Luxury car manufacturers Luxury car manufacturers Audi is an automobile maker in Germany, and a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Volkswagen Group. The company is headquartered in Ingolstadt, Bavaria, Germany. ...more on Wikipedia about "Audi"
Bentley Motors Limited is a British based manufacturer of luxury automobiles and Grand Tourers. Bentley Motors was founded in England on January 18, 1919 by Walter Owen Bentley, known as W.O. Bentley or just "W.O." ( 1888– 1971). He was previously known for his successful range of rotary aero-engines in the First World War, the most famous being the Bentley BR1 as used in later versions of the Sopwith Camel. The company is currently owned by the Volkswagen Group. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bentley"
BMW AG (an abbreviation for Bayerische Motoren Werke AG, or in English, Bavarian Motor (in the sense of Engine) Works), is a German company and manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles. BMW is the parent company of the BMW MINI and Rolls-Royce car brands, and, formerly, Rover. ...more on Wikipedia about "BMW"
Cadillac is a brand of luxury automobile, part of the General Motors corporation, produced and mostly sold in the United States; outside of North America, they have been less successful. In the United States, the name became a synonym for "high quality", used in such phrases as "the Cadillac of clocks" (although today this usage might sound archaic). This is less prevalent, though still known, in other English-speaking countries (who are more likely to use Rolls-Royce in such phrases). ...more on Wikipedia about "Cadillac"
A Chaika (Ча́йка), which means gull, is a luxury automobile from Russia made by GAZ. The vehicle is one step down from the ZIL limousine. ...more on Wikipedia about "Chaika"
The Delage Automobile company was established in 1905 in Levallois, a northwesterly suburb of Paris, France. It was founded by Louis Delâge (1874-1947), an ambitious young engineer who had been working for the Peugeot car company. Initially, the company was only an assembly plant, acquiring engines and drive trains from other manufacturers to use with their own body designs purchased from others. By 1908, success saw the operation in new production facilities and competing in Grand Prix motor racing. A year later, they were making their own engines and fabricating advanced body designs. Delage cars began winning important races until the onset of World War I in 1914 when the new factory in nearby Courbevoie was converted to military production. ...more on Wikipedia about "Delage"
Any of several makes of steam-powered automobile, including Doble Detroit, Doble Steam Car, and Doble Automobile, are referred to as a Doble because of their founding or association with Abner Doble. ...more on Wikipedia about "Doble"
Duesenberg was a US-based luxury automobile company active from the 1910s until 1937. ...more on Wikipedia about "Duesenberg"
German-based company building supercars. The first model produced is the Apollo. Founder and owner of Gumpert Sportwagenmanufaktur GmbH is Roland Gumpert, former head of Audi Sport. Audi scored 2 drivers and 2 constructors World Rally Championship titles during his time there. The company is based at Altenburg, Thuringia. ...more on Wikipedia about "Gumpert"
Infiniti is Nissan Motor's luxury brand in the United States, Canadian, Middle Eastern, South Korean and Taiwanese markets. Nissan also has plans to release Infiniti into many European markets, China, as well as in Japanese market in the coming years. ...more on Wikipedia about "Infiniti"
Jaguar Cars is a British based subsidiary of the American Ford Motor Company famous for luxury saloon and sports cars. ...more on Wikipedia about "Jaguar (car)"
Lincoln is an American luxury automobile brand, operated under the Ford Motor Company. ...more on Wikipedia about "Lincoln (automobile)"
A luxury car is a relatively expensive car. In some countries they are targets of special taxes. Luxury cars place more emphasis on comfort, appearance, and amenities than on performance, economy, or utility. They usually offer more modern technology, higher quality materials and are often built in smaller numbers than more affordable mass-market cars. ...more on Wikipedia about "Luxury car"
Packard was a United States based brand of automobile. The brand went off the market in 1958 but its cars are still highly sought after by collectors today. Packards were advertised with the slogan "Ask the Man who Owns One". ...more on Wikipedia about "Packard"
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Rolls-Royce is a set of companies, all deriving from the British automobile and aero-engine manufacturing company founded by Henry Royce and C.S. Rolls in 1906. The companies are: ...more on Wikipedia about "Rolls-Royce"
Saab is an aircraft and automobile concern based in Sweden, founded 1937 in Linköping. Its name is an acronym for "Svenska Aeroplan AB," where "AB" stands for " aktiebolag" ("limited company"). ...more on Wikipedia about "Saab"
The Stanley Steamer was a steam-powered automobile produced by the Stanley Steamer Company which set the world land speed record at 127.7 mph (205.5 km/h) in 1906, driven by Fred Marriott, picking up the Dewar Trophy in the process. This is the longest-standing officially recognised land speed record for a steam car. The Steamer enjoyed a boom in the early 1900s before eventually being overtaken technologically by the internal combustion engine. ...more on Wikipedia about "Stanley Steamer"
The Stutz Motor Company, later reborn as Stutz Motor Car of America, was a producer of luxury cars. Production began in 1911 and continued through 1935. The marque reappeared in 1968 and lasted through the 1980s. Throughout its history, Stutz was known as a producer of exclusive cars for the rich and famous. ...more on Wikipedia about "Stutz Motor Company"
Tatra (named after the Tatra mountains) is a vehicle manufacturer in Kopřivnice, Czech Republic. The company was founded in 1850 as a wagon and carriage manufacturer, and produced the first motor car in central Europe in 1897, the Präsident. One source claims that Tatra is the third oldest [car maker] in the world after Daimler Mercedes-Benz and Peugeot. Production of Tatra cars ceased in 1999 but the company still produces a successful range of primarily all-wheel-drive trucks. ...more on Wikipedia about "Tatra (car)"
Volvo Cars, or Volvo Personvagnar, is an automobile maker that was founded in 1927 in the city of Gothenburg in Sweden. Volvo, which is Latin for "I roll," was formed as a spin-off from roller ball bearing maker SKF. Volvo Cars was owned by AB Volvo until 1998, when it was acquired by the Ford Motor Company and placed in its Premier Automotive Group. In the American market, Volvo is marketed as a luxury car, with the intent to compete with Acura, Audi, BMW, Cadillac, Infiniti, Lexus, Mercedes-Benz and Saab. In the European market Volvo competes with brands such as Mitsubishi, Nissan, Peugeot, Renault, Subaru, Toyota, Vauxhall and Volkswagen. ...more on Wikipedia about "Volvo Cars"
Zavod Imeni Likhacheva (ЗиЛ, ZIL, Russian: Likhachev Factory) is a major Russian truck and heavy equipment manufacturer, which also produced armored cars for most Soviet leaders, as well as trucks, buses and tanks. The company also produces hand-built limousines and high-end luxury sedans in extremely low quantities, primarily for the Russian government. ZIL passenger cars are priced at the equivalent of models from Maybach and Rolls-Royce, but are largely unknown outside the CIS and production rarely exceeds a dozen cars per year. ...more on Wikipedia about "Zavod Imeni Likhacheva"
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