Kia Motors is South Korea’s second-largest automobile manufacturer, following the Hyundai Motor Company, with sales of over 1.4 million vehicles in 2010. The company is partly owned by the Hyundai Motor Group and since August 2009 has been led by Hyoung-Keun (Hank) Lee. The word Kia derives from... 

GYS is a French company which headquartered in Laval (France), about 280 km west of Paris, between Le Mans and Rennes. The company engineers and manufactures 3 product ranges: Arc Welding Machines: MMA/TIG/MIG/PLASMA, Car Body Shop Equipment: Spot Welding Machines MIG / Plasma Cutters, and battery chargers. With... 

Herbert Dischinger founded a subsidiary of Sortimo Grundstücks- and Beteiligungs-GmbH (Property and Participation GmbH), Sortimo International GmbH in 1973. The name Sortimo stands for “SORTIment MObil” (meaning mobile assortment). The company has 500 employees in Germany. Sortimo develops... 

Jaguar Cars is a manufacturer of luxury and executive motor cars, headquartered in Coventry, England, and now operated as part of the Jaguar Land Rover business owned by Tata Motors of India. Jaguar was founded as the Swallow Sidecar Company by Sir William Lyons in 1922, originally making motorcycle... 

Proton is the Malaysian national automobile manufacturer which was established in 1983 under the direction of the former Prime Minister, Dr. Mahathir Mohamad. Proton Holdings Berhad, the holding company, is listed on the Bursa Malaysia. The name Proton was derived from the Malay acronym for PeRusahaan... 

Harley-Davidson attracts a loyal brand community, with licensing of the Harley-Davidson logo accounting for almost 5% of the company’s net revenue. Harley-Davidson supplies many American police forces with their motorcycle fleets. In 1901, William S. Harley, age 21, drew up plans for a small engine... 

Dodge is a United States-based brand of automobiles, minivans, sport utility vehicles, and trucks, manufactured and marketed by Chrysler LLC in more than 60 different countries and territories worldwide. Founded as the Dodge Brothers Company in 1900 to supply parts and assemblies for Detroit’s growing... 

Commonly recognized as AMG, the Mercedes-AMG GmbH is a subsidiary of the Mercedes-Benz car company specializing in high-performance luxury cars. In 1967, AMG was started as a racing engine forge under the name AMG Motorenbau und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH. The letters “AMG” stand for Aufrecht,... 

Hummer is well-known brand for off-road vehicles which is sold by General Motors. The original H1 series was based on the military High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV, or Humvee). The next series, the Hummer H2 and the Hummer H3 were based on other, smaller civilian-market vehicles. Hummers... 

Geoff Fox founded the Fox Racing Inc. in Campbell, California, USA in 1974. His company started the business as a small one b distributing European motocross bikes. Two years forward, Moto-X Fox, as it was originally known, was making high-performance suspension and engine components for racers. Geoff...