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Alfa Romeo Automobiles S.p.A. was founded on June 24, 1910 in Milan, Italy. It has been a part of the Fiat Group (Fiat S.p.A.) since 1986.

Aston Martin Lagonda Limited is a British manufacturer of luxury sports cars founded in 1913 and based in Gaydon, Warwickshire. The company name is derived from the name of one of the company's founders, Lionel Martin, and from the Aston Hill speed hillclimb near Aston Clinton in Buckinghamshire.

Founded in 1919 by André Citroën, it was the world's first mass-production car company outside of the USA. Since 1976 it has been part of PSA Peugeot Citroën, and is based in Paris, France.

Ferrari S.p.A. is based in Maranello, Italy. It was founded by Enzo Ferrari in 1929 as Scuderia Ferrari. The company sponsored drivers and manufactured race cars before moving into production of street-legal vehicles in 1947 as Ferrari S.p.A.. Throughout its history, the company has been noted for its continued participation in racing, especially in Formula One, where it has enjoyed great success. It is currently owned by Fiat S.p.A.

Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino (Fiat) was founded in 1899 by a group of investors including Giovanni Agnelli. As of 2009, Fiat is the world's 6th largest carmaker as well as Italy's largest carmaker.

Jaguar Cars Ltd., better known as Jaguar is headquartered in Coventry, England. The company was founded as the Swallow Sidecar Company by Sir William Lyons in 1922, originally making motorcycle sidecars before switching to passenger cars. It has been a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Indian company Tata Motors Ltd. since March 2008 and is operated as part of the Jaguar Land Rover business.

Koenigsegg Automotive AB is a manufacturer of high-performance sports cars based in Ängelholm, Sweden. It was founded in 1994 by Christian von Koenigsegg, with the intention of producing a world-class supercar. Many years of diligent development and prototyping led to the first street-legal production car delivery in 2002 to an awaiting customer.

Land Rover originally referred to one specific vehicle from the Rover Company's product range, launched in 1948, and inspired by the American Jeep. The first LR prototype was built on a Jeep chassis. The company, based in Solihull, West Midlands, England, is now operated as part of the Jaguar Land Rover business owned by Tata Motors of India.

Founded in 1952 by Colin Chapman, Lotus Cars is based in Hethel, Norfolk, England. It is currently owned by Proton, the Malaysian carmaker, who took Lotus over in 1994 on the bankruptcy of its former owner Bugatti.

With its headquarters in Modena, Italy, Maserati was founded in 1914 in Bologna by the Maserati brothers. Since 1993, Maserati is a wholly owned subsidiary of Fiat S.p.A.

McLaren Automotive, commonly known as McLaren, is a British automotive manufacturer of high performance vehicles based in Woking, England. The company was established as McLaren Cars in 1989 as a producer of road cars based on Formula One technology. It works closely with McLaren Racing, the successful Formula One constructor, and is a spinoff of the McLaren Group.

Pagani Automobili S.p.A. is an Italian manufacturer of sports cars and carbon fibre. The company was founded in 1992 by Horacio Pagani, and is based in San Cesario sul Panaro, near Modena, Italy.

Peugeot's roots go back to 19th-century coffee mill and bicycle manufacturing. The Peugeot company is originally from Sochaux, France. Founded in 1882, Peugeot is part of PSA Peugeot Citroën.

Producing cars since late 1897, the Renault corporation was founded in 1899 as Société Renault Frères by Louis Renault, his brothers Marcel and Fernand, and his friends Thomas Evert and Julian Wyer. Renault S.A. is headquartered in Boulogne-Billancourt, France.

Saab Automobile AB, better known as Saab, is a Swedish car manufacturer currently owned by General Motors. The company was founded in 1947 as a division of the Swedish Aeroplane Company (Svenska Aeroplan AB in Swedish).

Volvo Cars, or Volvo Personvagnar AB, is a Swedish automobile manufacturer founded in 1927 in the city of Gothenburg, Sweden, and currently owned by Ford Motor Company.

Wiesmann was founded in 1985 by Martin and Friedhelm Wiesmann. The cars are manufactured by hand in Dülmen, Germany. The Wiesmann logo portrays a gecko, as Wiesmann cars "stick to the road like geckos to a wall".