cars. | Enzo Ferrari |
| 1878-1935 | The first European manufacturer to introduce Henry Ford's production-line assembly. He became famous through the Paris-Peking tour with all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) and through
spectacular advertising methods. | AndréCitroen |
| 1881-1937 | He was an employee and racing driver in the services of Fiat, and was a co-founder of the enterprise which was named after him. He concentrated on building elegant, sporty vehicles.
| Vincenzo Lancia |
| 1881-1947 | The Italian finally founded a company in Alsace for the, at least perfectly styled, but also super-expensive cars. | Ettore Bugatti |
| 1894-1963 | Together with Flaminio Bertoni he worked as a construction engineer at Citroen, among other things on the famous DS model. | André Lefèbvre |
| 1903-1964 | As a coachbuilder he was responsible for the body-design of several famous Citroen models, but was also honoured for projects outside of the motor-vehicle area. | Flaminio Bertoni |
| 1906-1991 | After gathering experience in his father's bicycle workshop, his apprenticeship- and journeyman's years as a mechanic, racing experiences and component supplier, he led the motorcycle
production, founded in 1948, to being the world market leader. The automobile production followed. | Soichiro Honda |
| 1913-1983 | His company belongs to the Italian coachbuilders who influenced the car-body design decisively in the 1950s. |
Pietro Frua |
| 1834 - 1885 | The origins of this concern lie in (steam) shipping. This was followed by the successful development in the most varying areas of which the automobile sector is only one. | Yataro Iwasaki |
| 1875 - 1952 | The production of motorcycles evolved from a machine factory, and from there, to automobiles. The mention of the rotary engine is important here. | Jujiro Matsuda |
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