Hans Ledwinka - Tatra (http://www.clearlight.com/~brawicz/ tatra_trucks/tatra_ledwinka.gif)

 

 

 

Marquis Albert de Dion - De Dion-Bouton (http://www.autonews.com/files/ euroauto/art/dedion250.jpg)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Josiah Dallas Dort - partner of GM founder (http://www.flint.lib.mi.us/timeline/ autohistory_0798/images/dortJ1914.jpg)

 

 

Karl Benz's first auto (http://www.todayinsci.com/ B/Benz_Karl/Benz1886CarThm.jpg)

 

 

 

 

 

William Steinway - Daimler rights in U.S. (ttp://www.astorialic.org/images/ neighborhoods/ steinway/WilliamSteinway_90.jpg)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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J. Frank Duryea (http://www.automotivehalloffame.org/ honors/show_image.php?img=1&id=151)

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Charles Duryea (http://www.automotivehalloffame.org/ honors/show_image.php?img=2&id=151)

Photo of Elwood Haynes in his first car

Elwood Haynes - oldest American car in existence (http://www.americaslibrary.gov/ assets/es/in/es_in_elwood_1_m.jpg)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

George B. Selden - first patent for a gasoline-powered automobile (http://www.todayinsci.com/S/ Selden_George/ SeldenGeorge1905Thm.jpg)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Renault brothers - Renault (http://www.renault.com/renault_com/ en/images/ 03_saga_1898_1918_1_tcm1120-292281.jpg)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

August Horch - founder Audi (http://www.autonews.com/ files/euroauto/art/audi250.jpg)

 

John M. Mack -  MACK Truck (http://www.macktrucks.com/ assets/mack/history/1890c.jpg)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Francis E. Stanley - Stanley Steamer (http://www.automotivehalloffame.org/ honors/ show_image.php?img=1&id=170)

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Freelan O. Stanley - Stanley Steamer (http://www.automotivehalloffame.org/ honors/ show_image.php?img=1&id=171)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jonathan Dixon Maxwell - Maxwell Motors (http://www.daimlerchrysler.com.mx/ herencia/img/forjadores/jonathanD.jpg)

Hugh Chalmers (http://www.daimlerchrysler.com.mx/ herencia/img/forjadores/hughCh.jpg)

 

Clarence W. Spicer  - founder Dana Corporation (http://www.dana.com/centennial/ images/timeline/ Clarence%20Spicer(1).jpg)

 

 

 

 

 

David Dunbar Buick - Buick Motor Co. (http://www.classiccar.com/ images/davidbuick.gif)

 

 

John S. Gray, Alexander Malcomson, James Couzens - first stockholders in  Ford Motor Company (http://www.hfha.org/ OLD/images/office.jpg)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Albert J. Champion - A C Spark Plugs (http://automotivehalloffame.org/ honors/show_image.php?img=1&id=20)

 

John Marston - Sunbeam Motor Car Company Limited (http://www.localhistory.scit.wlv.ac.uk/ Museum/Transport/Cars/ Sunbeam/JM.jpg)

 

 

 

 

Nicola Romeo - ALFA Romeo (http://www.comune.santantimo.na.it/ images/img_nicola_romeo.jpg)

Edward M. Murphy - Pontiac (http://www.allamericanoakland.com/ images/edwardmurphy2.jpg)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Michio Suzuki -  Suzuki Motor Corporation (http://www.autonet.ru/pics/moto history/Suzuki 1.jpg)

 

 

 

 

 

Joseph L. Hudson - Hudson Motor Car Co. (http://info.detnews.com/dn/ history/hudson/images/joesr.gif)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gustav Otto - BMW (http://upload.wikimedia.org/ wikipedia/en/ 7/7b/Gustav_Otto_with_an_ Argus_aircraft_engine.jpg)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Masujiro Hashimoto

Masujiro Hashimoto - DATSUN (http://www.ratdat.com/history/ 1911to1932/images/hashimoto.jpg)

Yoshisuke Ayukawa - NISSAN (http://www.techven.co.jp/ english/IMAGES/yoshi.jpg)

 

 

Edward G. Budd - Budd Company (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/ streamliners/peopleevents/ images/p_ebudd.jpg)

 

 

 

 

 

Robert Bamford - co-founder Aston Martin (http://www.speedace.info/ speedace_images/robert_bamford.jpg)

Lionel Martin - co-founder Aston Martin (http://www.speedace.info/ speedace_images/lionel_martin.jpg)

David Brown - Aston Martin (http://www.wrt-aston-workshop.de/Sir_David_Brown.jpg)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alfieri Maserati

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alfieri Maserati (http://www.maseraticlub.co.uk/ images3/maserati-storia-01.jpg)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gustav Otto, Franz-Josef Popp, Karl Rapp - BMW (http://www.usautoparts.net/ bmw/bmw/history/1916.gif)

Eberhard von Künheim (center) - BMW (http://www.usautoparts.net/ bmw/bmw/history/1973.gif)

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Charles W. Nash - Nash Motors (http://www.automotivehalloffame.org/ honors/ show_image.php?img=1&id=102)

George W. Mason - Nash-Kelvinator (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/ en/thumb/8/85/George_W_Mason-PR_image.jpg/200px-George_W_Mason-PR_image.jpg)

Sakichi Toyoda - Toyota (http://www.toyotageorgetown.com/ images/Sakichi.gif)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Walter Owen Bentley - Bentley Motors (http://www.darkforce.com/ royce/wob2.gif)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jujiro Matsuda - Mazda (http://www.mazda.com/mazdaspirit/ greatcar/img/greatcar_page01_p1.jpg)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Morris Markin in front of a Checker Cab

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Checker Taxi http://www.checkertaxistand.com/ assets/images/markin.gif

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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George Bacon - DIVCO (http://www.divco.org/_borders/ Bacon.gif)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Vincent Bendix - Bendix Corporation  (http://www.automotivehalloffame.org/ honors/show_image.php?img=1&id=5)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

August and Frederick Duesenberg (http://cmsimg.desmoinesregister.com/ apps/ pbcsi.dll/bilde?Site= D2&Date=99999999&Category= FAMOUSIOWANS&ArtNo= 40920015&Ref= AR&maxw=175&border=1)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Henri Pigozzi - Simca (http://www.garagedepoche.com/ photos/Henri-PIGOZZI.jpg)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

John North Willys - Jeep  (http://www.todayinsci.com/ W/Willys_John/WillysJohnThm.jpg)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Frank Stronach - Magna International http://www.cbc.ca/lifeandtimes/images/stronach.jpg)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

George Romney - AMC (http://faculty.concord.edu/chrisz/ hobby/67-Marlin-items/HistoryFaces/Romney.jpg)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Herbert Austin (http://www.autopasion18.com/ IMAGENES-LOS-PADRES-DEL-AUTOMOVIL/HERBERT AUSTIN-(1866-1941)-01.jpg)

 

 

Ferruccio Lamborghini - Automobili Lamborghini Spa (http://www.q8hp.com/ Ferruccio%20Lamborghini.jpg)

Herbert Quandt - BMW (http://www.prignitz24.de/ _prignitz/img/quandt.jpg)

Johanna Quandt - BMW (http://images.google.com/ images?q=tbn:v4sJ_tH_3zsJ: www.forbes.com/ images/2001/06/21/ 15richesquandt_400x260.gif

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

James Sumner - Leyland Motors Limited (http://www.lancashirepioneers.com/ images/sumner.jpg)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ettore Bugatti 15.09.1881

Ettore Bugatti (http://www.virgoworld.com/ celeb_img/ Ettore_Bugatti_15.09.1881_small.jpg)

 

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Henry M. Leland - Cadillac and Lincoln (http://www.automotivehalloffame.org/ honors/show_image.php?img=1&id=87)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Walter Chrysler

Walter P. Chrysler (http://www.shriners.bc.ca/shriners/ famous/chrysle_walter .jpg)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lee Iacocca (http://www.princeton.edu/~paw/ archive_new/PAW00-01/08-0124/GS100.Iacocca.jpg)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

Andre Citroen (http://www.autopasion18.com/ IMAGENES-LOS-PADRES-DEL-AUTOMOVIL/ANDRE CITROEN-(1878-1935)-01.jpg)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beautifull engines

Clessie Cummins - Cummins Engine (http://www.steamlaunch.com/ images/photos/dieselodyssey.jpg)

 

 

 

 

Gottlieb Wilhelm Daimler  (http://www.gdrs-scho.wn.bw.schule.de/Daimler.jpg)

Karl Benz (http://www.hempcar.org /img/karlbenz.jpg)

 

 

 

 

 

Mercedes Jellinek (after whom  "Mercedes" is named) (http://www.indiacar.com/infobank/ images/mercedes2.jpg)

 

 

 

John DeLorean (http://www.ryanwright.com/delorean/jzd/jzd1.jpg)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rudolf Diesel (http://www.augsburg.de/Medien/ medien_d/sehen/diesel.jpg)

 

 

 

History Image.

John and Horace Dodge (http://www4.oakland.edu/upload/ images/MBH/id7747_1_DodgeBrothers.jpg)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Enzo Ferrari (http://www.gptotal.com.br/ images/Enzo-Ferrari.jpg)

 

Giovanni Agnelli (http://www.velocetoday.com/ images/march03/image8_1a.jpg)(

Giovanni Agnelli (grandson of Fiat founder) (http://www.autointell.com/ european_companies/ fiat/giovanni-agnelli-klein.jpg)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Henry Ford (http://img.timeinc.net/time/ time100/images/main_ford.jpg)

Henry Ford's April 8, 1947 Obituary: http://www.nytimes.com/ learning/ general/onthisday/bday/ 0730.html 

 

 

 

Henry Ford - 1924 with the 1st Ford (right) and the 10,000,000th Ford (http://www.historyplace.com/specials/ calendar/docs-pix/henry-ford.jpg)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Henry Ford II (http://www.autonews.com/ files/euroauto/ 2003inductees/HenryFordii250.jpg)

 

April 20, 2008 (http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2008/04/19/business/ford.graph.ready.jpg)

 

 Roberts: In the Shadow of Detroit

Gordon McGregor - Ford of Canada (http://wsupress.wayne.edu/ greatlakes/auto/robertssd/roberts.gif)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

William C. Durant  - founder General Motors  (http://www.sos.state.mi.us/history/ museum/ explore/museums/hismus/1900-75/erlyauto/images/durant.gif)

 

David Dunbar Buick

David Dunbar Buick (0630_david_buick_100.jpg) 

Louis Chevrolet

Louis Chevrolet (0630_chevrolet_mugbw_100.jpg)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alfred P. Sloan, Jr. (elected President of GM in 1923) (http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:O9bIuGjOmkYA5M: https://mitsloan.mit.edu/shared/images/apsloan.jpg) 

Sloan's February 18, 1966 Obituary: http://www.nytimes.com/ nlearning/general/ onthisday/bday/ 0523.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Harley-Davidson Motor Company began life in a 10-by-15 foot shed in 1903. (http://home.ama-cycle.org/forms/museum/ images/exhibi1.gif)

 

 

 

 

 

William Harley (http://www.hog.ch/hogch/HD-Museum/Gründer/Bilder/William Harley.jpg)

Arthur Davidson (Arthur Davidson_K.jpg)

Walter Davidson (Walter Davidson_K.jpg)

William Davidson (William Davidson_K.jpg)

(http://lh6.ggpht.com/padilla.collado/R9D4tiNjhjI/ AAAAAAAAAyw/ 7nDuEASAUOQ/s400/harley-davidson_115.jpg)

 

 

 

 

Soichiro Honda (http://www.grips.ac.jp/teacher/ oono/hp/image_j2/lec11_9honda.jpg)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chung Ju Yung - Hyundai (http://images.amazon.com/ images/P/ 0415920507.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sir William Lyons - founder Jaguar (http://www.speedace.info/automotive_directory/car_images/sir_william_lyons.jpg)

 

 

 

 

 

Vicenzo Lancia (http://www.autopasion18.com/ IMAGENES-LOS-PADRES-DEL-AUTOMOVIL/VICENZO LANCIA-(1881-XXXX)-01.jpg)

 

 

 

 

 

 

John Kemp Starley - founder Rover (http://www.youricons.macrojuice.com/ images/pics/05_rover_m.jpg)

 

Cecil Kimber - created MG brand (http://www.dur.ac.uk/ashley.holmes/ durhammgoc/Cecil Kimber/Cecil Kimber.jpg)

Lord Nuffield

William Morris (later Lord Nuffield) - Morris Motors - founder MG (http://www.nuffieldfoundation.org/ imageLibrary/jpeg150/94.jpg)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ransom E. Olds  (http://www.autopasion18.com/ IMAGENES-LOS-PADRES-DEL-AUTOMOVIL/RANSOM ELI OLDS-(1864-1950)-01.jpg) 

Adam Opel - Opel AG (http://www.opel.de/res/img/content/ meetopel/tradition/ adamopel/intro.jpg)

James Ward Packard (http://www.autopasion18.com/ IMAGENES-LOS-PADRES-DEL-AUTOMOVIL/JAMES WARD PACKARD-(1863-1938)-01.jpg)

William Doud Packard (http://www.autopasion18.com/ IMAGENES-LOS-PADRES-DEL-AUTOMOVIL/WILLIAM DOUD PACKARD-(1861-1923)-01.jpg)

 

 

 

Armand Peugeot (http://www.autonews.com/files/ euroauto/2003inductees/ armandpeugeot250.jpg)

 

Dr. Ferdinand Porsche (http://www.autopasion18.com/ IMAGENES-LOS-PADRES-DEL-AUTOMOVIL/FERDINAND PORSCHE-(1875-1952)-01.jpg)

 

Louis Renault (http://www.uniquecarsandparts.com.au/ images/history/founding_fathers/renault_louis.jpg)

 

The Hon. Charles Stewart Rolls