Sedans

Every sedan we cover, across all makes. Pick a model to read its full history.

Models

• Abarth Autobianchi A112 Abarth

  One of Europe's first true hot hatches — a Fiat-family minicar turned sporting icon, arriving five years before the Golf GTI.

  Subcompact car · 1971–1986

• Abarth Fiat 131 Abarth

  Abarth's greatest rally weapon — three WRC Constructors' titles and two Drivers' championships between 1977 and 1980.

  Rally car · 1976–1981

• Abarth Grande Punto Abarth

  The first model of Abarth's 2007 revival — a 155 hp hot Fiat Grande Punto that re-established the Scorpion badge on a road car.

  Subcompact car · 2007–2010

• Abarth Abarth 500 / 595 / 695

  The modern Scorpion — a turbocharged hot Fiat 500 in 500, 595, and 695 forms that made Abarth a genuine volume performance brand again.

  Subcompact car · 2008–present

• Abarth Abarth 500e

  Abarth's first all-electric car — a 155 hp battery-electric hot 500 with 235 Nm instant torque and a synthetic 'sound' mode.

  Subcompact car · 2023–present

• AC 2-Litre

  AC's post-war restart (1947–1958) — a traditional aluminium-bodied saloon using the long-running Weller six, with about 1,284 built.

  Saloon · 1947–1958

• Acura Legend

  Acura's founding flagship — a front-wheel-drive V6 sedan (and coupe) that outsold BMW and Mercedes-Benz in its early years.

  Executive car · 1986–1995

• Acura Integra

  Acura's compact sports sedan and coupe — a four-generation icon discontinued in 2001 and triumphantly revived as a liftback for 2023.

  Compact car · 1986–present

• Acura TL

  Acura's mid-size luxury sedan for nearly two decades — four generations from 1996 to 2014, including the Type-S performance variant and SH-AWD.

  Compact executive car · 1996–2014

• Acura RL

  Acura's flagship sedan from 1996 to 2012 — successor to the Legend, notable for introducing SH-AWD torque-vectoring all-wheel drive in 2005.

  Full-size luxury car · 1996–2012

• Acura CL

  Acura's personal luxury coupe — two brief generations spanning 1997 to 2003, sharing platforms with the TL.

  Personal luxury car · 1997–2003

• Acura TSX

  Acura's compact luxury sedan from 2004 to 2014 — essentially a re-badged European Honda Accord that made Car and Driver's Ten Best list three consecutive years.

  Compact executive car · 2004–2014

• Acura TLX

  Acura's consolidated compact luxury sedan from 2015 to 2025 — replaced both the TL and TSX, and revived the Type S nameplate in its second generation.

  Compact executive car · 2015–2025

• Acura RLX

  Acura's flagship sedan from 2014 to 2020 — replaced the RL and offered a Sport Hybrid SH-AWD variant with three electric motors.

  Full-size luxury car · 2014–2020

• Acura ILX

  Acura's entry-level luxury sedan from 2013 to 2022 — a Civic-based compact that served as an affordable gateway to the brand before being replaced by the revived Integra.

  Subcompact luxury car · 2013–2022

• Adler Trumpf

  Adler's innovative front-wheel-drive compact of the 1930s — a Le Mans finisher with Paul Jaray streamlined coachwork.

  Compact car · 1932–1938

• Adler Trumpf Junior

  An affordable front-wheel-drive small car that brought Adler's FWD technology to the mass market — one of Germany's longest-running 1930s compacts.

  Economy car · 1934–1941

• Adler Standard 6

  The first Continental European car with hydraulic brakes — and the car that carried Clärenore Stinnes on her 1927–1929 world circumnavigation.

  Full-size car · 1927–1934

• Adler Standard 8

  Adler's short-lived eight-cylinder flagship — a 3.9-litre straight-eight for the upper end of the Weimar Republic market.

  Luxury car · 1928–1933

• Adler Favorit

  A mid-range rear-drive four-cylinder saloon that bridged Adler's large Standards and its forthcoming small FWD cars.

  Mid-size car · 1929–1934

• Adler Diplomat

  A 1930s six-cylinder luxury saloon with Ambi-Budd and Karmann coachwork options, Adler's prestige rear-drive car of the mid-decade.

  Full-size car · 1934–1938

• Adler 2.5 Litre

  Adler's final pre-war car — a 2.5-litre six-cylinder with an aerodynamic Paul Jaray body capable of 125 km/h.

  Full-size car · 1937–1940

• Aero Type 18 (Aero 662)

  Aero's 660 cc two-cylinder follow-on — 18 bhp, four-wheel brakes, and a top speed of 90 km/h; 2,615 built.

  Economy car · 1931–1934

• Aero Type 20 (Aero 1000)

  Near-litre twin-cylinder Aero nicknamed 'pike of the highway' — 998 cc, 24–26 bhp, approximately 2,546 built.

  Economy car · 1932–1934

• Aero Type 30

  Aero's most successful model — front-wheel drive, all-independent suspension, 998 cc twin two-stroke; over 8,000 built including a post-war run.

  Economy car · 1934–1947

• Alfa Romeo Giulia (105 series)

  Alfa's iconic twin-cam sports sedan — unveiled at Monza in 1962, with a Cd of 0.34 and a 1.6-litre engine that redefined the compact executive class.

  Compact car · 1962–1978

• Alfa Romeo 164

  Alfa's Pininfarina-designed front-drive executive sedan — the last Alfa sold in the US until 2008, ending American sales after the 1995 model year.

  Executive car · 1987–1998

• Alfa Romeo 156

  The car that revived Alfa Romeo's image in the late 1990s — 1998 European Car of the Year, styled by Walter de'Silva.

  Compact executive car · 1997–2007

• Alfa Romeo 147

  Alfa's small family hatchback — 2001 European Car of the Year, and home of the feisty GTA performance variant.

  Compact car · 2001–2010

• Alfa Romeo 159

  The Giugiaro-designed 156 successor — premium aspirations on the GM/Fiat Premium platform, sharing underpinnings with the Brera.

  Compact executive car · 2005–2011

• Alfa Romeo Giulietta (940 series)

  Alfa's five-door hatchback revival of the beloved Giulietta name — over 469,000 built across a ten-year run.

  Compact car · 2010–2020

• Alfa Romeo Giulia (952 series)

  Alfa's rear-drive compact sedan revival — the Quadrifoglio's 503-hp twin-turbo V6 won Motor Trend Car of the Year 2018.

  Compact executive car · 2016–present

• Allard P1

  A five-seat two-door sports saloon — 559 built and winner of the 1952 Monte Carlo Rally with Sydney Allard himself at the wheel.

  Sports saloon · 1949–1952

• Alpina B7 Turbo

  Alpina's first complete car — a twin-turbocharged E12 5 Series that was the world's fastest sedan at its 1978 debut.

  Sports sedan · 1978–1982

• Alpina B3

  Alpina's 3 Series-based cornerstone — a refined, high-output compact spanning six generations from the E30 to the current G20.

  Compact executive car · 1987–present

• Alpina B5

  Alpina's 5 Series flagship — three generations (E60, F10, G30) of turbocharged V8 sport sedans and Tourings that blended autobahn pace with long-distance comfort.

  Executive car · 2005–2024

• Alpina B7

  Alpina's 7 Series-based flagship — three generations of supercharged/twin-turbo V8 luxury sedans, ending after nearly two decades as the ultimate 7 Series interpretation.

  Full-size luxury car · 2004–2022

• Alpina D3

  Alpina's diesel 3 Series — successive generations of bi-turbo and tri-turbo diesel inline-six cars delivering strong low-rev performance in sedan and Touring form.

  Compact executive car · 2005–2024

• Alpina D5

  Alpina's diesel 5 Series — bi-turbo and tri-turbo diesel inline-six performance sedans and Tourings across F10 and G30 generations.

  Executive car · 2011–2024

• Alvis Silver Eagle

  Alvis's first major six-cylinder line of the early 1930s, offered with a range of inline-six engines and coachbuilt bodies.

  Sports saloon · 1929–1936

• Alvis 4.3 Litre

  The largest and fastest pre-war Alvis — a 4.3-litre six capable of over 100 mph, a genuine rival to contemporary Bentleys.

  Sports saloon · 1937–1940

• Alvis TA 14

  Alvis's first post-war car — a four-cylinder model based on the pre-war 12/70 that restarted civilian production after WWII.

  Saloon · 1946–1950

• Alvis TA 21

  The first of the post-war 3-litre Alvis cars — its six-cylinder engine became the basis of every Alvis built until 1967.

  Saloon · 1950–1953

• Alvis TC 21/100 'Grey Lady'

  The '100' 3-litre saloon — a genuine 100-mph Alvis nicknamed the Grey Lady, with bonnet scoops and wire wheels.

  Saloon · 1953–1955

• Amilcar M-Type

  Amilcar's 1,200 cc light touring car of the late 1920s — a gentler, more practical direction for the marque as the cyclecar era ended.

  Light touring car · 1928–1935

• Amilcar Pégase

  A Delahaye-engined 2-litre touring car that kept Amilcar alive through the mid-1930s while the Compound was being developed.

  Touring car · 1934–1937

• Amilcar Compound (B38)

  A technically groundbreaking front-wheel-drive monocoque saloon — Amilcar's final, most advanced car, cut short by World War II.

  Saloon · 1937–1940

• AMC (American Motors) Rebel

  AMC's mid-size of the late 1960s (1967–1970) — successor to the Rambler Classic and home of the patriotic 1970 'Rebel Machine' muscle car.

  Mid-size car · 1967–1970

• AMC (American Motors) Gremlin

  America's first homegrown subcompact (1970–1978) — a chopped-tail Hornet, marketed as 'the first American-built import,' famed for its Levi's edition.

  Subcompact car · 1970–1978

• AMC (American Motors) Spirit

  The restyled Gremlin successor (1979–1983) — offered a sporty AMX package and AMC's last factory V8 passenger car.

  Subcompact car · 1979–1983

• AMC (American Motors) Pacer

  The 'fishbowl' compact (1975–1980) — radically wide and glassy, with asymmetric doors; a 1970s icon and Wayne's World cult star.

  Compact car · 1975–1980

• AMC (American Motors) Hornet

  AMC's long-serving compact (1970–1977) — replaced the Rambler American, spawned the Gremlin and Concord, and did a 360° corkscrew jump in a James Bond film.

  Compact car · 1970–1977

• AMC (American Motors) Concord

  An upmarket reworking of the Hornet (1978–1983) — 'the luxury America wants, the size America needs,' and the platform under the Eagle.

  Compact car · 1978–1983

• AMC (American Motors) Matador

  AMC's intermediate (1971–1978) — a NASCAR and police-fleet favorite, with a radically styled 1974+ fastback coupe.

  Mid-size car · 1971–1978

• AMC (American Motors) Ambassador

  AMC's flagship (1958–1974) — wearing one of the longest-running US car nameplates, and the first volume car with standard air conditioning.

  Full-size car · 1958–1974

• AMC (American Motors) Rambler American

  AMC's frugal compact (1958–1969) — among the lowest-priced US cars, and basis of the wild 1969 SC/Rambler Hurst drag special.

  Compact car · 1958–1969

• AMC (American Motors) Metropolitan

  A British-built mini economy car (1954–1962) sold under Nash, Hudson, and AMC/Rambler badges — an early American 'captive import.'

  Subcompact car · 1954–1962

• Anadol A1

  The pioneering original Anadol (1966–1975) — Turkey's first mass-produced passenger car, with a fiberglass body and Ford Kent engine.

  Compact car · 1966–1975

• Anadol A2

  Anadol's four-door flagship (1970–1981) — claimed as the world's first fiberglass-bodied four-door production sedan.

  Compact car · 1970–1981

• Anadol A8-16

  Anadol's final passenger car (1981–1984) — a modernised 1.6-litre sedan that closed out the marque's saloon range.

  Compact car · 1981–1984

• Aion Aion S

  The compact electric sedan that launched the Aion brand in 2019, setting NEDC range benchmarks that rivaled much pricier competitors.

  Compact car · 2019–present

• Aion Aion RT

  Aion's 2024 entry-level electric sedan on the AEP 3.0 platform — aerodynamic styling and up to 650 km CLTC range from roughly 16,700 USD.

  Mid-size sedan · 2024–present

• Apperson Four

  Apperson's four-cylinder runabouts and touring cars — the backbone of the marque before the V-8, including the chassis underpinning the early Jack Rabbit.

  Touring car · 1902–1916

• Apperson Eight

  Apperson's 90-degree V-8 line (from 1914) — sold under the 'Roadaplane', 'Silver-Apperson' and 'Anniversary Eight' names, and the marque's mainstay into the 1920s.

  Touring car · 1914–1926

• Armstrong Siddeley Thirty

  Armstrong Siddeley's founding model — a 5-litre, 30 hp six aimed at the aristocracy and the upper carriage trade, with around 2,770 built.

  Luxury car · 1919–1931

• Armstrong Siddeley Siddeley Special

  The marque's interwar masterpiece — a 5-litre Hiduminium-alloy six of which only 253 were built; fewer than 22 are believed to survive.

  Luxury car · 1933–1937

• Armstrong Siddeley Lancaster

  The four-door flagship of Armstrong Siddeley's immediate post-war revival — announced days after VE Day, with 3,597 built.

  Saloon · 1945–1952

• Armstrong Siddeley Whitley

  The 18 hp successor to the Lancaster — a more luxuriously equipped razor-edged saloon named after the Whitley bomber, with 2,582 built.

  Saloon · 1949–1953

• Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire 346

  Armstrong Siddeley's modern post-war flagship — a 3.4-litre, 125–150 bhp luxury saloon with 7,697 built, the marque's best-seller.

  Luxury car · 1952–1958

• Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire 234

  A high-performance four-cylinder Sapphire aimed at sporting drivers — 803 built, the more driver-focused of the 'Baby Sapphires'.

  Saloon · 1955–1958

• Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire 236

  A refined entry-level Sapphire with a 2.3-litre six — only 603 built in two years, the smaller and quieter 'Baby Sapphire'.

  Saloon · 1955–1957

• Armstrong Siddeley Star Sapphire

  Armstrong Siddeley's ultimate car — a 165 bhp, 4-litre automatic flagship with power steering; 980 built before the marque closed in 1960.

  Luxury car · 1958–1960

• Asia Motors Fiat 124 (Asia-assembled)

  South Korea's first licensed-assembly sedan — Asia Motors built roughly 6,775 Fiat 124s under a Fiat license from 1970 to 1975.

  Compact car · 1970–1975

• Aston Martin Lagonda

  The radical wedge-shaped William Towns four-door — one of the most striking, and most troublesome, luxury saloons ever built.

  Luxury saloon · 1976–1989

• ATS Tipo 100

  ATS's single-season Formula One entry — a 1.5-litre V8 spaceframe car raced by Phil Hill and Giancarlo Baghetti in 1963.

  Formula One racing car · 1963–1963

• Auburn Auburn 12

  America's most affordable V12 — Auburn's Lycoming-powered twelve, launched into the depths of the Great Depression.

  Full-size car · 1932–1934

• Auburn Eight

  Auburn's straight-eight cars — the volume of the Cord era, sold under a string of series names (8-88, 8-98, 851/852) and the basis for the boat-tail Speedster.

  Full-size car · 1925–1936

• Auburn Six

  Auburn's six-cylinder line — the affordable companion to the eights whose lineage reached back to the early 1910s (the 1919 'Beauty Six') and ran through the make's final 1936 season.

  Full-size car · 1919–1936

• Audi Audi 100

  The sedan that relaunched Audi in 1968 — a range of mid-size cars that evolved through four generations before giving way to the A6.

  Mid-size car · 1968–1994

• Audi Audi 80

  Audi's long-running compact executive — a five-generation premium alternative to the mainstream Golf/Passat that became the A4.

  Compact car · 1972–1996

• Audi A3

  Audi's premium compact — launched in 1996 to bring Audi into the Golf-class market, now the brand's best-selling model.

  Compact car · 1996–present

• Audi A4

  Audi's core executive sedan — five generations from 1994 to 2025, the benchmark compact luxury car.

  Compact executive car · 1994–2025

• Audi A5

  Audi's compact executive coupe, cabriolet, and Sportback — launched 2007 on the A4 platform, now the successor nameplate to the A4.

  Compact executive car · 2007–present

• Audi A6

  Audi's executive sedan, successor to the Audi 100 — five-plus generations from 1994, including the acclaimed RS6 Avant.

  Executive car · 1994–present

• Audi A8

  Audi's aluminium-bodied flagship — the first mass-production car with an aluminium space frame, a rival to the S-Class and 7 Series since 1994.

  Full-size luxury car · 1994–present

• Audi e-tron GT

  Audi's electric four-door performance grand tourer — a stunning fastback on the Porsche Taycan platform, launched in 2021.

  Electric car · 2021–present

• Aurus Senat

  Russia's presidential state car — a 590 hp hybrid V8 full-sizer that debuted at Putin's 2018 inauguration and entered limited civilian production in 2021.

  Full-size luxury car · 2018–present

• Austin Austin 7

  The car that motorized Britain — a cheap, light 1920s–30s economy car whose design seeded BMW, Jaguar, Nissan and Lotus.

  Economy car · 1922–1939

• Austin Austin A30 / A35

  Austin's first monocoque car and the debut of the legendary BMC A-Series engine — launched as the 'New Austin Seven'.

  Economy car · 1951–1959

• Austin Austin A40 Farina

  A Pininfarina-styled small Austin whose crisp 'two-box' shape and split-tailgate Countryman foreshadowed the hatchback.

  Small car · 1958–1967

• Austin Mini

  Alec Issigonis's space-saving icon — launched as the Austin Seven in 1959, it pioneered the transverse-engine front-drive layout used by most small cars since.

  City car · 1959–2000

• Austin Austin Cambridge

  Austin's mainstream family saloon of the 1950s–60s — from the rounded A40/A50 to the Pininfarina-styled 'Farina' A55 Mk II and A60.

  Mid-size car · 1954–1969

• Austin Austin 1100 / 1300

  Britain's best-selling car for much of the 1960s — the Issigonis/Pininfarina ADO16 with front-wheel drive and Hydrolastic suspension.

  Compact car · 1963–1974

• Austin Austin Maxi

  One of the first true five-door hatchbacks — the last car Issigonis designed and the last BMC design, with a rare five-speed gearbox.

  Family car · 1969–1981

• Austin Austin Allegro

  British Leyland's notorious small family car — remembered for its 'quartic' square steering wheel and as a byword for 1970s BL quality woes.

  Small family car · 1973–1982

• Austin Austin Maestro

  Austin Rover's Escort/Golf-class five-door hatchback — home of the quick MG Maestro and a famous talking dashboard.

  Small family car · 1983–1987

• Austin Austin Montego

  Austin Rover's Sierra/Cavalier-class saloon and estate — the last all-new car to wear the Austin badge before it was retired.

  Mid-size car · 1984–1988

• Autobianchi Bianchina

  Autobianchi's upscale Fiat 500-based city car (1957–1970) — offered as a cabriolet, saloon, estate, and van to affluent Italian buyers.

  City car · 1957–1970

• Autobianchi Primula

  The transverse-engine front-wheel-drive pioneer (1964–1970) whose drivetrain layout became the universal template for modern front-wheel-drive cars.

  Compact car · 1964–1970

• Autobianchi A111

  Autobianchi's sole foray into the small family car class (1969–1972) — a front-wheel-drive four-door saloon of which 56,984 were built.

  Small family car · 1969–1972

• Auto Union Grand Prix Cars (Types A–D)

  The radical mid-engine Silver Arrow Grand Prix cars — supercharged V16 and V12 machines that won the 1936 European Championship with Bernd Rosemeyer.

  Racing car · 1934–1939

• Auto Union DKW 3=6 (Sonderklasse)

  Auto Union's post-war comeback compact — a front-wheel-drive, two-stroke three-cylinder that the '3=6' name claimed equalled a six-cylinder four-stroke.

  Compact car · 1953–1959

• Auto Union Auto Union 1000

  The car that bore the Auto Union name on its flanks — a front-wheel-drive two-stroke saloon produced in Düsseldorf that sold over 170,000 units.

  Compact car · 1958–1963

• Auto Union DKW F102

  The last car to wear a DKW badge — a modern unibody compact whose platform was reborn as the first post-war Audi when Volkswagen revived the dormant marque.

  Compact car · 1964–1966

• Autozam Carol

  A rounded-body front-wheel-drive kei hatchback (1989–1998) — Autozam's bestseller, built on Suzuki Alto underpinnings and hugely influential on kei-car styling.

  Kei car · 1989–1998

• Autozam AZ-3

  A 2+2 front-wheel-drive Kammback coupé (1991–1998) — the Japanese-market Autozam-badged sibling of the Mazda MX-3, aimed at younger buyers.

  Compact car · 1991–1998

• Autozam Revue

  A tall, rounded subcompact four-door saloon (1990–1998) — sold internationally as the Mazda 121 and notable for its unconventional proportions.

  Subcompact car · 1990–1998

• Autozam AZ-Wagon

  A tall kei wagon (1994–1997) — a rebadged first-generation Suzuki Wagon R sold through Autozam stores ahead of the tall-kei boom.

  Kei car · 1994–1997

• Avatr Avatr 12

  Avatr's flagship executive fastback sedan — 5,020 mm long, with up to 539 hp in AWD trim and a range-extended variant stretching to 1,270 km on a tank.

  Executive car · 2023–present

• Avatr Avatr 06

  Avatr's second sedan and volume entry point, launching in April 2025 with BEV and range-extended options; a wagon variant (06T) followed in 2026.

  Compact executive car · 2025–present

• Bahman Group Mazda 323

  The compact sedan that anchored Bahman's licensed Mazda passenger-car line from 1999 until the Mazda 3 replaced it.

  Compact car · 1999–2006

• Bahman Group Mazda 3 (Bardo)

  Iran's locally assembled Mazda 3 — sold as the 'Bardo' — was Bahman's best-known passenger car until U.S. sanctions ended the Mazda partnership in 2018.

  Compact car · 2006–2018

• Bahman Group Besturn B50

  FAW's Besturn B50 mid-size sedan assembled by Bahman under a Chinese partnership that began around 2013.

  Sedan · 2013–2017

• Bahman Group Besturn B30

  FAW's compact Besturn B30 — assembled by Bahman from 2017 as a more affordable replacement for the B50.

  Compact car · 2017–2021

• Bahman Group Respect

  Bahman's Chery Arrizo7-based sedan — the Respect Prime — targeting the mid-size family-car segment.

  Sedan · 2022–present

• BAIC Senova D20

  BAIC's entry-level hatchback/sedan — the first own-brand passenger car the group ever sold, launched March 2012 under the Senova name.

  Subcompact car · 2012–2020

• BAIC Senova D50

  Senova's compact sedan — built on Saab-derived technology and debuted at the 2014 Beijing Auto Show, later rebadged as the Beijing U5.

  Compact car · 2014–2020

• BAIC Beijing EU5

  BAIC's mainstream electric compact sedan — launched at the 2018 Beijing Auto Show and a top-seller in China's early EV market before being discontinued in 2025.

  Compact car · 2018–2025

• BAIC Beijing EU7

  BAIC's mid-size electric executive sedan — launched in China in September 2019 on the Senova D70/U7 platform with a 450-km NEDC range.

  Mid-size car · 2019–2025

• BAIC Arcfox Alpha-S

  Arcfox's flagship electric sedan — a large, tech-forward saloon and the first production car to offer Huawei's full-stack autonomous-driving hardware.

  Full-size car · 2021–present

• Baojun 630

  Baojun's debut model — an affordable compact sedan that established the brand in China's third- and fourth-tier cities.

  Compact car · 2011–2019

• Baojun 610

  A hatchback companion to the 630 sedan, sharing its platform and targeting young Chinese urban buyers.

  Compact car · 2014–2019

• Bentley 8 Litre

  W. O. Bentley's last and largest car (1930–1932) — a 7,983 cc grand tourer, only 100 built, and the model that ended the independent company.

  Luxury car · 1930–1932

• Bentley Mark VI

  Bentley's first post-war car (1946–1952) — the first complete Bentley with a standard factory steel body, built at Crewe.

  Luxury saloon · 1946–1952

• Bentley S-Series

  The S1/S2/S3 luxury saloons (1955–1965) — Bentley twins of the Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud, including a rare coachbuilt Continental.

  Luxury car · 1955–1965

• Bentley T-Series

  The T1/T2 (1965–1980) — Bentley's first unitary-construction car, the Silver Shadow's near-identical twin during the brand's lowest-profile years.

  Luxury car · 1965–1980

• Bentley Mulsanne (1980–1992)

  The saloon (1980–1992) that began Bentley's revival — named after Le Mans, and parent of the brand-defining Mulsanne Turbo.

  Luxury sedan · 1980–1992

• Bentley Turbo R

  The car that redefined Bentley (1985–1999) — the Mulsanne Turbo's chassis sharpened for handling; the 'R' stood for 'roadholding.'

  Performance sedan · 1985–1999

• Bentley Arnage

  Bentley's flagship saloon of the transition years (1998–2009) — the last Rolls-Royce-derived Bentley, built around the 6.75-litre V8.

  Luxury sedan · 1998–2009

• Bentley Flying Spur

  The four-door Continental (2005–present) — launched as the world's fastest production saloon, now Bentley's standalone luxury limousine.

  Luxury sedan · 2005–present

• Bentley Mulsanne (2010–2020)

  Bentley's grand flagship limousine (2010–2020) — its first fully in-house-engineered car since the 8 Litre, and the last of the 6.75-litre V8.

  Luxury sedan · 2010–2020

• Berliet Early Berliet (1899–1902)

  Marius Berliet's first cars — single- then twin-cylinder voiturettes built in a small Lyon workshop before the company moved to the Audibert & Lavirotte plant.

  Veteran car · 1899–1902

• Berliet Pre-War Four- and Six-Cylinder Range (1902–1914)

  A broad pre-WWI range from 8 CV to 60 CV — honeycomb-radiatored fours and a massive 9.5-litre six — that established Berliet as a serious French manufacturer.

  Touring car · 1902–1914

• Berliet Type VB

  Berliet's ill-fated post-WWI mass-market car — a copy of the 1916 Dodge that suffered from inferior French steel and bankrupted the company in 1921.

  Touring car · 1919–1921

• Berliet 1920s Range (Type VI / VRC / VK and six-cylinders)

  Berliet's post-bankruptcy recovery range — new overhead-valve fours from 7 CV to 18 CV and two new six-cylinder models introduced from 1927.

  Touring car · 1924–1932

• Berliet Dauphine 11CV

  Berliet's last passenger car — a modern 1,990 cc family saloon with independent front suspension, produced in Lyon from 1934 until war ended car production in 1939.

  Family car · 1934–1939

• Bertone Alfa Romeo BAT Series

  Three radical aerodynamic Alfa Romeo concept cars (BAT 5, 7, 9) designed by Franco Scaglione — a breakthrough in low-drag automotive form.

  Concept car · 1953–1955

• Bertone Lancia Stratos HF

  The first car purpose-built for rallying — a mid-engine wedge designed at Bertone that won three consecutive World Rally Championships for Lancia.

  Rally car · 1973–1978

• Bignan 25CV (Original)

  Bignan's debut car — a large-wheelbased four-cylinder tourer first shown at the Paris Motor Show in October 1919.

  Touring car · 1919–1922

• Bignan 14CV

  Bignan's final and most powerful model — a 2.5-litre S.C.A.P. straight-eight introduced at the 1928 Paris Motor Show.

  Touring car · 1928–1931

• BMW 3 Series

  BMW's compact sport sedan and the benchmark of its class since 1975 — home of the iconic M3.

  Compact executive car · 1975–present

  52 model years

• BMW 2002 (02 Series)

  The compact two-door that established BMW's sporting identity — direct ancestor of the 3 Series.

  Sport sedan · 1968–1976

• BMW 5 Series

  BMW's mid-size executive sedan since 1972 — the segment benchmark, and home of the M5 super-sedan.

  Executive car · 1972–present

• BMW 7 Series

  BMW's flagship luxury sedan since 1977 — the technology and V12 showcase atop the range.

  Full-size luxury car · 1977–present

• BMW 1 Series

  BMW's smallest hatchback/coupe line — rear-drive in early generations, later front-drive-based.

  Subcompact executive car · 2004–present

• BMW 2 Series

  The compact coupe that carried on the rear-drive small-BMW tradition — home of the M2.

  Subcompact executive car · 2014–present

• BMW i3

  BMW's pioneering carbon-fiber electric city car, with an optional range-extender engine.

  Subcompact electric car · 2014–2021

• BMW i4

  An all-electric Gran Coupe closely related to the 4 Series — including the performance i4 M50.

  Compact electric car · 2022–present

• Bolwell Mk IX Ikara

  A mid-engined VW Golf-powered kit car conceived to sidestep Australian Design Rules — only 12 examples were built, marking Bolwell's original automotive swan song.

  Kit car · 1979–1980

• Borgward Hansa 1500

  Borgward's post-war comeback model (1949–1954), widely regarded as the first all-new German car launched after World War II.

  Family car · 1949–1954

• Borgward Hansa 1800

  A larger-engined companion to the Hansa 1500, introduced in 1952 and available with a diesel option from 1953.

  Family car · 1952–1954

• Borgward Hansa 2400

  Borgward's flagship six-cylinder saloon (1952–1959), the largest and most prestigious car the Bremen firm ever offered before the P100.

  Luxury car · 1952–1959

• Borgward Isabella

  Borgward's most successful model (1954–1961) — an elegant 1.5-litre compact offered in sedan, coupé, convertible, and estate forms, with over 202,000 built.

  Compact car · 1954–1961

• Borgward Hansa 1500 RS

  Borgward's factory sports-racing car (1954–1958), notable for a technologically advanced 16-valve DOHC direct-injection engine years before such technology became mainstream.

  Racing car · 1954–1958

• Borgward P100

  Borgward's final flagship (1960–1961) — a 100 bhp six-cylinder saloon distinguished as the first German production car to offer self-levelling pneumatic suspension.

  Luxury car · 1960–1961

• Brabham BT63 GT2

  GT2-homologated racing evolution of the BT62 — 600 hp from a 5.2-litre V8, built for the Fanatec GT2 European Series.

  Racing car · 2021–2024

• Brabus Rocket

  Brabus's signature speed-record CLS — a 720–900 hp V12 or V8 twin-turbo that held the world street-legal sedan speed record at 365.7 km/h.

  Sports sedan · 2006–present

• Brabus Bullit

  A 730–800 hp V12 twin-turbo squeezed into a Mercedes C-Class body — debuted at IAA 2007 as the ultimate sleeper.

  Sports sedan · 2007–2012

• Brabus E V12

  Brabus's E-Class-based V12 super-sedan — the first production sedan to exceed 700 hp, capped by the 800 hp 'one of ten' at IAA 2009.

  Sports sedan · 2003–2009

• Brennabor Typ P

  The model that made Brennabor Germany's largest carmaker — a 2.1-litre four-cylinder tourer that sold 100 units a day at its peak in the early 1920s.

  Touring car · 1919–1927

• Brennabor Juwel 6

  Brennabor's six-cylinder flagship — a 45 hp, 2.46-litre tourer of which roughly 3,000 were built before the Depression shut down production.

  Touring car · 1929–1932

• Brennabor Juwel 8

  Brennabor's rare eight-cylinder flagship — a 60 hp, 3.4-litre sedan produced in only approximately 100 examples before the factory ceased car production.

  Touring car · 1930–1932

• Brilliance Zhonghua / BS6 (M1)

  Brilliance's Giugiaro-styled flagship sedan — China's first globally-designed luxury car, sold in Europe as the BS6 before a disastrous Euro NCAP result ended the venture.

  Full-size car · 2000–2010

• Brilliance Zhonghua BS4 (M2)

  The compact sibling of the BS6 — exported to Germany from 2008 but scored zero stars in Euro NCAP crash testing and was withdrawn from Europe by 2010.

  Compact car · 2006–2014

• Brilliance H330

  Brilliance's compact sedan replacement for the BS4 — launched in China in 2013 alongside the H320 hatchback, it served as the entry-level Zhonghua for eight years.

  Compact car · 2013–2021

• Brilliance H530

  Brilliance's mid-size D-segment sedan — launched in 2011 at the Shanghai Auto Show, facelifted in 2014, and assembled in both Shenyang and Egypt.

  Mid-size car · 2011–2020

• BSA Early Tourer (1907–1915)

  BSA's first car range — large four-cylinder Edwardian tourers, later transferred to Coventry after BSA acquired Daimler in 1910.

  Touring car · 1907–1915

• BSA Ten (1921–1926)

  BSA's interwar revival — a popular V-twin light car followed by four- and six-cylinder models, before the name was temporarily dropped.

  Light car · 1921–1926

• BSA Ten Saloon

  A conventional rear-wheel-drive small saloon sold alongside BSA's front-drive models, aimed at family buyers.

  Saloon · 1932–1936

• Bufori Geneva

  Bufori's flagship four-door luxury saloon — coach doors, Chrysler HEMI V8 power, and an opulent rear lounge with optional cigar humidor.

  Luxury car · 2010–present

• Bugatti Type 35

  The most successful racing car of its era — claiming roughly 2,500 victories, five consecutive Targa Florio wins, and the 1926 Grand Prix World Championship.

  Racing car · 1924–1930

• Bugatti Type 41 Royale

  The largest and most expensive car of the interwar era — six built, only three sold — powered by a 12.7-litre straight-eight engine.

  Luxury car · 1927–1933

• Buick Riviera

  GM's first personal-luxury car — a landmark 1963 coupe that ran eight generations through 1999.

  Personal luxury car · 1963–1999

• Buick Skylark

  A long-running Buick nameplate — 1953 anniversary convertible, 1960s muscle-era Gran Sport, then a front-drive compact.

  Compact / mid-size car · 1953–1998

• Buick Regal

  Buick's mid-size mainstay since 1973 — the basis for the Grand National, later an Opel-derived sedan, hatchback, and wagon.

  Mid-size car · 1973–2020

• Buick Century

  A Buick nameplate dating to 1936 — originally a fast 'banker's hot rod,' later a high-volume front-drive sedan.

  Mid-size car · 1936–2005

• Buick Wildcat

  A sporty full-size Buick of the 1960s, slotting between the LeSabre and Electra with a performance lean.

  Full-size car · 1962–1970

• Buick LeSabre

  Buick's full-size volume car for nearly half a century — one of America's best-selling full-size sedans.

  Full-size car · 1959–2005

• Buick Electra

  Buick's full-size luxury flagship from 1959 to 1990 — the long-wheelbase Electra 225 'deuce and a quarter.'

  Full-size luxury car · 1959–1990

• Buick Roadmaster

  Buick's classic flagship name (1936–1958), revived 1991–1996 as a big rear-drive sedan and Corvette-engined LT1 wagon.

  Full-size car · 1936–1996

• Buick Park Avenue

  Buick's front-drive luxury flagship of the 1990s–2000s, offered with a supercharged 3.8-liter V6 in Ultra trim.

  Full-size luxury car · 1991–2005

• Buick Lucerne

  Buick's last traditional full-size sedan, replacing both the LeSabre and Park Avenue, with an available Northstar V8.

  Full-size car · 2006–2011

• Buick LaCrosse

  Buick's flagship sedan of the 2000s–2010s — replacement for the Regal and Century, sold through 2019.

  Mid-size / full-size car · 2005–2019

• BYD F3

  BYD's first mass-produced car — a budget compact sedan that launched the company's automotive ambitions.

  Compact car · 2005–2019

• BYD F3DM

  The world's first modern mass-produced plug-in hybrid — BYD's landmark PHEV based on the F3 sedan.

  Compact car · 2008–2013

• BYD Qin

  The flagship of BYD's Dynasty Series launch — China's best-selling PHEV sedan of the mid-2010s, named after the first Chinese imperial dynasty.

  Compact car · 2013–present

• BYD Han

  BYD's full-size sedan flagship — the first car with the Blade battery, earning comparisons to the Tesla Model S at a fraction of the price.

  Full-size car · 2020–present

• BYD Dolphin

  BYD's best-selling global Ocean Series hatchback — an affordable, e-Platform 3.0 EV aimed at younger buyers, sold widely in Europe, Australia, and Asia.

  Subcompact car · 2021–present

• BYD Seal

  BYD's dynamic Ocean Series flagship sedan — a mid-size fastback EV on e-Platform 3.0 with 800V charging and 0–100 km/h in 3.8 seconds AWD.

  Mid-size car · 2022–present

• BYD Seagull

  BYD's ultra-affordable city EV — introduced in China at below US$12,000, accumulating 200,000 units in its first seven months.

  Subcompact car · 2023–present

• Byton K-Byte

  Byton's planned luxury electric sedan concept, revealed at CES Asia 2018; targeted a 2021 launch that never came.

  Electric sedan · 2018–2021

• Cadillac Eldorado

  Cadillac's flagship personal-luxury coupe and convertible for half a century (1953–2002), across twelve generations.

  Personal luxury car · 1953–2002

• Cadillac DeVille

  Cadillac's full-size mainstay for nearly half a century — the volume luxury car that defined the brand, 1959–2005.

  Full-size luxury car · 1959–2005

• Cadillac Fleetwood

  A prestigious Cadillac name that ended on the big rear-drive 1993–1996 sedan — the last full-size Cadillac of its kind.

  Full-size luxury car · 1977–1996

• Cadillac Seville

  Cadillac's smaller, import-fighting luxury sedan (1975–2004) — including the controversial 1980 'bustleback' styling.

  Mid-size luxury car · 1975–2004

• Cadillac Cimarron

  A J-body Chevrolet Cavalier in a Cadillac badge (1982–1988) — widely cited as one of the worst cars Cadillac ever sold.

  Compact car · 1982–1988

• Cadillac CTS

  The angular rear-drive sport sedan (2003–2019) that relaunched Cadillac as a credible BMW rival — home of the CTS-V.

  Mid-size luxury car · 2003–2019

• Cadillac CT5

  Cadillac's rear-drive sport sedan successor to the CTS (2020–present) — home of the 668-hp CT5-V Blackwing.

  Mid-size luxury car · 2020–present

• Chalmers Thirty

  Chalmers' breakthrough mid-priced car (1908–1913) — a durable, well-regarded 30-horsepower four that made the company's name.

  Touring car · 1908–1913

• Chalmers Forty

  Chalmers' larger, more expensive early four (1908–1911) — the upmarket companion to the volume Thirty.

  Touring car · 1908–1911

• Chalmers Master Six

  Chalmers' large six-cylinder car of the mid-1910s — an early adopter of combined electric starting and lighting.

  Touring car · 1914–1916

• Chalmers Six-30

  Chalmers' best-known later car (1916–1923) — the value six that carried the marque through its peak and into its final years.

  Touring car · 1916–1923

• Changan Alsvin

  Changan's long-running Italy-designed subcompact sedan, launched in 2009 and still sold in export markets.

  Subcompact car · 2009–present

• Changan Eado

  Changan's Italian-designed compact sedan — launched in 2012 and still sold in China in electric form.

  Compact car · 2012–present

• Changan UNI-V

  The first fastback in the UNI series — a sporty compact liftback launched in 2022 with a PHEV option.

  Compact car · 2022–present

• Checker Marathon

  The definitive American taxicab — a rugged, near-unchanged full-size sedan built from 1961 to 1982 and sold to the public as well as cab fleets.

  Full-size car · 1961–1982

• Checker Superba

  Checker's first car built for the general public — a 1960–1963 civilian sedan and wagon derived from the A9 taxi, and the direct ancestor of the Marathon.

  Full-size car · 1960–1963

• Checker Aerobus

  A factory-stretched, six- or eight-door Checker built as an airport and hotel shuttle, seating up to twelve passengers across four rows.

  Full-size car · 1962–1977

• Chenard-Walcker Aigle

  Chenard-Walcker's last model family — an eagle-badged range from the spartan Aiglon four-cylinder up to the V8-powered Aigle 22.

  Sedan · 1933–1940

• Chenard-Walcker Type U

  The backbone touring-car line that put Chenard-Walcker in the top ten French manufacturers before and after the First World War.

  Touring car · 1913–1924

• Chery Fengyun

  Chery's very first car — a SEAT Toledo–based compact that put the brand on the map before domestic licensing was even fully resolved.

  Compact car · 1999–2006

• Chery QQ

  Chery's iconic ultra-affordable city hatchback — a 2003 breakout that racked up over one million sales and helped make Chery a household name in China.

  Subcompact car · 2003–2013

• Chery Eastar

  Chery's mid-size family sedan of the 2000s — a B11-platform car styled close to the Daewoo Magnus that became a modest export staple.

  Mid-size car · 2003–2016

• Chery A3

  A Pininfarina-designed compact — a landmark for Chinese automotive design and the first Chinese-brand car to earn a five-star China-NCAP safety rating.

  Compact car · 2008–2015

• Chery Arrizo 5

  Chery's long-running compact sedan, the volume workhorse of the Arrizo sedan family, sold across China and dozens of export markets.

  Compact car · 2015–present

• Chery Arrizo 8

  Chery's flagship sedan — a mid-size A+ segment car built on the 4.0 Technology Platform, launched in 2022 and quickly rising to class leadership in China.

  Mid-size car · 2022–present

• Chevrolet SS

  A rear-drive V8 sport sedan, imported from Australia (a rebadged Holden Commodore).

  Sport sedan · 2014–2017

• Chevrolet Bel Air

  Chevrolet's full-size car of the 1950s — the chrome-laden 1955–1957 'Tri-Five' models are American icons.

  Full-size car · 1950–1981

• Chevrolet Impala

  Chevrolet's full-size flagship — once America's best-selling car, later revived as the LT1-powered Impala SS.

  Full-size car · 1958–2020

• Chevrolet Caprice

  Chevrolet's full-size near-luxury sedan, later the definitive body-on-frame police and taxi car.

  Full-size car · 1965–1996

• Chevrolet Chevelle

  Chevrolet's intermediate and a muscle-car legend — home of the SS 396 and the 1970 SS 454 LS6.

  Mid-size car · 1964–1977

• Chevrolet Malibu

  Long a Chevelle trim, the Malibu became Chevrolet's core mid-size sedan from 1978 to 2024.

  Mid-size car · 1964–2024

• Chevrolet Nova

  Chevrolet's compact — launched as the Chevy II, later a budget muscle car with the SS 396.

  Compact car · 1962–1979

• Chevrolet Corvair

  Chevrolet's rear-engine, air-cooled compact — innovative, then infamous after 'Unsafe at Any Speed'.

  Compact car · 1960–1969

• Chevrolet Cavalier

  Chevrolet's high-volume J-body compact of the 1980s–2000s — for years one of America's best-sellers.

  Compact car · 1982–2005

• Chevrolet Cobalt

  The Cavalier's compact successor — including the turbocharged Cobalt SS performance models.

  Compact car · 2005–2010

• Chevrolet Cruze

  Chevrolet's global compact of the 2010s, offered with an available diesel and a hatchback.

  Compact car · 2011–2019

• Chevrolet Sonic

  Chevrolet's subcompact sedan and hatchback, with an available turbocharged engine.

  Subcompact car · 2012–2020

• Chevrolet Spark

  Chevrolet's smallest North American car — a minicar offered briefly as the Spark EV.

  City car · 2013–2022

• Chrysler Airflow

  Chrysler's streamlined, wind-tunnel-shaped 1934 milestone — a commercial flop but a landmark in aerodynamic car design.

  Full-size car · 1934–1937

• Chrysler 300 (letter series)

  The 'letter cars' (C-300 to 300L, 1955–1965) — high-performance Hemi-powered personal-luxury coupes seen as early muscle.

  Personal luxury car · 1955–1965

• Chrysler 300

  The bold rear-drive 300 (2005–2023) — a Hemi-available sedan on the Mercedes-derived LX platform that revived the 'letter car' name.

  Full-size car · 2005–2023

• Chrysler New Yorker

  Chrysler's prestige sedan for 57 years — at its 1996 end, the longest-running American car nameplate.

  Full-size car · 1940–1996

• Chrysler Imperial

  Chrysler's top-of-the-line luxury car from 1926 — a rival to Cadillac and Lincoln, even spun off as its own marque in the 1950s–70s.

  Full-size luxury car · 1926–1993

• Chrysler Cordoba

  The mid-size personal-luxury coupe immortalized by Ricardo Montalbán's 'fine Corinthian leather' ads.

  Personal luxury car · 1975–1983

• Chrysler LeBaron

  A Chrysler mainstay across three generations — rear-drive M-body, then the K-car twins and the popular J-body convertible.

  Mid-size car · 1977–1995

• Chrysler Sebring

  Chrysler's mid-size line of 1995–2010 in coupe, sedan, and a perennially popular convertible — succeeded by the 200.

  Mid-size car · 1995–2010

• Chrysler 200

  A mid-size sedan (2011–2017) — first a reworked Sebring, then a clean-sheet Fiat-platform car — and Chrysler's last car-segment sedan.

  Mid-size car · 2011–2017

• Chrysler PT Cruiser

  The retro-styled, hot-selling tall hatchback (2001–2010) — 2001 Motor Trend Car of the Year, later a convertible too.

  Compact car · 2001–2010

• Citroën Traction Avant

  The world's first mass-produced front-wheel-drive car with unibody construction — a 1934 engineering revolution that defined the modern automobile.

  Sedan · 1934–1957

• Citroën DS

  The 'Goddess' — a 1955 Paris Motor Show sensation that pioneered hydropneumatic self-levelling suspension, disc brakes, and swivelling headlights, and remains one of the most influential cars ever made.

  Executive car · 1955–1975

• Citroën CX

  The DS successor — a slippery, hydropneumatic large saloon that won 1975 European Car of the Year and kept Citroën's flagship engineering tradition alive for 17 years.

  Executive car · 1974–1991

• Citroën BX

  Citroën's 1980s large family car — Bertone-styled, hydropneumatically suspended, and a massive sales success with over 2.3 million built.

  Large family car · 1982–1994

• Citroën XM

  Citroën's CX successor — a 1990 European Car of the Year with world-first electronically controlled 'Hydractive' hydropneumatic suspension.

  Executive car · 1989–2000

• Citroën C4

  Citroën's compact family hatchback — now in its third generation as a crossover-influenced hatch with a plug-in hybrid variant.

  Compact car · 2004–present

• Citroën C5

  The XM's successor — a large family saloon and estate produced across two generations from 2001 to 2017, before being succeeded by the crossover C5 X.

  Executive car · 2001–2017

• Citroën C5 X

  The reinvention of Citroën's flagship — a raised crossover-saloon combining SUV ground clearance, a fastback roofline, and plug-in hybrid power.

  Executive car · 2022–present

• Cisitalia D46

  The Fiat-based single-seat voiturette that launched Cisitalia — a featherweight monoposto raced by Nuvolari and Ascari.

  Racing car · 1946–1948

• Cisitalia 360 Grand Prix

  The visionary mid-engined, four-wheel-drive Grand Prix car designed by Ferry Porsche — a technical marvel that nearly bankrupted Cisitalia.

  Racing car · 1948–1949

• Connaught Type A

  Connaught's Formula 2 single-seater — nine built, the Lea-Francis-derived engine developed to 165 bhp, accumulating 21 race wins by 1953.

  Racing car · 1950–1954

• Connaught Type B

  Connaught's Formula 1 challenger — the 'Syracuse' car that gave Tony Brooks a historic 1955 Grand Prix victory, the first by a British car in a Continental European race since 1924.

  Racing car · 1954–1958

• Connaught Type C

  Connaught's final single-seater — a further development of the B-Type Alta-engined car, making a single appearance at the 1959 United States Grand Prix.

  Racing car · 1959–1959

• Continental Mark II

  Ford's hand-built 1956–1957 ultra-luxury coupe — the most expensive American car of its day, aimed at Rolls-Royce and Bentley.

  Personal luxury car · 1956–1957

• Continental Mark III / IV / V

  The 1958–1960 Continental Mark III, IV, and V — huge unibody luxury cars, still badged Continental after the standalone division closed.

  Full-size car · 1958–1960

• Cord L-29

  The first American front-wheel-drive production car — a low, rakish luxury automobile that the Great Depression killed after roughly 5,000 were built.

  Luxury car · 1929–1932

• Cord 810/812

  The 'coffin-nose' Cord — the first American production cars with pop-up headlights and front-wheel drive with independent front suspension, just 2,972 built.

  Luxury car · 1936–1937

• Crosley Two-Door Sedan (Pre-War)

  Crosley's first cars (1939–1942) — sub-900 lb economy runabouts that were the cheapest cars in America.

  Subcompact car · 1939–1942

• Crosley CC / CD Four

  Crosley's post-war small car (1946–1952) — the first volume American OHC engine and the first 'Sport Utility' badge.

  Subcompact car · 1946–1952

• Cunningham Four-Cylinder Cars (Models J–S)

  Cunningham's large four-cylinder luxury cars (Models J, M, R and S, 1911–1916) — costly, coachbuilt machines that established the marque before the V8 era.

  Luxury car · 1911–1916

• Cunningham Series V

  Cunningham's V8 flagship (Series V-1 through V-7, 1916–1931) — one of America's first V8 cars and the heart of the 'American Rolls-Royce' legend.

  Luxury car · 1916–1931

• Cupra León

  Cupra's hot hatch — the fourth-generation León under Cupra's own badge, available as a five-door hatchback and a Sportstourer estate.

  Compact car · 2020–present

• Cupra Born

  Cupra's first electric car — a VW Group MEB-platform hatchback named after the El Born neighbourhood of Barcelona.

  Compact car · 2021–present

• Dacia 1100

  Dacia's first car — a licensed-built Renault 8 that launched Romania's domestic auto industry.

  Compact car · 1968–1972

• Dacia 1300 / 1310

  Romania's 'people's car' for 35 years — a Renault 12-based saloon that sold nearly two million units and became a communist-era icon.

  Compact car · 1969–2004

• Dacia Logan

  The car that reinvented Dacia — a €5,000 budget saloon launched in 2004 that became a global bestseller and showed Europe what value motoring could look like.

  Compact car · 2004–present

• Dacia Sandero

  Europe's best-selling retail car — a no-nonsense budget hatchback that has topped European private-sales charts every year since 2017.

  Subcompact car · 2008–present

• Dacia Spring

  Europe's most affordable electric car — a compact battery-electric city crossover that put EV ownership within reach of budget buyers.

  Electric city car · 2021–present

• DAF DAF Daffodil

  DAF's export-market Variomatic family car (1961–1967), sold in three successive sub-types — the 30, 31, and 32 — with Michelotti styling and a unique ability to reverse as fast as it went forward.

  Economy car · 1961–1967

• DAF DAF 33

  The affordable, air-cooled two-door that replaced the Daffodil name (1967–1974) — 131,618 built, widely used by Dutch government fleets and postal services.

  Economy car · 1967–1974

• DAF DAF 44

  DAF's first Michelotti-styled step upmarket (1966–1974), built at a new Born plant with an enlarged 844 cc twin — 167,902 produced.

  Economy car · 1966–1974

• DAF DAF 55

  DAF's first water-cooled car (1968–1972) — Renault's 1108 cc Cléon engine in a sharp Michelotti body, crowned by the rally-bred 55 Marathon.

  Economy car · 1968–1972

• DAF DAF 66

  DAF's last original model (1972–1975) — an evolved 55 with a larger 1.1 l Renault engine and an optional 1.3 l Marathon; production continued as the Volvo 66 until 1980.

  Economy car · 1972–1975

• Daihatsu Compagno

  Daihatsu's first passenger car — a Vignale-styled Italian-influenced range that introduced the iconic 'D' logo.

  Compact car · 1963–1970

• Daihatsu Charmant

  A Toyota Corolla-based compact sedan — Daihatsu's conventional small family car through the late 1970s and 1980s.

  Compact car · 1974–1987

• Daihatsu Charade

  Daihatsu's breakthrough subcompact — a 1977 Japanese Car of the Year winner that proved one-litre engines could succeed in the small-car class.

  Subcompact car · 1977–2000

• Daihatsu Mira

  Daihatsu's long-running kei city car — nearly four decades of front-wheel-drive motoring from 1980 to 2018.

  Kei car · 1980–2018

• Daihatsu Sirion

  Daihatsu's export subcompact hatchback — known in Japan as the Storia and Boon, it succeeded the Charade in European markets.

  Subcompact car · 1998–2015

• Daihatsu Move

  Daihatsu's tall-body kei car — six generations of head-room-prioritising city transport from 1995 to 2023.

  Kei car · 1995–2023

• Daihatsu Copen

  Daihatsu's turbocharged kei roadster — a 660 cc two-seat convertible that debuted at the 1999 Tokyo Motor Show.

  Kei car · 2002–present

• Daimler Double-Six

  Daimler's sleeve-valve V12 flagship (1926–1938) — a smooth, ultra-quiet luxury chassis bodied by Britain's leading coachbuilders.

  Luxury car · 1926–1938

• Daimler DB18 / Consort

  Daimler's 2.5-litre six-cylinder saloon (1939–1953) — the pre- and post-war DB18 and its restyled Consort successor, with a famous Churchill connection.

  Saloon · 1939–1953

• Daimler Conquest

  A mid-size Daimler saloon (1953–1958) on the Lanchester Fourteen platform — the tuned twin-carb Conquest Century its best-loved version.

  Saloon · 1953–1958

• Daimler Majestic Major

  A full-size luxury saloon (1960–1968) powered by Edward Turner's 4.5-litre V8 — a surprisingly fast big Daimler good for around 120 mph.

  Full-size luxury car · 1960–1968

• Daimler 2.5 V8 / V8-250

  A Jaguar Mk2 fitted with Daimler's 2.5-litre V8 (1962–1969) — the first Daimler on a Jaguar platform and the best-selling car in Daimler's history.

  Saloon · 1962–1969

• Daimler Sovereign

  Daimler's badge-engineered Jaguar luxury saloon (1966–1983) — first a fluted-grille Jaguar 420, then the flagship trim of the Jaguar XJ6.

  Luxury car · 1966–1983

• Daimler Double-Six (1972–1997)

  The Jaguar XJ-based V12 Daimler (1972–1997) — the marque's most luxurious saloon, reviving the Double-Six name on Jaguar's 5.3- and later 6.0-litre V12.

  Luxury car · 1972–1997

• Daimler Super Eight

  The last Daimler-badged car (2005–2009) — a supercharged-V8 luxury saloon on the aluminium Jaguar XJ (X350/X358), the final model to wear the marque.

  Full-size luxury car · 2005–2009

• Darracq 200 HP V8 Racer

  The 25.4-litre V8 sprint car that set the world land-speed record in December 1905 — one of the earliest V8-engined automobiles ever built.

  Racing car · 1905–1906

• Darracq Flying Fifteen

  Alexandre Darracq's commercial masterpiece — a perfectly balanced 3-litre four-cylinder tourer on the first all-pressed-steel chassis, capturing roughly ten percent of the French automobile market.

  Touring car · 1904–1907

• Darracq 14–16 HP

  Darracq's mid-range four-cylinder tourer — best known as the platform for mass taxi service, including one-third of New York's cab fleet by 1907.

  Touring car · 1907–1912

• Darracq Clegg-Darracq 12 HP / 16 HP

  The Owen Clegg-designed recovery models that restored Darracq's reputation — reliable, conventional four-cylinder tourers that brought the factory to 60 cars a week by 1914.

  Touring car · 1913–1914

• Daewoo LeMans

  Daewoo's first nameplate — an Opel Kadett E built under licence, sold in North America as the Pontiac LeMans.

  Compact car · 1986–1994

• Daewoo Espero

  Daewoo's first in-house sedan — a Bertone-styled body over the LeMans platform, signalling Daewoo's Italian-design era.

  Mid-size car · 1990–1997

• Daewoo Lanos

  Daewoo's first truly original compact — a Giugiaro-designed subcompact/compact sold worldwide, later built under licence in Ukraine for years after Daewoo's collapse.

  Compact car · 1997–2002

• Daewoo Nubira

  The mid-range of Daewoo's late-1990s original trio — a compact sedan, wagon, and hatchback developed under Dr. Ulrich Bez.

  Compact car · 1997–2002

• Daewoo Leganza

  Daewoo's executive sedan of the late 1990s — a Giugiaro-styled flagship developed in just 30 months, aimed at European and US mid-size buyers.

  Mid-size car · 1997–2002

• Daewoo Matiz

  Daewoo's iconic Italdesign city hatchback — a global bestseller that lived on as the Chevrolet Spark long after the Daewoo brand disappeared.

  City car · 1998–2009

• Daewoo Magnus

  A Daewoo-developed executive sedan that evolved from the Leganza, later facelifted into the Tosca under GM Daewoo.

  Mid-size car · 1999–2006

• Daewoo Lacetti

  The compact successor to the Nubira under GM Daewoo — globally rebadged as the Chevrolet Optra, Suzuki Forenza, and Holden Viva, with the hatchback evolving into the Chevrolet Cruze.

  Compact car · 2002–2011

• Datsun 510

  The 'poor man's BMW' — an advanced rear-drive compact with independent suspension that won back-to-back SCCA Trans-Am championships.

  Compact car · 1968–1973

• Datsun 1200

  Datsun's tiny early-1970s subcompact — the most fuel-efficient car the EPA rated in 1973, and an SCCA champion.

  Subcompact car · 1971–1973

• Datsun B210

  The fuel-crisis-era subcompact that succeeded the 1200 — practical, economical, and a strong seller during the oil shocks.

  Subcompact car · 1973–1978

• Datsun 610

  The successor to the iconic 510 — a slightly larger and more refined mid-decade compact sedan.

  Compact car · 1973–1977

• Datsun 810 / Maxima

  Datsun's upscale mid-size sedan of the late 1970s — the first to carry the Maxima name before the brand became Nissan.

  Mid-size car · 1977–1983

• Datsun Go / Go+

  The short-lived revival Datsun — an ultra-affordable hatchback and MPV for emerging markets, discontinued in 2022.

  Subcompact car · 2014–2022

• De Dion-Bouton La Marquise

  The world's oldest running motor car — a four-seat dos-à-dos steam runabout that won Europe's first automobile race in 1887.

  Steam car · 1884–1884

• De Dion-Bouton Type S

  De Dion-Bouton's first two-cylinder model — a 1,728 cc 12 CV step up from the singles that opened the multi-cylinder era.

  Touring car · 1903–1905

• De Dion-Bouton Type AD

  The first four-cylinder De Dion-Bouton — 2,545 cc, 15 CV — that placed the brand in the growing medium-car touring segment.

  Touring car · 1904–1908

• De Dion-Bouton Type CJ V8

  The first successful mass-produced V8 engine in the world — 6,107 cc, 35 CV — whose design directly inspired the Cadillac V8 of 1914.

  Touring car · 1910–1923

• De Dion-Bouton Type LA

  De Dion-Bouton's final four-cylinder car — a 1,982 cc overhead-valve model that represented the struggling brand's last attempt at the mainstream market.

  Touring car · 1927–1932

• De Dion-Bouton Type LB

  De Dion-Bouton's final straight-eight — a 2,496 cc luxury car that grew to 3 litres but found almost no buyers at its high price.

  Touring car · 1927–1932

• Deepal SL03

  Deepal's founding model — a D-segment liftback sedan available in BEV, EREV, and hydrogen-electric variants, launched July 2022.

  Mid-size car · 2022–present

• Deepal L07

  A tech-focused sister sedan to the SL03, arriving September 2024 with Huawei's full autonomous-driving suite and an AR-HUD display.

  Mid-size car · 2024–present

• Delage DI / DIS / DISS

  Delage's best-selling pre-war model — a 2.1-litre four-cylinder tourer that sold over 10,700 examples and offered genuine performance at accessible prices.

  Touring car · 1923–1927

• Delage 15-S-8

  The supercharged straight-eight that swept the 1927 Grand Prix season and won Delage the title 'World Champion of Car Builders.'

  Grand Prix racing car · 1926–1927

• Delage D8

  Delage's magnificent straight-eight luxury range (1929–1940) — a coachbuilder's canvas owned by kings, emperors and film stars.

  Luxury car · 1929–1940

• Delage D6

  Delage's long-running six-cylinder touring car (1930–1953) — the marque's final production model and a Le Mans podium finisher.

  Luxury car · 1930–1953

• Delahaye Type 145

  The "Million Franc" Grand Prix racer — a 4.5-litre V12 built to win a French government prize and beat the German factory teams, with only four ever built.

  Racing car · 1937–1939

• Delahaye Type 175 / 178 / 180

  Delahaye's ambitious postwar flagship — a 4.5-litre six on a semi-monocoque chassis, offered in three wheelbase lengths, with 107 cars built before persistent quality issues ended production.

  Luxury car · 1948–1951

• Delahaye Type 134 / 134N

  Delahaye's four-cylinder touring car of the 1930s — a more accessible companion to the Type 135, with around 340 examples of the 134N built.

  Touring car · 1933–1940

• Denza Z9 / Z9 GT

  Denza's flagship executive car line — a four-door sedan and five-door shooting-brake GT, targeting the Porsche Panamera and Mercedes S-Class with 952 hp and crab-walk rear steering.

  Executive car · 2024–present

• DeSoto Six

  DeSoto's debut model — the 1929 Six set a US first-year production record of 81,065 cars that stood for 31 years.

  Full-size car · 1929–1936

• DeSoto Airflow

  DeSoto's radical aerodynamic sedan (1934–1936) — a commercial failure that nearly sank the brand but pioneered streamlined design.

  Full-size car · 1934–1936

• DeSoto Airstream

  The conventional companion to the Airflow (1935–1936), rushed out to win back buyers turned off by the streamliner.

  Full-size car · 1935–1936

• DeSoto Custom

  DeSoto's upper postwar series (1946–1952) — six-cylinder cars that included the long-bodied Suburban people-mover.

  Full-size car · 1946–1952

• DeSoto Deluxe

  DeSoto's entry-level postwar series (1946–1952), sharing the L-head six with the costlier Custom.

  Full-size car · 1946–1952

• DeSoto Suburban

  A long-wheelbase eight-passenger DeSoto (1946–1954) — a roomy sedan-wagon hybrid for taxi, livery and large-family use.

  Full-size car · 1946–1954

• DeSoto Firedome

  The car that brought the Hemi V8 to DeSoto — its 276-cubic-inch FireDome V8 (1952) gave the brand eight cylinders again for the first time since 1931.

  Full-size car · 1952–1959

• DeSoto Powermaster

  DeSoto's six-cylinder series of the early 1950s, sold alongside the new Hemi V8 Firedome.

  Full-size car · 1953–1954

• DeSoto Fireflite

  DeSoto's flashy flagship of the Forward Look (1955–1960) — Hemi V8 power under Virgil Exner's finned, jet-age bodywork.

  Full-size car · 1955–1960

• DeSoto Firesweep

  DeSoto's lower-priced V8 (1957–1959), built on shorter Dodge underpinnings to reach down-market.

  Full-size car · 1957–1959

• DeSoto Adventurer

  DeSoto's limited high-performance halo (1956–1960) — a Hemi-powered hardtop that was the brand's answer to the Chrysler 300.

  Full-size car · 1956–1960

• De Tomaso Deauville

  A four-door Ford V8-powered luxury saloon — De Tomaso's unlikely rival to Jaguar and Mercedes-Benz, with 244 produced.

  Luxury sedan · 1971–1985

• Diatto Tipo Unico (12/15–18 CV)

  Diatto's staple pre-war L-head four — a 2-litre family that grew to 2.4 litres and underpinned the company through WWI.

  Touring car · 1910–1922

• Diatto Clément-Bayard Series

  Diatto's founding product line — four- and six-cylinder cars built under Clément-Bayard licence, establishing the marque's early reputation.

  Touring car · 1905–1909

• DKW F-Series (F1–F8)

  Europe's first volume front-wheel-drive cars — transversely mounted two-stroke twins in wood-and-steel bodies, built in Zwickau from 1931 to 1942.

  Compact car · 1931–1942

• DKW Meisterklasse (F89)

  The first DKW built in West Germany after the war — a 684 cc two-cylinder two-stroke revival that put the marque back on the road in 1950.

  Compact car · 1950–1954

• DKW Sonderklasse (F91/F93/F94)

  The three-cylinder step-up — DKW's larger 900 cc Sonderklasse debuted at the 1953 Frankfurt IAA and ran in various forms through 1959.

  Compact car · 1953–1959

• DKW Auto Union 1000

  The one-litre DKW badged under the Auto Union name — a 981 cc three-cylinder two-stroke in sedan, coupé, and cabriolet forms, built from 1957 to 1963.

  Compact car · 1957–1963

• DKW Junior / F11 / F12

  DKW's successful small three-cylinder — the Junior debuted in 1959, evolved into the F11/F12, and became the best-selling small car in West Germany of its era.

  Subcompact car · 1959–1965

• DKW F102

  The last DKW — a modern 1,175 cc three-cylinder two-stroke in a unitary body, whose platform Volkswagen handed to Audi to launch the modern Audi brand.

  Compact car · 1963–1966

• Dodge Coronet

  A long-running Dodge nameplate — full-size in the 1950s, then a 1965–76 mid-size that hosted the original Super Bee.

  Mid-size car · 1949–1976

• Dodge Dart

  Dodge's compact — a long-running 1960–76 A-body (and home of the GTS and Demon) revived as a 2013–16 sedan.

  Compact car · 1960–2016

• Dodge Intrepid

  A cab-forward full-size front-drive sedan of the 1990s–2000s, including the sporty R/T.

  Full-size car · 1993–2004

• Dodge Stratus

  Dodge's mid-size — a cab-forward sedan (1995–2006) and a Mitsubishi-based coupe (2001–2005) with an R/T.

  Mid-size car · 1995–2006

• Dodge Avenger

  A 1995–2000 sport coupe and a separate 2008–2014 mid-size sedan, both wearing the Avenger name.

  Mid-size car · 1995–2014

• Dodge Neon

  Dodge's friendly 1990s–2000s compact — coupe and sedan — and home of the turbocharged 230-hp SRT-4.

  Compact car · 1995–2005

• Dodge Caliber

  A tall five-door compact hatchback that replaced the Neon, including the turbocharged SRT4.

  Compact car · 2007–2012

• Dodge Polara

  Dodge's full-size car of the 1960s and early '70s, offered with big-block V8 power.

  Full-size car · 1960–1973

• Dodge Monaco

  Dodge's full-size flagship (1965–77), famous as a police car, briefly revived as a 1990–92 sedan.

  Full-size car · 1965–1992

• Dongfeng Aeolus S30

  The first Fengshen/Aeolus production car — a compact A-class sedan that launched Dongfeng's own passenger-vehicle brand in 2009.

  Compact car · 2009–2017

• Dongfeng Aeolus H30

  A compact hatchback (and its raised H30 Cross variant) that broadened Aeolus beyond the S30 sedan in the early 2010s.

  Compact car · 2011–2017

• Dongfeng Aeolus Yixuan

  Aeolus's modern compact sedan, launched 2019 — available in petrol and fully electric (Yixuan EV) guises.

  Compact car · 2019–present

• DS Automobiles DS 3

  DS Automobiles' entry-level model and founding nameplate — a fashion-forward compact that began as a Citroën DS3 hatchback in 2009 and is now an all-electric crossover.

  Subcompact car · 2009–present

• DS Automobiles DS 4

  DS Automobiles' compact premium model — launched as the Citroën DS4 in 2010, discontinued in 2018, then relaunched as an all-new plug-in hybrid hatchback/crossover in 2021.

  Compact car · 2010–present

• DS Automobiles DS 5

  DS Automobiles' aviation-inspired shooting-brake hatchback — the first DS to offer a hybrid drivetrain, and the brand's early flagship, discontinued in 2018.

  Compact executive car · 2011–2018

• DS Automobiles DS 9

  DS Automobiles' executive sedan flagship — a long, elegant plug-in hybrid saloon on PSA's EMP2 platform, competing in the premium D-segment.

  Executive car · 2020–present

• Duesenberg Model A

  Duesenberg's first road car (1921–1926) — the first series-production American car with a straight-eight engine and four-wheel hydraulic brakes.

  Luxury car · 1921–1926

• Duesenberg Model X

  An ultra-rare larger derivative of the Model A (1926–1927) — only about a dozen built before the Model J replaced it.

  Luxury car · 1926–1927

• Duesenberg Model J

  The legendary Model J (introduced 1928) — a 265-hp DOHC straight-eight on a coachbuilt chassis, the most magnificent American car of the Classic era.

  Luxury car · 1928–1937

• Durant A-22

  The four-cylinder car that launched Durant Motors in 1921 — 35 hp, Continental-engined, priced to undercut Chevrolet.

  Full-size car · 1921–1926

• Durant B-22

  Durant's first six-cylinder car — a 70 hp, longer-wheelbase companion to the four-cylinder A-22, offered 1922–1924.

  Full-size car · 1922–1924

• Durant Second-Series Four-Cylinder

  The revived Durant four-cylinder (1928–1932) — M2 and M4 in 1928, the 4-40 in 1929, the 407 through 1932 — as the Depression closed in.

  Full-size car · 1928–1932

• Durant Second-Series Six-Cylinder

  A family of numerically coded Durant sixes (1928–1932) — the 55, 6-60, 6-65, 6-75, and later the 610–619 range — offering buyers a step above the four-cylinder.

  Full-size car · 1928–1932

• Eagle Vision

  Eagle's cab-forward LH-platform sport sedan (1993–1997) — the brand's mainstream flagship, sister to the Chrysler Concorde and Dodge Intrepid.

  Full-size car · 1993–1997

• Eagle Premier

  The AMC/Renault-developed full-size sedan (1988–1992) — Giugiaro-styled, and the platform ancestor of Chrysler's cab-forward LH cars.

  Full-size car · 1988–1992

• Eagle Medallion

  A rebadged Renault 21 imported from France, Eagle-badged for 1989 — among the first cars to wear the Eagle badge after the AMC purchase.

  Mid-size car · 1989–1989

• Eagle Summit

  Eagle's entry-level captive import (1989–1996) — a rebadged Mitsubishi Mirage and sibling of the Dodge/Plymouth Colt.

  Subcompact car · 1989–1996

• Edsel Ranger

  The entry-level Edsel and the only nameplate to survive all three model years (1958–1960).

  Full-size car · 1958–1960

• Edsel Pacer

  The upper junior Edsel for 1958 — Ford-based, including a convertible, and offered for one year only.

  Full-size car · 1958–1958

• Edsel Corsair

  The Mercury-based Edsel of 1958 that became the surviving flagship for 1959 before the line was discontinued.

  Full-size car · 1958–1959

• Edsel Citation

  The top-of-the-line 1958 Edsel — Mercury-based, with Edsel's largest V8 and the push-button Teletouch transmission.

  Full-size car · 1958–1958

• Efini MS-8

  The only model unique to ɛ̃fini — a four-door hardtop luxury sedan with frameless windows, panoramic sunroof, and a driver-focused interior unlike anything else in Mazda's 1990s lineup.

  Luxury sedan · 1992–1997

• Efini MS-9

  ɛ̃fini's flagship four-door hardtop — a rebadged Mazda Sentia with rear-wheel drive and V6 power, representing the brand's halo luxury offering at launch.

  Full-size sedan · 1991–1993

• EMW EMW 340

  The volume model of EMW — a modernised pre-war BMW 326 derivative, 21,250 built from 1949 to 1955.

  Saloon · 1949–1955

• Essex Four

  The original Essex — an affordable four-cylinder car (from 1919) whose low-priced 1922 closed coach helped end the open-touring era.

  Touring car · 1919–1924

• Essex Six

  Essex's six-cylinder line from 1924 — the volume car that, badged 'Super Six,' lifted Essex to third in US sales by 1929.

  Six-cylinder car · 1924–1932

• Essex Challenger

  The 1930 Essex Challenger — a restyled six on a lower, stronger chassis with an enlarged engine, launched into a collapsing market.

  Six-cylinder car · 1930–1930

• Essex Pacemaker

  The final 1932 Essex — sold as the Pacemaker (Super-Six) just as the new lighter Terraplane arrived to replace the name entirely.

  Six-cylinder car · 1932–1932

• Eunos Eunos Presso

  A compact 2+2 sports coupe sold in Japan under the Eunos badge — known in export markets as the Mazda MX-3, notable for housing the world's smallest V6 engine.

  Compact car · 1991–1993

• Eunos Eunos 500

  A sleek compact executive sedan sold in Japan and Australia as the Eunos 500, and in Europe as the Mazda Xedos 6 — notable for V6 power in a compact luxury package.

  Compact executive car · 1992–1996

• Eunos Eunos 800

  Eunos's flagship luxury sedan — sold in Europe as the Mazda Xedos 9 and in North America as the Mazda Millenia, with the Miller-cycle 800M variant the world's first production Miller-cycle car.

  Executive car · 1993–1996

• Facel Vega Excellence

  Facel Vega's only four-door model (1958–1964) — a pillarless, fin-tailed Chrysler-powered luxury saloon of which just 156 were built.

  Luxury car · 1958–1964

• Faraday Future FFZERO1

  Faraday Future's debut — a 1,000-hp single-seat concept supercar unveiled at CES 2016, never intended for production.

  Concept car · 2016–2016

• FAW Hongqi CA72

  China's first state limousine — a hand-built V8 sedan made exclusively for Communist Party leadership.

  Full-size luxury car · 1959–1965

• FAW Hongqi CA770

  The iconic Mao-era state limousine — a V8 sedan used by Chinese leaders for fifteen years and produced in fewer than 850 examples.

  Full-size luxury car · 1966–1981

• FAW Hongqi H7

  Hongqi's modern executive sedan — officially designated for minister-level government use, based on Toyota platform technology.

  Executive car · 2013–present

• FAW Hongqi L5

  The most expensive Chinese production car ever sold — a hand-built neo-retro presidential limousine priced at roughly 5 million yuan.

  Full-size luxury car · 2014–present

• FAW Hongqi H9

  Hongqi's flagship luxury sedan for the open market — a Rolls-Royce-influenced full-sizer aimed at Chinese premium buyers.

  Full-size luxury car · 2020–present

• FAW Bestune B70

  FAW's mainstream mid-size sedan — launched in 2006 on the Mazda6 platform, now in its fourth generation on FAW's own FMA architecture.

  Mid-size car · 2006–present

• Fiat 500 (Nuova)

  The Nuova 500 — Fiat's tiny, rear-engined city car that motorized postwar Italy and became a design icon.

  City car · 1957–1975

• Fiat 600

  Fiat's first postwar mass-market car — a rear-engined four-seater that set the template for Italian motoring in the 1950s.

  Subcompact car · 1955–1969

• Fiat 128

  The 1970 European Car of the Year — the compact that pioneered the transverse front-engine/FWD layout adopted by virtually every mainstream manufacturer.

  Compact car · 1969–1985

• Fiat 127

  The 1972 European Car of the Year — the car widely credited with defining the modern supermini and the front-wheel-drive hatchback formula.

  Subcompact car · 1971–1983

• Fiat Panda

  Fiat's durable, utilitarian city car — a Giugiaro design icon that's been in continuous production since 1980.

  City car · 1980–present

• Fiat Uno

  The 1984 European Car of the Year — a Giugiaro-penned supermini that became one of the eight most-produced car platforms in history.

  Subcompact car · 1983–1995

• Fiat Punto

  The 1995 European Car of the Year — Fiat's successor supermini to the Uno, sold for 25 years and nearly nine million units.

  Subcompact car · 1993–2018

• Fiat 500 (modern)

  The retro-revival 500 — a 2008 European Car of the Year that reinvented Fiat's icon as a modern, customisable city car.

  City car · 2007–present

• Fiat 500e (electric)

  Fiat's purpose-built electric 500 — a new platform (not a conversion) launched in Europe in 2020, returning to the US for 2024.

  City car · 2020–present

• Fisker Karma

  Fisker's striking plug-in-hybrid luxury sedan (2011–2012) — about 2,450 built before the company collapsed.

  Luxury sedan · 2011–2012

• FN Typ 30-40

  FN's first prestige tourer — a large four-cylinder car patronised by the Belgian Royal Family and the Shah of Persia.

  Touring car · 1905–1914

• FN Typ 1300

  FN's most successful model — a refined 1327 cc overhead-valve four with four-wheel brakes, built in ~2,200 examples and raced to class wins at the Spa 24 Hours.

  Touring car · 1923–1933

• FN 1625 (11CV)

  FN's final production car — an enlarged 1625 cc four praised for sporty character, and the basis for the royal Prince Baudouin and Prince Albert saloons.

  Saloon · 1930–1935

• Ford Model T

  The car that put the world on wheels — the first affordable, mass-produced automobile.

  Automobile · 1908–1927

• Ford Model A

  The much-improved successor to the Model T, with a modern engine and conventional controls.

  Automobile · 1927–1931

• Ford Thunderbird

  Ford's personal luxury car — from 1950s two-seat convertible to retro 2002–2005 roadster.

  Personal luxury car · 1955–2005

  51 model years

• Ford Falcon

  Ford's first compact — a simple, economical sedan whose platform spawned the Mustang.

  Compact car · 1960–1970

• Ford Fairlane

  A long-running Ford nameplate that moved from full-size in the 1950s to mid-size muscle in the 1960s.

  Mid-size car · 1955–1970

• Ford Galaxie

  Ford's full-size flagship of the 1960s, prominent in NASCAR and available with big-block V8s.

  Full-size car · 1959–1974

• Ford Torino

  Ford's intermediate muscle and NASCAR homologation car of the late-'60s and '70s.

  Mid-size car · 1968–1976

• Ford LTD

  Ford's full-size luxury nameplate, later applied to the mid-size LTD II and downsized models.

  Full-size car · 1965–1986

• Ford Granada

  A compact, Mercedes-styled Ford of the late 1970s marketed on European-flavored refinement.

  Compact car · 1975–1982

• Ford Pinto

  Ford's 1970s subcompact — a sales success later infamous for its fuel-tank controversy.

  Subcompact car · 1971–1980

• Ford Maverick (classic)

  The original 1970s Maverick — a simple, Falcon-based compact sedan and coupe.

  Compact car · 1970–1977

• Ford Escort

  Ford's front-drive compact 'world car' of the 1980s–90s, including the hot ZX2 and rally GT.

  Compact car · 1981–2003

• Ford Tempo

  An aerodynamic front-drive compact of the 1980s, an early showcase for Ford's 'aero' look.

  Compact car · 1984–1994

• Ford Festiva

  A tiny, economical subcompact hatchback, built by Kia and sold by Ford in North America.

  Subcompact car · 1988–1993

• Ford Aspire

  Ford's mid-1990s entry-level subcompact, successor to the Festiva.

  Subcompact car · 1994–1997

• Ford Contour

  A 'world car' compact sedan with a available V6 and a hot SVT Contour performance variant.

  Compact car · 1995–2000

• Ford Focus

  Ford's global compact, including the hot-hatch ST and the all-wheel-drive RS.

  Compact car · 2000–2018

• Ford Fiesta

  Ford's subcompact — a 1970s import, revived for 2011 with the acclaimed Fiesta ST hot hatch.

  Subcompact car · 1978–2019

• Ford Taurus

  The aero-styled sedan that reshaped the American family car, plus the high-performance SHO.

  Mid-size car · 1986–2019

• Ford Fusion

  Ford's well-regarded mid-size sedan of the 2000s–2010s, with hybrid, Energi PHEV, and Sport models.

  Mid-size car · 2006–2020

• Ford Crown Victoria

  The body-on-frame V8 'Panther' sedan beloved by police fleets and taxi operators.

  Full-size car · 1992–2011

• Ford Five Hundred

  A short-lived full-size sedan, later renamed and continued as the sixth-generation Taurus.

  Full-size car · 2005–2007

• FPV GT

  FPV's V8 flagship sedan — 290 kW at launch, growing to 351 kW in its final year as the definitive Australian muscle car.

  Full-size car · 2003–2014

• FPV F6

  FPV's turbocharged inline-six performance sedan — lighter and arguably faster than the GT through the corners, with 270–310 kW from Ford's Barra engine.

  Full-size car · 2004–2014

• Franklin Series 11

  The 1925 De Causse-styled Franklin that adopted a sham 'dummy radiator' to look like a conventional water-cooled car.

  Luxury car · 1925–1927

• Franklin Airman

  Franklin's headline air-cooled line, named for Charles Lindbergh's 1927 air-cooled transatlantic flight.

  Luxury car · 1928–1934

• Franklin Olympic

  A lower-priced Franklin built on a Reo Flying Cloud body, a last bid for sales as the Depression bit.

  Luxury car · 1933–1934

• Franklin Twelve

  The world's only production air-cooled V12 — Franklin's grand, ill-timed Depression-era flagship.

  Luxury car · 1932–1934

• Frazer Frazer

  The marque's standard full-size four-door sedan (1947–1951) — a roomy, slab-sided postwar Kaiser-Frazer on a 123.5-inch wheelbase.

  Full-size car · 1947–1951

• Frazer Manhattan

  Frazer's top luxury line (1947–1951) — richer trim over the standard sedan, and the source of the rare 1951 four-door convertible.

  Full-size car · 1947–1951

• Frazer Vagabond

  A 1951-only utility/hatchback sedan — a sedan-wagon hybrid with a fold-down rear seat and dual liftgate, an early forerunner of the modern hatchback.

  Full-size car · 1951–1951

• Frazer Nash Le Mans Replica

  The car that put post-war Frazer Nash on the map — named for its third place at Le Mans in 1949, with around 34–50 examples built on a Bristol-engined BMW 328 lineage.

  Sports racing car · 1949–1953

• Frazer Nash Targa Florio

  Named for Franco Cortese's 1951 Targa Florio victory in a Frazer Nash — 15 examples built with a new parallel-tube chassis and full-width alloy body.

  Sports racing car · 1952–1954

• Frazer Nash Sebring

  Frazer Nash's final model — introduced in 1954 to replace the Le Mans Replica as the competition flagship, with only 3 examples built before the marque ceased production in 1957.

  Sports racing car · 1954–1957

• FSM Syrena 105

  The final generation of Poland's home-grown Syrena — a 2-stroke three-cylinder saloon produced at FSM in Bielsko-Biała until June 1983.

  Compact car · 1972–1983

• FSM Polski Fiat 126p

  Poland's most beloved car — the air-cooled rear-engine 'maluch' built under Fiat licence from 1973, eventually totalling over 3.3 million units across both FSM plants.

  City car · 1973–1992

• FSM Polski Fiat 126 BIS

  A significantly re-engineered 126 variant with a water-cooled front engine and hatchback tailgate — 190,361 units built at Bielsko-Biała between 1987 and 1991.

  City car · 1987–1991

• FSM Cinquecento

  The modern successor to the 126p — launched at Tychy in June 1991 under the FSM badge before the May 1992 privatisation handed production to Fiat Auto Poland.

  City car · 1991–1992

• FSO Warszawa

  Poland's first postwar mass-produced car — a Soviet Pobeda-based saloon, built 1951–1973 in 254,471 units.

  Compact car · 1951–1973

• FSO Syrena

  FSO's own-design two-stroke two-door — Poland's first domestically conceived small car, made 1957–1972 at Żerań (then 1972–1983 at FSM).

  Subcompact car · 1957–1972

• FSO Polski Fiat 125p

  Poland's most-produced car — a Fiat 125-bodied compact built under licence for 24 years, 1,445,689 units.

  Compact car · 1967–1991

• FSO Polonez

  FSO's own-platform hatchback, styled by Giugiaro — over 1 million built across 25 years, 1978–2002.

  Compact car · 1978–2002

• FSO FSO Lanos

  The Daewoo Lanos built at Żerań — Poland's high-volume compact of the Daewoo era, sold as FSO Lanos from 2005.

  Compact car · 1998–2008

• FSO Chevrolet Aveo

  The last car assembled by FSO — a GM-licensed Chevrolet Aveo built in Warsaw 2007–2011.

  Subcompact car · 2007–2011

• GAC Trumpchi Empow

  Trumpchi's sporty compact sedan — a performance-oriented alternative to GAC's conservative GA-series saloons.

  Compact car · 2021–present

• GAC Aion S

  GAC Aion's inaugural electric sedan — the model that established the Aion brand and became one of China's top-selling EVs.

  Electric car · 2019–present

• Gardner Four-Cylinder

  Gardner's founding model — a Lycoming-powered four on a 112-inch wheelbase, introduced late 1919 and discontinued after 1924 as the company moved to sixes and eights.

  Touring car · 1920–1924

• Gardner Series Six

  Gardner's six-cylinder line — introduced in 1925 alongside the eight-cylinder models, paused while eights dominated 1928–1929, then returned as the Depression-era mainstay for 1930–1931.

  Full-size car · 1925–1931

• Gardner Series Eight

  Gardner's straight-eight prestige line — Series 75 through 150, all Lycoming-powered — the marque's most celebrated cars and its sole US offering from 1928 to 1929.

  Full-size car · 1925–1931

• GAZ GAZ-A

  The Gorky plant's first passenger car — a Soviet-built Ford Model A derivative that inaugurated GAZ in 1932.

  Sedan · 1932–1936

• GAZ GAZ-M1

  The 'Emka' — the Soviet Union's standard government and staff car of the late 1930s and World War II era.

  Sedan · 1936–1943

• GAZ GAZ-M20 Pobeda

  The 'Victory' sedan — the Soviet Union's first fully indigenous, modern post-war passenger car, and a milestone of Soviet engineering.

  Sedan · 1946–1958

• GAZ GAZ Volga

  The Volga — the Soviet Union's most iconic executive sedan, produced across multiple generations from 1956 to 2010.

  Executive car · 1956–2010

• GAZ GAZ Chaika

  The 'Seagull' — GAZ's opulent government limousine, one step below the ZIL, reserved for senior Soviet officials.

  Luxury car · 1959–1988

• GAZ Volga Siber

  GAZ's last-ever passenger car — a Chrysler Sebring-based sedan that lasted only three model years before the 2008 financial crisis killed it.

  Mid-size car · 2008–2010

• Geely Haoqing

  Geely's very first car — a Daihatsu Charade-inspired subcompact that launched China's first privately-owned automaker.

  Subcompact car · 1998–2006

• Geely Panda (LC)

  A boxy, budget city hatchback (also sold as the Gleagle Panda and LC) — Geely's volume entry-level car and China's first domestically developed 5-star NCAP compact.

  Subcompact car · 2008–2016

• Geely Emgrand EC7

  The sedan that put Geely on the map — China's bestselling domestic car as of 2015, and Geely's first major export success.

  Compact car · 2009–2014

• Geely Emgrand

  Geely's long-running compact sedan and its all-time bestseller — over 3.8 million sold globally across five generations.

  Compact car · 2014–present

• Geely Borui (GC9)

  Geely's Volvo-influenced flagship sedan — the first product of its 'new era' design under Peter Horbury, former Volvo design chief.

  Mid-size car · 2015–present

• Genesis G80

  Genesis's mid-size luxury flagship — the G80 evolved from the Hyundai Genesis sedan into a fully realized luxury car across two distinctive generations.

  Mid-size luxury car · 2017–present

• Genesis G90

  Genesis's ultra-luxury flagship sedan — the G90 was the brand's first model and a direct replacement for the Hyundai Equus.

  Full-size luxury car · 2017–present

• Genesis G70

  Genesis's entry-level performance sedan — the G70 won 2019 North American Car of the Year and established the brand in the competitive compact luxury class.

  Compact luxury car · 2019–present

• Geo Metro

  Geo's Suzuki Swift-based economy car — holder of America's highest mpg rating for several consecutive years, including the legendary 58-mpg-highway XFi.

  Subcompact car · 1989–1997

• Geo Prizm

  A Toyota Corolla/Sprinter twin built at the GM–Toyota NUMMI plant — Geo's most reliable model and one of GM's best-kept open secrets.

  Compact car · 1989–1997

• Geo Spectrum

  A one-year carryover Isuzu Gemini-based subcompact sold as a Geo for 1989 only before being replaced by the Storm.

  Subcompact car · 1989–1989

• Ghia Dual-Ghia

  An ultra-exclusive Chrysler-based convertible hand-built in Detroit and Turin — only 117 made, owned by Sinatra, Dean Martin, and Desi Arnaz.

  Luxury car · 1956–1958

• Ghia Ghia L6.4

  Ghia's ultra-bespoke Chrysler-powered coupe — only 26 built at $13,500 each, with Frank Sinatra, Lucille Ball, and Dean Martin among the owners.

  Luxury car · 1960–1963

• Ghia Chrysler–Ghia Show Cars

  A decade-long parade of Chrysler dream cars hand-built by Ghia in Turin under Virgil Exner — 24 of Chrysler's 28 postwar Idea Cars came from Ghia.

  Concept car · 1951–1963

• Ghia Lincoln Futura

  A single Ford-commissioned concept built by Ghia in 1955 — the bubble-top show car that George Barris later converted into the 1966 TV Batmobile.

  Concept car · 1955–1955

• Glas 1004 / 1204 / 1304

  The world's first production car with a toothed rubber cam-belt driving an overhead camshaft — a landmark engineering step introduced in 1962.

  Compact car · 1962–1968

• GM Korea Spark / Matiz

  GM Korea's long-running micro-car — born as the Daewoo Matiz in 1998 and sold globally as the Chevrolet Spark until 2022.

  City car · 1998–2022

• GM Korea Aveo / Sonic (Kalos / Gentra)

  GM Korea's B-segment subcompact — launched as the Daewoo Kalos in 2002, then sold worldwide as the Chevrolet Aveo and later Sonic.

  Subcompact car · 2002–2020

• GM Korea Lanos

  A Giugiaro-designed compact hatchback and sedan — Daewoo's global small car before GM's 2002 takeover.

  Compact car · 1997–2002

• GM Korea Nubira

  Daewoo's C-segment compact sedan, hatchback, and wagon of the late 1990s — replaced by the Lacetti under GM Daewoo.

  Compact car · 1997–2002

• GM Korea Lacetti / Cruze

  GM Korea's global compact breakthrough — the Lacetti became the Chevrolet Cruze, one of GM's best-selling world cars.

  Compact car · 2002–2019

• GM Korea Magnus / Tosca

  GM Korea's mid-size D-segment sedan through the Daewoo era — the Magnus (2000–2005) replaced by the Tosca (2005–2011).

  Mid-size car · 2000–2011

• GM Korea Malibu (Korea)

  The globally engineered Chevrolet Malibu built at GM Korea's Bupyeong plant — Korea was actually the first market to receive the 8th-generation car.

  Mid-size car · 2011–2022

• Goliath 1100

  Goliath's final and most ambitious model — a modern 1094 cc four-stroke compact that was rebadged Hansa 1100 in late 1958.

  Small family car · 1957–1958

• Graham-Paige Graham-Paige (1928–1930 Models)

  The debut Graham-Paige range — sixes and an eight with four-wheel hydraulic brakes that drove a record first-year run of 73,195 cars.

  Full-size car · 1928–1930

• Graham-Paige Graham Blue Streak

  Amos Northup's streamlined 1932 design — skirted fenders, a raked grille and 'banjo' frame — widely cited as one of the most influential car shapes of the 1930s.

  Full-size car · 1932–1935

• Graham-Paige Graham Supercharged Eight

  America's first moderately priced supercharged car — a Kishline-designed crankshaft-driven blower on Graham's straight eight, from 1934.

  Full-size car · 1934–1936

• Graham-Paige Graham Cavalier

  Graham's mid-range six of the later 1930s, offered alongside (and with) the company's supercharger as the eights were phased out.

  Full-size car · 1935–1939

• Graham-Paige Graham Spirit of Motion (Sharknose)

  The forward-leaning 'Sharknose' Graham — daring Amos Northup styling that won a Paris Concours but flopped with buyers.

  Full-size car · 1938–1940

• Graham-Paige Graham Hollywood

  Graham's last car — a supercharged sedan built on the old Cord 810/812 body dies, a final gamble that arrived too late to save the company.

  Full-size car · 1940–1941

• Great Wall Motors Ora Good Cat (Funky Cat)

  GWM's retro-styled compact EV — sold as the Good Cat in China and the Funky Cat or GWM Ora 03 in export markets.

  Compact electric car · 2020–present

• Gurgel BR-800

  Brazil's first wholly domestically engineered automobile — unveiled on Brazilian Independence Day 1987, powered by Gurgel's own bi-cylinder Enertron engine.

  City car · 1988–1992

• Gurgel Supermini

  The improved successor to the BR-800 — better finished, more powerful, and stronger, produced until Gurgel's bankruptcy in 1994.

  City car · 1992–1994

• Hanomag 2/10 PS "Kommissbrot"

  Germany's most fuel-efficient mass-production car of the interwar years — a 370 kg, rear-engined single-cylinder microcar nicknamed 'Army Bread' for its rounded shape.

  Economy car · 1925–1928

• Hanomag Garant

  Hanomag's Depression-era 1.1-litre small car — sold so well it required two-shift production and helped the company survive the early 1930s.

  Small family car · 1932–1938

• Hanomag Rekord

  One of the first mass-produced cars offered with a diesel engine — Hanomag's 1.5/1.9-litre mid-sizer sold 19,104 units and set a diesel speed record on the Reichsautobahn.

  Mid-size car · 1933–1940

• Hanomag 1.3 Litre

  Hanomag's technically advanced final passenger car — a unitary-body two-door saloon whose structure was studied by Volvo engineers and influenced the PV444.

  Small family car · 1939–1941

• Hansa Treff-Aß

  The sole Hansa-Lloyd passenger car of the early 1920s — a robust four-cylinder tourer on pre-war mechanicals.

  Touring car · 1920–1925

• Hansa Trumpf-Aß

  Hansa-Lloyd's prestige straight-eight luxury car of the late 1920s — as technically ambitious as anything built in Germany at the time.

  Luxury car · 1925–1931

• Hansa Hansa 1100

  The Borgward group's breakthrough small car — an all-steel, independently sprung four-cylinder saloon that brought modern construction to the German compact segment.

  Small family car · 1934–1939

• Hansa Hansa 1700

  A six-cylinder companion to the 1100, including a twin-carburettor sports variant, giving the Borgward-era Hansa range an upper tier.

  Mid-size car · 1934–1937

• Hansa Hansa 2000

  The final mainstream Hansa passenger car — a six-cylinder saloon that transitioned to Borgward badging from 1939.

  Mid-size car · 1938–1939

• Haynes Haynes-Apperson

  The flat-twin Brass Era cars built by Haynes and the Apperson brothers (~1896–1905) — among the first commercially produced automobiles in the United States.

  Brass Era touring car · 1896–1905

• Haynes Light Six

  Haynes' long-running six-cylinder car, advertised as 'America's Greatest Light Six' from 1914 — the marque's volume model through to its 1924 collapse.

  Touring car · 1914–1924

• Haynes Light Twelve

  Haynes' V12 (1916–1922) — one of the first American twelve-cylinder production cars, with a 5.8-liter 60-degree V12; fewer than ~650 built.

  Luxury car · 1916–1922

• Haynes Model 75

  A late Haynes six-cylinder flagship (1922) — a 300-cubic-inch L-head six rated at 75 hp on a 132-inch wheelbase, priced $2,485–$3,485.

  Luxury car · 1922–1922

• Healey Elliott Saloon

  A streamlined closed-body companion to the Westland — the fastest production closed car in the world when introduced in 1948.

  Sports saloon · 1946–1950

• Healey Tickford Saloon

  The more refined successor to the Elliott — a 2-door, 4-seater sports saloon on Healey's improved chassis with Girling brakes.

  Sports saloon · 1950–1954

• Henry J Henry J

  Kaiser-Frazer's stripped-down two-door compact sedan (1950–1954) — powered by Willys four- and six-cylinder engines and priced around $1,300 to reach first-time new-car buyers.

  Compact car · 1950–1954

• Hillman Minx

  Hillman's mainstream family car for nearly four decades — the volume backbone of the Rootes range from 1931 to 1970.

  Saloon · 1931–1970

• Hillman Imp

  Hillman's rear-engined small car — a technically ambitious Mini rival built at a new factory in Linwood, Scotland.

  Economy car · 1963–1976

• Hillman Hunter

  Hillman's mid-size 'Arrow' saloon — a conventional, durable family car that famously won the 1968 London–Sydney Marathon.

  Saloon · 1966–1979

• Hillman Avenger

  Hillman's last all-new model — a compact, conventional Escort/Viva rival, the first and only car fully developed under Chrysler ownership.

  Saloon · 1970–1981

• Hillman Super Minx

  A larger companion to the Minx — a slightly bigger, more upmarket Rootes family car of the 1960s.

  Saloon · 1961–1967

• Hillman Wizard

  An ambitious early-1930s six-cylinder Hillman that arrived just as the Depression squeezed its market.

  Saloon · 1931–1933

• Hindustan Motors Ambassador

  India's most iconic car — a Morris Oxford III licensed in 1957 and refined over six decades into a national symbol.

  Compact car · 1957–2014

• Hindustan Motors Contessa

  India's answer to the European executive car — a Vauxhall VX-derived rear-drive saloon that became a cult 'muscle car' icon.

  Executive car · 1984–2002

• Hindustan Motors Hindustan 10

  Hindustan Motors' founding product — an assembled Morris 10 that launched the company's production era in 1948.

  Compact car · 1948–1954

• Hino Renault 4CV (Hino-built)

  Hino's first passenger car — a Renault 4CV built under French license, Japan's earliest large-scale domestically assembled car.

  Subcompact car · 1953–1963

• Hino Contessa

  Hino's own rear-engined small car — a 900cc then 1300cc sedan and coupé, the 1300 coupé penned by Giovanni Michelotti.

  Subcompact car · 1961–1968

• HiPhi HiPhi Z

  A five-door electric shooting brake with a 4,000-LED 'Star Ring' door display and a 120 kWh battery — HiPhi's second production model.

  Electric car · 2023–2024

• Holden 48-215 (FX / FJ)

  The first car wholly manufactured in Australia — launched by Prime Minister Chifley on 29 November 1948 to national celebration.

  Full-size car · 1948–1956

• Holden Kingswood

  Holden's mainstream family car of the late 1960s and 1970s, sold in HK through HZ form until the Commodore took over.

  Full-size car · 1968–1980

• Holden Torana

  Holden's compact of the late 1960s and 1970s — a lightweight Bathurst legend, especially the GTR XU-1.

  Compact car · 1967–1980

• Holden Commodore

  Holden's defining model — Australia's best-selling car for decades, built locally from 1978 to 2017, and the basis of the HSV performance line.

  Mid-size car · 1978–2020

• Holden Gemini

  Holden's compact of the late 1970s and 1980s — the Australian version of the Isuzu Gemini / GM T-car platform.

  Compact car · 1975–1987

• Holden Camira

  Holden's first front-wheel-drive car — the Australian J-car, replaced by the Holden Apollo (rebadged Toyota Camry) in 1989.

  Mid-size car · 1982–1989

• Honda Civic

  Honda's compact icon — in US sale since 1973, eleven generations deep, with celebrated Si and Type R variants.

  Compact car · 1973–present

  54 model years

• Honda Accord

  Honda's perennial best-selling mid-size car — the first Japanese car built in the US (Ohio, 1982).

  Mid-size car · 1976–present

• Honda Insight

  Honda's hybrid pioneer — the first hybrid sold in the US (2000), later a hatchback and then a sedan.

  Hybrid car · 2000–2022

• Honda Clarity

  Honda's alternative-fuel sedan line — fuel-cell, plug-in-hybrid, and battery-electric versions (2017–2021).

  Mid-size car · 2017–2021

• Honda Fit

  Honda's space-efficient subcompact hatchback (US 2007–2020), praised for its versatile 'Magic Seat'.

  Subcompact car · 2007–2020

• Hongqi CA72

  Hongqi's founding model — a handcrafted V8 state sedan introduced in 1958 for China's Communist Party leadership.

  Full-size luxury car · 1958–1965

• Hongqi CA770

  The great Mao-era state limousine — a V8 flagship built exclusively for Chinese government use, around 1,600 produced in total.

  Full-size luxury car · 1966–1981

• Hongqi CA7220

  Hongqi's 1990s revival sedan — an Audi 100-based executive car that brought the Red Flag name back to commercial production.

  Mid-size car · 1996–2005

• Hongqi L5

  China's current state limousine — an imposing handcrafted flagship unveiled in 2013 and the personal presidential vehicle of Xi Jinping.

  Full-size luxury car · 2014–present

• Hongqi H5

  Hongqi's mainstream executive sedan — launched in 2018 on a Mazda 6 platform and a key driver of the brand's commercial revival.

  Mid-size car · 2018–present

• Hongqi H9

  Hongqi's flagship production sedan — a rear-drive, V6-or-turbo luxury car that targets the Mercedes E-Class and S-Class at Chinese prices.

  Full-size luxury car · 2020–present

• Horch Early Touring Cars

  Horch's pre-eight-cylinder era: twin- and six-cylinder tourers that established the brand as Germany's quality luxury builder.

  Touring car · 1901–1925

• Horch Horch 8

  Germany's first production straight-eight (1926–1935) — debuted as the Type 303 and grew into a full range of large-displacement luxury tourers.

  Luxury car · 1926–1935

• Horch Horch 830

  Horch's V8-powered mid-range luxury line (1933–1940) — more accessible than the straight-eight flagships, yet still a prestige car favoured by officials and officers.

  Luxury car · 1933–1940

• Horch Horch 853

  Horch's ultimate pre-war flagship (1935–1940) — a 5-litre straight-eight sport cabriolet that is today among the most coveted German classics.

  Luxury car · 1935–1940

• Hotchkiss AM Series

  Hotchkiss's defining interwar single-model — a 2.4-litre four that sold over a thousand units a year and won the Monte Carlo Rally three times in a row.

  Touring car · 1923–1932

• Hotchkiss Anjou

  Hotchkiss's last traditional model — a handsome four-door saloon on the 686 chassis, offered with a four-cylinder or six-cylinder engine.

  Luxury car · 1950–1954

• Hotchkiss Hotchkiss-Grégoire

  A radical front-wheel-drive unitary saloon — a fascinating technical dead-end of which only 247 were built before costs ended production.

  Compact car · 1951–1952

• HSV ClubSport

  HSV's entry-level and highest-volume performance sedan — the ClubSport ran continuously from 1990 to 2017 on every Commodore platform.

  Sports sedan · 1990–2017

• HSV GTS

  HSV's flagship performance sedan — the highest-powered, most track-focused Commodore-based car in the range.

  Sports sedan · 1992–2017

• HSV Senator

  HSV's performance-luxury sedan based on the Holden Berlina and Calais — combining V8 muscle with a more refined interior than the ClubSport.

  Luxury sports sedan · 1992–2017

• HSV Grange

  HSV's ultimate luxury flagship — a high-performance take on the long-wheelbase Holden Statesman and Caprice.

  Luxury sedan · 1997–2016

• HSV W427

  A hand-built 7.0-litre V8 super-sedan — only 137 produced, making it the rarest and most collectible HSV sedan of the VE era.

  Sports sedan · 2008–2009

• Hudson Hornet

  Hudson's famous 'step-down' performance car (1951–1957) — the 'Fabulous Hudson Hornet' that dominated early-1950s NASCAR.

  Full-size car · 1951–1957

• Hudson Commodore

  Hudson's senior full-size line of the 1940s–50s — the upscale companion to the Hornet on the step-down body.

  Full-size car · 1941–1952

• Hudson Wasp

  A shorter-wheelbase step-down Hudson (1952–1956) slotted below the Hornet, sharing its handling pedigree.

  Full-size car · 1952–1956

• Hudson Jet

  Hudson's ill-fated compact (1953–1954) — a sound car whose high tooling cost helped sink the independent.

  Compact car · 1953–1954

• Hudson Super Six

  The 1916 Super Six — its balanced-crankshaft straight-six made Hudson a technical leader and set a 24-hour speed record.

  Full-size car · 1916–1928

• Hudson Terraplane

  Hudson's light, fast, value-priced Depression-era brand (1932–1938) — launched with help from Amelia Earhart.

  Full-size car · 1932–1938

• Hudson Essex

  Hudson's affordable companion brand (1919–1932) whose low-priced closed coach helped put a roof over the average buyer.

  Full-size car · 1919–1932

• Humber Humber Snipe

  Humber's large 1930s saloon — a well-built, dignified car whose chassis underpinned the first Super Snipe and which served the British military in WWII.

  Large car · 1930–1940

• Humber Humber Hawk

  Humber's four-cylinder mainstay — a roomy, well-appointed family/executive saloon, restyled as a transatlantic-look unitary car in 1957.

  Large car · 1945–1967

• Humber Humber Super Snipe

  Humber's fast six-cylinder flagship — a famous WWII staff car, later a refined executive saloon with an Armstrong Siddeley-derived six.

  Large car · 1938–1967

• Humber Humber Sceptre

  Humber's last car — a smaller, well-equipped sports saloon: first an upmarket Hillman Super Minx, then a luxury Rootes Arrow before the marque was shelved in 1976.

  Compact executive car · 1963–1976

• Hupmobile Model 32

  The first Hupmobile with an all-steel body (1912–1915) — a genuine industry first shared only with Britain's BSA, years before steel bodies became standard.

  Touring car · 1912–1915

• Hupmobile Model R

  Hupmobile's high-volume four-cylinder mainstay (1917–1925) — over 100,000 built, with four-wheel brakes arriving late in the run before the eight-cylinder Series E replaced it.

  Touring car · 1917–1925

• Hupmobile Series E

  Hupmobile's straight-eight flagship (1925–1928) — the car that took annual production to an all-time record of 65,862 units in 1928.

  Sedan · 1925–1928

• Hupmobile Aerodynamic

  Raymond Loewy's boldly streamlined Hupmobile of 1934–1937 — faired-in headlamps, a three-piece semi-wraparound windshield, and up to 120 hp in eight-cylinder form.

  Sedan · 1934–1937

• Hupmobile Skylark

  Hupmobile's last car (1939–1940) — the Gordon Buehrig-designed Cord 810/812 body fitted to a conventional rear-drive chassis, with only 319 built before the company closed.

  Sedan · 1939–1940

• Hyundai Elantra

  Hyundai's long-running compact — seven generations from 1990 to today, now topped by the performance Elantra N.

  Compact car · 1990–present

  37 model years

• Hyundai Pony

  Hyundai's first mass-produced car — a Giugiaro-styled rear-drive subcompact, never federalized for the US.

  Subcompact car · 1975–1990

• Hyundai Excel

  Hyundai's first US-market car — a cheap, front-drive subcompact that set first-year import sales records.

  Subcompact car · 1986–1994

• Hyundai Sonata

  Hyundai's mid-size sedan and long-time volume leader — from a humble 1989 import to a turbocharged N Line.

  Mid-size car · 1989–present

• Hyundai Accent

  Hyundai's entry-level subcompact, successor to the Excel — a value-priced staple for nearly three decades.

  Subcompact car · 1995–2022

• Hyundai Azera

  Hyundai's near-luxury full-size sedan, slotting above the Sonata as a value flagship.

  Full-size car · 2006–2017

• Hyundai XG350

  An early-2000s near-luxury Hyundai sedan (XG300 then XG350), forerunner to the Azera.

  Full-size car · 2001–2005

• Hyundai Equus

  Hyundai's flagship full-size luxury sedan in the US — later folded into the standalone Genesis marque.

  Full-size luxury car · 2011–2016

• Hyundai Ioniq (hatchback)

  Hyundai's dedicated efficient hatchback — offered as a hybrid, plug-in hybrid, and battery-electric.

  Compact car · 2017–2022

• Hyundai Ioniq 6

  A streamlined electric 'streamliner' sedan on the E-GMP platform, the aerodynamic companion to the Ioniq 5.

  Electric car · 2023–present

• IFA F8

  IFA's first passenger car — a two-cylinder, two-stroke compact directly descended from prewar DKW designs, built at Zwickau from 1948 to 1956.

  Compact car · 1948–1956

• IFA F9

  IFA's three-cylinder compact — a more modern sibling to the F8, using a prewar DKW prototype body and 910 cc engine; its underpinnings went on to underpin the Wartburg 311.

  Compact car · 1950–1956

• Imperia Early Four-Cylinder Series

  Imperia's founding range of four-cylinder tourers — designed by German engineer Paul Henze with engines from 3 to 9.9 litres.

  Touring car · 1906–1920

• Imperia TA-7

  Imperia's small front-wheel-drive compact — a licenced Adler Trumpf with Belgian coachwork, 995 cc, 25 hp.

  Compact car · 1933–1939

• Imperia TA-9 / Diane

  The larger Adler-based Imperia — 1645 cc, 38 hp, front-wheel drive — restyled as the Diane from 1936.

  Mid-size car · 1934–1938

• Imperia TA-8

  Imperia's last original car — a 1340 cc Hotchkiss-engined post-war tourer on an Adler Trumpf Junior chassis; the final Belgian-designed private car.

  Touring car · 1947–1949

• Imperia Standard Vanguard (Imperia-assembled)

  CKD Standard Vanguards assembled in Nessonvaux and badged as Imperia, including a Belgium-only convertible variant.

  Full-size car · 1948–1957

• Imperial Imperial

  Chrysler's flagship luxury car, sold as its own marque across six generations from 1955 to 1975 and again 1981–1983.

  Full-size luxury car · 1955–1983

• Infiniti Q45

  Infiniti's founding flagship — a 278-hp V8 sedan that debuted alongside the brand in 1989 and ran through 2006.

  Full-size luxury car · 1990–2006

• Infiniti G20

  Infiniti's entry-level sedan — a front-drive compact based on the Nissan Primera, produced in two generations from 1991 to 2002.

  Compact car · 1991–2002

• Infiniti G35

  The rear-drive, V6-powered G35 transformed Infiniti's reputation — a Skyline-derived sport sedan and coupe that rivaled the BMW 3 Series.

  Compact executive car · 2003–2008

• Infiniti G37

  The 3.7-liter evolution of the G35 — a 328-hp rear-drive sport coupe, sedan, and convertible that became Infiniti's best-seller before the 2014 nameplate reset.

  Compact executive car · 2008–2013

• Infiniti M (M30 / M45 / M35 / M37 / M56)

  Infiniti's mid-size executive sedan — spanning the original M30 coupe of 1990–92, a revived muscle-car M45 in 2003, a critically praised M35/M45 in 2006, and finally the Q70 nameplate through 2019.

  Mid-size luxury car · 1990–2019

• Infiniti I30 / I35

  A front-drive near-luxury sedan (Nissan Cefiro / Maxima-platform) that was Infiniti's best-seller in the late 1990s before the G35 arrived.

  Mid-size luxury car · 1996–2004

• Infiniti J30

  An early Infiniti mid-size sedan with Japanese styling — a Nissan Leopard-based rear-drive car sold 1993–1997.

  Mid-size luxury car · 1993–1997

• Infiniti Q50

  The G37 sedan renamed Q50 in Infiniti's 2014 nameplate reset — a rear-drive sport sedan that grew into a twin-turbo V6 performance contender before its 2024 discontinuation.

  Compact executive car · 2014–2024

• Innocenti A40 Berlina / Combinata

  Innocenti's first car — a licensed Austin A40 Farina built in Milan in saloon and estate forms.

  Compact car · 1960–1967

• Innocenti IM3 / 1300

  Innocenti's everyday family saloon — a licensed BMC ADO16 (Austin/Morris 1100 platform) built in Milan for over a decade.

  Compact car · 1963–1974

• Innocenti Regent

  A short-lived Innocenti saloon based on the Austin Allegro platform, sold briefly before the brand's focus shifted entirely to Mini-derived cars.

  Compact car · 1974–1975

• Innocenti Mini (Innocenti)

  The original licensed BMC Mini built in Milan — saloons and estates with 848 cc, 998 cc, and 1275 cc engines before Bertone restyled the car.

  Subcompact car · 1965–1975

• Innocenti Mini 90 / Mini 120

  Bertone's reimagining of the Mini for Innocenti — a sharp three-door hatchback that predated the Metro and pointed the way for the modern supermini.

  Subcompact car · 1974–1982

• Innocenti Mini de Tomaso

  The hot-hatch flagship of the De Tomaso era — a sporting Mini with arch extensions, fog lamps, and eventually a turbocharged Daihatsu engine.

  Subcompact car · 1976–1987

• Innocenti 3-Cilindri / Minitre / Mini 500 / Mini 650

  The Daihatsu-powered successors to the Bertone Mini — three-cylinder city cars that kept Innocenti alive through the De Tomaso era until 1993.

  Subcompact car · 1982–1993

• Innocenti Elba / Mille

  Fiat-era Innocenti badge engineering — Brazilian-sourced Fiat Elba estate and Uno-derived Mille hatchback sold in Italy until the marque was retired.

  Subcompact car · 1991–1996

• Invicta Black Prince

  Invicta's lavish postwar comeback — a twin-cam 3-litre six with a torque converter, fully independent suspension, and built-in electric jacks, of which only about 16 were completed.

  Luxury car · 1946–1950

• Iran Khodro Paykan

  Iran's most iconic car — a licensed Hillman Hunter that became the 'national car' of Iran, produced for nearly four decades.

  Compact car · 1967–2005

• Iran Khodro Peugeot 405 / Pars

  A deeply localized Peugeot 405 that became an Iranian institution — produced for over 30 years and eventually sold as the Pars after a front-end facelift.

  Mid-size car · 1991–2024

• Iran Khodro Samand

  Iran's first domestically designed car — a Peugeot 405-platform sedan that replaced the Paykan and became Iran's official 'national car'.

  Mid-size car · 2001–2022

• Iran Khodro Runna

  A Peugeot 206-based compact sedan — Iran Khodro's smaller and more affordable alternative to the Samand, produced from 2012 to 2020.

  Compact car · 2012–2020

• Iran Khodro Dena

  Iran Khodro's mid-range contemporary sedan — unveiled in 2011, reaching production in 2014, and continuing as the Dena+ with an updated interior.

  Mid-size car · 2014–present

• Iran Khodro Tara

  Iran Khodro's most modern sedan — a Peugeot 301-derived compact on the IKP1 platform, launched in 2021 after Western sanctions forced IKCO to localize the design.

  Compact car · 2021–present

• Iso Rivolta Fidia

  Iso's four-door saloon (1967–1974) — billed as the world's fastest four-door car at launch, styled by Giugiaro with a Chevy V8.

  Luxury car · 1967–1974

• Isotta Fraschini Tipo 8

  The world's first series-production straight-eight automobile — a landmark 5.9-litre chassis supplied bare for coachbuilt bodywork.

  Luxury car · 1919–1924

• Isotta Fraschini Tipo 8A

  The definitive Isotta Fraschini — a 7.3-litre straight-eight limousine favoured by Rudolph Valentino, Clara Bow, and Sunset Boulevard's Norma Desmond.

  Luxury car · 1924–1931

• Isotta Fraschini Tipo 8B

  The Depression-era successor to the 8A — a 7.4-litre, 160 bhp straight-eight built in tiny numbers as the market for ultra-luxury cars collapsed.

  Luxury car · 1931–1934

• Isotta Fraschini Tipo 8C Monterosa

  Isotta Fraschini's final car — a radical rear-engined, V8-powered post-war grand tourer presented in 1947; only three to six were ever built.

  Luxury car · 1947–1949

• Itala 18/24/50 HP Touring Cars

  Itala's founding three-model range — an 18 hp, a 24 hp, and a 50 hp four-cylinder — launched the marque and established it as a legitimate challenger to Fiat.

  Touring car · 1904–1907

• Itala 14.8-Litre Racing Car

  A massive 14.8-litre five-cylinder racing machine that won the 1905 Coppa Florio and the 1906 Targa Florio — establishing Itala as Italy's foremost racing constructor.

  Racing car · 1905–1906

• Itala 35/45 HP

  The 7.4-litre four-cylinder that Prince Borghese drove from Peking to Paris in 1907 — one of the most famous competitive feats in automotive history.

  Touring car · 1907–1908

• Itala Tipo 50

  Itala's main post-war production car — a 2.8-litre side-valve four designed by Alberto Orasi that kept the marque alive through the difficult early 1920s.

  Touring car · 1919–1926

• Itala Tipo 55

  A 4.4-litre post-war tourer featuring Itala's experimental 'Avalve' rotary-valve engine — an advanced but commercially unsuccessful engineering exercise.

  Touring car · 1920–1923

• Itala Tipo 11 Racing Prototype

  An audacious 1,050 cc supercharged V12 single-seater prototype by Cappa — arguably two decades ahead of its time, with front-wheel drive and all-independent suspension, but it never raced.

  Racing car · 1925–1925

• Isuzu I-Mark

  Isuzu's US entry-level subcompact (1981–1989) — a GM T-car family member with turbocharged and Lotus-tuned variants.

  Subcompact car · 1981–1989

• Isuzu Stylus

  A short-lived front-drive compact sedan (1991–1993) that replaced the I-Mark as Isuzu's US car entry.

  Compact car · 1991–1993

• JAC Motors Binyue (J7)

  JAC's first sedan — a large, rear-drive-inspired front-wheel-drive executive car that opened the passenger-car era for the brand.

  Full-size car · 2008–2012

• JAC Motors Tongyue (J3)

  A Pininfarina-designed subcompact offered as a sedan and the sporty Tongyue RS hatchback — JAC's entry-level car for nearly a decade.

  Subcompact car · 2008–2017

• JAC Motors Heyue (J5)

  JAC's compact sedan positioned above the Tongyue and below the Binyue — the middle rung of the brand's early sedan ladder.

  Compact car · 2009–2017

• JAC Motors Refine A60

  JAC's ill-fated executive sedan — previewed in 2014, launched in late 2016, and discontinued within months after weak sales.

  Executive car · 2016–2017

• JAC Motors iEV Series

  JAC's family of battery-electric city cars and sedans — among China's earliest mainstream affordable EVs, spanning the iEV4, iEV6E, iEV7, and iEVA50.

  Electric car · 2014–present

• Jaguar Mark 2

  The definitive 1960s sports saloon — fast, elegant, and equally famous as a bank-robbers' getaway car and a police pursuit car.

  Sports saloon · 1959–1967

• Jaguar Mark VII

  Jaguar's big XK-engined luxury saloon of the early 1950s — a Monte Carlo Rally winner and a major US export success.

  Full-size luxury saloon · 1950–1956

• Jaguar Mark X

  Jaguar's vast, unitary-construction flagship saloon (1961–1970) — renamed 420G in 1966.

  Full-size luxury saloon · 1961–1970

• Jaguar S-Type (1963)

  The original 1963–1968 S-Type — a Mark 2 derivative with independent rear suspension and a longer tail.

  Sports saloon · 1963–1968

• Jaguar XJ

  Jaguar's flagship saloon for half a century (1968–2019) — the car that defined the marque, from the Series 1 to the all-aluminium X351.

  Full-size luxury car · 1968–2019

• Jaguar S-Type (1999)

  The retro-styled 1999–2008 mid-size saloon — a Ford-era Jaguar that revived a 1960s nameplate, including the supercharged S-Type R.

  Executive car · 1999–2008

• Jaguar X-Type

  Jaguar's smallest saloon (2001–2009) — a Ford-Mondeo-based compact executive offered with all-wheel drive and, later, an estate.

  Compact executive car · 2001–2009

• Jaguar XF

  The car that modernised Jaguar's design (2007–2024) — a sleek mid-size saloon and estate, with supercharged XFR/XFR-S performance models.

  Executive car · 2007–2024

• Jaguar XE

  Jaguar's modern compact executive saloon (2015–2024) — a rear-drive 3-Series rival, including the supercharged XE SV Project 8.

  Compact executive car · 2015–2024

• Jordan Series MX

  Jordan's 1922–1923 six-cylinder line, powered by a 246-cubic-inch flathead six.

  Touring car · 1922–1923

• Jordan Line Eight

  Jordan's straight-eight cars of the mid-to-late 1920s, including the upmarket Great Line Eight.

  Full-size car · 1925–1930

• Jordan Little Custom

  A 1927 small luxury car — one of America's earliest 'compact' premium cars, priced around $1,595.

  Compact car · 1927–1927

• Jordan Model 90

  Jordan's final car (1931) — an eight-cylinder, 85-horsepower model launched as the company collapsed.

  Full-size car · 1931–1931

• Kaiser Special

  Kaiser's core full-size sedan — among the first all-new postwar American cars, with a modern slab-sided full-envelope body.

  Full-size car · 1947–1955

• Kaiser Manhattan

  Kaiser's top-of-the-line sedan — and, from 1954, the first US production car offered with a supercharger.

  Full-size car · 1951–1955

• Kaiser Traveler

  A sedan/wagon hybrid with a fold-flat rear seat and a two-piece rear hatch — often cited as one of the first American hatchbacks.

  Utility sedan · 1949–1953

• Kaiser Henry J

  A pioneering low-cost American compact named for Henry J. Kaiser — also sold by Sears as the Allstate.

  Compact car · 1950–1954

• Karma Fisker Karma

  The 2011–2012 plug-in-hybrid luxury sedan designed by Henrik Fisker — the direct ancestor of every Karma Automotive model.

  Luxury car · 2011–2012

• Karma Revero

  The re-engineered Fisker Karma relaunched as the Karma Revero (2017–2021) — a PHEV luxury sedan that launched the Karma marque.

  Luxury car · 2017–2021

• Karma GS-6

  The Revero GT renamed GS-6 for 2021 — a 536-hp PHEV luxury sedan with ~80 miles of electric range, sold through 2025 before transitioning to the Gyesera.

  Luxury car · 2021–2025

• Karma Gyesera

  The GS-6's redesigned EREV successor — a 558-hp extended-range electric luxury sedan entering production for 2026.

  Luxury car · 2026–present

• Kia Optima / K5

  Kia's mid-size sedan — sold as the Optima from 2001 through 2020, redesigned and renamed the K5 from 2021.

  Mid-size car · 2001–present

• Kia Forte

  Kia's compact sedan — a value-focused Civic/Corolla rival that ran from 2010 through 2024 before being replaced by the K4.

  Compact car · 2010–2024

• Kia Cadenza

  Kia's near-luxury full-size sedan — a front-drive flagship above the Optima, sold in the US from 2014 through 2020.

  Full-size car · 2014–2020

• Kia Rio

  Kia's entry-level subcompact — a budget sedan and hatchback sold in the US from 2001 through 2023.

  Subcompact car · 2001–2023

• Lada Lada 1200 (VAZ-2101 / Zhiguli)

  AvtoVAZ's founding car — a heavily modified Fiat 124 built under Soviet licence, exported globally as the Lada 1200.

  Compact car · 1970–1988

• Lada Lada Riva (VAZ-2105 / 2107)

  A modernised successor to the Zhiguli family — the boxy Riva became one of Europe's most recognisable budget cars across three decades.

  Compact car · 1980–2010

• Lada Samara (VAZ-2108 / 2109)

  Lada's first modern front-wheel-drive hatchback — a 1984 leap forward that brought Western-style packaging to Soviet motoring.

  Subcompact car · 1984–2013

• Lada Kalina

  Lada's purpose-designed modern compact — a home-grown platform replacing the aging Samara, offered as sedan, hatchback, and wagon.

  Subcompact car · 2004–2018

• Lada Priora

  A restyled, modernised compact based on the Lada 110 platform — Lada's mainstream family car for over a decade.

  Compact car · 2007–2018

• Lada Granta

  Lada's best-selling modern model — a Renault-collaborated subcompact that led Russian sales from 2013 to 2015 and remains in production today.

  Subcompact car · 2011–present

• Lada Vesta

  Lada's most modern car — a purpose-designed B/C-segment sedan developed with the Renault-Nissan Alliance, launched in 2015 and widely praised for raising the brand's quality bar.

  Compact car · 2015–present

• Lagonda V12

  W. O. Bentley's masterpiece — a 4.5-litre V12 grand tourer widely regarded as among the finest pre-war cars; 189 built before war halted production.

  Luxury car · 1938–1940

• Lagonda 2.6-Litre

  The first post-war Lagonda — and the car whose W. O. Bentley straight-six went on to power Aston Martin's DB2 to Le Mans fame.

  Luxury car · 1948–1953

• Lagonda 3-Litre

  The enlarged 2.9-litre successor to the post-war saloon — around 270 built before Lagonda production was suspended for three years.

  Luxury car · 1953–1958

• Lagonda Aston Martin Lagonda

  The futuristic William Towns wedge — 645 built across four series, and among the first production cars with a digital instrument panel.

  Luxury car · 1974–1990

• Lagonda Lagonda Virage

  The final Lagonda — a handful of ultra-exclusive Virage-based four-door saloons and shooting brakes, built almost entirely to Brunei royal family order.

  Luxury car · 1993–1995

• Lanchester Twenty

  Lanchester's first four-cylinder car — an overhead-valve Edwardian tourer for the carriage trade.

  Touring car · 1904–1911

• Lanchester Thirty-Eight

  A large pre-WWI six-cylinder Lanchester — the firm's flagship until the First World War halted civilian production.

  Luxury car · 1910–1914

• Lanchester Forty

  Lanchester's post-WWI flagship — a 6.2-litre overhead-cam six built to rival Rolls-Royce, owned by royalty and maharajas.

  Luxury car · 1919–1929

• Lanchester Twenty-One

  A smaller overhead-cam six positioned below the Forty — a lighter, owner-driver Lanchester of the mid-1920s.

  Luxury car · 1923–1926

• Lanchester Thirty

  Lanchester's only straight-eight — a 4.4-litre overhead-cam flagship and the last car of the independent company.

  Luxury car · 1929–1932

• Lanchester Eighteen

  The first BSA-era Lanchester — a 2.5-litre six derived from the Daimler Light Twenty, with fluid flywheel and hydraulic brakes.

  Luxury car · 1932–1940

• Lanchester Ten

  The smallest and best-selling Lanchester ever — a 1.2-litre saloon sharing its chassis with the BSA Ten.

  Compact car · 1932–1936

• Lanchester Light Six

  A small six-cylinder Lanchester built by Daimler — a smoother, upmarket sibling to the four-cylinder Ten.

  Compact car · 1935–1936

• Lanchester Fourteen Roadrider

  A late-1930s six-cylinder saloon, near-identical to the Daimler New Fifteen, ended by the Second World War.

  Saloon · 1937–1940

• Lanchester Ten (LD10)

  Lanchester's post-war small saloon — a 1.3-litre four built by Daimler, with bodies by Briggs and later Barker.

  Saloon · 1946–1951

• Lanchester Fourteen / Leda

  A 2-litre post-war saloon (the Leda being the export version) — among the last Lanchesters before the marque was retired.

  Saloon · 1950–1954

• Lancia Lambda

  The world's first production car with a unibody (monocoque) chassis and independent front suspension — a quantum leap in 1922.

  Sedan · 1922–1931

• Lancia Aprilia

  Vincenzo Lancia's final design — a pillarless, wind-tunnel-shaped saloon that was aerodynamically ahead of its era.

  Sedan · 1937–1949

• Lancia Flaminia

  Lancia's prestige flagship of the late 1950s and 1960s — a V6-powered luxury saloon with coachbuilt coupe and convertible variants by Touring, Zagato, and Pininfarina.

  Full-size car · 1957–1970

• Lancia Fulvia

  A front-wheel-drive compact with a narrow-angle V4 — best known as the Fulvia Coupé HF, which won the International Rally Championship in 1972.

  Compact car · 1963–1976

• Lancia Beta

  Lancia's volume family car of the 1970s — a front-wheel-drive range spanning saloon, coupé, spider, and HPE estate, undermined by corrosion problems in export markets.

  Compact car · 1972–1984

• Lancia Gamma

  Lancia's luxury flagship in the late 1970s — a flat-four-powered saloon and Pininfarina coupé, technically ambitious but commercially limited.

  Mid-size car · 1976–1984

• Lancia Delta

  The most decorated car in WRC history — six consecutive manufacturers' championships from 1987 to 1992 in HF Integrale form, from a humble Giugiaro-designed hatchback.

  Compact car · 1979–1994

• Lancia Thema

  Lancia's executive saloon on the shared Tipo Quattro platform (also Saab 9000, Alfa 164, Fiat Croma) — including the extraordinary Ferrari V8-engined Thema 8·32.

  Executive car · 1984–1994

• Lancia Kappa

  Lancia's flagship in the mid-1990s — a front-wheel-drive executive saloon and coupé that succeeded the Thema.

  Executive car · 1994–2001

• Lancia Thesis

  Lancia's last truly Italian flagship sedan — an ambitious, lavishly equipped executive car that struggled to find buyers outside Italy.

  Executive car · 2002–2009

• Lancia Ypsilon

  Lancia's small-car mainstay and today its only model — four generations from the 1985 Y10 to the 2024 electric Ypsilon, Italy's consistently popular premium supermini.

  Subcompact car · 1985–present

• LaSalle Series 303

  The original Cadillac-built LaSalle (1927–1933) — Harley Earl's debut design and the first American production car styled by a dedicated designer.

  Luxury car · 1927–1933

• LaSalle Series 350

  The redesigned LaSalle (1934–1940) — Harley Earl's brand-saving Art Deco Series 350 and the V8 final-era cars that closed the marque.

  Luxury car · 1934–1940

• Leapmotor T03

  Leapmotor's high-volume city car — a budget-friendly electric mini-hatchback launched May 2020 and later built in Poland for European markets.

  City car · 2020–present

• Leapmotor C01

  Leapmotor's flagship mid-size sedan — unveiled May 2022 and offered as a sleek BEV or EREV on the same platform as the C11 SUV.

  Mid-size car · 2022–present

• Lexus LS

  The Lexus flagship sedan — the V8-powered LS 400 that launched the brand and rewrote luxury-car benchmarks in 1989.

  Full-size luxury car · 1990–present

• Lexus ES

  Lexus's best-selling front-drive sedan — from a Toyota Camry-based ES 250 in 1990 to a refined ES 350 and ES 300h hybrid today.

  Mid-size luxury car · 1990–present

• Lexus IS

  Lexus's compact rear-drive sport sedan — the BMW 3 Series rival, home of the IS F performance variant and the longest-running nameplate in its class.

  Compact luxury car · 2001–present

• Lexus GS

  Lexus's rear-drive mid-size sport sedan — the performance-focused foil to the ES, available with a V8 and the GS F variant, discontinued after 2020.

  Mid-size luxury car · 1993–2020

• Lexus CT 200h

  A hybrid-only premium hatchback that gave Lexus an entry-level eco footprint — sold in the US for 2011–2017.

  Compact luxury car · 2011–2017

• Lexus RC

  Lexus's compact two-door coupe — a striking IS-derived grand tourer offered as the V8-powered RC F, discontinued after 2025.

  Compact luxury car · 2015–2025

• Leyland Australia P76

  Leyland's locally designed Australian large car — a 1973 Wheels Car of the Year that became one of the country's most famous automotive failures.

  Full-size car · 1973–1974

• Leyland Australia Marina

  The Australian-market Marina — a Morris Marina re-badged and re-engined with a locally developed E-series six-cylinder, built at Zetland from 1973 to 1974.

  Compact car · 1973–1974

• Leyland Australia Mini

  The Australian Leyland Mini — assembled locally from 1961 (as the Morris 850) and sold under the Leyland badge from 1973 until the final run of 810 Mini 1275LS cars in 1978.

  Subcompact car · 1973–1978

• Lifan 520 (Breez)

  Lifan's debut passenger car — a compact sedan launched at the 2006 Beijing Auto Show, sold in Russia as the Breez.

  Compact car · 2006–2012

• Lifan 620 (Solano)

  Lifan's mid-range compact sedan — the Solano — that drew BMW 3 Series styling comparisons and anchored export sales in Russia and Latin America.

  Compact car · 2008–2015

• Lifan 720 (Cebrium)

  Lifan's first mid-size sedan — the Cebrium — stretching the lineup upmarket with a longer wheelbase.

  Mid-size car · 2012–2017

• Lifan 820 (Murman)

  Lifan's flagship sedan — the Murman — with a 2.4-litre engine, multi-link rear suspension, and the brand's most upmarket cabin.

  Mid-size car · 2015–2020

• Lifan 320 (Smily)

  Lifan's Mini-inspired five-door hatchback — the Smily — widely noted for its overt resemblance to the 2001–2006 Mini Cooper.

  Subcompact car · 2008–2016

• Lightyear Lightyear 2

  Lightyear's planned mass-market solar EV — announced at ~$40,000 with 500+ miles claimed range; a waitlist opened January 2023 but the model never reached production.

  Compact car · 2023–2024

• Lincoln Continental

  Lincoln's flagship across eleven decades (with gaps) — from Edsel Ford's 1939 original to the suicide-door 1961 icon and a 2017 revival.

  Full-size luxury car · 1939–2020

• Lincoln Zephyr

  The streamlined, V12-powered Lincoln-Zephyr of the 1930s — the aerodynamic car that saved Lincoln and spawned the Continental.

  Luxury car · 1936–1942

• Lincoln Mark Series

  Lincoln's personal-luxury Continental Mark line (Mark III–VIII, 1969–1998) — long-hood two-doors with the trademark fake-spare trunk hump.

  Personal luxury car · 1969–1998

• Lincoln Town Car

  The big rear-drive body-on-frame Town Car (1981–2011) — Lincoln's flagship sedan and the definitive American livery and limousine car.

  Full-size luxury car · 1981–2011

• Lincoln Versailles

  A compact 1977–1980 luxury sedan — a gussied-up Ford Granada rushed out to counter the Cadillac Seville.

  Mid-size luxury car · 1977–1980

• Lincoln LS

  A rear-drive sport sedan (2000–2006) on the Jaguar S-Type platform — Motor Trend's 2000 Car of the Year and an underrated V8.

  Mid-size luxury car · 2000–2006

• Lincoln MKZ

  Lincoln's mid-size sedan (launched for 2006 as the Zephyr, renamed MKZ for 2007) — including an available hybrid, built to 2020.

  Mid-size luxury car · 2006–2020

• Lincoln MKS

  Lincoln's full-size front/all-wheel-drive flagship sedan (2009–2016), offered with a twin-turbo EcoBoost V6.

  Full-size luxury car · 2009–2016

• Lister Lister Knobbly

  The definitive 1950s Lister — a Jaguar-powered sports-racer with rippled aluminium bodywork so nicknamed for its curved 'knobbly' panels; Britain's most successful sports-racing car of the era.

  Sports racing car · 1957–1959

• Lister Lister-Bristol

  Lister's first serious competition car — a lightweight tubular-chassis sports-racer powered by a tuned Bristol two-litre engine, predecessor to the famous Knobbly.

  Sports racing car · 1954–1957

• Lloyd Lloyd 600 / Alexander

  Lloyd's first four-stroke model — a 596 cc saloon that finally gave the marque a genuine small car and sold over 176,000 units.

  Economy car · 1955–1961

• Lloyd Arabella

  Lloyd's ambitious four-cylinder flagship — a 897 cc flat-four that arrived rushed and troubled, helping tip the Borgward Group into insolvency.

  Economy car · 1959–1963

• Local Motors Strati

  The world's first 3D-printed car — a two-seat electric runabout whose body was printed in 44 hours from carbon-fiber-reinforced thermoplastic.

  Electric car · 2014–2015

• Local Motors LM3D Swim

  A production-intent 3D-printed electric car priced at $53,000 — unveiled 2015, pre-sales announced for 2016, but ultimately supplanted by the Olli autonomous shuttle pivot.

  Electric car · 2015–2017

• Locomobile Model 30

  A six-cylinder Locomobile luxury car of the early 1910s, sitting below the flagship Model 48.

  Luxury car · 1909–1913

• Locomobile Model 48

  Locomobile's flagship — a large straight-six luxury car built to an impeccable standard from 1911 until the company's end in 1929.

  Luxury car · 1911–1929

• Locomobile Model 38

  A smaller, less costly six-cylinder Locomobile of the mid-1910s, offered alongside the flagship Model 48.

  Luxury car · 1913–1916

• Locomobile Junior Eight (8-66)

  Durant-era Locomobile's first new model — a more modern, lower-priced straight-eight aimed at a broader market.

  Luxury car · 1925–1928

• Lorraine-Dietrich De Dietrich-Bugatti

  Ettore Bugatti's prize-winning early designs built under licence by De Dietrich, covering Types 3–7 from 1902 to 1904.

  Racing car · 1902–1904

• Lorraine-Dietrich B3-6 (15 CV)

  The 3.4-litre six-cylinder tourer that won Le Mans back-to-back in 1925 and 1926 — the make's definitive and most successful model.

  Touring car · 1922–1932

• Lorraine-Dietrich 12 CV

  Lorraine-Dietrich's smaller four-cylinder tourer — 2,297 cc and more accessible than the 15 CV six, sold until 1929.

  Touring car · 1919–1929

• Lorraine-Dietrich 20 CV

  The final Lorraine-Dietrich model — a 4.1-litre six-cylinder luxury car launched in 1932, too heavy and costly to sell; production ended 1935.

  Luxury car · 1932–1935

• Lotus Emeya

  Lotus's electric grand tourer (2024–present) — a 'hyper-GT' five-door liftback built in China, the battery-electric companion to the Eletre SUV.

  Electric car · 2024–present

• Lucid Air

  Lucid's debut electric luxury sedan — an EPA range record-holder (520 miles) topped by the 1,234-hp tri-motor Air Sapphire.

  Full-size luxury car · 2021–present

• Lynk & Co 03

  A CMA-platform compact sedan whose TCR racing version, campaigned by Cyan Racing, won multiple WTCR world titles — the brand's motorsport halo car.

  Compact car · 2018–present

• Magna Steyr Puch 500

  Austria's beloved micro-car — a Fiat 500 body fitted with a more powerful flat-twin engine made entirely in Graz, produced 1957–1975.

  City car · 1957–1975

• Mansory Phantom Programme

  Mansory's ongoing Rolls-Royce Phantom conversion line — one of the company's original focus areas, spanning the Phantom VII and VIII with bespoke carbon and interior upgrades.

  Luxury car · 2003–present

• Marmon Model 32

  Marmon's reputation-making upscale tourer (1909–1914) — the production car that spawned the Indy-winning Wasp race car.

  Touring car · 1909–1914

• Marmon Model 34

  Marmon's landmark lightweight luxury car (1916–1924) — an advanced aluminum-bodied, aluminum-engined six that beat 'Cannonball' Baker's transcontinental record.

  Luxury car · 1916–1924

• Marmon Roosevelt

  Marmon's short-lived budget brand (1929–1930) — named for Theodore Roosevelt, it was the first straight-eight car in America to sell for under $1,000.

  Full-size car · 1929–1930

• Marmon Sixteen

  Marmon's magnificent V16 swan song (1931–1933) — an all-aluminum 200-hp sixteen-cylinder grand classic, and the last car the company built.

  Luxury car · 1931–1933

• Marussia F2

  A five-door luxury SUV concept revealed in May 2010, designed as a high-tech mobile command platform — never entered series production.

  Concept car · 2010–2010

• Maruti Suzuki Maruti 800

  The car that motorized India — a 796cc hatchback produced for 31 years and roughly 2.87 million units.

  City car · 1983–2014

• Maruti Suzuki Zen

  A sprightly 993cc hatchback that gave India a taste of modern European-style small cars in the 1990s.

  Subcompact car · 1993–2006

• Maruti Suzuki Esteem

  Maruti's 1990s compact sedan — a 1.3-litre three-box that gave the budget market its first taste of proper boot space.

  Compact car · 1994–2007

• Maruti Suzuki Wagon R

  India's consistently top-selling tall-boy city car — a three-generation, boxy hatchback with best-in-class interior space.

  City car · 1999–present

• Maruti Suzuki Alto

  India's affordable entry-level hatchback — the car that succeeded the 800 as the nation's cheapest four-wheeler.

  City car · 2000–present

• Maruti Suzuki Swift

  Maruti's benchmark premium hatchback — four generations, 3 million-plus Indian sales, and the car that redefined the segment.

  Subcompact car · 2005–present

• Maruti Suzuki Dzire

  India's best-selling compact sedan — originally the Swift Dzire, now its own nameplate with four generations and 2.5 million-plus sales.

  Compact car · 2008–present

• Maruti Suzuki Baleno

  Maruti's premium hatchback sold through NEXA outlets — the first Indian-made car exported to Japan, with over 2 million global sales.

  Subcompact car · 2015–present

• Maruti Suzuki Celerio

  An affordable automatic-gearbox pioneer — the first car to bring AMT (automated manual transmission) to the Indian mass market.

  City car · 2014–present

• Maruti Suzuki Ciaz

  Maruti's premium mid-size sedan, sold through NEXA — a spacious and fuel-efficient saloon that held on until 2025.

  Mid-size car · 2014–2025

• Maruti Suzuki SX4

  A European-flavoured compact sedan sold briefly in India before the segment contracted.

  Compact car · 2007–2014

• Maserati Quattroporte

  Italy's answer to the sport sedan — six generations of the world's fastest four-door, from a 1963 V8 Pietro Frua design to the 2013 Ferrari-engined flagship.

  Full-size luxury car · 1963–2023

• Maserati Ghibli

  Maserati's volume mid-size sedan revival — the model that made Maserati accessible to a new global audience, becoming the brand's best-seller.

  Mid-size luxury car · 2013–2023

• Maxwell Model DA

  The four-cylinder, 30-hp Maxwell that Alice Ramsey drove coast-to-coast in 1909 as the first woman to cross the US by car.

  Touring car · 1909–1910

• Maxwell Model 40

  A larger four-cylinder Maxwell touring car and roadster of the early-1910s line, powered by a 298-cubic-inch T-head four and sitting above the budget Model 25.

  Touring car · 1913–1914

• Maxwell Model 25

  Maxwell's volume four-cylinder car (1914–1925) — relaunched as the 'Good Maxwell,' it became the Chrysler Four and, evolved, the first Plymouth.

  Touring car · 1914–1925

• Maybach W3

  Maybach's debut automobile — Germany's first car with four-wheel brakes, introduced at the 1921 Berlin Motor Show.

  Luxury car · 1921–1928

• Maybach W5

  The enlarged successor to the W3 — a 7-litre inline-six limousine that raised Maybach's performance and comfort benchmark.

  Luxury car · 1926–1931

• Maybach Zeppelin (DS7 / DS8)

  Maybach's flagship pre-war masterpiece — a massive V12 limousine named for the airships that powered the company's founding.

  Luxury car · 1929–1938

• Maybach SW38 / SW42

  Maybach's more accessible pre-war inline-six series — the SW35, SW38, and SW42 that kept the marque viable through the late 1930s.

  Luxury car · 1935–1941

• Maybach 57 / 62

  DaimlerChrysler's bold but ultimately unsuccessful attempt to revive Maybach as a standalone ultra-luxury rival to Rolls-Royce — 3,321 built.

  Luxury car · 2002–2012

• Maybach Mercedes-Maybach S-Class

  The S-Class in its most opulent form — the Mercedes-Maybach sub-brand's flagship sedan, with over 60,000 delivered since 2015.

  Luxury car · 2015–present

• Mazda RX-3

  An early-1970s rotary-powered compact coupe/sedan/wagon, a giant-killer in touring-car racing.

  Compact car · 1971–1978

• Mazda Mazda3

  Mazda's compact car and one of its best-sellers — sharp-handling, and the basis for the hot Mazdaspeed3.

  Compact car · 2004–present

• Mazda Mazdaspeed3

  The high-performance, turbocharged Mazda3 hatchback — a punchy, affordable hot hatch.

  Compact car · 2007–2013

• Mazda Mazda6

  Mazda's stylish, driver-focused mid-size sedan, including the rare V6 Mazdaspeed6.

  Mid-size car · 2003–2021

• Mazda Mazda2

  A small, light, fun-to-drive subcompact hatchback, sold briefly in the US.

  Subcompact car · 2011–2014

• Mazda Protegé

  Mazda's 1990s–2000s compact, predecessor to the Mazda3, including the sporty Protegé5 and MP3/MazdaSpeed versions.

  Compact car · 1990–2003

• Mazda 626

  Mazda's long-running mid-size family sedan/coupe, predecessor to the Mazda6.

  Mid-size car · 1979–2002

• Mazda Millenia

  Mazda's near-luxury flagship sedan, notable for its Miller-cycle supercharged V6.

  Mid-size car · 1995–2002

• Mazda 929

  Mazda's full-size, rear-drive luxury flagship sedan of the late 1980s and early 1990s.

  Full-size car · 1988–1995

• Mega Mega Club / Ranch

  A modular open-body leisure car on Citroën AX underpinnings — Mega's spiritual successor to the Citroën Méhari.

  Compact car · 1992–1998

• Mercedes-Benz S-Class

  The flagship sedan and benchmark luxury car — showcase for the brand's newest technology since 1972.

  Full-size luxury car · 1972–present

  55 model years

• Mercedes-Benz 190E (W201)

  The compact 'Baby Benz' that founded Mercedes' entry-level line — including the Cosworth-engined 2.3-16.

  Compact executive car · 1982–1993

• Mercedes-Benz C-Class

  Mercedes' compact executive sedan since 1993 — the volume entry into the brand, home of the C63 AMG.

  Compact executive car · 1993–present

• Mercedes-Benz E-Class

  Mercedes' mid-size executive car — core of the range, with the deepest body-style lineup and E63 AMG.

  Executive car · 1993–present

• Mercedes-Benz A-Class

  Mercedes' smallest car — a tall hatchback at first, later a conventional front-drive hatch and sedan.

  Subcompact executive car · 1997–present

• Mercedes-Benz CLS

  The car that invented the 'four-door coupe' — a sleek, fastback take on the E-Class.

  Executive car · 2004–2023

• Mercedes-Benz CLA

  A compact 'four-door coupe' on the A-Class platform — the affordable entry into the brand's style line.

  Subcompact executive car · 2014–present

• Mercury Eight

  Mercury's founding model — a V8-powered full-size car sized between Ford and Lincoln, later the icon of 'lead sled' custom culture.

  Full-size car · 1939–1951

• Mercury Cougar

  Mercury's longest-running nameplate — a plush Mustang-based pony car (1967) that became a personal-luxury coupe and, finally, a front-drive sport coupe.

  Personal luxury car · 1967–2002

• Mercury Comet

  Mercury's compact-then-intermediate of the 1960s–70s, based on the Ford Falcon, Fairlane, then Maverick — and the platform for the Cyclone muscle cars.

  Compact car · 1960–1977

• Mercury Marauder

  Mercury's 1960s full-size performance car — a fastback-roofed big-block hardtop, briefly a personal-luxury coupe for 1969–1970.

  Full-size car · 1963–1970

• Mercury Marauder (2003–2004)

  The blacked-out Panther-platform performance sedan revival — a 302-hp DOHC V8 Grand Marquis, Ford's last new rear-drive North American sedan.

  Full-size car · 2003–2004

• Mercury Monterey

  A long-running full-size Mercury (1950–1974) that anchored the lineup for a quarter century; the name later returned on a 2004–2007 minivan.

  Full-size car · 1950–1974

• Mercury Montego

  Mercury's intermediate of the late 1960s–70s, sibling to the Ford Torino; the name later returned on a 2005–2007 full-size sedan.

  Mid-size car · 1968–1976

• Mercury Marquis

  Mercury's full-size flagship line — origin of the Grand Marquis trim, which outlived and ultimately replaced it.

  Full-size car · 1967–1986

• Mercury Grand Marquis

  Mercury's body-on-frame V8 full-size sedan — a Panther-platform mainstay for nearly three decades and the very last Mercury ever built.

  Full-size car · 1983–2011

• Mercury Sable

  Mercury's aero sibling of the Ford Taurus — famous for its full-width 'lightbar' grille and a top-selling fixture for two decades.

  Mid-size car · 1986–2009

• Mercury Milan

  One of the last new Mercurys — a mid-size sedan twin of the Ford Fusion, offered with a hybrid in its final years.

  Mid-size car · 2006–2010

• Merkur Scorpio

  A European five-door executive sedan — the Ford Scorpio re-badged for North America — that arrived too late and too expensive to save the Merkur brand.

  Executive car · 1988–1989

• MG MG6

  The first all-new MG under SAIC — a 2010 fastback/saloon, and the BTCC car that won MG the 2014 manufacturers' title.

  Compact car · 2010–present

• MG MG4 EV

  MG's breakthrough EV hatchback (2022–present) — rear-drive on a bespoke EV platform, with a 429 hp XPower flagship.

  Electric car · 2022–present

• Minerva Early Models (1902–1907)

  Minerva's founding-era automobiles — multi-cylinder chain-drive cars that won the 1907 Belgian Circuit des Ardennes with the 8-litre Kaiserpreis.

  Touring car · 1902–1907

• Minerva 30CV

  Post-WWI flagship six-cylinder — a 5.3-litre Knight sleeve-valve grand tourer that placed Minerva among Europe's top luxury marques.

  Luxury car · 1920–1927

• Minerva Type AK

  Minerva's definitive interwar grand tourer — a 6.0-litre sleeve-valve six capable of 90 mph, bodied by the finest coachbuilders in Europe and America.

  Luxury car · 1927–1937

• Minerva Type AL

  Minerva's ultra-rare 6.6-litre straight-eight — fewer than fifty built, launched at the worst possible moment as the Depression killed demand for opulent cars.

  Luxury car · 1930–1934

• Minerva Type AP

  The more attainable of Minerva's 1930 straight-eights — a 4.0-litre, 22CV model that outlasted the marque itself, still sold under the Minerva name by Impéria until 1938.

  Luxury car · 1930–1938

• Minerva M4

  Minerva's last-gasp attempt at a smaller, Depression-era car — a 2-litre four-cylinder saloon that retained the sleeve-valve engine but could not save the company.

  Saloon · 1934–1935

• Mini Mini (classic)

  Alec Issigonis's revolutionary 1959 economy car — transverse-engine front-wheel drive that defined the modern small car for 41 years.

  City car · 1959–2000

• Mini Hatch / Hardtop

  The BMW-era Mini's core model — the Cooper three-door (and later five-door) hatch that relaunched the marque in 2001, sold as the 'Hardtop' in the US.

  Subcompact car · 2001–present

• Mitsubishi Lancer

  Mitsubishi's compact sedan — two US generations from 2002 to 2017, serving as the everyday platform for the legendary Lancer Evolution.

  Compact car · 2002–2017

• Mitsubishi Galant

  Mitsubishi's mid-size sedan for the US — a steady if unremarkable contender across nine generations, including the VR-4 AWD variant in the early 1990s.

  Mid-size car · 1988–2012

• Mitsubishi Diamante

  Mitsubishi's near-luxury flagship sedan in the US — Japan's Car of the Year 1990, sold stateside from 1992 through 2004.

  Full-size car · 1992–2004

• Mitsubishi Mirage

  The most affordable new car in America during much of its US run — a minimalist five-door hatchback and G4 sedan, discontinued after 2024.

  Subcompact car · 2014–2024

• Mitsuoka Viewt

  Mitsuoka's longest-running model — a retro compact that grafts Jaguar Mark 2-inspired bodywork onto successive generations of the Nissan March/Micra and, since 2023, the Toyota Yaris.

  Compact car · 1993–present

• Mitsuoka Galue

  Mitsuoka's retro luxury sedan — Bentley/Rolls-Royce styling layered onto successive Nissan Crew, Cedric, and Teana platforms since 1996.

  Full-size luxury car · 1996–present

• Monteverdi Sierra

  A Fissore-rebodied Dodge Aspen/Plymouth Volaré luxury saloon and convertible — approximately 20 built, 1977–1980.

  Luxury car · 1977–1980

• Moon Model A

  Moon's first car (1906) — a five-passenger Rutenber-engined touring shown at the New York Automobile Show, launching the marque at $3,000.

  Touring car · 1906–1906

• Moon Six

  Moon's six-cylinder line — the heart of the marque from the mid-1910s, sold by horsepower designations (6-40, 6-58, 6-66) and famed for its 1919 'Parthenon' radiator.

  Touring car · 1913–1929

• Moon Eight

  Moon's late straight-eight 'Aerotype' cars (from 1928) — the marque's first eight-cylinder models, styled by Howard 'Dutch' Darrin, just before the Windsor rename.

  Sedan · 1928–1929

• Moon Diana

  Moon's upmarket companion marque (1925–1928) — a Continental straight-eight luxury car marketed as 'the easiest steering car in America' and aimed pointedly at women drivers.

  Sedan · 1925–1928

• Moon Windsor

  The badge Moon's cars wore in their final years (1929–1930) — launched as the 'White Prince of Windsor' until Buckingham Palace objected, with straight-eight or six power.

  Sedan · 1929–1930

• Moon Ruxton

  The radical front-wheel-drive luxury car Moon built for New Era Motors (1929–1930) — strikingly low, with vivid Joseph Urban color schemes — whose collapse helped kill the company.

  Sedan · 1929–1930

• Moretti 600 Gran Lusso

  A Michelotti-styled luxury re-body of the Fiat 600 — Moretti's first major Fiat-based custom, priced at roughly twice the donor car.

  Compact car · 1955–1961

• Morris Oxford

  Morris's founding nameplate — from the 1913 'Bullnose' Oxford to the Pininfarina-styled Oxford VI, a name carried across nearly six decades, ending in 1971.

  Saloon · 1913–1971

• Morris Cowley

  The lower-priced 'no-frills' Bullnose Morris — the cheaper companion to the Oxford that drove Morris's volume in the 1920s.

  Saloon · 1915–1931

• Morris Eight

  The 1930s small Morris — closely following the Ford Model Y — whose huge sales restored Morris as Britain's largest car maker.

  Saloon · 1935–1948

• Morris Minor

  Alec Issigonis's much-loved post-war small car — the first British car to sell a million, built 1948–1971 across three series.

  Economy car · 1948–1971

• Morris Mini-Minor

  The Morris-badged original Mini (1959–1969) — Issigonis's transverse-engine, front-drive revolution, sold as the 'Morris Mini-Minor' before Mini became its own marque.

  City car · 1959–1969

• Morris 1100 / 1300

  The Morris-badged BMC ADO16 — an Issigonis front-drive family car with Hydrolastic suspension, and the best-selling car in 1960s Britain.

  Compact car · 1962–1971

• Morris Marina

  British Leyland's conservative rear-drive family car (1971–1980) — a huge seller in its day, later a byword for mediocrity.

  Saloon · 1971–1980

• Morris Ital

  A 1980 facelift of the Marina — and the last car ever to wear the Morris badge, ending the marque in 1984.

  Saloon · 1980–1984

• Moskvitch Moskvitch 400/401

  The Soviet Union's first mass-produced private car — an Opel Kadett-derived compact that rolled out of Moscow in December 1946.

  Compact car · 1946–1956

• Moskvitch Moskvitch 407

  The first Soviet car to genuinely succeed in Western export markets — up to half of all 407s built went abroad.

  Compact car · 1958–1964

• Moskvitch Moskvitch 408/412

  The 408 and 412 — mechanically twin but engine-different — were the first Soviet cars designed with deliberate safety features and strong rally credentials.

  Compact car · 1964–1976

• Moskvitch Moskvitch 2140

  The last evolution of the classic 412-era platform — an updated compact sold across the USSR and Eastern Bloc through 1988.

  Compact car · 1976–1988

• Moskvitch Moskvitch 2141 Aleko

  The Aleko — Moskvitch's bold front-wheel-drive hatchback of 1986, the most modern Soviet-era car the factory ever produced.

  Compact car · 1986–2002

• Moskvitch Moskvitch 6

  A liftback-style compact sedan added to the revived Moskvitch range in 2023, based on JAC underpinnings.

  Compact car · 2023–present

• Nardi 750 Nardi-Danese

  Fiat 500-chassised hillclimb racer powered by a surplus BMW R75 flat-twin — the car that put Nardi on the Italian motorsport map.

  Racing car · 1947–1953

• Nardi Bisiluro Damolnar

  The strangest car to start the 1955 Le Mans — a twin-boom Mollino-designed torpedo that weighed just 400 kg and is now in a Milan museum.

  Racing car · 1955–1955

• Nash Ambassador

  Nash's top-line full-size car (1932–1957) — one of the longest-lived nameplates in motoring, home of the 'bathtub' Airflyte and Pinin Farina styling.

  Full-size car · 1932–1957

• Nash 600

  The first mass-produced unibody car in the US (1941) — its name claimed 600 miles on a tank of fuel.

  Full-size car · 1941–1949

• Nash Statesman

  Nash's mid-tier full-size car (1950–1956), the renamed successor to the unibody 600, slotted below the Ambassador.

  Full-size car · 1950–1956

• Nash Rambler

  Widely regarded as the first successful modern American compact (1950–1955) — the car whose name outlived Nash itself under AMC.

  Compact car · 1950–1955

• Nash Metropolitan

  A tiny British-built economy car (Nash-badged 1954–1957) — conceived as America's 'second car' and built by Austin in England.

  Subcompact car · 1954–1957

• Nash LaFayette

  Nash's lower-priced companion line of the 1930s (1934–1940), reviving an earlier luxury marque's name as a value model.

  Mid-size car · 1934–1940

• NEVS 9-3

  A brief petrol revival of the Saab 9-3 platform at Trollhättan — roughly 200 cars built December 2013 to May 2014 before cash-flow problems shut the line.

  Compact executive car · 2013–2014

• NEVS 9-3 EV

  NEVS's battery-electric reboot of the Saab 9-3 platform — 130 kW motor, CATL battery, ~300 km range — built in Tianjin, China from June 2019 to 2022.

  Compact executive car · 2019–2022

• NEVS Emily GT

  A secret all-electric grand-touring sedan built in ten months by ex-Saab engineers — four in-wheel motors, 175 kWh battery targeting ~600-mile range — mothballed when NEVS froze operations.

  Electric sports sedan · 2020–2023

• NIO ET7

  NIO's full-size executive electric sedan — the brand's first sedan, launched March 2022 with LiDAR and up to 1,000 km of range.

  Electric car · 2022–present

• NIO ET5

  NIO's mid-size electric sedan — unveiled December 2021, on sale September 2022, with a 0.24Cd drag coefficient and up to 1,000 km of range.

  Electric car · 2022–present

• NIO ET5T (ET5 Touring)

  The wagon variant of the ET5 mid-size sedan — launched in 2023 with up to 1,010 km of claimed range.

  Electric car · 2023–present

• NIO ET9

  NIO's flagship full-size executive sedan, deliveries began early 2025, featuring a steer-by-wire system and 900V charging.

  Electric car · 2025–present

• Nissan Altima

  Nissan's mid-size family sedan and one of its US best-sellers, offered for years with an available V6.

  Mid-size car · 1993–present

• Nissan Maxima

  Nissan's V6-powered flagship sedan, long marketed as the '4-Door Sports Car'.

  Full-size car · 1981–2023

• Nissan Sentra

  Nissan's long-running compact sedan, including the sporty SE-R performance versions.

  Compact car · 1982–present

• Nissan Versa

  Nissan's entry-level subcompact, frequently among the lowest-priced new cars in the US.

  Subcompact car · 2007–present

• Nissan Cube

  A boxy, asymmetric-windowed subcompact with quirky styling, sold in the US for a few years.

  Subcompact car · 2009–2014

• Nissan Stanza

  Nissan's compact-to-mid-size sedan of the 1980s, the predecessor to the Altima.

  Compact car · 1982–1992

• Nissan Pulsar

  A small sporty compact of the 1980s, best known in the US for the NX with removable Sportbak roof panels.

  Compact car · 1983–1990

• Nissan Leaf

  One of the first mass-market electric cars — the world's best-selling EV for much of the 2010s.

  Electric car · 2011–present

• NSU Prinz

  NSU's post-war people's car — a rear-engined, air-cooled minicar that sold over a million units across fifteen years.

  Subcompact car · 1958–1973

• NSU Typ 110 / 1200

  A stretched Prinz 1000 with more interior room, sold as the Typ 110 from 1965 then rebranded the NSU 1200 from 1967.

  Compact car · 1965–1972

• NSU TT / TTS

  The hot-rod Prinz 1000 — a lightweight rear-engine screamer that won 29 national hillclimb and circuit championships.

  Compact car · 1967–1972

• NSU Ro 80

  The 1968 Car of the Year and NSU's last model — a visionary twin-rotor Wankel executive sedan whose engine troubles ultimately ended the NSU marque.

  Executive car · 1967–1977

• Ohta Ohta 7 (Type N-7)

  Ohta's first production car — a 736 cc four-cylinder light car offered in five body styles, one of the largest Japanese automobile lines of the 1930s.

  Compact car · 1934–1939

• Ohta Ohta PA

  Ohta's postwar comeback — a 760 cc two-door pontoon-body saloon that became a staple Tokyo taxi in the late 1940s and early 1950s.

  Compact car · 1948–1951

• Ohta Ohta PK

  Ohta's final passenger car — an updated 903 cc sedan with independent torsion-bar suspension, shown at the 1956 Tokyo Motor Show but unable to save the struggling marque.

  Compact car · 1955–1957

• Oldsmobile 88

  Oldsmobile's full-size mainstay for half a century — the 1949 Rocket 88 is often called America's first muscle car and an early NASCAR dominator.

  Full-size car · 1949–1999

• Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight

  Oldsmobile's full-size flagship and longest-running nameplate — built 1941–1942 and 1946–1996 across some 55 years.

  Full-size car · 1941–1996

• Oldsmobile F-85

  Oldsmobile's early-1960s compact (later intermediate) — the platform that spawned the Cutlass and the 442.

  Compact / mid-size car · 1961–1972

• Oldsmobile Cutlass

  Oldsmobile's defining nameplate — America's best-selling car every year from 1976 to 1983 and a brand within a brand.

  Mid-size car · 1961–1999

• Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme

  The upscale, often best-selling Cutlass variant — a personal-luxury coupe that defined Oldsmobile's 1970s–80s heyday.

  Personal luxury car · 1966–1997

• Oldsmobile Toronado

  The 1966 Toronado was the first US front-wheel-drive car since the 1937 Cord — a bold big-block personal-luxury coupe.

  Personal luxury car · 1966–1992

• Oldsmobile Aurora

  Oldsmobile's 1990s rebirth attempt — a sleek Northstar-derived V8 luxury sedan meant to modernize the brand.

  Full-size luxury car · 1995–2003

• Oldsmobile Intrigue

  A late-1990s mid-size sport sedan on GM's W-body — Oldsmobile's import-fighting replacement for the Cutlass Supreme.

  Mid-size car · 1998–2002

• Oldsmobile Alero

  Oldsmobile's last-ever new nameplate — a compact sedan/coupe and, fittingly, the final Oldsmobile ever built.

  Compact car · 1999–2004

• OM Tipo S305

  OM's debut automobile (1918), a large four-cylinder touring car derived from the pre-war Züst design.

  Touring car · 1918–1923

• OM OMV Alcyone

  OM's final prototype (1934) — a modern saloon with hydraulic brakes and synchromesh gearbox that never reached production after Fiat's takeover.

  Saloon · 1934–1934

• Omoda Omoda S5

  A sedan-bodied variant of the C5 platform sold as the Omoda S5 in Russia and as the Omoda O5 in Mexico — offering a traditional three-box alternative to the crossover range.

  Compact sedan · 2023–present

• Opel Rekord

  Opel's long-running mid-size family car — eight generations across 33 years, with roughly ten million sold.

  Mid-size car · 1953–1986

• Opel Kadett

  Opel's defining compact — five post-war generations from 1962 to 1991, succeeded by the Astra.

  Compact car · 1936–1991

• Opel Vectra

  Opel's mid-size family car for twenty years — successor to the Ascona, eventually replaced by the Insignia.

  Mid-size car · 1988–2008

• Opel Omega

  Opel's rear-wheel-drive executive saloon — successor to the Rekord and the brand's flagship until 2003.

  Executive car · 1986–2003

• Opel Insignia

  Opel's European Car of the Year 2009 — the modern executive hatchback/estate that replaced the Vectra.

  Mid-size car · 2008–2022

• Opel Corsa

  Opel's best-selling supermini — six generations and over 14 million sold since 1982, now available as the electric Corsa-e.

  Subcompact car · 1982–present

• Opel Astra

  The direct Kadett successor — Opel's compact car flagship for over 30 years and a perennial European sales leader.

  Compact car · 1991–present

• Ora Black Cat

  Ora's entry-level electric city car (originally the R1) — discontinued in early 2022 as Ora moved upmarket.

  City car · 2019–2022

• Ora White Cat

  A slightly larger electric sibling to the Black Cat (originally the R2) — also discontinued in February 2022.

  Subcompact car · 2020–2022

• Ora Good Cat

  Ora's global flagship hatchback — a retro-styled EV sold as the Funky Cat in Europe and GWM Ora in Australia, with a five-star Euro NCAP rating.

  Compact car · 2020–present

• Ora Ballet Cat

  A Beetle-inspired retro electric hatchback — Ora's design-led, female-targeted compact, launched in July 2022.

  Compact car · 2022–present

• Ora Lightning Cat

  Ora's electric fastback sedan — a D-segment EV with Porsche-inspired styling, exported globally as the GWM Ora 07.

  Mid-size car · 2022–present

• OSCA FS 372

  A five-car run of desmodromic-valve sports-racers built for Formula 2 and sports-car racing, evolved from the final MT4 engine.

  Racing car · 1957–1959

• Otosan Anadol A1

  Turkey's first domestically designed mass-production car — a Ogle Design-styled fiberglass compact built on Ford mechanicals, produced 1966–1975.

  Compact car · 1966–1975

• Otosan Anadol A2

  The best-selling Anadol — the world's first fiberglass-bodied four-door sedan, widely used as a family car and Istanbul taxi from 1970 to 1981.

  Compact car · 1970–1981

• Otosan Anadol A8-16

  The last Anadol passenger car — a more modern four-door sedan that drew criticism for its mixed styling, produced in limited numbers from 1981 to 1984.

  Compact car · 1981–1984

• Packard Eight

  Packard's straight-eight senior line of the 1920s–30s — the volume luxury car that built the marque's prestige.

  Luxury car · 1924–1936

• Packard Twin Six

  One of the world's first production V12 cars — Packard's Twin Six (1916–1923) put a twelve-cylinder engine within reach of the wealthy.

  Luxury car · 1916–1923

• Packard Twelve

  Packard's magnificent V12 of the classic era (1933–1939) — a rival to the finest Rolls-Royce, Cadillac V16, and Pierce-Arrow.

  Luxury car · 1933–1939

• Packard One-Twenty

  The mid-priced straight-eight (1935–1941) that broadened Packard's market and kept the company alive through the Depression.

  Mid-luxury car · 1935–1941

• Packard Clipper

  Packard's streamlined 'envelope-body' design (1941) that shaped its postwar cars — and briefly became its own make in 1956.

  Luxury car · 1941–1957

• Packard Patrician

  Packard's senior flagship sedan of the 1950s (1951–1956) — the last true 'senior' Packard, and the body that ended Detroit production.

  Luxury car · 1951–1956

• Packard Caribbean

  Packard's glamorous halo convertible (1953–1956) — a limited-production rival to the Cadillac Eldorado, ending with a 310-hp V8.

  Personal luxury car · 1953–1956

• Panhard Dynamic

  Panhard's Art Deco masterpiece — a streamlined, center-driving-position saloon that was the last sleeve-valve production car in the world.

  Saloon · 1936–1940

• Panhard Dyna X

  The world's first mass-produced car with an all-aluminum body — a postwar French economy car that rebuilt Panhard's factory after the Occupation.

  Economy car · 1948–1954

• Panhard Dyna Z

  Panhard's aerodynamic masterpiece of the 1950s — a drag coefficient of 0.26, top speed over 80 mph, and 46 mpg from an 851 cc flat-twin.

  Economy car · 1954–1959

• Panhard PL 17

  Panhard's final mainstream saloon — a Monte Carlo Rally winner with a 0.26 Cd, powered by an 851 cc air-cooled twin in Tigre tune.

  Economy car · 1959–1965

• Paykan Paykan Sedan

  The 4-door saloon at the heart of Iran's automotive story — over 2.2 million built across 38 uninterrupted years of production.

  Sedan · 1967–2005

• Peerless Model 27

  A representative 1910 Peerless — a four-cylinder, 30-horsepower brass-era luxury car bodied as everything from a roadster to a seven-passenger limousine.

  Luxury car · 1910–1910

• Peerless Model 56 (V8)

  Peerless's pioneering V8 luxury car — among the earliest American V8s, launched to chase Cadillac and the company's mainstay through the late 1910s and early 1920s.

  Luxury car · 1916–1923

• Peerless Custom Eight

  Peerless's top-line straight-eight of 1930–1931 on a long 138-inch wheelbase — a Classic Car Club of America 'Full Classic'.

  Luxury car · 1930–1931

• Peerless Master Eight

  A Continental-engined straight-eight Peerless — the mid-range model of 1930–1931, among the last cars the company built before it stopped production in 1931.

  Luxury car · 1930–1931

• Perodua Kancil

  Perodua's founding model — a rebadged Daihatsu Mira that became Malaysia's most affordable car for 15 years.

  City car · 1994–2009

• Perodua Kenari

  A boxy tall-roof city car based on the Daihatsu Move, offering unusual interior space for its class.

  City car · 2000–2009

• Perodua Kelisa

  A more modern Kancil companion based on the Daihatsu Mira L700, sold briefly in the UK as Malaysia's first export car.

  City car · 2001–2007

• Perodua Myvi

  Malaysia's best-selling car — a B-segment hatchback that topped national sales charts for nine consecutive years and remains Perodua's flagship nameplate.

  Subcompact car · 2005–present

• Perodua Viva

  The entry-level hatchback that replaced the Kancil and Kelisa, keeping affordable motoring alive in Malaysia until 2014.

  City car · 2007–2014

• Perodua Axia

  Perodua's most affordable current model — a modern 1.0 L city car that succeeded the Viva and was Malaysia's best-seller from 2015 to 2017.

  City car · 2014–present

• Perodua Bezza

  Perodua's first-ever sedan — a 1.0/1.3 L saloon built on the Axia platform and the brand's first major in-house design.

  Subcompact car · 2016–present

• Peugeot 404

  A Pininfarina-styled rear-drive classic — Africa's most durable taxi and a multi-winner of the World Cup Cross-Country Rally.

  Mid-size car · 1960–1975

• Peugeot 504

  1969 European Car of the Year — a rear-drive Pininfarina icon that sold 3 million in Europe and kept rolling in Africa until 2006.

  Mid-size car · 1968–1983

• Peugeot 205

  The hot hatch that saved Peugeot — 5.2 million sold and the 205 GTI remains one of the greatest driver's cars of the 1980s.

  Subcompact car · 1983–1998

• Peugeot 206

  Peugeot's all-time best-seller — over 8.3 million built, Europe's top-selling car three years running.

  Subcompact car · 1998–2010

• Peugeot 207

  The 206's larger, safer successor — a transitional supermini before the award-winning 208 arrived.

  Subcompact car · 2006–2012

• Peugeot 208

  A sharper, lighter supermini with a 200-hp GTi and the award-winning e-208 electric variant.

  Subcompact car · 2012–present

• Peugeot 306

  A critically acclaimed compact hatchback whose GTI-6 was widely regarded as the true spiritual successor to the 205 GTI.

  Compact car · 1993–2002

• Peugeot 307

  A larger, more practical compact that won European Car of the Year 2002 and offered a notable panoramic-glass roof option.

  Compact car · 2001–2008

• Peugeot 308

  Peugeot's current mainstream compact — two European Car of the Year wins across three generations and a sharp-handling GTi.

  Compact car · 2007–present

• Peugeot 405

  European Car of the Year 1988 — a Pininfarina-designed family saloon that brought Peugeot back to the mid-size mainstream.

  Mid-size car · 1987–1997

• Peugeot 406

  A well-regarded family saloon whose Pininfarina-designed coupe — with a V6 option — became a sought-after classic.

  Mid-size car · 1995–2004

• Peugeot 508

  Peugeot's premium saloon reinvented as a dramatic fastback for its second generation — with plug-in hybrid power.

  Mid-size car · 2010–present

• Piccard-Pictet 20/24 hp Touring Four

  The founding Pic-Pic — a Marc Birkigt-designed inline-four tourer badged 'S.A.G.' that launched the marque at the 1906 Geneva show.

  Touring car · 1906–1911

• Piccard-Pictet 14/16 hp Monobloc Four

  A smaller, modern 2.4-litre monobloc four — the first car sold under the Piccard-Pictet name after the S.A.G. era ended.

  Touring car · 1910–1912

• Piccard-Pictet 30 hp Sleeve-Valve Tourer

  Switzerland's most advanced pre-war tourer — an early adopter of the Burt-McCollum single-sleeve-valve engine, praised for refinement and silence.

  Touring car · 1912–1920

• Piccard-Pictet V8 Sleeve-Valve

  A rare and ambitious post-war V8 tourer — Pic-Pic's last major technical statement before the company's collapse.

  Touring car · 1919–1924

• Piccard-Pictet 2.9-litre Sleeve-Valve Four

  The more accessible post-war Pic-Pic — a 2.9-litre sleeve-valve four produced alongside the V8 in the marque's final years.

  Touring car · 1919–1924

• Pierce-Arrow Great Arrow

  The four-cylinder Great Arrow (1904 on) — the car that made Pierce's name, winning the first Glidden Tours.

  Touring car · 1904–1908

• Pierce-Arrow Model 66

  The colossal Model 66 (1910–1918) — its T-head six was for a time the largest engine ever fitted to a production car.

  Touring car · 1910–1918

• Pierce-Arrow Big Six (6-36 / 6-48 / 6-66)

  Pierce-Arrow's six-cylinder luxury line of the 1910s–20s — the dual-valve sixes that carried the marque through its golden age.

  Touring car · 1910–1924

• Pierce-Arrow Series 80

  The lower-priced Series 80 (1924–1927) — a more affordable six that broadened Pierce-Arrow's market.

  Luxury car · 1924–1927

• Pierce-Arrow Series 81

  A one-year refinement of the Series 80 for 1928, just before Studebaker took control and the straight-eight arrived.

  Luxury car · 1928–1928

• Pierce-Arrow Twelve

  Pierce-Arrow's V-12 flagship (1932–1938) — a magnificent, smooth twelve that powered the marque through its final years.

  Luxury car · 1932–1938

• Plymouth Duster

  A semi-fastback coupe spun off the compact Valiant (1970–1976) — affordable, popular, and quick in 340 form.

  Compact car · 1970–1976

• Plymouth Fury

  Plymouth's long-running flagship (1956–1978) — from a high-performance halo coupe to the mainstream full-size line, and the star car of Stephen King's Christine.

  Full-size car · 1956–1978

• Plymouth Belvedere

  A core Plymouth nameplate (1954–1970) — full-size flagship in the 1950s, then a mid-size B-body and the platform behind the Road Runner and GTX.

  Mid-size car · 1954–1970

• Plymouth Satellite

  Plymouth's mid-size B-body (1965–1974) — born as the Belvedere's top trim, then the standalone name that outlived it, and a NASCAR contender.

  Mid-size car · 1965–1974

• Plymouth Valiant

  Plymouth's enduring compact (1960–1976) — launched as its own marque, famed for the bulletproof Slant-Six, and the basis for the Barracuda and Duster.

  Compact car · 1960–1976

• Plymouth Volaré

  The Valiant's mid-1970s successor (1976–1980) — a compact F-body sedan/coupe/wagon that also hosted the final Road Runner trim.

  Compact car · 1976–1980

• Plymouth Horizon

  Chrysler's first US front-wheel-drive subcompact (1978–1990) — a practical economy hatchback that helped the company survive the era.

  Subcompact car · 1978–1990

• Plymouth Reliant

  Plymouth's half of the Chrysler K-car (1981–1989) — the boxy, front-drive compact widely credited with saving the company.

  Compact car · 1981–1989

• Plymouth Sundance

  A practical front-drive compact hatchback (1987–1994) on Chrysler's P-body, twin of the Dodge Shadow.

  Compact car · 1987–1994

• Plymouth Acclaim

  A conservative, dependable front-drive mid-size sedan (1989–1995) that replaced the Reliant on Chrysler's AA-body.

  Mid-size car · 1989–1995

• Plymouth Breeze

  Plymouth's 'cab-forward' mid-size sedan (1996–2000) — the budget member of Chrysler's Cirrus/Stratus/Breeze trio.

  Mid-size car · 1996–2000

• Plymouth Neon

  A cheeky, sporty compact (1995–2001) launched with the friendly 'Hi.' ad campaign — and the very last Plymouth ever built.

  Compact car · 1995–2001

• Polestar Polestar 2

  Polestar's best-selling battery-electric liftback — a premium compact rival to the Tesla Model 3, offered in single- and dual-motor forms.

  Compact car · 2020–present

• Polestar Polestar 5

  Polestar's flagship four-door electric GT — a 748-hp bonded-aluminium performance sedan priced from around $135,000.

  Electric car · 2026–present

• Pontiac Tempest

  Pontiac's compact-then-intermediate of the 1960s — the car the original GTO was built from.

  Compact / mid-size car · 1961–1970

• Pontiac LeMans

  Pontiac's mid-size line — the GTO's original home, later revived on a Korean-built small car.

  Mid-size car · 1962–1993

• Pontiac Grand Am

  A sporty mid-size that became one of Pontiac's best-sellers, with the performance GT trim.

  Mid-size car · 1973–2005

• Pontiac Grand Prix

  Pontiac's long-running personal-luxury nameplate, from full-size 1960s coupe to supercharged front-drive sedan.

  Personal luxury car · 1962–2008

• Pontiac Bonneville

  Pontiac's full-size flagship for nearly half a century, later a supercharged front-drive sedan.

  Full-size car · 1957–2005

• Pontiac Catalina

  Pontiac's entry-level full-size car of the 1960s–70s, a base for lightweight Super Duty drag racers.

  Full-size car · 1959–1981

• Pontiac Grand Ville

  A short-lived early-1970s full-size flagship that briefly topped the Pontiac range above the Bonneville.

  Full-size car · 1971–1975

• Pontiac Star Chief

  A 1950s–60s full-size Pontiac built on a stretched wheelbase as the upmarket flagship of its day.

  Full-size car · 1954–1966

• Pontiac Chieftain

  Pontiac's mainstream full-size car of the late 1940s and 1950s, including the milestone first V8 cars.

  Full-size car · 1949–1958

• Pontiac Parisienne

  A rear-drive full-size sedan (US 1983–1986) revived from a long-running Canadian Pontiac nameplate.

  Full-size car · 1983–1986

• Pontiac Sunbird

  Pontiac's small car of the late 1970s through early 1990s, including turbocharged sporty versions.

  Subcompact / compact car · 1975–1994

• Pontiac Sunfire

  Pontiac's J-body compact of the late 1990s and early 2000s, successor to the Sunbird.

  Compact car · 1995–2005

• Pontiac G6

  Pontiac's mid-size sedan/coupe/convertible of the late 2000s — and the last Pontiac ever built.

  Mid-size car · 2005–2010

• Pontiac G5

  A late-era compact coupe (successor to the Sunfire), a Pontiac-badged sibling of the Chevrolet Cobalt.

  Compact car · 2007–2009

• Pontiac G8

  An acclaimed rear-drive Australian-built sport sedan — the V8 GXP a fitting last hurrah for Pontiac.

  Full-size car · 2008–2009

• Porsche Taycan

  Porsche's first all-electric car — a 800-volt performance EV that launched in 2020 and immediately set the benchmark for electric sports sedans.

  Electric car · 2019–present

• Praga Grand

  Praga's flagship pre-war luxury car — a four- and eight-cylinder saloon that served Austro-Hungarian army staff and Czechoslovakia's first president.

  Full-size car · 1912–1932

• Praga Alfa

  Praga's mass-market workhorse — a compact, affordable car produced for nearly three decades and totalling around 9,250 units.

  Compact car · 1913–1942

• Praga Baby

  A Depression-era economy car that won 'most elegant small car' at the 1934 Berlin Show — roughly 4,200 built in just three years.

  Subcompact car · 1934–1937

• Praga Lady

  Praga's last passenger car — a mid-size saloon produced in eight series and, after WWII, in small numbers for government use until 1947.

  Mid-size car · 1935–1947

• Premier Padmini

  India's iconic compact sedan — a Fiat 1100D built in Bombay under licence from 1964, and the dominant Indian taxi for decades.

  Compact car · 1964–2001

• Premier 118NE

  Premier's Fiat 124-derived compact sedan with a Nissan engine — a step above the Padmini that never achieved its predecessor's success.

  Compact car · 1985–2001

• Prince Prince Sedan

  Prince's debut production car (1952–1957) — Japan's first modern gasoline-powered compact executive sedan.

  Compact car · 1952–1957

• Prince Skyline

  The nameplate that launched a dynasty — Prince's flagship from 1957, forerunner of the Nissan Skyline GT-R legend.

  Executive car · 1957–1966

• Prince Gloria

  Prince's top-of-the-range luxury sedan (1959–1966), home to Japan's first mass-produced SOHC six-cylinder engine.

  Full-size car · 1959–1966

• Prince R380

  Japan's first purpose-built postwar prototype race car — a mid-engine sports racer that beat the Porsche 906 at the 1966 Japanese Grand Prix.

  Racing car · 1965–1966

• Proton Saga

  Malaysia's original national car — the Saga launched in 1985 on a Mitsubishi platform and remains Proton's longest-running, best-selling nameplate.

  Compact car · 1985–present

• Proton Wira

  Proton's C-segment workhorse from 1993 to 2009 — a Mitsubishi Lancer-based sedan and hatchback that sold over 950,000 units.

  Compact car · 1993–2009

• Proton Satria

  Proton's three-door hot hatch — a Wira-based sporty compact, remembered for the Lotus-tuned Satria GTi.

  Compact car · 1994–2015

• Proton Perdana

  Proton's D-segment executive sedan — a Mitsubishi Eterna-based government-fleet flagship, serving Malaysian VIPs for 25 years.

  Executive car · 1995–2020

• Proton Waja

  Proton's landmark first indigenously designed car — launched in 2000, elevating Malaysia to the world's 11th country to produce its own car from the ground up.

  Compact car · 2000–2011

• Proton Gen-2

  Proton's first car with the indigenously developed CamPro engine — a five-door liftback styled with Lotus input.

  Compact car · 2004–2012

• Proton Persona

  Proton's compact sedan across two distinct generations — the Gen-2-based 2007 original and the Iriz-platform 2016 car still on sale today.

  Compact car · 2007–present

• Proton Iriz

  Proton's B-segment hatchback — the company's first five-star ASEAN NCAP-rated model before launch, discontinued in 2025 to make way for the e.MAS 5 electric successor.

  Subcompact car · 2014–2025

• Protos 17/35 PS

  Protos's first series-production model — a 4.6-litre four-cylinder tourer that established the marque's reputation for smooth, reliable running.

  Touring car · 1905–1908

• Protos Type E1 (18/42 PS)

  The longest-running pre-war Protos — an 18/42 PS four-cylinder that kept the marque at the top of the German luxury market through the Siemens era.

  Touring car · 1906–1914

• Protos 26/50 PS

  Protos's flagship six-cylinder — a 6.8-litre tourer admired by Kaiser Wilhelm II and among the most prestigious German cars of its day.

  Luxury car · 1908–1914

• Protos Type C

  Protos's sole post-WWI model — a rationalized 2.6-litre four-cylinder tourer that kept the marque alive through the difficult early Weimar years.

  Touring car · 1919–1923

• Protos Type C1

  The final Protos — an uprated 45 hp version of the Type C that carried the marque to its 1926 merger with NAG.

  Touring car · 1923–1926

• Puch Puch 500

  Austria's beloved city car — a Fiat 500 body paired with a uniquely Austrian flat-twin engine that could embarrass far larger cars in Alpine rallying.

  City car · 1957–1975

• Qoros Qoros 3

  The car that put Qoros on the map — a European-engineered compact sedan that became the first Chinese-origin vehicle to achieve a five-star Euro NCAP rating in 2013.

  Compact car · 2013–2020

• Rambler Rambler (Jeffery era)

  Thomas B. Jeffery's original Rambler (1902–1913) — among the first mass-produced American cars, built in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

  Runabout / touring car · 1902–1913

• Rambler Nash Rambler

  The Rambler name revived by Nash in 1950 on a pioneering American compact — sold as a Nash (and later a Hudson) before Rambler became its own make.

  Compact car · 1950–1955

• Rambler Rambler American

  AMC's entry-level compact (1958–1969) — revived 1950s Nash Rambler tooling that helped Rambler ride the compact-car boom.

  Compact car · 1958–1969

• Rambler Rambler Classic

  AMC's intermediate Rambler (1961–1966) — a Motor Trend Car of the Year that replaced the earlier Rambler Six and Rebel V-8.

  Mid-size car · 1961–1966

• Rambler Rambler Ambassador

  The top-of-the-line Rambler (1958–1964) — AMC's premium model before the nameplate moved to the AMC marque in 1965.

  Full-size car · 1958–1964

• Rambler Rambler Rebel

  AMC's early V8 performance Rambler (1957–1960) — the 1957 Rebel was one of the quickest American sedans of its day.

  Mid-size car · 1957–1960

• Rambler Rambler Marlin

  A fastback personal-luxury Rambler (1965–1966) based on the Classic, built to chase the Mustang-era sporty market before becoming the AMC Marlin.

  Fastback / personal luxury car · 1965–1966

• Reliant Kitten

  A four-wheeled economy car based on the Robin — a fibreglass-bodied 848 cc saloon and estate.

  Economy car · 1975–1982

• Renault 4CV

  Renault's first postwar car — a rear-engined economy saloon that became the first French model to sell over a million units.

  Economy car · 1947–1961

• Renault Dauphine

  The 4CV's larger, rounder successor — a rear-engined compact that sold over two million units and briefly conquered the American market.

  Economy car · 1956–1967

• Renault Renault 4

  The world's first mass-produced hatchback — a 31-year 'blue jeans' car that sold over 8 million units across 28 countries.

  Economy car · 1961–1992

• Renault Renault 16

  The car that won the first European Car of the Year award for France — and proved the five-door hatchback as a practical family-car format.

  Mid-size car · 1965–1980

• Renault Twingo

  A distinctive single-volume city car (1993–2024) — 2.6 million first-generation units made it one of Europe's most successful minicars.

  City car · 1993–2024

• Renault Mégane

  Renault's core compact family car for three decades — successor to the Renault 19, home of the 300-hp Mégane RS, now in its electric Mégane E-Tech form.

  Compact car · 1995–present

• Renault Laguna

  Renault's D-segment family car for two decades — a practical large hatchback and estate, replaced by the Talisman in 2016.

  Large family car · 1994–2015

• Renault Zoé

  Europe's best-selling battery-electric car through most of the 2010s — Renault's pioneering supermini-class EV.

  Electric car · 2012–2024

• Renault Renault 5 E-Tech

  A retro-futuristic revival of the iconic R5 nameplate as a fully electric supermini — 2025 European Car of the Year.

  Electric car · 2024–present

• Renault Korea SM5

  The original Samsung Motors launch model — a Nissan Cefiro-based large sedan that anchored the brand for 21 years across three generations.

  Mid-size car · 1998–2019

• Renault Korea SM3

  Renault Samsung's entry-level compact — first a rebadged Nissan Bluebird Sylphy, then a Renault Fluence twin, plus a pioneering battery-electric variant.

  Compact car · 2002–2019

• Renault Korea SM7

  Renault Samsung's executive flagship sedan — derived from the Nissan Teana, it sat above the SM5 for 15 years.

  Full-size car · 2004–2019

• Renault Korea SM6

  A Renault Talisman twin built in Busan — the SM6 was the last remaining Samsung-badged model and the final sedan in the lineup before its 2025 discontinuation.

  Mid-size car · 2016–2025

• REO Model A

  REO's first car (1905) — a twin-cylinder side-entrance tonneau that quickly outsold Oldsmobile and put the new marque among America's top makers.

  Touring car · 1905–1906

• REO Flying Cloud

  REO's mainstream passenger car (1927–1936) — the first car with Lockheed hydraulic internal-expanding brakes, and the last REO car ever built.

  Sedan · 1927–1936

• REO Royale

  REO's streamlined straight-eight flagship (1931–1935) — Amos Northup's design helped establish true automotive streamlining in America.

  Luxury car · 1931–1935

• Riley Nine

  Riley's landmark small car (1926–1938) — Percy Riley's hemi-head high-camshaft engine in saloons, tourers and the racing Brooklands.

  Saloon · 1926–1938

• Riley 12/4

  Riley's 1½-litre four-cylinder mid-1930s car — saloons and tourers whose engine and chassis underpinned the post-war 1½-litre RM cars.

  Saloon · 1934–1938

• Riley RM Series

  The last cars Riley developed independently (1945–1955) — handsome 1½- and 2½-litre saloons, roadsters and dropheads, built before BMC took over.

  Saloon · 1945–1955

• Riley Pathfinder

  A 2½-litre saloon (1953–1957) — the last Riley to use the company's own big four-cylinder engine, in a modern BMC-era body.

  Saloon · 1953–1957

• Riley One-Point-Five

  A compact 1½-litre saloon (1957–1965) — a genuinely sporting small Riley with twin SU carburettors, sharing its shell with the Wolseley 1500.

  Saloon · 1957–1965

• Riley 4/Sixty-Eight & 4/Seventy-Two

  Pinin Farina-styled BMC 'Farina' saloons in Riley trim (1959–1969) — the 4/Sixty-Eight and its updated 4/Seventy-Two successor.

  Saloon · 1959–1969

• Riley Elf

  A luxury Mini (1961–1969) — a Riley-badged Mini with a traditional grille, longer booted tail and upgraded trim, twin to the Wolseley Hornet.

  Economy car · 1961–1969

• Riley Kestrel

  A Riley-trimmed BMC 1100/1300 (1965–1969) — twin-carb saloon with Riley grille and whiskers, renamed simply the Riley 1300 from 1968.

  Saloon · 1965–1969

• Rinspeed sQuba

  The world's first car that drives on land and underwater — a Lotus Elise–based, all-electric amphibious concept unveiled at Geneva 2008.

  Concept car · 2008–2008

• Rinspeed Splash

  A carbon-composite hydrofoil amphibian capable of nearly 200 km/h on land and 45 knots on water — Geneva 2004, and a record English Channel crossing in 2006.

  Concept car · 2004–2004

• Rinspeed Presto

  A natural-gas city car that morphs from a 2.7-metre two-seat cabrio into a 3.74-metre four-seater at the touch of a button — Geneva 2002.

  Concept car · 2002–2002

• Rinspeed Bedouin

  A Porsche 996 Turbo–based all-terrain concept that transforms electrically from a two-seat pick-up into a four-seat wagon in under ten seconds — Geneva 2003.

  Concept car · 2003–2003

• Rinspeed iChange

  An all-electric shape-shifting EV that reconfigures from a sleek one-seater to a three-seater at the press of a button — Geneva 2009.

  Concept car · 2009–2009

• Rinspeed Oasis

  An autonomous electric two-seater with a living-room cabin, a dashboard garden, and a delivery drawer — CES 2017.

  Concept car · 2017–2017

• Rinspeed Mono Ego

  A supercharged aluminium-bodied single-seat sports car built to mark Rinspeed's 20th anniversary — Geneva 1997.

  Concept car · 1997–1997

• Rinspeed E-Go Rocket

  A salt-flat–inspired single-seat composite sports car with a 410 hp supercharged V8 — Geneva 1998.

  Concept car · 1998–1998

• Rinspeed microSNAP

  A modular micro-mobility pod separating a reusable 'skateboard' chassis from interchangeable body units — CES / Geneva 2019.

  Concept car · 2019–2019

• Roewe 750

  Roewe's debut model — a stretched, re-engineered Rover 75 that launched the brand at the 2006 Beijing Auto Show.

  Executive car · 2006–2016

• Roewe 550

  Roewe's first independently developed compact sedan, previewed by the W2 concept and derived from the aborted MG Rover RDX60 project.

  Compact car · 2008–2016

• Roewe 350

  A smaller, more affordable compact sedan that sat below the 550 in Roewe's early lineup.

  Compact car · 2010–2014

• Roewe 950

  Roewe's flagship executive sedan, sharing the GM Epsilon II long-wheelbase platform with the Buick LaCrosse.

  Executive car · 2012–2019

• Roewe i6

  Roewe's C-segment family sedan — launched at the 2016 Guangzhou Auto Show as the world's first mass-produced internet-connected family car.

  Compact car · 2017–present

• Roewe i5

  A high-volume compact sedan that underpins the MG5 for export markets, sold in China from late 2018.

  Compact car · 2018–present

• Roewe Ei5

  An affordable battery-electric station wagon — a rare body style in the EV segment — exported to Europe as the MG5 EV.

  Electric car · 2018–2025

• Roewe D7

  Roewe's modern electrified flagship sedan, offered as both a battery-electric and a plug-in hybrid with record-setting range.

  Mid-size car · 2023–present

• Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost

  The 40/50 HP that made Rolls-Royce's name — the legendarily quiet car Autocar called "the best car in the world," built 1906–1926.

  Luxury car · 1906–1926

• Rolls-Royce Phantom (I–VI)

  The classic, coachbuilt Phantom limousines (I–VI, 1925–1990) — Rolls-Royce's hand-built flagship through the heart of the 20th century.

  Luxury car · 1925–1990

• Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud

  The elegant John Blatchley-styled saloon (1955–1966) — a classic Rolls-Royce shape, sister to the Bentley S-series.

  Luxury car · 1955–1966

• Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow

  Rolls-Royce's first monocoque car (1965–1980) and its best-selling model ever, with over 30,000 built.

  Luxury car · 1965–1980

• Rolls-Royce Silver Spirit / Silver Spur

  The angular 1980s–90s saloon (Spirit, 1980–1997; long-wheelbase Spur to 2000) that carried Rolls-Royce to the BMW era.

  Luxury car · 1980–2000

• Rolls-Royce Corniche

  The two-door Shadow-based coupe and convertible (1971–1995, briefly revived 2000–2002) — a long-lived hand-finished grand tourer.

  Luxury car · 1971–1995

• Rolls-Royce Camargue

  The wedge-shaped Pininfarina-styled flagship (1975–1986) — the first post-war Rolls-Royce not designed in-house, and once the world's most expensive car.

  Luxury car · 1975–1986

• Rolls-Royce Silver Seraph

  The last Rolls-Royce built at Crewe (1998–2002) — and the first twelve-cylinder Rolls-Royce since 1939, powered by a BMW V12.

  Luxury car · 1998–2002

• Rolls-Royce Phantom

  The modern BMW-era flagship (Phantom VII, 2003; Phantom VIII, 2017) — the car that relaunched Rolls-Royce at Goodwood.

  Luxury car · 2003–present

• Rolls-Royce Ghost

  The smaller, more driver-focused saloon (2009–present) — the more accessible Rolls-Royce that became its volume model.

  Luxury car · 2009–present

• Rover P4

  The dignified 'Auntie' Rover — a mid-size luxury saloon that defined the marque's reputation through the 1950s.

  Luxury saloon · 1949–1964

• Rover P5

  Rover's stately 3-Litre saloon and coupé — the V8 P5B was the car of choice for British Prime Ministers and the Queen.

  Luxury saloon · 1958–1973

• Rover P6

  The advanced Rover 2000 — the very first European Car of the Year, with a base-unit chassis and the 3500 V8.

  Executive saloon · 1963–1977

• Rover Rover 8

  Rover's very first car (1904) — a single-cylinder light car designed by Edmund Lewis that launched the marque.

  Veteran car · 1904–1912

• Rover 800

  Rover's flagship executive car, co-developed with Honda (sister to the Legend) and sold in the US as the Sterling.

  Executive car · 1986–1999

• Rover 200

  Rover's compact family car — from Honda Ballade clone to a genuinely well-regarded British hatchback before becoming the Rover 25.

  Compact car · 1984–1999

• Rover 400

  The slightly larger saloon/hatchback sibling of the 200, Honda-related, later renamed the Rover 45.

  Compact car · 1990–1999

• Rover 600

  An elegant mid-size saloon based on the Honda Accord — the last and most successful of the Rover-Honda cars.

  Compact executive car · 1993–1999

• Rover 75

  Rover's acclaimed retro-styled executive saloon — the last all-new Rover, offered late on with a 4.6-litre Ford V8.

  Executive car · 1998–2005

• Rover 45

  MG Rover's compact saloon and hatchback — a renamed Rover 400, twinned with the MG ZS, to 2005.

  Compact car · 1999–2005

• Rover CityRover

  A rebadged Tata Indica imported from India — MG Rover's troubled budget city car, criticised on price and quality.

  City car · 2003–2005

• Saab 92

  Saab's first production car — a radical, aerodynamic two-door with a 764 cc two-stroke engine and a drag coefficient of just 0.30.

  Small family car · 1949–1956

• Saab 96

  Saab's best-known classic — a 20-year production run that won the Monte Carlo Rally back-to-back in 1962 and 1963 under Erik Carlsson.

  Small family car · 1960–1980

• Saab 99

  Saab's first all-new large car and the birthplace of the production turbocharged family car — the 99 Turbo of 1978 changed the industry.

  Compact executive car · 1968–1984

• Saab 900

  Saab's best-selling car ever — the classic 900 (1978–1994) and its GM-era successor together produced over 908,000 units, anchored by the Turbo and a cult-favourite cabriolet.

  Compact executive car · 1978–1998

• Saab 9000

  Saab's first full executive car — developed on the Fiat-led Type Four platform alongside the Lancia Thema and Alfa Romeo 164, with a 503,000-unit production run.

  Executive car · 1984–1998

• Saab 9-3

  Saab's longest-lived nameplate under GM ownership — two distinct generations spanning hatchbacks, sedans, convertibles, and a SportCombi wagon across 16 years.

  Compact executive car · 1998–2014

• Saab 9-5

  Saab's executive flagship under GM — two generations spanning 1997 to 2011, with sedan and wagon body styles across the first generation and a short-lived second generation.

  Executive car · 1997–2011

• Saab 9-2X

  A US-market Subaru Impreza WRX / WRX STi re-badged as a Saab for 2004–2005 — informally nicknamed 'Saabaru' by enthusiasts.

  Compact car · 2004–2005

• SAIC Motor Shanghai SH760

  China's premier domestic saloon for three decades — a Mercedes-based government sedan that became a symbol of socialist-era motoring.

  Full-size car · 1964–1991

• SAIC Motor Roewe 750

  SAIC's first Roewe — an executive saloon built on the Rover 75 platform, launched as China's premium domestic sedan.

  Executive car · 2006–2016

• SAIC Motor Roewe 550

  A compact Roewe sedan that brought MG Rover-derived engineering to the mid-market and became the brand's volume driver.

  Compact car · 2008–2016

• SAIC Motor MG6

  The first all-new MG under SAIC — a compact fastback that relaunched the MG brand in China and briefly in the UK.

  Compact car · 2010–present

• SAIC Motor MG4 EV

  SAIC's ground-up electric hatchback on a dedicated MSP platform — the MG that broke into mainstream European EV charts and received widespread press acclaim.

  Electric car · 2022–present

• SAIC Motor Wuling Hongguang Mini EV

  The world's best-selling electric car in 2021 — a ultra-affordable Chinese city EV priced from roughly $4,200, outselling the Tesla Model 3 in China.

  City car · 2020–present

• SAIC Motor IM L7

  IM Motors' debut model — a full-size luxury electric sedan co-developed with Alibaba, targeting Tesla Model S buyers in China.

  Electric car · 2022–present

• SAIPA Renault 5 (Iran)

  A locally assembled Renault 5 that SAIPA produced under license from 1975; when Pars Khodro took over the line in 1994 the model continued under that brand.

  Subcompact car · 1975–1994

• SAIPA Pride (Saba / Nasim)

  Iran's best-selling nameplate for three decades — a locally produced Kia Pride family that reached over six million cumulative units and defined affordable motoring for a generation.

  Subcompact car · 1993–2020

• SAIPA Tiba

  SAIPA's first domestically designed car — a 1.5-litre sedan and hatchback (Tiba 2) that was Iran's top-selling model in 2023 and 2024 despite ending production in 2022.

  Subcompact car · 2009–2022

• SAIPA Saina

  A freshened B-segment sedan on the X200 platform — fresher styling and an optional CVT over the Tiba it complements, now updated to Euro 5 standards.

  Subcompact car · 2016–present

• SAIPA Shahin

  SAIPA's first turbocharged compact sedan — built on the domestically developed SP1 platform with a 110-hp 1.5-litre turbo and Euro 5 compliance from launch.

  Compact car · 2020–present

• SAIPA Sahand

  The current-generation successor to the Saina — a Euro 5–compliant B-sedan with updated styling, blind-spot detection, and an optional CVT, named after the volcanic peak near Tabriz.

  Subcompact car · 2023–present

• Salmson S4

  Salmson's principal inter-war and post-war model — a technically sophisticated small saloon with twin-cam heritage, produced in numerous variants for over two decades.

  Sports saloon · 1929–1952

• Salmson Randonnée

  Salmson's ambitious post-war grand tourer — a light-alloy twin-cam saloon with a Cotal electromagnetic gearbox, intended to rival the best French sports cars of the early 1950s.

  Sports saloon · 1950–1954

• Saturn S-Series

  Saturn's original compact (1991–2002) — dent-resistant polymer panels on a steel spaceframe, the car that launched the brand and made Saturn a credible import-fighter.

  Compact car · 1991–2002

• Saturn L-Series

  Saturn's first mid-size car (2000–2005) — an Opel Vectra B-derived sedan and wagon built in Wilmington, Delaware, ~406,300 produced.

  Mid-size car · 2000–2005

• Saturn Ion

  The S-Series successor (2003–2007) — a Delta-platform compact with a center-mounted gauge cluster, quirky Quad Coupe rear doors, and a supercharged Red Line.

  Compact car · 2003–2007

• Saturn Aura

  Saturn's Epsilon-platform mid-size sedan (2007–2009) — the 2007 North American Car of the Year, available with a mild-hybrid Green Line.

  Mid-size car · 2007–2009

• Saturn Astra

  A German-built Opel Astra H hatchback (2008–2009) — Saturn's European compact import that replaced the Ion and represented the brand's full pivot to Opel-sourced products.

  Compact car · 2008–2009

• Sbarro Espera Evoluzione

  A 2011 Geneva Motor Show concept designed by students of the Espera Sbarro school — motorcycle-inspired bodywork over a 134 kW turbocharged Audi 1.8-litre four-cylinder.

  Concept car · 2011–2011

• Saxon Six

  Saxon's Continental-powered six-cylinder touring car — introduced at $785 in 1915, it became the company's volume seller and drove Saxon to its peak of seventh-largest U.S. automaker in 1917.

  Touring car · 1915–1921

• Saxon Duplex

  Saxon's final model — a larger overhead-valve four-cylinder car with a closed sedan option, assembled in Ypsilanti as the company made its last stand before bankruptcy.

  Sedan · 1920–1922

• Scion iQ

  An ultra-compact premium city car — a US version of the Toyota iQ that struggled to win over American buyers.

  City car · 2012–2015

• Scion iA

  Scion's only sedan — a rebadged Mazda2 sold for one year before becoming the Toyota Yaris iA.

  Subcompact sedan · 2016–2016

• SEAT 600

  The rear-engined economy car that motorized Spain — over 797,000 built and an enduring national icon.

  City car · 1957–1973

• SEAT 1400

  SEAT's very first production car — a licensed Fiat 1400 sedan that launched Spanish volume automobile manufacturing.

  Saloon · 1953–1958

• SEAT Córdoba

  The saloon, estate, and coupé companion to the Ibiza supermini — a three-body small car that ran for over 15 years.

  Compact car · 1993–2009

• SEAT León

  SEAT's best-selling compact hatchback and the home of Cupra performance — four generations on VW Group platforms, with over two million sold.

  Compact car · 1999–present

• SEAT Toledo

  SEAT's compact saloon — the first model developed inside the Volkswagen Group, spanning four generations from 1991 to 2019.

  Compact car · 1991–2019

• Simca Aronde

  Simca's first original design (1951–1964) — a unibody saloon that propelled the brand to second place among French automakers, with 1.4 million built.

  Family car · 1951–1964

• Simca Vedette

  An American-flavoured V8 saloon (1954–1961) acquired with Ford's French factory — the largest and most powerful Simca of its era.

  Executive car · 1954–1961

• Simca Ariane

  An economy version of the Vedette using the Aronde's engine (1957–1967) — practical, cheap to run, and widely used as a French taxi.

  Family car · 1957–1967

• Simca Simca 1000

  A rear-engined, four-door saloon (1961–1978) that was France's affordable small car for nearly two decades, with a motorsport legacy through the Rallye variants.

  Subcompact car · 1961–1978

• Simca Simca 1100

  A front-wheel-drive hatchback pioneer (1967–1982) that influenced the VW Golf generation and sold over two million units across Europe.

  Compact car · 1967–1982

• Simca Simca 1307 / Chrysler Alpine

  The 1976 European Car of the Year (1975–1980) — a front-drive large hatchback sold as the Chrysler Alpine in Britain, one of Simca's finest achievements.

  Large family car · 1975–1980

• Simca Horizon

  The 1979 European Car of the Year (Simca-badged 1978–1980) — a front-drive compact hatchback that was also sold in the USA as the Dodge Omni / Plymouth Horizon.

  Compact car · 1978–1980

• Singer Ten

  Singer's pioneering light car, launched in 1912 and revived through 1949 — an early British best-seller.

  Light car · 1912–1949

• Singer Junior

  An 848 cc overhead-cam economy car of the late 1920s that helped make Singer Britain's third-largest car maker.

  Light car · 1926–1932

• Singer Nine

  The 972 cc overhead-cam Nine of the 1930s — saloons, sports tourers, and the basis for the famous Le Mans.

  Light car · 1933–1937

• Singer SM1500

  A modern full-width post-war saloon with a 1,500 cc overhead-cam engine — advanced, but too costly to save the company.

  Saloon · 1948–1954

• Singer Hunter

  A restyled SM1500 with a traditional grille — the last car of Singer's independent era before the Rootes takeover.

  Saloon · 1954–1956

• Singer Gazelle

  The first Rootes-era Singer — an up-market Hillman Minx that initially kept Singer's own overhead-cam engine.

  Saloon · 1956–1970

• Singer Vogue

  A more luxurious Rootes-era Singer — first a Hillman Super Minx derivative, then an Arrow-platform car.

  Saloon · 1961–1970

• Singer Chamois

  An up-market, rear-engined Hillman Imp with a false grille and plusher trim — the last car to wear a Singer badge.

  City car · 1964–1970

• Škoda Octavia

  Škoda's flagship volume model — a nameplate spanning 1959 to today, and in its modern four-generation form the brand's global best-seller.

  Compact car · 1959–present

• Škoda Fabia

  Škoda's small car since 1999 — a Polo-underpinned supermini now in its fourth generation, earning consistent 'best small car' plaudits.

  Subcompact car · 1999–present

• Škoda Superb

  Škoda's flagship — a prewar luxury nameplate revived in 2001 as a spacious, premium-value executive saloon now in its fourth modern generation.

  Large car · 1934–present

• Škoda Favorit

  Škoda's first modern front-wheel-drive car — a Bertone-styled hatchback that signalled the brand's move away from its outdated rear-engine layout.

  Subcompact car · 1987–1995

• Škoda Felicia

  Škoda's transitional supermini (1994–2001) — the last model on the brand's own platform and the first to benefit from Volkswagen Group ownership.

  Subcompact car · 1994–2001

• Smart Forfour

  Smart's four-seat five-door hatchback — two separate generations (2004–2006 and 2014–2019), both discontinued after modest sales.

  Subcompact car · 2004–2019

• Spyker 60 HP

  The 1903 Dutch racing car famous as the world's first four-wheel-drive petrol automobile, the first with a six-cylinder engine, and the first with four-wheel brakes.

  Racing car · 1903–1903

• SsangYong Chairman

  SsangYong's sole luxury sedan — built on the Mercedes-Benz W124 platform, sold in South Korea from 1997 to 2017.

  Full-size luxury car · 1997–2017

• Standard Little Nine

  Standard's smallest 1930s car (1930–1936) — a compact side-valve 'Nine' that sold to the better-off before the streamlined Flying Nine replaced it.

  Saloon · 1930–1936

• Standard Flying Standard

  Standard's streamlined 1930s range (1936–1948) — Flying Nine through Twenty plus a rare V8, with sloping tails and a 'waterfall' grille.

  Saloon · 1936–1948

• Standard Vanguard

  Standard's landmark post-war saloon (1947–1963) — Britain's first all-new post-WWII design from a major maker, whose 2.1-litre engine also powered Ferguson tractors and Triumph TR sports cars.

  Saloon · 1947–1963

• Standard Ensign

  A basic, fleet-focused Vanguard (1957–1963) — austere trim and a smaller engine; the final UK-built Standard, an Ensign De Luxe, left the line in May 1963.

  Saloon · 1957–1963

• Standard Eight

  Standard's cheap unitary small saloon (1953–1959) — a roomy, frugal economy car with the new 803 cc OHV SC engine that undercut the Austin A30 and Morris Minor.

  Economy car · 1953–1959

• Standard Ten

  The better-trimmed sister to the Eight (1954–1961) — a 948 cc version with a proper grille and boot lid; it outlived the Eight before the Triumph Herald replaced it.

  Economy car · 1954–1961

• Standard Pennant

  A tail-finned, restyled Ten (1957–1959) — Standard's brightest small car, with prominent fins, hooded lamps and optional overdrive and two-pedal control.

  Economy car · 1957–1959

• Standard Motors (India) Standard Herald

  India's adaptation of the Triumph Herald — three Mark variants with rising local content, including a unique four-door body developed in Madras.

  Compact car · 1961–1971

• Standard Motors (India) Standard Gazel

  India's first domestically redesigned car — a thorough rework of the Herald platform with new body, suspension, and interior, built 1972–1983.

  Compact car · 1972–1983

• Standard Motors (India) Standard 2000

  Standard's ambitious final product — a licensed Rover SD1 body mated to an aging 83 hp four-cylinder, launched at ₹2,12,000 and gone within three years.

  Executive car · 1985–1988

• Standard Motors (India) Standard Vanguard

  Standard Motors India's inaugural product — locally assembled British Standard Vanguards built at the Vandalur factory from 1951.

  Full-size car · 1951–1955

• Stanguellini Formula Junior

  Stanguellini's front-engined Formula Junior single-seater — the car that launched the class, built in nearly 150 examples and dominant through 1960, driven early in their careers by Bandini and von Trips.

  Formula racing car · 1958–1962

• Stanguellini Colibrì

  A one-off 250 cc streamlined record car with Franco Scaglione bodywork — set six FIA world speed records at Monza in 1963.

  Streamliner / record car · 1963–1963

• Stanley (Stanley Steamer) Rocket

  The canoe-shaped steam racer that set the 1906 land speed record at Ormond Beach — 127.66 mph, unbeaten by any car until 1911.

  Steam racing car · 1906–1907

• Stanley (Stanley Steamer) Model 740

  The last Stanley — a 20-hp condensing steamer offered as touring car, roadster, and sedan as the company entered receivership.

  Steam touring car · 1922–1924

• Star Star Four

  The original four-cylinder Star (1922–1928) — Durant Motors' Continental-powered Ford Model T fighter, launched at $348.

  Full-size car · 1922–1928

• Star Star Six

  The six-cylinder Star (1926–1927) — a larger, Continental-six-powered companion to the four on a 107-inch wheelbase.

  Full-size car · 1926–1927

• Steyr Type II (Waffenauto)

  Steyr's debut passenger car — a sturdy 3.3-litre SOHC six that put a weapons factory on the automotive map.

  Touring car · 1920–1924

• Steyr Type XII

  Steyr's international breakthrough — a refined 1.5-litre OHC six that won acclaim from London to Vienna.

  Touring car · 1925–1929

• Steyr Steyr 120 / 125 Super

  A streamlined inter-war six with independent front suspension — 1,400 built before its successor took over.

  Mid-size car · 1935–1937

• Steyr Steyr 220

  The pinnacle of pre-war Steyr — a 2.3-litre OHV six in four body styles, with coachbuilt Gläser cabriolets.

  Mid-size car · 1937–1941

• Steyr Steyr 50 / 55 (Baby)

  The 'Steyr Baby' — a VW-contemporary streamlined people's car that sold around 13,000 units before the war.

  Economy car · 1936–1940

• Steyr Steyr-Puch 500

  Austria's beloved post-war city car — a Fiat 500 body with a superior twin-cylinder Steyr-Puch engine, 60,000 built.

  City car · 1957–1975

• Stoewer Großer Motorwagen

  Stoewer's very first automobile — a four-seat open tourer with a 6.5 hp twin-cylinder engine, one of the first cars built in Germany.

  Veteran car · 1899–1899

• Stoewer G4

  Stoewer's most commercially successful pre-war model — a shaft-driven 1.5-litre four-cylinder aimed at the middle market, with 1,070 built.

  Compact car · 1907–1910

• Stoewer G15 Gigant

  One of Stoewer's flagship eight-cylinder luxury cars of the late 1920s — a 4-litre straight-eight producing up to 80 PS.

  Luxury car · 1928–1931

• Stoewer V5

  One of Germany's first mass-produced front-wheel-drive cars — a 1.2-litre compact with 2,100 units built across two years.

  Subcompact car · 1931–1932

• Stoewer Greif V8

  An innovative front-wheel-drive V8 with an aluminium alloy engine — the last Stoewer designed by the founding brothers, with only about 20 built.

  Mid-size car · 1934–1939

• Stoewer Greif Junior

  Stoewer's best-selling car ever — a streamlined Tatra 75-derived compact that sold 4,000 units in four years.

  Compact car · 1935–1938

• Stoewer Sedina

  Stoewer's final civilian saloon — a 2.4-litre four-cylinder rear-drive car named for Stettin, with 924 built.

  Mid-size car · 1937–1940

• Stoewer Arkona

  Stoewer's final and largest civilian car — a 3.6-litre six-cylinder named for Cape Arkona, capable of 140 km/h, with 201 built.

  Mid-size car · 1937–1940

• Studebaker Champion

  Studebaker's low-priced economy car (1939–1958) — a light, frugal best-seller, later home of the 'bullet-nose' look.

  Full-size car · 1939–1958

• Studebaker Commander

  Studebaker's long-running mid-range nameplate (1927–1966) — home of the celebrated 1953 'Loewy coupe'.

  Full-size car · 1927–1966

• Studebaker President

  Studebaker's flagship luxury car (1926–1942, revived 1955–1958) — the early straight-eight President was a 1920s prestige model.

  Full-size car · 1926–1958

• Studebaker Land Cruiser

  Studebaker's top-line long-wheelbase sedan (1934–1954) — a streamlined flagship designation used intermittently across the range.

  Full-size car · 1934–1954

• Studebaker Lark

  The compact that saved Studebaker for a time (1959–1966) — a tidy, sales-hit small car, later home of the sporty Daytona.

  Compact car · 1959–1966

• Studebaker Hawk

  Studebaker's family of sporty coupes (1956–1964) — from the supercharged Golden Hawk to the finned Gran Turismo Hawk.

  Personal luxury car · 1956–1964

• Stutz Vertical Eight

  Stutz's straight-eight 'Safety Stutz' line — the platform behind the SV-16, the twin-cam DV-32, and a famous 2nd-place finish at Le Mans 1928.

  Luxury car · 1926–1935

• Stutz Blackhawk

  The neoclassic revival coupe — a Virgil Exner design on a Pontiac chassis, hand-bodied in Italy; Elvis Presley bought the very first one.

  Personal luxury car · 1971–1987

• Stutz IV-Porte

  A four-door neoclassic sedan companion to the Blackhawk coupe, built on GM's B-body platform from 1979 to 1981.

  Luxury car · 1979–1981

• Stutz Victoria

  A stretched neoclassic four-door limousine — 10 inches longer than the IV-Porte, complete with fold-down tables and Stutz-provided chauffeur service.

  Luxury sedan · 1981–1987

• Subaru Impreza

  Subaru's compact mainstay — the platform that spawned the WRX/STI rally legend and remains on sale today.

  Compact car · 1993–present

• Subaru Legacy

  Subaru's mid-size sedan and wagon — a seven-generation AWD family car that launched the Outback nameplate.

  Mid-size car · 1990–present

• Sunbeam Rapier

  Sunbeam's long-running sporting coupé — five 'Audax' series from 1955, then the sleek Arrow-platform fastback through 1976.

  Sports saloon · 1955–1976

• Sunbeam Sunbeam-Talbot 90 / Mk III

  The rally-winning saloon that fathered the Alpine — Rootes' prestige sporting car renamed 'Sunbeam Mk III' in 1954 when the Talbot name was dropped.

  Sports saloon · 1948–1957

• Sunbeam Imp Sport

  Sunbeam's rear-engined Mini-Cooper rival — a twin-carburettor Hillman Imp with genuine performance and handling flair.

  Economy car · 1966–1976

• Suzuki Alto

  Suzuki's legendary kei car — the best-selling Suzuki model worldwide, a pioneer of the ultra-budget microcar category since 1979.

  City car · 1979–present

• Suzuki Swift

  A global supermini that began as the Cultus — one of Suzuki's longest-running and most successful international nameplates, with a spirited Sport variant.

  Subcompact car · 1983–present

• Suzuki Aerio

  A budget compact hatchback/sedan notable for offering all-wheel drive at a lower price than any competitor in the early 2000s US market.

  Compact car · 2002–2007

• Suzuki Esteem

  Suzuki's compact sedan/wagon of the late 1990s (known globally as the Baleno) — the North American replacement for the Swift sedan.

  Compact car · 1995–2002

• Suzuki Forenza

  A rebadged Daewoo Lacetti — Suzuki's budget compact of the mid-2000s US market, badge-engineered through GM's Daewoo acquisition.

  Compact car · 2004–2008

• Suzuki Verona

  A rebadged Daewoo Magnus mid-size sedan — Suzuki's brief, GM-facilitated attempt at an entry-level near-luxury car for the US market.

  Mid-size car · 2004–2006

• Suzuki Kizashi

  Suzuki's sportiest and most ambitious US sedan — a 185-hp compact/mid-size with optional AWD and manual transmission, the brand's swan song in America.

  Mid-size car · 2010–2013

• TagAZ Doninvest Assol

  TagAZ's first model — a licensed Daewoo Lanos assembled in Taganrog as the Doninvest Assol from 1998 to 2002.

  Compact car · 1998–2002

• TagAZ Doninvest Orion

  A licensed Daewoo Nubira sedan assembled in Taganrog from 1998 to 2002 under the Doninvest brand.

  Compact car · 1998–2002

• TagAZ Vortex Estina

  TagAZ's Vortex-branded Chery A5 sedan, assembled in Taganrog from 2008 for the Russian budget market.

  Compact car · 2008–2014

• TagAZ Aquila

  TagAZ's only genuinely home-developed car — a four-door coupe compact launched in March 2013, with roughly 200 built before the factory's bankruptcy.

  Compact car · 2013–2014

• Talbot Sunbeam-Talbot 90

  Rootes' first new post-war design — a handsome sports saloon whose Alpine Rally success directly spawned the Sunbeam Alpine sports car.

  Sports saloon · 1948–1957

• Talbot Talbot Horizon

  A front-wheel-drive family hatchback and 1976 European Car of the Year — Talbot's volume mainstay through the early 1980s.

  Compact car · 1978–1987

• Talbot Alpine / 1510

  A large front-drive family hatchback styled in the UK and engineered at Simca's Poissy plant — the 1976 European Car of the Year sold as the Chrysler Alpine before becoming the Talbot 1510.

  Family car · 1975–1986

• Talbot Samba

  The last all-new Talbot passenger car — a PSA-era supermini based on the Peugeot 104, notable for the Pininfarina-built Cabriolet.

  City car · 1981–1986

• Talbot Tagora

  Talbot's ill-fated executive saloon — conceived by Chrysler Europe, launched by PSA, and cancelled after fewer than 20,000 units when it could not compete with the Ford Granada.

  Executive car · 1981–1983

• Talbot-Lago T26 Record

  Post-war flagship grand tourer powered by a 4.5-litre twin-cam six — fewer than 590 built, in sedan, cabriolet, and coachbuilt form.

  Executive car · 1946–1953

• Talbot-Lago T26C Grand Prix

  Talbot-Lago's Formula One single-seater — raced in the 1950 and 1951 inaugural F1 seasons, winning the 1949 Belgian and French Grands Prix.

  Racing car · 1948–1951

• Tama E4S-47

  Tama's inaugural four-seat electric sedan — Japan's first notable production EV, capable of 65 km per charge at a top speed of 35 km/h.

  Electric car · 1947–1948

• Tama Junior

  The 1948 compact follow-on to the E4S-47 — a completely restyled body on the same electric platform, marketed as Tama's entry-level passenger car.

  Electric car · 1948–1950

• Tama Senior

  Tama's larger 1949 medium-size electric sedan, claimed to achieve up to 200 km on a single charge — a figure that brought the brand international attention.

  Electric car · 1949–1951

• Tata Motors Indica

  India's first fully indigenous passenger car — a diesel-friendly hatchback that received 115,000 orders within a week of its 1998 unveiling.

  Subcompact car · 1998–2018

• Tata Motors Indigo

  The three-box sedan derivative of the Indica — offered in standard, compact (CS), and estate (Marina) forms.

  Subcompact car · 2002–2018

• Tata Motors Tiago

  Tata's modern entry-level hatchback — launched in 2016 and later offered as the Tiago EV, India's most affordable electric car.

  Subcompact car · 2016–present

• Tata Motors Tigor

  A compact 'styleback' sedan on the Tiago platform — offered in petrol, CNG, and electric variants.

  Subcompact car · 2017–present

• Tata Motors Altroz

  A premium hatchback on Tata's ALFA platform — launched in January 2020 to take on the Maruti Baleno and Hyundai i20 with a five-star NCAP rating.

  Subcompact car · 2020–present

• Tatra Tatra 11

  The 1923 car that introduced Tatra's signature backbone-tube chassis and swing-axle rear suspension — the technical foundation of every subsequent Tatra.

  Compact car · 1923–1927

• Tatra Tatra 77

  The world's first production aerodynamically designed car — a rear-engined, air-cooled V8 fastback conceived with Zeppelin engineer Paul Jaray.

  Luxury car · 1934–1938

• Tatra Tatra 87

  Tatra's definitive pre-war streamliner — a lighter, faster refinement of the T77 with a 2.9-litre rear V8 that could exceed 160 km/h and influenced Porsche's Beetle design.

  Luxury car · 1936–1950

• Tatra Tatra 603

  The hand-built status car of communist Czechoslovakia — a rear-engined air-cooled luxury sedan reserved for party officials, 20,422 built over 19 years.

  Luxury car · 1956–1975

• Tatra Tatra 613

  A Vignale-styled rear-engined flagship with a 3.5-litre DOHC air-cooled V8, the longest-running post-war Tatra passenger car at approximately 11,000 units.

  Luxury car · 1974–1996

• Tatra Tatra 700

  Tatra's final passenger car — a restyled 613 successor with a V8 available up to 4.4 litres, of which only about 75 were built before Tatra exited the car market.

  Luxury car · 1996–1999

• Terraplane Terraplane

  The low-priced six that carried Hudson through the Depression — light, quick, and famous for its power-to-weight ratio.

  Full-size car · 1932–1938

• Terraplane Terraplane Eight

  The straight-eight Terraplane (1933) — a 244-cubic-inch eight on the long wheelbase that made it one of the hottest low-priced cars of its day.

  Full-size car · 1933–1933

• Tesla Model S

  Tesla's full-size electric liftback (2012–2026) — the car that made EVs credible, with the 1,020-hp Plaid as its halo.

  Full-size car · 2012–2026

• Tesla Model 3

  Tesla's mass-market electric sedan (2017–present) — its highest-volume car for years and the EV that became the world's best-seller of its time.

  Compact car · 2017–present

• Togg T10F

  Togg's second model — a fastback battery-electric sedan revealed at CES 2024 and launched in Turkey and Germany in 2025.

  Sedan · 2025–present

• Tofaş Murat 124

  Tofaş's first car — a licensed Fiat 124 named after the Murat river, launching Turkey's domestic automobile industry.

  Compact car · 1971–1976

• Tofaş Şahin / Doğan / Kartal (Bird Series)

  Tofaş's legendary Bird Series — a Fiat 131-based family of sedans and a station wagon that became a defining symbol of Turkish motoring for 25 years.

  Compact car · 1977–2002

• Tofaş Tempra

  The car whose one-millionth unit marked a milestone for Tofaş — a Fiat Tipo-derived sedan produced in Bursa from 1990 to 1999.

  Compact car · 1990–1999

• Tofaş Tipo (Type 160)

  The European Car of the Year 1989 hatchback, assembled at Bursa through the 1990s as a more modern companion to the Tempra sedan.

  Compact car · 1993–2002

• Tofaş Uno

  The Fiat Uno subcompact hatchback assembled at Bursa from 1994, filling the entry-level slot below the Tipo in Tofaş's passenger car lineup.

  Subcompact car · 1994–2002

• Tofaş Albea

  A compact three-box sedan produced at Bursa for a decade — Tofaş's workhorse export model through the 2000s.

  Compact car · 2002–2012

• Tofaş Linea

  A Tofaş-co-developed compact sedan — launched at the Bursa plant in 2007 and at one point Turkey's best-selling car.

  Compact car · 2007–2016

• Tofaş Tipo / Egea

  The Fiat Tipo reborn as a Tofaş-built global compact — Turkey's best-selling car every year from 2016 to 2024, backed by a €1.5 billion investment.

  Compact car · 2015–present

• Touring Superleggera Ferrari 166 MM Barchetta

  The car that gave the world the word 'barchetta' — Touring's open roadster body on Ferrari's first great racing chassis, winner of the 1949 Le Mans and Mille Miglia.

  Sports racing car · 1948–1950

• Toyota Corolla

  The best-selling nameplate in automotive history, in continuous production since 1966.

  Compact car · 1966–present

• Toyota Tercel

  Toyota's entry-level subcompact for two decades, below the Corolla.

  Subcompact car · 1980–1999

• Toyota Echo

  A tall, frugal subcompact that replaced the Tercel as Toyota's US entry car.

  Subcompact car · 2000–2005

• Toyota Yaris

  Toyota's global subcompact in the US, successor to the Echo (the hot GR Yaris was never sold in the US).

  Subcompact car · 2007–2020

• Toyota Camry

  America's best-selling car for much of the 2000s–2010s — a benchmark mid-size sedan.

  Mid-size car · 1983–present

• Toyota Cressida

  Toyota's rear-drive near-luxury sedan of the 1970s–80s, an inline-six predecessor to Lexus.

  Mid-size car · 1978–1992

• Toyota Avalon

  Toyota's roomy full-size sedan, positioned above the Camry, with a late-life TRD.

  Full-size car · 1995–2022

• Toyota Crown

  Toyota's oldest passenger nameplate (since 1955), returned to the US for 2023 as a crossover sedan.

  Full-size car · 1958–present

• Trabant P50 (Trabant 500)

  The original Trabant — a 499 cc two-stroke subcompact, 131,495 built from 1957 to 1962.

  Subcompact car · 1957–1962

• Trabant Trabant 600

  A short-lived transitional model (1962–1965) bridging the P50 and 601 — P50 bodywork with a 594 cc engine.

  Subcompact car · 1962–1965

• Trabant Trabant 601

  The definitive Trabant — 2,818,547 built over 26 years, the most common car in East Germany and a Cold War icon.

  Subcompact car · 1964–1990

• Trabant Trabant 1.1

  The final Trabant — a modernized 601 with a 45 PS VW Polo engine, built for just 11 months before reunification killed demand.

  Subcompact car · 1990–1991

• Trojan Utility Car

  Trojan's founding model — a radically simple two-stroke economy car with only seven moving parts, built first by Leyland at Kingston upon Thames (1922–1928) then at Croydon until 1937.

  Economy car · 1922–1937

• Trojan RE

  Trojan's rear-engined successor to the Utility Car — capable of 45 mph but hampered by outdated features; only about 250 were sold.

  Economy car · 1931–1934

• Triumph Renown

  A formal 'razor-edge' saloon whose sharp-creased coachwork echoed contemporary Rolls-Royce and Bentley styling.

  Saloon · 1949–1954

• Triumph Mayflower

  A small 'razor-edge' economy saloon — Bentley-style formal lines shrunk onto a 1.25-litre budget car, named for the North American market.

  Saloon · 1949–1953

• Triumph Herald

  Michelotti-styled small car with a separate chassis, bolt-on panels and a famously tiny turning circle — the basis for the Spitfire, Vitesse and GT6.

  Small car · 1959–1971

• Triumph Vitesse

  A six-cylinder Herald — a compact saloon/convertible given straight-six power for surprisingly brisk performance.

  Small car · 1962–1971

• Triumph 2000 / 2500

  Triumph's Michelotti-styled compact executive saloon — a refined six-cylinder rival to the Rover P6, later offered with Lucas fuel injection as the 2.5 PI.

  Executive car · 1963–1977

• Triumph Dolomite

  A sporting compact saloon whose 16-valve Sprint version is widely cited as the world's first mass-produced multi-valve car.

  Compact saloon · 1972–1980

• Triumph Acclaim

  The last car to wear the Triumph badge — a Cowley-built, licence-produced Honda Ballade and the first fruit of the long BL–Honda alliance.

  Compact saloon · 1981–1984

• Trumpchi GA5

  Trumpchi's debut model — a four-door mid-size sedan built on the Alfa Romeo 166 / Lancia Kappa platform, launching the brand in 2010.

  Mid-size car · 2010–2018

• Trumpchi GA4

  Trumpchi's mainstream compact sedan (2018–2023), internationally debuted at the 2018 Detroit Auto Show as a potential US-market entrant.

  Compact car · 2018–2023

• Trumpchi Empow

  Trumpchi's first sport-styled sedan on GAC's self-developed GPMA platform — a sharp-looking compact launched in 2021 to replace the GA4.

  Compact car · 2021–present

• Trumpchi GA6

  Trumpchi's mid-size sedan (2014–2023), slotting above the GA4/GA5 and offering a more premium family option for the Chinese market.

  Mid-size car · 2014–2023

• Trumpchi GA8

  Trumpchi's flagship full-size sedan (2015–2023), competing against domestic and joint-venture D-segment rivals in China.

  Full-size car · 2015–2023

• Tucker Tucker 48

  The most innovative American car of the 1940s — a rear-engined, safety-first fastback sedan built in 51 examples before Tucker Corporation folded in 1949.

  Full-size car · 1947–1948

• Unic 10/12 hp Twin

  Unic's founding model — a 1798 cc twin-cylinder light car that launched the marque and appeared as early London taxi chassis.

  Light car · 1905–1911

• Unic Type L

  Post-war touring model with a 1847 cc four-cylinder, four-wheel brakes, and a sporting L3T3 Sport variant capable of 70 mph.

  Touring car · 1922–1925

• Unic Type H1

  Unic's first eight-cylinder car — a 2.5-litre straight-eight with overhead valves, introduced for 1929.

  Touring car · 1929–1933

• Unic U4

  A modern 2-litre four-cylinder with independent front suspension and a Cotal electromagnetic gearbox option — Unic's last passenger car family.

  Saloon · 1934–1938

• Unic U6

  A 3-litre six-cylinder flagship launched alongside the U4 in 1934, with an OHV pushrod engine and optional Cotal preselector gearbox.

  Saloon · 1934–1938

• VAM Rambler American

  VAM's foundational compact — the Mexican-assembled Rambler American offered in 2-door, 4-door, wagon, and a one-year hardtop body, VAM's bestselling nameplate.

  Compact car · 1963–1969

• VAM American (VAM)

  The long-running Mexican compact built on AMC Hornet then AMC Concord platforms — sold as 'Rambler American' until 1974, then 'American' — VAM's most-produced model overall.

  Compact car · 1970–1983

• VAM Gremlin

  VAM's subcompact (1974–1983) — the Gremlin nameplate outlived the US by five years in Mexico, extending to cover the AMC Spirit-based car, and became VAM's second-bestselling line ever.

  Subcompact car · 1974–1983

• VAM Classic (VAM)

  VAM's mid-size line — sold as the Rambler Classic through the 1960s and as the 'Classic DPL' (AMC Matador-based sedan) through 1983, Mexico's AMC intermediate.

  Mid-size car · 1963–1983

• VAM Pacer

  The wide-body AMC Pacer assembled in Mexico (1976–1979) — powered by VAM's 4.6-liter inline-six and positioned as a luxury car; only 619 built in its final year.

  Compact car · 1976–1979

• VAM Lerma

  VAM's only wholly original model — a 1981–1983 luxury hatchback blending AMC Concord and Spirit components into a body style never offered in the United States.

  Compact car · 1981–1983

• Vauxhall Cresta

  Vauxhall's flashy six-cylinder flagship of the 1950s–60s, peaking with the American-styled PA.

  Full-size car · 1954–1972

• Vauxhall Victor

  Vauxhall's big-selling family saloon for two decades (1957–1978), a major export success in its early years.

  Large family car · 1957–1978

• Vauxhall Viva

  Vauxhall's popular small family car of the 1960s–70s and the last car the company designed entirely on its own.

  Small family car · 1963–1979

• Vauxhall Cavalier

  Vauxhall's fleet and family staple (1975–1995) — among the best-selling cars in British history.

  Large family car · 1975–1995

• Vauxhall Vectra

  The Cavalier's successor (1995–2008) — Vauxhall's mid-size fleet car, topped by the V6 Vectra VXR.

  Large family car · 1995–2008

• Vauxhall Insignia

  Vauxhall's flagship saloon/estate (2008–2022) — 2009 European Car of the Year, successor to the Vectra.

  Large family car · 2008–2022

• Vauxhall Lotus Carlton

  A twin-turbo Lotus-built super-saloon — at launch around 1990 the fastest four-door production car in the world.

  Sports saloon · 1990–1992

• Vauxhall VXR8

  An Australian Holden HSV super-saloon sold by Vauxhall (2007–2017) — a big rear-drive V8 sledgehammer.

  Sports saloon · 2007–2017

• Vauxhall Astra

  Vauxhall's perennial family hatchback since 1979 — the UK Opel Astra/Kadett and a long-time best-seller.

  Small family car · 1979–present

• Vector W2

  Vector's late-1970s running prototype — the proof-of-concept supercar that, refined over a decade, became the production W8.

  Concept car · 1978–1980

• Vector Avtech WX-3

  Vector's early-1990s show car — a WX-3 coupe (1992) and AWX-3 roadster (1993) that previewed Vector's next generation but never reached production under Wiegert.

  Concept car · 1992–1993

• Velie Velie Four

  Velie's founding four-cylinder line (1909–~1915) — 30 to 40 hp, touring or roadster body, with in-house engines from 1911, and the cars that established the Moline marque.

  Touring car · 1909–1915

• Velie Model 48

  The 'New Velie Six' — a 55 hp six-cylinder car that coincided with Velie's production peak of roughly 9,000 units in 1920.

  Touring car · 1920–1921

• Velie Model 58

  Velie's bold single-model gamble — the company bet its entire 1922 lineup on one OHV six-cylinder car at a time when most competitors offered a range.

  Touring car · 1922–1924

• Velie Model 60

  The technological peak of Velie's six-cylinder line — balloon tires, four-wheel hydraulic brakes, and a 58 hp OHV six on a 118-inch wheelbase.

  Sedan · 1925–1927

• Velie Model 8-88

  Velie's final and most powerful car — a 90 hp Lycoming straight-eight on a 125-inch wheelbase, launched the same year its founder died.

  Sedan · 1928–1928

• Vinot-Deguingand Twin-Cylinder (5½ HP / 10CV)

  Vinot-Deguingand's founding model — a 1,500 cc vertical-twin with belt and chain transmission sold in Britain as 'La Silencieuses', evolving by 1903 into a conventional chain-driven 10CV.

  Touring car · 1901–1908

• Vinot-Deguingand Type H / Type F (Four-Cylinder)

  The Edwardian four-cylinder range — the 14 HP Type H (3,300 cc) and 18 HP Type F — that established Vinot-Deguingand as a credible mid-market manufacturer and competed at the Isle of Man TT.

  Touring car · 1903–1910

• Vinot-Deguingand Type BO

  The post-WWI four-cylinder flagship — a 2,603 cc 15/20 HP four-seater with a 3,030 mm wheelbase, exhibited at the 1919 Paris Motor Show and the principal Vinot-Deguingand offering into the early 1920s.

  Touring car · 1919–1924

• Vinot-Deguingand Type BP

  The 1,847 cc overhead-valve four-cylinder that became Vinot-Deguingand's final production car and entered the inaugural 1923 Le Mans 24 Hours, finishing 26th overall.

  Touring car · 1921–1926

• VinFast Fadil

  VinFast's entry-level city car (2019–2022) — a 1.4-litre hatchback based on the Opel Karl platform and Vietnam's best-selling car in 2021.

  Subcompact car · 2019–2022

• VinFast LUX A2.0

  VinFast's debut executive sedan (2019–2022) — Pininfarina-styled, built on a licensed BMW 5 Series (F10) platform with a turbocharged BMW 2.0-litre engine.

  Executive car · 2019–2022

• Volkswagen Golf

  Volkswagen's defining hatchback and the originator of the hot-hatch GTI — sold early in the US as the 'Rabbit'.

  Compact car · 1974–present

  53 model years

• Volkswagen Beetle (classic)

  The original air-cooled, rear-engined people's car — one of the most-produced cars in history.

  Economy car · 1938–2003

• Volkswagen Type 3

  A roomier air-cooled VW sold in the US as the Squareback wagon, Fastback, and Notchback.

  Compact car · 1961–1973

• Volkswagen New Beetle / Beetle (retro)

  The retro, front-engined revival — a Golf-based homage to the air-cooled original.

  Compact car · 1998–2019

• Volkswagen Jetta

  The Golf's three-box sedan sibling — Volkswagen's best-selling US model, with the performance GLI on top.

  Compact car · 1980–present

• Volkswagen Passat

  Volkswagen's mid-size sedan and wagon — from the European-flavored 'Dasher' to a US-built family car.

  Mid-size car · 1974–2022

• Volkswagen CC

  A sleek four-door 'coupe' version of the Passat, styled for a more premium, design-led buyer.

  Mid-size car · 2009–2017

• Volkswagen Arteon

  Volkswagen's flagship four-door 'fastback' — the design-led successor to the CC.

  Mid-size car · 2019–2023

• Volkswagen Phaeton

  Volkswagen's ambitious, technically lavish luxury flagship — a commercial flop in the US.

  Full-size luxury car · 2004–2006

• Voisin C1

  Voisin's founding production car — a 4.0-litre sleeve-valve four-cylinder limousine built in tiny numbers to establish the marque.

  Luxury car · 1919–1921

• Voisin C6 Laboratoire

  The world's first monocoque Grand Prix car — an all-aluminum racing machine built for the 1923 French Grand Prix.

  Racing car · 1923–1923

• Voisin C11

  Voisin's most commercially successful model — the marque's first six-cylinder car, with around 2,200 examples built.

  Luxury car · 1926–1928

• Voisin C14

  A refined evolution of the six-cylinder formula — 1,795 examples built, the C14 bridged the prosperous late 1920s and the harsher Depression years.

  Luxury car · 1928–1932

• Voisin C25 Aérodyne

  One of the most visually radical cars of the Art Deco era — a fastback four-seater with a sliding sunroof, only six Aérodyne bodies built.

  Luxury car · 1934–1935

• Voisin C28

  The last true Voisin to reach meaningful production — a 3.3-litre car with fully integrated fender bodywork that foreshadowed post-war design.

  Luxury car · 1935–1938

• Voisin C30

  The final Voisin model — a handful of cars built as the company closed, representing the end of Gabriel Voisin's automotive career.

  Luxury car · 1938–1939

• Volga GAZ-21

  The car that launched the Volga name — a 1950s Soviet luxury sedan that won a Grand Prize at the 1958 Brussels World's Fair.

  Executive car · 1956–1970

• Volga GAZ-24

  The near-immortal Soviet executive sedan — full-scale production started July 1970, with taxi odometers regularly exceeding 1,000,000 km.

  Executive car · 1970–1992

• Volga GAZ-3102

  An exclusively government-issue Volga (initially KGB-only) that retained its prestige-symbol status from 1982 right through the post-Soviet decades.

  Executive car · 1982–2009

• Volga GAZ-3110

  A modernized Volga with restyled body panels over the classic GAZ-24 shell — the post-Soviet update that kept the marque viable after the 1998 ruble crisis.

  Executive car · 1997–2004

• Volga GAZ-31105

  The final evolution of the classic Volga sedan — a second-stage update of the GAZ-3110 that added a Chrysler engine option before the marque pivoted to the Siber.

  Executive car · 2004–2009

• Volga Volga Siber

  The last Volga ever built — a Russian-assembled Chrysler Sebring under license, discontinued after just ~9,000 units when the 2008 financial crisis killed demand.

  Mid-size car · 2008–2010

• Volvo PV444/544

  Volvo's first volume success — a streamlined, unibody two-door sedan that cemented the brand in Sweden and launched its US export story.

  Compact car · 1947–1965

• Volvo Amazon (120 Series)

  The elegant Amazon — Volvo's first three-box family car, notable as one of the first production cars with standard front seatbelts.

  Mid-size car · 1956–1970

• Volvo 140 Series

  The boxy, safety-focused 140 became Volvo's first million-seller and established the rectilinear design language the brand would ride for decades.

  Mid-size car · 1966–1974

• Volvo 240 Series

  The indestructible brick — Volvo's longest-running nameplate and a global safety icon, produced for nearly two decades with over 2.8 million built.

  Mid-size car · 1974–1993

• Volvo 850

  The front-wheel-drive, five-cylinder 850 was Volvo's most significant engineering pivot — and its turbocharged T-5R wagon became an unlikely motorsport icon.

  Compact executive car · 1991–1997

• Volvo S60

  Volvo's sporty compact sedan — three generations from 2000, including a high-performance Polestar variant before Polestar became its own brand.

  Compact executive car · 2000–present

• Volvo S80

  Volvo's flagship sedan across two generations — a sophisticated alternative to the German executive class, discontinued in 2016 when the S90 succeeded it.

  Executive car · 1998–2016

• Volvo S90

  Volvo's current flagship sedan — a dramatically styled, SPA-platform successor to the S80, available as a plug-in hybrid Recharge T8.

  Executive car · 2016–present

• Volvo C30

  A stylish three-door hatchback with a distinctive glass tailgate — Volvo's premium entry-level car and a nod to the classic 1800ES shooting brake.

  Compact car · 2006–2012

• Voyah Passion

  Voyah's luxury full-size sedan — a 5,088 mm BEV or PHEV executive car with up to 730 km electric range or 1,260 km hybrid range.

  Full-size car · 2023–present

• Wanderer W11

  Wanderer's first six-cylinder model — a 2.5-litre 50 PS tourer that established the marque in the upper-middle class, 1928–1933.

  Touring car · 1928–1933

• Wanderer W21

  The first Wanderer built under Auto Union — a 1,690 cc six-cylinder middle-class saloon that directly rivalled the Mercedes-Benz 170, 1933–1936.

  Sedan · 1933–1936

• Wanderer W22

  A step above the W21 — a 1,950 cc six-cylinder saloon with Pullman-limousine bodywork available, sharing the W21 platform but with more power, 1933–1938.

  Sedan · 1933–1938

• Wanderer W24

  Wanderer's best-selling model — a 1,767 cc four-cylinder saloon of which around 23,000 were built before wartime halted production, 1937–1940.

  Sedan · 1937–1940

• Wanderer W50

  Wanderer's flagship under Auto Union — a 2,257 cc six-cylinder top-of-range model, 1936–1939.

  Sedan · 1936–1939

• Wartburg 311 / 312

  The founding Wartburg — a multi-body-style compact with a two-stroke three-cylinder engine, built 1956–1967 in Eisenach.

  Compact car · 1956–1967

• Wartburg 353 (Knight)

  Wartburg's longest-running model — a 993 cc two-stroke family car exported as the 'Knight', with over one million built between 1966 and 1988.

  Compact car · 1966–1988

• Wartburg 1.3

  The last Wartburg — a reworked 353 body fitted with a Volkswagen-sourced 1.3-litre four-stroke engine, built October 1988 to April 1991.

  Compact car · 1988–1991

• Willys (Willys-Overland) Willys Aero

  Willys's last US passenger car (1952–1955) — a unibody compact sedan/hardtop that anticipated the compact-car era.

  Compact car · 1952–1955

• Willys (Willys-Overland) Willys Americar

  Willys's economical prewar compact (1937–1942) — best remembered today as a hot-rod and gasser favorite.

  Compact car · 1937–1942

• Willys (Willys-Overland) Willys 77

  A small, cheap Depression-era Willys (1933–1936) with a streamlined Amos Northup body — the company's survival car.

  Compact car · 1933–1936

• Willys (Willys-Overland) Willys-Knight

  Willys's prestigious sleeve-valve line (1914–1933) — 'the only engine that improves with use,' and the last sleeve-valve car built in America.

  Full-size car · 1914–1933

• Willys (Willys-Overland) Whippet (Overland Whippet)

  A light, cheap small car (1926–1931) that briefly made Willys-Overland the US's third-largest automaker.

  Compact car · 1926–1931

• Willys (Willys-Overland) Overland

  The volume Overland line John Willys built the company on — affordable poppet-valve cars that drove its 1910s rise.

  Full-size car · 1908–1926

• WM Motor E5

  WM Motor's first sedan — an entry-level electric compact aimed squarely at ride-hailing fleets and budget private buyers.

  Compact car · 2021–2022

• Wolseley 6/80

  Wolseley's post-war flagship saloon (1948–1954) — an overhead-cam six famous as the British police car of its era.

  Full-size car · 1948–1954

• Wolseley 4/50

  The four-cylinder companion to the 6/80 (1948–1953) — an upmarket OHC saloon that sold in far smaller numbers than its six.

  Large family car · 1948–1953

• Wolseley 4/44

  An elegant mid-1950s sports saloon (1953–1956) closely related to the MG Magnette ZA — about 29,845 built.

  Mid-size car · 1953–1956

• Wolseley 15/50

  The B-series-engined successor to the 4/44 (1956–1958) — a short-lived bridge to the Farina-styled 15/60.

  Mid-size car · 1956–1958

• Wolseley 6/99

  A Pininfarina-styled big six (1959–1961) — the upmarket BMC sister of the Austin A99 Westminster.

  Full-size car · 1959–1961

• Wolseley 6/110

  The longer, more powerful evolution of the 6/99 (1961–1968) — the Austin A110 Westminster's upmarket twin.

  Full-size car · 1961–1968

• Wolseley 1500

  A compact, well-trimmed saloon on the Morris Minor floorpan (1957–1965) — twin of the sportier Riley One-Point-Five.

  Compact car · 1957–1965

• Wolseley Hornet (1961–1969)

  A luxury booted Mini (1961–1969) with the traditional Wolseley grille — twin of the Riley Elf.

  Economy car · 1961–1969

• Wolseley 1100/1300

  Wolseley's version of the best-selling BMC 1100/1300 (ADO16) — a plush, front-drive Issigonis-engineered saloon.

  Compact car · 1965–1973

• Wolseley 18/85

  The luxury 'landcrab' (1967–1975) — a plush Austin 1800, later the six-cylinder Wolseley Six, and the last traditional Wolseley.

  Large family car · 1967–1975

• Wolseley 18-22 Series

  The wedge-shaped final Wolseley (1975) — sold for only months before the range was relaunched as the BL Princess, ending the marque.

  Large family car · 1975–1975

• Wuling Hongguang Mini EV

  A four-seat battery-electric city car priced from about $4,200 that became the best-selling EV in China and briefly the world's top-selling plug-in — over 1.1 million sold by early 2023.

  City car · 2020–present

• Wuling Binguo

  Wuling's retro-styled battery-electric hatchback — a step up from the Mini EV in size and range, now expanding across Southeast Asia and beyond.

  Subcompact car · 2023–present

• XPeng P7

  XPeng's flagship electric fastback sedan — a direct Tesla Model 3 rival that debuted in 2020 and earned the brand serious automotive credibility.

  Mid-size car · 2020–present

• XPeng P5

  The world's first mass-produced car with LiDAR — XPeng's compact family sedan launched in 2021 and discontinued in 2024.

  Compact car · 2021–2024

• XPeng Mona M03

  XPeng's mass-market compact electric liftback — derived from a DiDi project and launched in 2024 at roughly $17,000, becoming an instant volume hit.

  Compact car · 2024–present

• Yangwang U7

  Yangwang's full-size luxury sedan — launched in China on March 27, 2025, available in BEV and PHEV form, with the flagship BEV producing 1,287 hp and offering up to 1,006 km of CLTC range.

  Full-size luxury car · 2025–present

• Yugo GV

  The hatchback that put Yugoslavia on the automotive map — and on late-night punchlines — as America's cheapest new car at $3,990 in 1985.

  Subcompact car · 1980–2008

• Yugo GVX

  The sporty top-line Yugo for the US market — 1.3-liter engine, five-speed manual, alloy wheels, ground-effects bodykit, and rally lights.

  Subcompact car · 1987–1992

• Yugo Cabrio

  A factory convertible on the GV platform — electrically operated soft-top, sold in the US from 1988 until Yugo America's 1992 exit.

  Subcompact car · 1988–1992

• Yugo Florida

  A Giugiaro-designed five-door hatchback — Zastava's most modern and ambitious model, sold in Europe as the Yugo/Zastava Florida and in the UK as the Yugo Sana.

  Compact car · 1988–2008

• Zastava Zastava 750 (Fića)

  Yugoslavia's 'people's car' — a Fiat 600-based rear-engined city car built for 30 years and beloved as the Fića.

  City car · 1955–1985

• Zastava Zastava 1300 / 1500

  Zastava's upmarket Fiat 1300/1500-based rear-drive sedan — nicknamed the 'Yugoslav Mercedes' for its perceived quality.

  Compact car · 1961–1979

• Zastava Zastava 101 / Skala

  A Fiat 128-derived hatchback that preceded the VW Golf by three years and sold over 1.2 million units across four decades.

  Compact car · 1971–2008

• Zastava Zastava Koral (Yugo GV)

  The Yugo GV — sold in the USA from 1985 at $3,990, the cheapest new car in America and a pop-culture byword for cheap motoring.

  Subcompact car · 1980–2008

• Zastava Zastava Florida (Yugo Sana)

  A Giugiaro-designed five-door hatchback that was Zastava's most modern car — the Florida survived to the factory's final closure in 2008.

  Compact car · 1988–2008

• Zastava Zastava 10

  Zastava's final new model — a licensed Fiat Punto Mk2b built in Kragujevac from 2006 to 2008, with only 4,224 sold before the factory closed.

  Subcompact car · 2006–2008

• ZAZ Tavria (ZAZ-1102)

  ZAZ's modern successor to the Zaporozhets — a front-drive three-door hatchback that broke with 27 years of rear-engine tradition.

  Subcompact car · 1987–2007

• ZAZ Slavuta (ZAZ-1103)

  A longer five-door liftback developed from the Tavria platform, offering more passenger and luggage space for Ukrainian family buyers.

  Subcompact car · 1999–2011

• ZAZ Lanos

  ZAZ's longest-running modern model — a Daewoo Lanos assembled in Zaporizhzhia from 1998, evolving into a fully domestically produced car by 2004.

  Compact car · 1998–2017

• ZAZ Sens

  ZAZ's entry-level localised derivative of the Daewoo Lanos platform, fitted with the domestic 1.3-litre MeMZ-307 engine.

  Compact car · 2002–2011

• ZAZ Forza

  A licensed Chery A13 assembled in Zaporizhzhia — ZAZ's attempt to offer a slightly larger and more modern compact sedan from a Chinese-sourced platform.

  Compact car · 2011–2014

• ZAZ Vida

  A rebadged Chevrolet Aveo T250 assembled by ZAZ — a GM-derived subcompact that was ZAZ's most refined modern offering before production halted.

  Subcompact car · 2012–2018

• Zeekr 007

  Zeekr's first dedicated sedan — a technology-forward executive saloon with 800V charging and up to 870 km of quoted range, launched at the end of 2023.

  Mid-size car · 2024–present