Light you up Headquarters: Osaka, Japan Established: 1 March 1907 Founder(s): N/A Daihatsu was formed in March 1951 as a successor to Hatsudoki Seizo Co. Ltd, founded in 1907, as part of Hatsudoki's major restructure. Hatsudoki's formation was largely infl

Headquarters: Gothenburg, Sweden Established: 1927 Founder(s): Assar Gabrielsson & Gustav Larson The Volvo logo features a circle with an arrow pointing upwards and to the right, which doubles as an ancient symbol for Iron – an element that symbolizes stre

Headquarters: Wolfsburg, Germany Established: 28 May 1937 Founder(s): German Labour Front Volkswagen offers a product range designed to meet the most diverse mobility needs, from low-consumption subcompacts featuring state-of-the-art BlueMotion technology

Let's Go Places™ Headquarters: Toyota City, Aichi, Japan Established: 28 August 1937 Founder(s): Kiichiro Toyoda Early in the twentieth century, Sakichi Toyoda invented a series of industrial looms. In 1933, he used some of the earnings to establish an aut

Headquarters: Austin, Texas, USA Established: July 1, 2003 Founder(s): Elon Musk Tesla Motors began in 2003 in California’s Silicon Valley. The company’s long-term vision was to reduce oil consumption by creating affordable, mass-market, emission-free elec

Confidence in Motion Headquarters: Tokyo, Japan Established: 15 July 1953 Founder(s): Chikuhei Nakajima & Kenji Kita Subaru is the automotive division of Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. (FHI), which is based in Japan. FHI was established in 1953 and started to

Headquarters: Mladá Boleslav, Czech Republic Established: 1895 Founder(s): Václav Laurin & Václav Klement The Laurin & Klement company began producing trucks, but in 1924, after running into problems and being affected by a fire on their premises, the comp

Headquarters: Martorell, Spain Established: 9 May 1950 Founder(s): National Institute of Industry The Sociedad Española de Autómoviles de Turismo, or SEAT, was founded in 1950 as a joint venture between the Spanish government and Italian car manufacturer F