Heritage Rolls-Royce Motor Cars was formed in 1904, following the historic meeting of the aristocrat Charles Stewart Rolls and Henry Royce in Manchester, England. These extraordinary individuals hailed from different…
The Porsche name has become synonymous with sports cars and racecars because that is what company founders Ferdinand Porsche and his son Ferdinand ("Ferry") set out to build when they…
Birth of Datsun and origin of the brand name The company that created the DAT (or DAT Motor Vehicle), which is where the name "Datsun" came from, was Kwaishinsha Jidosha…
Frederick Henry Royce (27 March 1863 – 22 April 1933). Born into humble beginnings on 27 March 1863, Royce was the youngest of five children. He was a natural-born entrepreneur…
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112 years ago, Louis Renault drove the first direct drive gearbox car up rue Lepic in Paris. That moment put Renault at the heart of the transportation revolution. Throughout its…
Mercedes-Benz AMG AMG was founded with a singular purpose: to modify existing Mercedes-Benz automobiles into championship caliber race cars. What was learned on the track has now made its way…
Ferdinand (Ferry) Anton Ernst Porsche (1909–1998), the second child of Ferdinand and Aloisia Porsche, was born on 19 September 1909 in Wiener Neustadt. His sister Louise (1904-1999) was already five…
Design engineer Professor Dr. Ing. h.c. Ferdinand Porsche (1875–1951), the third of five children, was born in Maffersdorf (now: Vratislavice/Czech Republic) on 3rd September 1875. His father, Anton Porsche, was…
Charles Stewart Rolls (27 August 1877 – 12 July 1910). On 4 May 1904, the Honourable Charles Stewart Rolls travelled from London to the Midland Hotel in Manchester, England. Following…