How many car brands were and are there? Obviously at least 16,595!
In an unprecedented amount of hard work, author Marian Suman-Hreblay spent decades collecting information and details on a total of 16,595 brands of passenger and sports cars from 110 countries, which have been produced from 1770 (Cugnot steam cars) to the present day. These are presented in alphabetical order in this thick book.
Brand by brand
Each brand entry usually includes: name, country of manufacture, year of foundation and, if known, production time, company name and location. If known: Car type and occasionally key data on the company history.
Example
Martini CH 1897-1934
Frauenfeld (1897-1903) St. Blaise (1903-1905) ...Ltd St. Blaise
(1905-1906) Hills-Martini (1906-1908) Ste Nouvelle St. Blaise
(1908-1911) Neue Martini AG, St. Blaise (1911-1933)
Touring and Sports Cars
The first three pages contain a list of the numerous helpers who contributed information and data, an introduction for users, the number of makes per country and a brief description of the various types of car.
At the end of the work you will find a selection of the most important books and magazines used as well as a list of useful Internet addresses.
Huge fund
No other known reference work contains anywhere near as many brands. The author is to be congratulated for his tireless work, patience and perseverance.
However, it is also clear that this book will probably only be of interest to the greatest enthusiasts of automobile history as well as documentation centers, editorial offices of specialist publications or museums (this is in contrast to the "Dictionary of Coachbuilding", also created by Marian Suman-Hreblay).
The price is certainly not exorbitant for the wealth of data, but anyone expecting pictures will be disappointed, as these are not and were never intended.
Bibliographical details
- Title: All Car Marques ever built worldwide
- Author: Marian Suman-Hreblay
- Language: English
- Publisher: Autoantikvariat Marion Suman-Hreblay, SK 031 04 Liptovsky Mikulas, Slovakia
- Edition: 1st edition 2020
- Format: Softcover, 21 x 30 cm
- Size: 469 pages, no illustrations
- ISBN: None
- Price: CHF 43.00, EUR 40.00 (plus postage)
- Buy/order: Directly from the publisher (by email)
Corrections and additions (as of July 2022)
The author Marian Suman-Hreblay found some gaps since the publication of the book and added some missing stamps. Buyers of the book will receive these additions by email and text file. Here they are added for further circles:
ALL CAR MARQUES - ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS
Make, country, year (from/to), additions/explanations
AERAUTO I 1948
Flying car built by Luigi Pellarini (1913-2001).
AERO CAR USA 1963
Flying car built by Joseph L. Halsmer, Lafayette, Indiana
AEROMOBILE F 1930
Flying car built by Charles Weymann and George Lepére.
AIR CAR SK 2021 to date
Flying car built by Štefan Klein, Nitra.
ALMAZ-ANTEY RUS 2021
Electric crossover E-Neva.
ARRIVAL GB 2021
Electromobile Arrival Car built for Uber planned from 2023, 150 kW.
ARUNA IND 1972
C. Arunchalam, Bangalore
4seater three-wheeler.
To: AVE MIZAR
Henri Smolenski and Harold Blake, Advanced Vehicle Engineers
On Sept. 11, 1973, their flying vehicle disintegrated during testing, killing both of its creators.
BEAUDOIN F 1922
Léon Beaudoin, Andernos-les-Bains, Girone
Passenger car with 989 cc 4cyl. Chapuis-Dornier engine.
BERMAT I 2021 to date
Matteo Bertezolo, Bermat Motors
Est. 2015, 2021 Bermat GT-Pista with 2litre 299 kW Alfa Romeo engine.
BOBO PL 1958
Mieczyslaw Plocica, Millec
Home-made minicar.
To BRISTOL: 1947-2020
DAL BUONO I 1939
Sports car with KdF 1.1 liter engine.
DEL POZO F 1914
Automobiles Del Pozo, Paris
About 5 cars with Daimler-Knight engine were built.
DENSO J 1950
Electromobile, spun off from Toyota.
DIXON USA 1936
Flying car by Jess Dixon (1886-1963), Andalusia, Alabama.
To D.U.: Ditmar & Urban
DUMONT F 1924
Ets. Dumont, Troyes (Aubes)
Cyclecars.
GARAGE ITALIA CUSTOMS I 2021
Garage Italia Customs, Milano
Est. by Lapo Elkan. Fiat Panda based electromobile.
GRM DDR 1953
Georg Rode, Magdeburg
200 cc open 2-seater.
GYRO-X USA 1967
Gyro Transport Systems, Inc.
Two-wheeled, gyroscopically stabilized prototype by Alex Tremulis and Thomas
Summers.
HOEN NL 1956
H. Hoen, Gorredijk
Three-wheeler with 200 cc Sachs engine.
HOFMANN D 1951
Michael Hofmann, München
Self-made car with rear-wheel steering.
IGF DDR 1958
Interessengemeinschaft Fahrzeugbau, Thalheim/Erzgebirge
350 cc microcar.
JEG FIN 1948
J. Evald Geust, Vaasa
Self-built minicar.
KORDESCH USA/CDN 1970
Electric and fuel-cell hybrid car built by Austrian Karl Kordesch (1922-2011).
L'AVION AUTOMOBILE F 1921
Flying car by René Tampier (1885-?).
MATADOR SK 2021
Hydrogen powered sports car prototype Matador MH2 with body styled by Branislav Maukš of Aufeer Design.
Mc MURTRY GB 2021
The Speirling sports car with 2 electric motors, 746 kW/1014 hp, 0-300 km/h in 9 sec.
NAGOYA J 1940
Electromobile.
OS J 1930s
Osaka Body Mfg. Co, Osaka
Electromobile, 40 km/h.
PLANEMOBILE USA 1947
Flying car by Daniel R. Zuck and Stanley Whitaker.
PUSSYCAR F 1966
Minicars built by Jean-Pierre Ponthieu.
RALLY N 1951
Sports car built by Ralph Lysell.
To RIMAC: 2009 to date
ROTABUGGY A 1940s
Flying car by Raoul Hafner.
ROTO CAR D 1961
Wagner Helikopter Technik
Flying car.
SCHIRDEWAHN D 1949
Eberhard Schirdewahn, Delmenhorst
Microcar.
SCHUBERT DDR 1958
Three-wheeler with 2cyl. 350 cc IFA engine, by M. Schubert, Hainichen.
SEREM F 1977-1982
Ets. SEREM, Côte d'Azur
Minicar Biwa.
SHR RA 2010
Reneé van Strate, Santa Fe.
Home-made minicar with 200 cc Villiers engine, started to build in 1962, finished in 2010.
SILVER VOLTS USA 1978
Electromobile by Robert R. Aronson.
SIMCOPTER USA 1957
Flying car by David Dobbins, San Francisco. First flight on August 15, 1957.
SKROBACK USA 1935
Flying car by Frank Skroback, New York, NY.
SOLO CDN 2021
Electra Meccanica,
Electric three-wheeler.
SURLESMOBILE USA 1948
Streamlined minivan by Don Surles.
TORERO GB 1961
One-off with glassfiber body, by M. Halstead.
UNIVERSAL J 1950s
Universal Electric Vehicle Co., Yokohama
Electromobile.
VAZIRANI IND 2018 to date
Vazirani Automotive, Bombay
Est. by Chunky Vazirani. 1000 hp Shul supersportscar 2018; Ekonk electromobile 2021.
VUIA RO 1906
Flying car by Trajan Viuia, first flight on March 18, 1906.
WATERMAN USA 1932-1935
Flying cars by Waldo Waterman (1894-1976): Whatsit, Arrowplane, Arrowbile, Aerobile.
WATT GB 2020
Watt Electric Vehicle Co.
Electric powered Porsche 356 replica.
WAYMO USA 2014
Waymo Firefly, self-riding experimental minicar prototype.
WLOST D 1950s
Microcar by M. Wlost, about 7 were made.
X1 D 1983
Augustin Rudi, Westheim
Electric microcar, 25 km/h, distance 35 km, weight 300 kg. Built 1980-1983, he spent 7,000 hours, cost 97,000 DM.
