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Million Franc Race

The Million Franc Race, or ‘Prix du Million’, was an effort in 1937 by the French Popular Front to induce French automobile manufacturers to develop race cars capable of competing with the incredibly advanced German Mercedes-Benz and Auto Union racers of the time, which were backed by the Nazi government in a (largely successful) attempt to dominate the sport, in order to 'prove the superiority of the Aryan race'.


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Astura

The Lancia Astura, a passenger car produced by Italian automobile manufacturer Lancia between 1931 and 1939

Automobiles Lambert

Lambert was a French automobile manufacturer established by Germain Lambert in 1926 at Mâcon.

Bob Beaumont

Robert Gerald Beaumont (April 1, 1932 – October 24, 2011) was the founder of Sebring-Vanguard a Florida based company that produced the Citicar, an electric automobile manufacturer from 1974 to 1977.

Christian von Koenigsegg

Christian Erland Harald von Koenigsegg (born July 2, 1971) is the founder of the Swedish high-performance automobile manufacturer Koenigsegg Automotive AB.

Continental Motors

Continental Motors Company, a defunct American automobile engine manufacturer, and briefly a complete automobile manufacturer

Conway Stewart

Limited edition models have been produced on various themes mainly related to British history and leaders and luxury brand names, like automobile manufacturer Rolls-Royce and piano manufacturer Steinway & Sons.

EHC Wolfsburg

The team enjoys substantial financial support from the Czech automobile manufacturer Škoda Auto, which in turn belongs to the Wolfsburg-based Volkswagen Group.

Fernand Renault

Fernand Renault (1865–1909) was one of the brothers that founded Renault, the French automobile manufacturer, in 1899.

FPV

Ford Performance Vehicles, the Melbourne-based, premium performance vehicle partner of automobile manufacturer Ford Australia

Great Marlborough Street

No.10 - De Dion-Bouton showroom, the largest automobile manufacturer in the world in the 1900s

Gustaf Ericssons Automobilfabrik

GEA (Gustaf Ericssons Automobilfabrik) was a Swedish automobile manufacturer founded by Gustaf Ericsson (son of Lars Magnus Ericsson) in 1904 in Stockholm.

Haima

Haima Automobile, a Chinese automobile manufacturer based in Hainan

Hanns Martin Schleyer Foundation

The foundation administers the Hanns Martin Schleyer Prize (German: Hanns Martin Schleyer-Preis), an award established by automobile manufacturer Daimler AG in 1982 in honor of Hanns-Martin Schleyer, a former business executive of the BDA and BDI.

Herron School of Art and Design

Caroline Marmon Fesler: The daughter of local industrialist and automobile manufacturer Daniel Marmon (Ray Harroun drove a Marmon car to victory in the first Indianapolis 500 race in 1911), she studied painting in Europe.

Hotchkiss et Cie

Société Anonyme des Anciens Etablissements Hotchkiss et Cie was a French arms and, in the 20th century, automobile manufacturer first established by United States gunsmith Benjamin B. Hotchkiss.

Karenjy

Karenjy is an automobile manufacturer based in Fianarantsoa, Madagascar.

Las de la Intuición

In Europe, the song was translated and re-recorded in English as "Pure Intuition" and released to promote both Shakira's Oral Fixation Tour and was the official song for the campaign "Catch the Fever" by SEAT, due to the sponsorship the tour received by the automobile manufacturer.

Naudin

Sizaire-Naudin, a French automobile manufacturer based in Paris between 1905 and 1921

North American Light and Power Company

Clement Studebaker, Jr. (1871–1932) was born the son of Clement Studebaker (1831–1901), the carriage and automobile manufacturer of South Bend, Indiana.

Paykan F.C.

The team is sponsored by Iran's main automobile manufacturer Iran Khodro and is named after one of its older products; the Paykan car.

Peter Strauss Ranch

In the early 20th century, the automobile manufacturer Harry Miller, famous for his patented master carburetor featured at the Indianapolis 500, purchased the ranch as a weekend retreat from his factory and residence in Los Angeles.

Pottawatomie County, Kansas

Among the famous natives of Pottawatomie County are world heavyweight boxing champion Jess Willard and automobile manufacturer Walter Chrysler.

Richard Bruhn

Richard Bruhn (born 25 June 1886 Cismar, now administratively part of Grömitz: died 8 July 1964 Düsseldorf) was a German automobile manufacturer and entrepreneur.

Robert Williams Daniel

On December 6, 1923, Daniel married Mrs. Margery Durant Campbell, daughter of William C. Durant, an automobile manufacturer in the Halsey Street Methodist Episcopal Church in Newark, New Jersey.

Tangemann

Cornelius Hoagland Tangeman (1878 - 1928), an American automobile manufacturer

Titu

The French automobile manufacturer Renault is operating a technical centre near the town of Titu, that is used for testing and optimizing vehicles of the Dacia brand.

TSG 1899 Hoffenheim

VfL Wolfsburg is wholly owned and supported by automobile manufacturer VW, Bayer 04 Leverkusen by pharmaceutical company Bayer.

West Richland, Washington

Shelby SuperCars—An automobile manufacturer credited with creating the former fastest production car in the world, the SSC Aero.

Yuri Matochkin

Matochkin succeeded in restoring Kaliningrad's special economic zone advantages in January 1996, and also secured the region's first major foreign investment, an agreement with the automobile manufacturer Kia.