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Car brands, how many can you remember?

Posted By: Cab_Burge

Car brands, how many can you remember? - 03/31/22 04:56 PM

I got to thinking about how many different car brands that were being made and sold when I was a lot younger, born in 1945. I started recognizing different brands around 1949 or 1950 when my parent bought a used 1948 Oldsmobile.
Add to my list if you know of others I haven't listed and or forgot about or never knew of please up
Alfa Romero
Buick
Cadillac
Chrysler
Chevrolet
De Soto
Dodge
Edsel
Hillman
Jaguar
Ford
Lincoln
Mercury
Plymouth
Rolls Royce
Renault
Star (Made in the 1920-1930)
Simca
Volkswagen
Peugeot
Volvo
These are the ones I can think of now, how about you work


(Edited later) Sears, Vauxhall, Triumph(SP? Range Rover, Land Rover (maybe the same as Range Rover) Henry J, Nash, Fraser, Rambler

Posted By: 3hundred

Re: Car brands, how many can you remember? - 03/31/22 05:07 PM

Oh, grief, it seems I remember reading one time there were more than 3500 American's car builders?

Let's see

Winton
Brush
Willy's
Sterns Knight
Willy's Knight
Stanley
Pierce Arrow
Packard
Studebaker
Cord
Duesenberg
Auburn
Oakland
LaSalle
Locomobile
Doble
Nash
Rambler
Kaiser

tapped out for now...
Posted By: rrbrucea

Re: Car brands, how many can you remember? - 03/31/22 05:10 PM

Berg, Daimler, Duesenberg, Essex, Lasalle, Marmon, Stutz, Teraplane, Velie. That's a few I can come up with off the top of my head. There are definitely LOTS more!
Posted By: rrbrucea

Re: Car brands, how many can you remember? - 03/31/22 05:13 PM

Originally Posted by 3hundred
Oh, grief, it seems I remember reading one time there were more than 3500 American's car builders?

Let's see

Winton
Brush
Willy's
Sterns Knight
Willy's Knight
Stanley
Pierce Arrow
Packard
Studebaker
Cord
Duesenberg
Auburn
Oakland
LaSalle
Locomobile
Doble
Nash
Rambler
Kaiser

tapped out for now...


Thank you! Willys Overland fits in there somewhere with Willys too. And there was Frazier that went along with Kaiser.
Posted By: Mastershake340

Re: Car brands, how many can you remember? - 03/31/22 05:37 PM

Rickenbacher. Car company started by the WW1 ace.
Seriously though, there have been so many car and truck companies over the years that have gone out of business the number is almost countless.
Just click in the search function on Hemmings and try to count the number of car companies that they have listed.
https://www.hemmings.com/
Posted By: Ron_M

Re: Car brands, how many can you remember? - 03/31/22 05:47 PM

Eagle, Delorean, Saturn, Pope-Hartford, Tucker
Posted By: SNK-EYZ

Re: Car brands, how many can you remember? - 03/31/22 06:11 PM

Moon Motor Car Company which was St.Louis based.
Moon Motor Car
Posted By: rdrnr6970

Re: Car brands, how many can you remember? - 03/31/22 06:36 PM

Du Pont,Borgward Isabella,Fargo,DeThomaso,Pagon Hhhmmmmm
Posted By: rdrnr6970

Re: Car brands, how many can you remember? - 03/31/22 06:38 PM

Porsche,Bitter,Lamborghini, Maserati...
Posted By: rdrnr6970

Re: Car brands, how many can you remember? - 03/31/22 06:45 PM

Bizzarini,Messershmidt...Alfa Romeo,Fiat,Facel Vega...
Lotus.
Posted By: oldjonny

Re: Car brands, how many can you remember? - 03/31/22 06:58 PM

Red Barns museum here in Michigan has a real eclectic assemblage of cars that many have never heard of. The number of companies that were located in Michigan alone is amazing.
Posted By: SomeCarGuy

Re: Car brands, how many can you remember? - 03/31/22 07:16 PM

Bricklin
REO
Crosley
Stanley Steamer
Posted By: A12

Re: Car brands, how many can you remember? - 03/31/22 08:10 PM

BMW
Datsun
Hudson
Tucker
Checker
Triumph
MG
Pontiac
Ferrari
Shelby
PLYMOUTH
Posted By: AdventurerSport

Re: Car brands, how many can you remember? - 03/31/22 08:14 PM


Well, let's see;

Brush
Columbia
Maxwell
Chalmers
Chrysler
Dodge Brothers/Dodge
Plymouth
DeSoto
Fargo
Valiant
Mercury
Edsel
Oldsmobile
Pontiac
Saturn
Geo
DeLorean
Daewoo
Isuzu
Sterling
Merkur
Opel
Saab
Simca
Humber
Rootes
Daimler
Jensen
Bristol
Hudson
Nash
American Motors
Eagle
Imperial
Briggs and Straton (yes, they made a "car")
International (pickups and SUVs)
Triumph
Maserati
Alfa Romeo
Posted By: Anonymous

Re: Car brands, how many can you remember? - 03/31/22 08:18 PM

Henry J, Matra
Posted By: Rhinodart

Re: Car brands, how many can you remember? - 03/31/22 08:53 PM

Car manufacturers in Indiana alone was mind boggling... eek http://www.dillsborolegion.org/inautomobiles.htm
Posted By: BigDaddy440

Re: Car brands, how many can you remember? - 04/01/22 06:34 AM

Originally Posted by A12
BMW
Datsun
Hudson
Tucker
Checker
Triumph
MG
Pontiac
Ferrari
Shelby
PLYMOUTH


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A12 was the first to mention Hudson. Above is a photo of my mother (now 81) loading her rifle with the family Hudson in the background. You can see "Hudson" on the hub cap. I believe it to be a 1936 "Series 64" model of some type.
Posted By: Ron_M

Re: Car brands, how many can you remember? - 04/01/22 11:33 AM

Yugo
Hupmobile
Posted By: Twostick

Re: Car brands, how many can you remember? - 04/01/22 03:13 PM

Hispano Suiza
Arnolt-Bristol
Jowatt
Briscoe
Cunningham.

Kevin
Posted By: moparx

Re: Car brands, how many can you remember? - 04/01/22 03:59 PM

and the first four wheel drive, Twyford, made in Brookville, Pa. up
none are known to exist, however, Bill McCracken [whom i know quite well] obtained the only known set of blueprints and crafted a replica, which is now proudly displayed in our history museum.
he is now close to 100yrs old, still quite active, and sharp as a tack ! bow
beer
Posted By: Wagonmaster

Re: Car brands, how many can you remember? - 04/02/22 05:32 AM

Austin Healey, Rolls Royce, Bentley, Land Rover/Range Rover..
Posted By: A12

Re: Car brands, how many can you remember? - 04/02/22 06:12 AM

Honda
Suzuki
AC Bristol (aka eventually Shelby AC Cobra)
Posted By: mopars4ever

Re: Car brands, how many can you remember? - 04/04/22 11:03 PM

Hillman Avenger ( Plymouth Cricket)
Posted By: VL21

Re: Car brands, how many can you remember? - 04/04/22 11:19 PM

Maybe I missed it here somewhere, but my dad before becoming Mr 31 63436, was a used car dealer, and seemed to always have some sort of OLD car around, probably because he would trade for most anything.

I remember many nice Sunday rides in a Whippet sedan, just an old car then, probably mid 20s. Also had a Willys-Knight, just trade ins, but we just loaded up the family and a picnic box and went riding, no special concern about would they make it.

I was born in 1949, so this would have been mid 50s to early 60s.
Posted By: AdventurerSport

Re: Car brands, how many can you remember? - 04/05/22 06:59 PM

Duesenberg
Cord
Auburn
Willys
Willys-Overland
Overland
Rambler
Studebaker
Packard

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