Automotive History

Welcome to the History of the Automobile section of my website. This section is intended to be a comprehensive overview of Automotive History. My research has found multiple books and websites that provide various levels of detail on this subject. One of the most concise histories I found was on Wikipedia: History of the Automobile.

While looking for a comprehensive list of automobile makes, I found the following book, "The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Automobiles", edited by David Burgess Wise, ©2000, Quantum Publishing. The following list of automobile makes is from this book. This is just a beginning, 276 makes alone starting with the letter A. It will take some time to get through the rest of the Alphabet. For each one of these makes, I hope to be able to add a small Bio. If you have any information to share on any of them, please send it along to feedback@virtualhershey.Com.

Make	Country	City	From	To

AAA	France		1919	1920
Aachener	Germany		1902
AAG	Germany		1900	1901
AAg	Germany		1906	1907
Abadal	Spain		1912	1923
Abarth	Italy		1950	1971
Abbey	England		1922
Abbott	USA	Detroit	1909	1919
ABC	USA		1906	1910
ABC	England		1920	1929
ABC	USA		1922
Aberdonia	England		1911	1915
Abingdon	England		1902	1903
Abingdon	England		1922	1923
Able	USA		1917	1919
Able	France		1920	1927
AC	England		1908	Pres
Academy	England		1906	1908
Acadian	Canada		1962	Pres
Accles-Turrell	England		1899	1902
ACE	England		1913
Ace	USA		1920	1922
Ace Classic	USA/New Zealand		1991	Pres
Achilles	England		1904	1908
Acme	USA		1903	1909
Adams	England		1905	1914
Adams-Farwell	USA		1904	1913
Adamson	England		1914	1925
ADD	England		1971	Pres
Addison	England		1906
Adelphia	USA		1920
Ader	France		1896	1907
ADK	Belgium		1923	1930
Adler	Germany		1923	1940
Adria	USA		1921	1922
Advance	England		1906	1908
AEM	France		1924	1927
AEM	Wales		1987
AER	France		1930
Aero	Czechoslovakia		1929	1939
Aerocar	USA		1905	1908
Aero Car	England		1919	1920
Aero Car	USA		1921
Aerocar	USA		1948	1960
Aeroford	England		1920	1925
Aerts	Holland		1899
AFA	Spain		1943	1944
AGA	Germany		1919	1929
Ageron	France		1910	1914
AGR	England		1911	1915
Ailloud	France		1989
Airedale	England		1919	1925
Airway	USA		1949	1950
Ajams	France		1920
Ajax	Switzerland		1906	1910
Ajax	France		1913	1919
Ajax	USA		1921
Ajax	USA		1926
AJS	England		1930	1933
AL	France		1907
Alan	Germany		1923	1925
Aland	USA		1916	1917
Alba	Austria		1907	1908
Alba	France		1913	1920
Albany	England		1971	Pres
Albany Runabout	USA		1907	1908
Albar	Switzerland		1987	Pres
Albatros	England		1923	1924
Albatros	USA		1939
Alberford	England		1922
Albert	England		1920	1924
Albion	Scotland		1900	1913
ALC	England		1913
Alco	USA		1905	1913
Alcyon	France		1906	1928
Alda	France		1912	1922
Aldo	USA		1910	1911
Alena Steam Car	USA		1922
Alesbury	Ireland		1907	1908
Alfa Romeo	Italy		1919	Pres
Alfgang	Denmark		1912	1914
Alfi	Germany		1921	1924
L'Alkolumine	France		1899
Allard	England		1899	1902
Allard	England		1936	1962
All-British	Scotland		1906	1908
Alldays & Onions	England		1898	1918
Allen	USA	Philadelphia	1913	1914
Allen	USA	Ohio	1913	1921
Allen Kingston	USA		1907	1909
Alliance	Germany		1903	1905
Alliance	France		1905	1908
Allright	Germany		1908	1913
Allstate	USA		1952	1953
All-Velo	Sweden		1904	1906
Alma 6	France		1926	1929
ALP	Belgium		1920
Alpena	USA		1910	1914
Alpine	France		1952	Pres
Alsace	USA		1920	1921
Alta	England		1931	1954
Altena	Holland		1900	1906
Alter	USA		1914	1917
Altham	USA		1896	1899
Aluminum	USA		1920	1922
Alvarez	Spain		1921	1923
Alva Sport	France		1913	1921
Alvis	England		1920	1967
Amazoon	England		1921	1922
Ambassador	USA		1921	1926
AMC	England		1900
AMC Borgward Isabella	Mexico		1979
Amco	USA		1919	1920
America	Spain		1917	1922
American	USA		1899
American	USA		1902	1903
American	USA		1916	1924
American Austin, American Bantam	USA		1930	1941
American Chocolate	USA		1903	1906
American Electric	USA		1988	1902
American Electric	USA		1913	1915
American Motors Corporation	USA		1954	1988
American Simplex, Amplex	USA		1906	1915
American Steam Car	USA		1924	1931
American Steamer	USA		1922	1924
American Underslung	USA		1905	1914
Ames	USA		1910	1915
AMG	Sweden		1903	1905
Amherst	Canada		1912
Amilcar	France		1921	1939
Amiot (Amiot-Peneau)	France		1897	1902
Amitron	USA		1967
Amor	Germany		1924	1925
Ampere	France		1906	1909
Amphicar	Germany		1961	1965
AMX	Italy		1969	1972
Anadol	Turkey		1966	Pres
Anahuac	USA		1922
Anasagati	Argentina		1912	1914
Anchor Buggy	USA		1910	1911
Anderheggen	Holland		1901	1902
Anderson	USA		1916	1925
Anderson Electric	France		1912
Andre	England		1933	1934
Anglada	Spain		1902	1908
Anglian	England		1905	1907
Anglo-American	England		1899	1900
Anglo-Dane	Denmark		1902	1917
Anglo-French	England		1896	1897
Angus-Sanderson	England		1919	1927
Anhut	USA		1909	1910
Anker	Germany		1919	1920
Ansaldo	Italy		1921	1931
Ansbach	Germany		1910	1913
Ansted	USA		1922
Ansted	USA		1926	1927
Antoine	Belgium		1900	1905
Antoinette	France		1906	1908
Anzani	Italy		1923	1924
Apal	Belgium		1981	Pres
Apollo	Germany		1910	1927
Apollo	USA		1962	1964
Apollo	England		1971	1972
Apperson	USA		1902	1926
Apple	USA		1917	1918
Aquila-Italiana	Italy		1906	1941
Arab	England		1926	1928
Arbee	England		1904
Arden	England		1912	1916
L'Ardennias	France		1901	1903
Ardsley	USA		1905	1906
Argo	USA		1915	1916
Argonaut	USA		1959	1963
Argonne	USA		1919	1920
Argus	Germany		1901	1909
Argyl	Scotland		1976	Pres
Argyll	Scotland		1899	1932
Ariel	England		1900	1915
Aries	France		1903	1938
Arimofa	Germany		1921	1922
Arista	France		1912	1915
Arista	France		1956	1963
Arkley	England		1971	Pres
Arkon	England		1971	1972
Armadale	England		1906	1907
Armstrong	England		1902	1904
Armstrong Siddeley	England		1919	1960
Armstrong Whitworth	England		1904	1919
Arno	England		1908
Arnold	England		1896
Arnolt	England		1986
Arnolt	USA		1953	1964
Arrol-Johnston (Arrol-Aster)	Scotland		1895	1929
Arsenal	England		1898	1899
Arzac	France		1926	1927
AS	France		1924	1928
ASA	Italy		1962	1969
Asardo	USA		1959	1960
Ascort	Australia		1958	1960
Ascot	England		1904
Ascot	England		1928	1930
Ashley	England		1954	1962
Ashton-Evans	England		1919	1928
ASPA	Czechoslovakia		1924	1925
Asquith	England		1901	1902
Asquith	England		1981	Pres
ASS	France		1919	1920
Astatic	France		1920	1922
Aster	France		1900	1910
Aster	England		1922	1930
Aston Martin	England		1922	Pres
Astra	USA		1920
Astra	France		1922
Astra	England		1956	1959
Astresse	France		1989
Astro-Gnome	USA		1956
Atalanta	England		1937	1939
Athmac	England		1913
Atla	France		1957	1959
Atlas	USA		1907	1913
ATS	Italy		1963	1964
Attila	England		1903	1906
Atvidaberg	Sweden		1910	1911
ATW	Germany		1983	Pres
Auburn	USA		1900	1936
Auburn	USA		1966	Pres
Audi	Germany		1909	Pres
Audibert & Lavirotte	France		1984	1901
Aultman	USA		1901
Aurea	Italy		1921	1930
Aurora	England		1904
Aurora	USA		1957	1958
Austin	USA		1901	1921
Austin	England		1906	1989
Austin-Healey	England		1953	1971
Austral	France		1907
Australian Six	Australia		1919	1930
Australis	Australia		1897	1907
Austro-Daimler	Austria		1899	1934
Austro-Fiat	Austria		1912	1936
Austro-Grade	Austria		1923	1925
Austro-Rumpler	Austria		1920	1922
Austro-Tatra	Austria		1932	1948
Autobianchi	Italy		1955	Pres
Auto-Bob	USA		1914
Auto-Buggy	USA		1906	1911
Autocar	USA		1899	1911
Autocar	England		1903
Autocrat	England		1911	1926
Autoette	USA		1952	1957
Auto Leger	France		1906	1910
Autolette	Holland		1905	1906
Automatic Electric	USA		1921	1922
L'Auto-Mixte	Belgium		1905	1912
Automobile Company of America	USA		1899
Automobile Construction	USA		1914
Automobilette	France		1911	1924
Automoette	France		1898
Automoto	France		1901	1907
Automotor	USA		1900	1904
Automotrice	France		1901	1907
Auto Parts	USA		1909
Auto-Pratique	France		1912	1913
Auto-Tri	USA		1898	1900
Autotrix	England		1913
Auto Union	Germany		1932	Pres
Autovia	England		1937	1938
AV	England		1919	1926
Avallone	Brazil		1976	Pres
Avanti II	USA		1965	Pres
Averies	England		1913	1915
Aviette	England		1914	1916
Avis	Austria		1925	1928
Avon	England		1902
Avro	England		1919	1920
AWS-Shopper	Germany		1973	1974