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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.
Abarth Fiat 131 Abarth
Abarth's greatest rally weapon — three WRC Constructors' titles and two Drivers' championships between 1977 and 1980.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Acura Legend
Acura's founding flagship — a front-wheel-drive V6 sedan (and coupe) that outsold BMW and Mercedes-Benz in its early years.
Acura Integra
Acura's compact sports sedan and coupe — a four-generation icon discontinued in 2001 and triumphantly revived as a liftback for 2023.
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.
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.
Acura CL
Acura's personal luxury coupe — two brief generations spanning 1997 to 2003, sharing platforms with the TL.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Adler Trumpf
Adler's innovative front-wheel-drive compact of the 1930s — a Le Mans finisher with Paul Jaray streamlined coachwork.
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.
Adler Standard 6
The first Continental European car with hydraulic brakes — and the car that carried Clärenore Stinnes on her 1927–1929 world circumnavigation.
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.
Adler Favorit
A mid-range rear-drive four-cylinder saloon that bridged Adler's large Standards and its forthcoming small FWD cars.
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.
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.
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.
Aero Type 20 (Aero 1000)
Near-litre twin-cylinder Aero nicknamed 'pike of the highway' — 998 cc, 24–26 bhp, approximately 2,546 built.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Alfa Romeo 147
Alfa's small family hatchback — 2001 European Car of the Year, and home of the feisty GTA performance variant.
Alfa Romeo 159
The Giugiaro-designed 156 successor — premium aspirations on the GM/Fiat Premium platform, sharing underpinnings with the Brera.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Alpina B3
Alpina's 3 Series-based cornerstone — a refined, high-output compact spanning six generations from the E30 to the current G20.
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.
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.
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.
Alpina D5
Alpina's diesel 5 Series — bi-turbo and tri-turbo diesel inline-six performance sedans and Tourings across F10 and G30 generations.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Amilcar Pégase
A Delahaye-engined 2-litre touring car that kept Amilcar alive through the mid-1930s while the Compound was being developed.
Amilcar Compound (B38)
A technically groundbreaking front-wheel-drive monocoque saloon — Amilcar's final, most advanced car, cut short by World War II.
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.
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.
AMC (American Motors) Spirit
The restyled Gremlin successor (1979–1983) — offered a sporty AMX package and AMC's last factory V8 passenger car.
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.
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.
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.
AMC (American Motors) Matador
AMC's intermediate (1971–1978) — a NASCAR and police-fleet favorite, with a radically styled 1974+ fastback coupe.
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.
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.
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.'
Anadol A1
The pioneering original Anadol (1966–1975) — Turkey's first mass-produced passenger car, with a fiberglass body and Ford Kent engine.
Anadol A2
Anadol's four-door flagship (1970–1981) — claimed as the world's first fiberglass-bodied four-door production sedan.
Anadol A8-16
Anadol's final passenger car (1981–1984) — a modernised 1.6-litre sedan that closed out the marque's saloon range.
Aion Aion S
The compact electric sedan that launched the Aion brand in 2019, setting NEDC range benchmarks that rivaled much pricier competitors.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Armstrong Siddeley Lancaster
The four-door flagship of Armstrong Siddeley's immediate post-war revival — announced days after VE Day, with 3,597 built.
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.
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.
Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire 234
A high-performance four-cylinder Sapphire aimed at sporting drivers — 803 built, the more driver-focused of the 'Baby Sapphires'.
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'.
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.
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.
Aston Martin Lagonda
The radical wedge-shaped William Towns four-door — one of the most striking, and most troublesome, luxury saloons ever built.
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.
Auburn Auburn 12
America's most affordable V12 — Auburn's Lycoming-powered twelve, launched into the depths of the Great Depression.
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.
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.
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.
Audi Audi 80
Audi's long-running compact executive — a five-generation premium alternative to the mainstream Golf/Passat that became the A4.
Audi A3
Audi's premium compact — launched in 1996 to bring Audi into the Golf-class market, now the brand's best-selling model.
Audi A4
Audi's core executive sedan — five generations from 1994 to 2025, the benchmark compact luxury car.
Audi A5
Audi's compact executive coupe, cabriolet, and Sportback — launched 2007 on the A4 platform, now the successor nameplate to the A4.
Audi A6
Audi's executive sedan, successor to the Audi 100 — five-plus generations from 1994, including the acclaimed RS6 Avant.
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.
Audi e-tron GT
Audi's electric four-door performance grand tourer — a stunning fastback on the Porsche Taycan platform, launched in 2021.
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.
Austin Austin 7
The car that motorized Britain — a cheap, light 1920s–30s economy car whose design seeded BMW, Jaguar, Nissan and Lotus.
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'.
Austin Austin A40 Farina
A Pininfarina-styled small Austin whose crisp 'two-box' shape and split-tailgate Countryman foreshadowed the hatchback.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Austin Austin Maestro
Austin Rover's Escort/Golf-class five-door hatchback — home of the quick MG Maestro and a famous talking dashboard.
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.
Autobianchi Bianchina
Autobianchi's upscale Fiat 500-based city car (1957–1970) — offered as a cabriolet, saloon, estate, and van to affluent Italian buyers.
Autobianchi Primula
The transverse-engine front-wheel-drive pioneer (1964–1970) whose drivetrain layout became the universal template for modern front-wheel-drive cars.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Autozam Revue
A tall, rounded subcompact four-door saloon (1990–1998) — sold internationally as the Mazda 121 and notable for its unconventional proportions.
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.
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.
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.
Bahman Group Mazda 323
The compact sedan that anchored Bahman's licensed Mazda passenger-car line from 1999 until the Mazda 3 replaced it.
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.
Bahman Group Besturn B50
FAW's Besturn B50 mid-size sedan assembled by Bahman under a Chinese partnership that began around 2013.
Bahman Group Besturn B30
FAW's compact Besturn B30 — assembled by Bahman from 2017 as a more affordable replacement for the B50.
Bahman Group Respect
Bahman's Chery Arrizo7-based sedan — the Respect Prime — targeting the mid-size family-car segment.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Baojun 630
Baojun's debut model — an affordable compact sedan that established the brand in China's third- and fourth-tier cities.
Baojun 610
A hatchback companion to the 630 sedan, sharing its platform and targeting young Chinese urban buyers.
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.
Bentley Mark VI
Bentley's first post-war car (1946–1952) — the first complete Bentley with a standard factory steel body, built at Crewe.
Bentley S-Series
The S1/S2/S3 luxury saloons (1955–1965) — Bentley twins of the Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud, including a rare coachbuilt Continental.
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.
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.
Bentley Turbo R
The car that redefined Bentley (1985–1999) — the Mulsanne Turbo's chassis sharpened for handling; the 'R' stood for 'roadholding.'
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.
Bentley Flying Spur
The four-door Continental (2005–present) — launched as the world's fastest production saloon, now Bentley's standalone luxury limousine.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Bignan 25CV (Original)
Bignan's debut car — a large-wheelbased four-cylinder tourer first shown at the Paris Motor Show in October 1919.
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.
BMW 3 Series
BMW's compact sport sedan and the benchmark of its class since 1975 — home of the iconic M3.
50 model yearsBMW 2002 (02 Series)
The compact two-door that established BMW's sporting identity — direct ancestor of the 3 Series.
BMW 5 Series
BMW's mid-size executive sedan since 1972 — the segment benchmark, and home of the M5 super-sedan.
BMW 7 Series
BMW's flagship luxury sedan since 1977 — the technology and V12 showcase atop the range.
BMW 1 Series
BMW's smallest hatchback/coupe line — rear-drive in early generations, later front-drive-based.
BMW 2 Series
The compact coupe that carried on the rear-drive small-BMW tradition — home of the M2.
BMW i3
BMW's pioneering carbon-fiber electric city car, with an optional range-extender engine.
BMW i4
An all-electric Gran Coupe closely related to the 4 Series — including the performance i4 M50.
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.
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.
Borgward Hansa 1800
A larger-engined companion to the Hansa 1500, introduced in 1952 and available with a diesel option from 1953.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Brabus Bullit
A 730–800 hp V12 twin-turbo squeezed into a Mercedes C-Class body — debuted at IAA 2007 as the ultimate sleeper.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
BSA Ten Saloon
A conventional rear-wheel-drive small saloon sold alongside BSA's front-drive models, aimed at family buyers.
Bufori Geneva
Bufori's flagship four-door luxury saloon — coach doors, Chrysler HEMI V8 power, and an opulent rear lounge with optional cigar humidor.
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.
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.
Buick Riviera
GM's first personal-luxury car — a landmark 1963 coupe that ran eight generations through 1999.
Buick Skylark
A long-running Buick nameplate — 1953 anniversary convertible, 1960s muscle-era Gran Sport, then a front-drive compact.
Buick Regal
Buick's mid-size mainstay since 1973 — the basis for the Grand National, later an Opel-derived sedan, hatchback, and wagon.
Buick Century
A Buick nameplate dating to 1936 — originally a fast 'banker's hot rod,' later a high-volume front-drive sedan.
Buick Wildcat
A sporty full-size Buick of the 1960s, slotting between the LeSabre and Electra with a performance lean.
Buick LeSabre
Buick's full-size volume car for nearly half a century — one of America's best-selling full-size sedans.
Buick Electra
Buick's full-size luxury flagship from 1959 to 1990 — the long-wheelbase Electra 225 'deuce and a quarter.'
Buick Roadmaster
Buick's classic flagship name (1936–1958), revived 1991–1996 as a big rear-drive sedan and Corvette-engined LT1 wagon.
Buick Park Avenue
Buick's front-drive luxury flagship of the 1990s–2000s, offered with a supercharged 3.8-liter V6 in Ultra trim.
Buick Lucerne
Buick's last traditional full-size sedan, replacing both the LeSabre and Park Avenue, with an available Northstar V8.
Buick LaCrosse
Buick's flagship sedan of the 2000s–2010s — replacement for the Regal and Century, sold through 2019.
BYD F3
BYD's first mass-produced car — a budget compact sedan that launched the company's automotive ambitions.
BYD F3DM
The world's first modern mass-produced plug-in hybrid — BYD's landmark PHEV based on the F3 sedan.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Byton K-Byte
Byton's planned luxury electric sedan concept, revealed at CES Asia 2018; targeted a 2021 launch that never came.
Cadillac Eldorado
Cadillac's flagship personal-luxury coupe and convertible for half a century (1953–2002), across twelve generations.
Cadillac DeVille
Cadillac's full-size mainstay for nearly half a century — the volume luxury car that defined the brand, 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.
Cadillac Seville
Cadillac's smaller, import-fighting luxury sedan (1975–2004) — including the controversial 1980 'bustleback' styling.
Cadillac Cimarron
A J-body Chevrolet Cavalier in a Cadillac badge (1982–1988) — widely cited as one of the worst cars Cadillac ever sold.
Cadillac CTS
The angular rear-drive sport sedan (2003–2019) that relaunched Cadillac as a credible BMW rival — home of the CTS-V.
Cadillac CT5
Cadillac's rear-drive sport sedan successor to the CTS (2020–present) — home of the 668-hp CT5-V Blackwing.
Chalmers Thirty
Chalmers' breakthrough mid-priced car (1908–1913) — a durable, well-regarded 30-horsepower four that made the company's name.
Chalmers Forty
Chalmers' larger, more expensive early four (1908–1911) — the upmarket companion to the volume Thirty.
Chalmers Master Six
Chalmers' large six-cylinder car of the mid-1910s — an early adopter of combined electric starting and lighting.
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.
Changan Alsvin
Changan's long-running Italy-designed subcompact sedan, launched in 2009 and still sold in export markets.
Changan Eado
Changan's Italian-designed compact sedan — launched in 2012 and still sold in China in electric form.
Changan UNI-V
The first fastback in the UNI series — a sporty compact liftback launched in 2022 with a PHEV option.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Chevrolet SS
A rear-drive V8 sport sedan, imported from Australia (a rebadged Holden Commodore).
Chevrolet Bel Air
Chevrolet's full-size car of the 1950s — the chrome-laden 1955–1957 'Tri-Five' models are American icons.
Chevrolet Impala
Chevrolet's full-size flagship — once America's best-selling car, later revived as the LT1-powered Impala SS.
Chevrolet Caprice
Chevrolet's full-size near-luxury sedan, later the definitive body-on-frame police and taxi car.
Chevrolet Chevelle
Chevrolet's intermediate and a muscle-car legend — home of the SS 396 and the 1970 SS 454 LS6.
Chevrolet Malibu
Long a Chevelle trim, the Malibu became Chevrolet's core mid-size sedan from 1978 to 2024.
Chevrolet Nova
Chevrolet's compact — launched as the Chevy II, later a budget muscle car with the SS 396.
Chevrolet Corvair
Chevrolet's rear-engine, air-cooled compact — innovative, then infamous after 'Unsafe at Any Speed'.
Chevrolet Cavalier
Chevrolet's high-volume J-body compact of the 1980s–2000s — for years one of America's best-sellers.
Chevrolet Cobalt
The Cavalier's compact successor — including the turbocharged Cobalt SS performance models.
Chevrolet Cruze
Chevrolet's global compact of the 2010s, offered with an available diesel and a hatchback.
Chevrolet Sonic
Chevrolet's subcompact sedan and hatchback, with an available turbocharged engine.
Chevrolet Spark
Chevrolet's smallest North American car — a minicar offered briefly as the Spark EV.
Chrysler Airflow
Chrysler's streamlined, wind-tunnel-shaped 1934 milestone — a commercial flop but a landmark in aerodynamic car design.
Chrysler 300 (letter series)
The 'letter cars' (C-300 to 300L, 1955–1965) — high-performance Hemi-powered personal-luxury coupes seen as early muscle.
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.
Chrysler New Yorker
Chrysler's prestige sedan for 57 years — at its 1996 end, the longest-running American car nameplate.
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.
Chrysler Cordoba
The mid-size personal-luxury coupe immortalized by Ricardo Montalbán's 'fine Corinthian leather' ads.
Chrysler LeBaron
A Chrysler mainstay across three generations — rear-drive M-body, then the K-car twins and the popular J-body convertible.
Chrysler Sebring
Chrysler's mid-size line of 1995–2010 in coupe, sedan, and a perennially popular convertible — succeeded by the 200.
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.
Chrysler PT Cruiser
The retro-styled, hot-selling tall hatchback (2001–2010) — 2001 Motor Trend Car of the Year, later a convertible too.
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.
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.
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.
Citroën BX
Citroën's 1980s large family car — Bertone-styled, hydropneumatically suspended, and a massive sales success with over 2.3 million built.
Citroën XM
Citroën's CX successor — a 1990 European Car of the Year with world-first electronically controlled 'Hydractive' hydropneumatic suspension.
Citroën C4
Citroën's compact family hatchback — now in its third generation as a crossover-influenced hatch with a plug-in hybrid variant.
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.
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.
Cisitalia D46
The Fiat-based single-seat voiturette that launched Cisitalia — a featherweight monoposto raced by Nuvolari and Ascari.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Crosley Two-Door Sedan (Pre-War)
Crosley's first cars (1939–1942) — sub-900 lb economy runabouts that were the cheapest cars in America.
Crosley CC / CD Four
Crosley's post-war small car (1946–1952) — the first volume American OHC engine and the first 'Sport Utility' badge.
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.
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.
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.
Cupra Born
Cupra's first electric car — a VW Group MEB-platform hatchback named after the El Born neighbourhood of Barcelona.
Dacia 1100
Dacia's first car — a licensed-built Renault 8 that launched Romania's domestic auto industry.
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.
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.
Dacia Sandero
Europe's best-selling retail car — a no-nonsense budget hatchback that has topped European private-sales charts every year since 2017.
Dacia Spring
Europe's most affordable electric car — a compact battery-electric city crossover that put EV ownership within reach of budget buyers.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Daihatsu Compagno
Daihatsu's first passenger car — a Vignale-styled Italian-influenced range that introduced the iconic 'D' logo.
Daihatsu Charmant
A Toyota Corolla-based compact sedan — Daihatsu's conventional small family car through the late 1970s and 1980s.
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.
Daihatsu Mira
Daihatsu's long-running kei city car — nearly four decades of front-wheel-drive motoring from 1980 to 2018.
Daihatsu Sirion
Daihatsu's export subcompact hatchback — known in Japan as the Storia and Boon, it succeeded the Charade in European markets.
Daihatsu Move
Daihatsu's tall-body kei car — six generations of head-room-prioritising city transport from 1995 to 2023.
Daihatsu Copen
Daihatsu's turbocharged kei roadster — a 660 cc two-seat convertible that debuted at the 1999 Tokyo Motor Show.
Daimler Double-Six
Daimler's sleeve-valve V12 flagship (1926–1938) — a smooth, ultra-quiet luxury chassis bodied by Britain's leading coachbuilders.
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.
Daimler Conquest
A mid-size Daimler saloon (1953–1958) on the Lanchester Fourteen platform — the tuned twin-carb Conquest Century its best-loved version.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Daewoo LeMans
Daewoo's first nameplate — an Opel Kadett E built under licence, sold in North America as the Pontiac LeMans.
Daewoo Espero
Daewoo's first in-house sedan — a Bertone-styled body over the LeMans platform, signalling Daewoo's Italian-design era.
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.
Daewoo Nubira
The mid-range of Daewoo's late-1990s original trio — a compact sedan, wagon, and hatchback developed under Dr. Ulrich Bez.
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.
Daewoo Matiz
Daewoo's iconic Italdesign city hatchback — a global bestseller that lived on as the Chevrolet Spark long after the Daewoo brand disappeared.
Daewoo Magnus
A Daewoo-developed executive sedan that evolved from the Leganza, later facelifted into the Tosca under GM Daewoo.
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.
Datsun 510
The 'poor man's BMW' — an advanced rear-drive compact with independent suspension that won back-to-back SCCA Trans-Am championships.
Datsun 1200
Datsun's tiny early-1970s subcompact — the most fuel-efficient car the EPA rated in 1973, and an SCCA champion.
Datsun B210
The fuel-crisis-era subcompact that succeeded the 1200 — practical, economical, and a strong seller during the oil shocks.
Datsun 610
The successor to the iconic 510 — a slightly larger and more refined mid-decade compact sedan.
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.
Datsun Go / Go+
The short-lived revival Datsun — an ultra-affordable hatchback and MPV for emerging markets, discontinued in 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Deepal SL03
Deepal's founding model — a D-segment liftback sedan available in BEV, EREV, and hydrogen-electric variants, launched July 2022.
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.
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.
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.'
Delage D8
Delage's magnificent straight-eight luxury range (1929–1940) — a coachbuilder's canvas owned by kings, emperors and film stars.
Delage D6
Delage's long-running six-cylinder touring car (1930–1953) — the marque's final production model and a Le Mans podium finisher.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
DeSoto Airflow
DeSoto's radical aerodynamic sedan (1934–1936) — a commercial failure that nearly sank the brand but pioneered streamlined design.
DeSoto Airstream
The conventional companion to the Airflow (1935–1936), rushed out to win back buyers turned off by the streamliner.
DeSoto Custom
DeSoto's upper postwar series (1946–1952) — six-cylinder cars that included the long-bodied Suburban people-mover.
DeSoto Deluxe
DeSoto's entry-level postwar series (1946–1952), sharing the L-head six with the costlier Custom.
DeSoto Suburban
A long-wheelbase eight-passenger DeSoto (1946–1954) — a roomy sedan-wagon hybrid for taxi, livery and large-family use.
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.
DeSoto Powermaster
DeSoto's six-cylinder series of the early 1950s, sold alongside the new Hemi V8 Firedome.
DeSoto Fireflite
DeSoto's flashy flagship of the Forward Look (1955–1960) — Hemi V8 power under Virgil Exner's finned, jet-age bodywork.
DeSoto Firesweep
DeSoto's lower-priced V8 (1957–1959), built on shorter Dodge underpinnings to reach down-market.
DeSoto Adventurer
DeSoto's limited high-performance halo (1956–1960) — a Hemi-powered hardtop that was the brand's answer to the Chrysler 300.
De Tomaso Deauville
A four-door Ford V8-powered luxury saloon — De Tomaso's unlikely rival to Jaguar and Mercedes-Benz, with 244 produced.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Dodge Coronet
A long-running Dodge nameplate — full-size in the 1950s, then a 1965–76 mid-size that hosted the original Super Bee.
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.
Dodge Intrepid
A cab-forward full-size front-drive sedan of the 1990s–2000s, including the sporty R/T.
Dodge Stratus
Dodge's mid-size — a cab-forward sedan (1995–2006) and a Mitsubishi-based coupe (2001–2005) with an R/T.
Dodge Avenger
A 1995–2000 sport coupe and a separate 2008–2014 mid-size sedan, both wearing the Avenger name.
Dodge Neon
Dodge's friendly 1990s–2000s compact — coupe and sedan — and home of the turbocharged 230-hp SRT-4.
Dodge Caliber
A tall five-door compact hatchback that replaced the Neon, including the turbocharged SRT4.
Dodge Polara
Dodge's full-size car of the 1960s and early '70s, offered with big-block V8 power.
Dodge Monaco
Dodge's full-size flagship (1965–77), famous as a police car, briefly revived as a 1990–92 sedan.
Dongfeng Aeolus S30
The first Fengshen/Aeolus production car — a compact A-class sedan that launched Dongfeng's own passenger-vehicle brand in 2009.
Dongfeng Aeolus H30
A compact hatchback (and its raised H30 Cross variant) that broadened Aeolus beyond the S30 sedan in the early 2010s.
Dongfeng Aeolus Yixuan
Aeolus's modern compact sedan, launched 2019 — available in petrol and fully electric (Yixuan EV) guises.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Durant A-22
The four-cylinder car that launched Durant Motors in 1921 — 35 hp, Continental-engined, priced to undercut Chevrolet.
Durant B-22
Durant's first six-cylinder car — a 70 hp, longer-wheelbase companion to the four-cylinder A-22, offered 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.
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.
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.
Eagle Premier
The AMC/Renault-developed full-size sedan (1988–1992) — Giugiaro-styled, and the platform ancestor of Chrysler's cab-forward LH cars.
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.
Eagle Summit
Eagle's entry-level captive import (1989–1996) — a rebadged Mitsubishi Mirage and sibling of the Dodge/Plymouth Colt.
Edsel Ranger
The entry-level Edsel and the only nameplate to survive all three model years (1958–1960).
Edsel Pacer
The upper junior Edsel for 1958 — Ford-based, including a convertible, and offered for one year only.
Edsel Corsair
The Mercury-based Edsel of 1958 that became the surviving flagship for 1959 before the line was discontinued.
Edsel Citation
The top-of-the-line 1958 Edsel — Mercury-based, with Edsel's largest V8 and the push-button Teletouch transmission.
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.
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.
EMW EMW 340
The volume model of EMW — a modernised pre-war BMW 326 derivative, 21,250 built from 1949 to 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.
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.
Essex Challenger
The 1930 Essex Challenger — a restyled six on a lower, stronger chassis with an enlarged engine, launched into a collapsing market.
Essex Pacemaker
The final 1932 Essex — sold as the Pacemaker (Super-Six) just as the new lighter Terraplane arrived to replace the name entirely.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Faraday Future FFZERO1
Faraday Future's debut — a 1,000-hp single-seat concept supercar unveiled at CES 2016, never intended for production.
FAW Hongqi CA72
China's first state limousine — a hand-built V8 sedan made exclusively for Communist Party leadership.
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.
FAW Hongqi H7
Hongqi's modern executive sedan — officially designated for minister-level government use, based on Toyota platform technology.
FAW Hongqi L5
The most expensive Chinese production car ever sold — a hand-built neo-retro presidential limousine priced at roughly 5 million yuan.
FAW Hongqi H9
Hongqi's flagship luxury sedan for the open market — a Rolls-Royce-influenced full-sizer aimed at Chinese premium buyers.
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.
Fiat 500 (Nuova)
The Nuova 500 — Fiat's tiny, rear-engined city car that motorized postwar Italy and became a design icon.
Fiat 600
Fiat's first postwar mass-market car — a rear-engined four-seater that set the template for Italian motoring in the 1950s.
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.
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.
Fiat Panda
Fiat's durable, utilitarian city car — a Giugiaro design icon that's been in continuous production since 1980.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Fisker Karma
Fisker's striking plug-in-hybrid luxury sedan (2011–2012) — about 2,450 built before the company collapsed.
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.
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.
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.
Ford Model T
The car that put the world on wheels — the first affordable, mass-produced automobile.
Ford Model A
The much-improved successor to the Model T, with a modern engine and conventional controls.
Ford Thunderbird
Ford's personal luxury car — from 1950s two-seat convertible to retro 2002–2005 roadster.
47 model yearsFord Falcon
Ford's first compact — a simple, economical sedan whose platform spawned the Mustang.
Ford Fairlane
A long-running Ford nameplate that moved from full-size in the 1950s to mid-size muscle in the 1960s.
Ford Galaxie
Ford's full-size flagship of the 1960s, prominent in NASCAR and available with big-block V8s.
Ford Torino
Ford's intermediate muscle and NASCAR homologation car of the late-'60s and '70s.
Ford LTD
Ford's full-size luxury nameplate, later applied to the mid-size LTD II and downsized models.
Ford Granada
A compact, Mercedes-styled Ford of the late 1970s marketed on European-flavored refinement.
Ford Pinto
Ford's 1970s subcompact — a sales success later infamous for its fuel-tank controversy.
Ford Maverick (classic)
The original 1970s Maverick — a simple, Falcon-based compact sedan and coupe.
Ford Escort
Ford's front-drive compact 'world car' of the 1980s–90s, including the hot ZX2 and rally GT.
Ford Tempo
An aerodynamic front-drive compact of the 1980s, an early showcase for Ford's 'aero' look.
Ford Festiva
A tiny, economical subcompact hatchback, built by Kia and sold by Ford in North America.
Ford Aspire
Ford's mid-1990s entry-level subcompact, successor to the Festiva.
Ford Contour
A 'world car' compact sedan with a available V6 and a hot SVT Contour performance variant.
Ford Focus
Ford's global compact, including the hot-hatch ST and the all-wheel-drive RS.
Ford Fiesta
Ford's subcompact — a 1970s import, revived for 2011 with the acclaimed Fiesta ST hot hatch.
Ford Taurus
The aero-styled sedan that reshaped the American family car, plus the high-performance SHO.
Ford Fusion
Ford's well-regarded mid-size sedan of the 2000s–2010s, with hybrid, Energi PHEV, and Sport models.
Ford Crown Victoria
The body-on-frame V8 'Panther' sedan beloved by police fleets and taxi operators.
Ford Five Hundred
A short-lived full-size sedan, later renamed and continued as the sixth-generation Taurus.
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.
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.
Franklin Series 11
The 1925 De Causse-styled Franklin that adopted a sham 'dummy radiator' to look like a conventional water-cooled car.
Franklin Airman
Franklin's headline air-cooled line, named for Charles Lindbergh's 1927 air-cooled transatlantic flight.
Franklin Olympic
A lower-priced Franklin built on a Reo Flying Cloud body, a last bid for sales as the Depression bit.
Franklin Twelve
The world's only production air-cooled V12 — Franklin's grand, ill-timed Depression-era flagship.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
FSO Warszawa
Poland's first postwar mass-produced car — a Soviet Pobeda-based saloon, built 1951–1973 in 254,471 units.
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).
FSO Polski Fiat 125p
Poland's most-produced car — a Fiat 125-bodied compact built under licence for 24 years, 1,445,689 units.
FSO Polonez
FSO's own-platform hatchback, styled by Giugiaro — over 1 million built across 25 years, 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.
FSO Chevrolet Aveo
The last car assembled by FSO — a GM-licensed Chevrolet Aveo built in Warsaw 2007–2011.
GAC Trumpchi Empow
Trumpchi's sporty compact sedan — a performance-oriented alternative to GAC's conservative GA-series saloons.
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.
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.
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.
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.
GAZ GAZ-A
The Gorky plant's first passenger car — a Soviet-built Ford Model A derivative that inaugurated GAZ in 1932.
GAZ GAZ-M1
The 'Emka' — the Soviet Union's standard government and staff car of the late 1930s and World War II era.
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.
GAZ GAZ Volga
The Volga — the Soviet Union's most iconic executive sedan, produced across multiple generations from 1956 to 2010.
GAZ GAZ Chaika
The 'Seagull' — GAZ's opulent government limousine, one step below the ZIL, reserved for senior Soviet officials.
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.
Geely Haoqing
Geely's very first car — a Daihatsu Charade-inspired subcompact that launched China's first privately-owned automaker.
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.
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.
Geely Emgrand
Geely's long-running compact sedan and its all-time bestseller — over 3.8 million sold globally across five generations.
Geely Borui (GC9)
Geely's Volvo-influenced flagship sedan — the first product of its 'new era' design under Peter Horbury, former Volvo design chief.
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.
Genesis G90
Genesis's ultra-luxury flagship sedan — the G90 was the brand's first model and a direct replacement for the Hyundai Equus.
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.
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.
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.
Geo Spectrum
A one-year carryover Isuzu Gemini-based subcompact sold as a Geo for 1989 only before being replaced by the Storm.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
GM Korea Lanos
A Giugiaro-designed compact hatchback and sedan — Daewoo's global small car before GM's 2002 takeover.
GM Korea Nubira
Daewoo's C-segment compact sedan, hatchback, and wagon of the late 1990s — replaced by the Lacetti under GM Daewoo.
GM Korea Lacetti / Cruze
GM Korea's global compact breakthrough — the Lacetti became the Chevrolet Cruze, one of GM's best-selling world cars.
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).
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.
Goliath 1100
Goliath's final and most ambitious model — a modern 1094 cc four-stroke compact that was rebadged Hansa 1100 in late 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Gurgel Supermini
The improved successor to the BR-800 — better finished, more powerful, and stronger, produced until Gurgel's bankruptcy in 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.
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.
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.
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.
Hansa Treff-Aß
The sole Hansa-Lloyd passenger car of the early 1920s — a robust four-cylinder tourer on pre-war mechanicals.
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.
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.
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.
Hansa Hansa 2000
The final mainstream Hansa passenger car — a six-cylinder saloon that transitioned to Borgward badging from 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.
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.
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.
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.
Healey Elliott Saloon
A streamlined closed-body companion to the Westland — the fastest production closed car in the world when introduced in 1948.
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.
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.
Hillman Minx
Hillman's mainstream family car for nearly four decades — the volume backbone of the Rootes range from 1931 to 1970.
Hillman Imp
Hillman's rear-engined small car — a technically ambitious Mini rival built at a new factory in Linwood, Scotland.
Hillman Hunter
Hillman's mid-size 'Arrow' saloon — a conventional, durable family car that famously won the 1968 London–Sydney Marathon.
Hillman Avenger
Hillman's last all-new model — a compact, conventional Escort/Viva rival, the first and only car fully developed under Chrysler ownership.
Hillman Super Minx
A larger companion to the Minx — a slightly bigger, more upmarket Rootes family car of the 1960s.
Hillman Wizard
An ambitious early-1930s six-cylinder Hillman that arrived just as the Depression squeezed its market.
Hindustan Motors Ambassador
India's most iconic car — a Morris Oxford III licensed in 1957 and refined over six decades into a national symbol.
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.
Hindustan Motors Hindustan 10
Hindustan Motors' founding product — an assembled Morris 10 that launched the company's production era in 1948.
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.
Hino Contessa
Hino's own rear-engined small car — a 900cc then 1300cc sedan and coupé, the 1300 coupé penned by Giovanni Michelotti.
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.
Holden 48-215 (FX / FJ)
The first car wholly manufactured in Australia — launched by Prime Minister Chifley on 29 November 1948 to national celebration.
Holden Kingswood
Holden's mainstream family car of the late 1960s and 1970s, sold in HK through HZ form until the Commodore took over.
Holden Torana
Holden's compact of the late 1960s and 1970s — a lightweight Bathurst legend, especially the GTR XU-1.
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.
Holden Gemini
Holden's compact of the late 1970s and 1980s — the Australian version of the Isuzu Gemini / GM T-car platform.
Holden Camira
Holden's first front-wheel-drive car — the Australian J-car, replaced by the Holden Apollo (rebadged Toyota Camry) in 1989.
Honda Civic
Honda's compact icon — in US sale since 1973, eleven generations deep, with celebrated Si and Type R variants.
52 model yearsHonda Accord
Honda's perennial best-selling mid-size car — the first Japanese car built in the US (Ohio, 1982).
Honda Insight
Honda's hybrid pioneer — the first hybrid sold in the US (2000), later a hatchback and then a sedan.
Honda Clarity
Honda's alternative-fuel sedan line — fuel-cell, plug-in-hybrid, and battery-electric versions (2017–2021).
Honda Fit
Honda's space-efficient subcompact hatchback (US 2007–2020), praised for its versatile 'Magic Seat'.
Hongqi CA72
Hongqi's founding model — a handcrafted V8 state sedan introduced in 1958 for China's Communist Party leadership.
Hongqi CA770
The great Mao-era state limousine — a V8 flagship built exclusively for Chinese government use, around 1,600 produced in total.
Hongqi CA7220
Hongqi's 1990s revival sedan — an Audi 100-based executive car that brought the Red Flag name back to commercial production.
Hongqi L5
China's current state limousine — an imposing handcrafted flagship unveiled in 2013 and the personal presidential vehicle of Xi Jinping.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
HSV ClubSport
HSV's entry-level and highest-volume performance sedan — the ClubSport ran continuously from 1990 to 2017 on every Commodore platform.
HSV GTS
HSV's flagship performance sedan — the highest-powered, most track-focused Commodore-based car in the range.
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.
HSV Grange
HSV's ultimate luxury flagship — a high-performance take on the long-wheelbase Holden Statesman and Caprice.
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.
Hudson Hornet
Hudson's famous 'step-down' performance car (1951–1957) — the 'Fabulous Hudson Hornet' that dominated early-1950s NASCAR.
Hudson Commodore
Hudson's senior full-size line of the 1940s–50s — the upscale companion to the Hornet on the step-down body.
Hudson Wasp
A shorter-wheelbase step-down Hudson (1952–1956) slotted below the Hornet, sharing its handling pedigree.
Hudson Jet
Hudson's ill-fated compact (1953–1954) — a sound car whose high tooling cost helped sink the independent.
Hudson Super Six
The 1916 Super Six — its balanced-crankshaft straight-six made Hudson a technical leader and set a 24-hour speed record.
Hudson Terraplane
Hudson's light, fast, value-priced Depression-era brand (1932–1938) — launched with help from Amelia Earhart.
Hudson Essex
Hudson's affordable companion brand (1919–1932) whose low-priced closed coach helped put a roof over the average buyer.
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.
Humber Humber Hawk
Humber's four-cylinder mainstay — a roomy, well-appointed family/executive saloon, restyled as a transatlantic-look unitary car in 1957.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Hyundai Elantra
Hyundai's long-running compact — seven generations from 1990 to today, now topped by the performance Elantra N.
35 model yearsHyundai Pony
Hyundai's first mass-produced car — a Giugiaro-styled rear-drive subcompact, never federalized for the US.
Hyundai Excel
Hyundai's first US-market car — a cheap, front-drive subcompact that set first-year import sales records.
Hyundai Sonata
Hyundai's mid-size sedan and long-time volume leader — from a humble 1989 import to a turbocharged N Line.
Hyundai Accent
Hyundai's entry-level subcompact, successor to the Excel — a value-priced staple for nearly three decades.
Hyundai Azera
Hyundai's near-luxury full-size sedan, slotting above the Sonata as a value flagship.
Hyundai XG350
An early-2000s near-luxury Hyundai sedan (XG300 then XG350), forerunner to the Azera.
Hyundai Equus
Hyundai's flagship full-size luxury sedan in the US — later folded into the standalone Genesis marque.
Hyundai Ioniq (hatchback)
Hyundai's dedicated efficient hatchback — offered as a hybrid, plug-in hybrid, and battery-electric.
Hyundai Ioniq 6
A streamlined electric 'streamliner' sedan on the E-GMP platform, the aerodynamic companion to the Ioniq 5.
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.
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.
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.
Imperia TA-7
Imperia's small front-wheel-drive compact — a licenced Adler Trumpf with Belgian coachwork, 995 cc, 25 hp.
Imperia TA-9 / Diane
The larger Adler-based Imperia — 1645 cc, 38 hp, front-wheel drive — restyled as the Diane from 1936.
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.
Imperia Standard Vanguard (Imperia-assembled)
CKD Standard Vanguards assembled in Nessonvaux and badged as Imperia, including a Belgium-only convertible variant.
Imperial Imperial
Chrysler's flagship luxury car, sold as its own marque across six generations from 1955 to 1975 and again 1981–1983.
Infiniti Q45
Infiniti's founding flagship — a 278-hp V8 sedan that debuted alongside the brand in 1989 and ran through 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Infiniti J30
An early Infiniti mid-size sedan with Japanese styling — a Nissan Leopard-based rear-drive car sold 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.
Innocenti A40 Berlina / Combinata
Innocenti's first car — a licensed Austin A40 Farina built in Milan in saloon and estate forms.
Innocenti IM3 / 1300
Innocenti's everyday family saloon — a licensed BMC ADO16 (Austin/Morris 1100 platform) built in Milan for over a decade.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Iran Khodro Paykan
Iran's most iconic car — a licensed Hillman Hunter that became the 'national car' of Iran, produced for nearly four decades.
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.
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'.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Isotta Fraschini Tipo 8
The world's first series-production straight-eight automobile — a landmark 5.9-litre chassis supplied bare for coachbuilt bodywork.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Isuzu I-Mark
Isuzu's US entry-level subcompact (1981–1989) — a GM T-car family member with turbocharged and Lotus-tuned variants.
Isuzu Stylus
A short-lived front-drive compact sedan (1991–1993) that replaced the I-Mark as Isuzu's US car entry.
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.
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.
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.
JAC Motors Refine A60
JAC's ill-fated executive sedan — previewed in 2014, launched in late 2016, and discontinued within months after weak sales.
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.
Jaguar Mark 2
The definitive 1960s sports saloon — fast, elegant, and equally famous as a bank-robbers' getaway car and a police pursuit car.
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.
Jaguar Mark X
Jaguar's vast, unitary-construction flagship saloon (1961–1970) — renamed 420G in 1966.
Jaguar S-Type (1963)
The original 1963–1968 S-Type — a Mark 2 derivative with independent rear suspension and a longer tail.
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.
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.
Jaguar X-Type
Jaguar's smallest saloon (2001–2009) — a Ford-Mondeo-based compact executive offered with all-wheel drive and, later, an estate.
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.
Jaguar XE
Jaguar's modern compact executive saloon (2015–2024) — a rear-drive 3-Series rival, including the supercharged XE SV Project 8.
Jordan Series MX
Jordan's 1922–1923 six-cylinder line, powered by a 246-cubic-inch flathead six.
Jordan Line Eight
Jordan's straight-eight cars of the mid-to-late 1920s, including the upmarket Great Line Eight.
Jordan Little Custom
A 1927 small luxury car — one of America's earliest 'compact' premium cars, priced around $1,595.
Jordan Model 90
Jordan's final car (1931) — an eight-cylinder, 85-horsepower model launched as the company collapsed.
Kaiser Special
Kaiser's core full-size sedan — among the first all-new postwar American cars, with a modern slab-sided full-envelope body.
Kaiser Manhattan
Kaiser's top-of-the-line sedan — and, from 1954, the first US production car offered with a supercharger.
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.
Kaiser Henry J
A pioneering low-cost American compact named for Henry J. Kaiser — also sold by Sears as the Allstate.
Karma Fisker Karma
The 2011–2012 plug-in-hybrid luxury sedan designed by Henrik Fisker — the direct ancestor of every Karma Automotive model.
Karma Revero
The re-engineered Fisker Karma relaunched as the Karma Revero (2017–2021) — a PHEV luxury sedan that launched the Karma marque.
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.
Karma Gyesera
The GS-6's redesigned EREV successor — a 558-hp extended-range electric luxury sedan entering production for 2026.
Kia Optima / K5
Kia's mid-size sedan — sold as the Optima from 2001 through 2020, redesigned and renamed the K5 from 2021.
Kia Forte
Kia's compact sedan — a value-focused Civic/Corolla rival that ran from 2010 through 2024 before being replaced by the K4.
Kia Cadenza
Kia's near-luxury full-size sedan — a front-drive flagship above the Optima, sold in the US from 2014 through 2020.
Kia Rio
Kia's entry-level subcompact — a budget sedan and hatchback sold in the US from 2001 through 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.
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.
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.
Lada Kalina
Lada's purpose-designed modern compact — a home-grown platform replacing the aging Samara, offered as sedan, hatchback, and wagon.
Lada Priora
A restyled, modernised compact based on the Lada 110 platform — Lada's mainstream family car for over a decade.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Lanchester Twenty
Lanchester's first four-cylinder car — an overhead-valve Edwardian tourer for the carriage trade.
Lanchester Thirty-Eight
A large pre-WWI six-cylinder Lanchester — the firm's flagship until the First World War halted civilian production.
Lanchester Forty
Lanchester's post-WWI flagship — a 6.2-litre overhead-cam six built to rival Rolls-Royce, owned by royalty and maharajas.
Lanchester Twenty-One
A smaller overhead-cam six positioned below the Forty — a lighter, owner-driver Lanchester of the mid-1920s.
Lanchester Thirty
Lanchester's only straight-eight — a 4.4-litre overhead-cam flagship and the last car of the independent company.
Lanchester Eighteen
The first BSA-era Lanchester — a 2.5-litre six derived from the Daimler Light Twenty, with fluid flywheel and hydraulic brakes.
Lanchester Ten
The smallest and best-selling Lanchester ever — a 1.2-litre saloon sharing its chassis with the BSA Ten.
Lanchester Light Six
A small six-cylinder Lanchester built by Daimler — a smoother, upmarket sibling to the four-cylinder Ten.
Lanchester Fourteen Roadrider
A late-1930s six-cylinder saloon, near-identical to the Daimler New Fifteen, ended by the Second World War.
Lanchester Ten (LD10)
Lanchester's post-war small saloon — a 1.3-litre four built by Daimler, with bodies by Briggs and later Barker.
Lanchester Fourteen / Leda
A 2-litre post-war saloon (the Leda being the export version) — among the last Lanchesters before the marque was retired.
Lancia Lambda
The world's first production car with a unibody (monocoque) chassis and independent front suspension — a quantum leap in 1922.
Lancia Aprilia
Vincenzo Lancia's final design — a pillarless, wind-tunnel-shaped saloon that was aerodynamically ahead of its era.
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.
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.
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.
Lancia Gamma
Lancia's luxury flagship in the late 1970s — a flat-four-powered saloon and Pininfarina coupé, technically ambitious but commercially limited.
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.
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.
Lancia Kappa
Lancia's flagship in the mid-1990s — a front-wheel-drive executive saloon and coupé that succeeded the Thema.
Lancia Thesis
Lancia's last truly Italian flagship sedan — an ambitious, lavishly equipped executive car that struggled to find buyers outside Italy.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Lexus LS
The Lexus flagship sedan — the V8-powered LS 400 that launched the brand and rewrote luxury-car benchmarks in 1989.
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.
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.
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.
Lexus CT 200h
A hybrid-only premium hatchback that gave Lexus an entry-level eco footprint — sold in the US for 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.
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.
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.
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.
Lifan 520 (Breez)
Lifan's debut passenger car — a compact sedan launched at the 2006 Beijing Auto Show, sold in Russia as the Breez.
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.
Lifan 720 (Cebrium)
Lifan's first mid-size sedan — the Cebrium — stretching the lineup upmarket with a longer wheelbase.
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.
Lifan 320 (Smily)
Lifan's Mini-inspired five-door hatchback — the Smily — widely noted for its overt resemblance to the 2001–2006 Mini Cooper.
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.
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.
Lincoln Zephyr
The streamlined, V12-powered Lincoln-Zephyr of the 1930s — the aerodynamic car that saved Lincoln and spawned the Continental.
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.
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.
Lincoln Versailles
A compact 1977–1980 luxury sedan — a gussied-up Ford Granada rushed out to counter the Cadillac Seville.
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.
Lincoln MKZ
Lincoln's mid-size sedan (launched for 2006 as the Zephyr, renamed MKZ for 2007) — including an available hybrid, built to 2020.
Lincoln MKS
Lincoln's full-size front/all-wheel-drive flagship sedan (2009–2016), offered with a twin-turbo EcoBoost V6.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Locomobile Model 30
A six-cylinder Locomobile luxury car of the early 1910s, sitting below the flagship Model 48.
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.
Locomobile Model 38
A smaller, less costly six-cylinder Locomobile of the mid-1910s, offered alongside the flagship Model 48.
Locomobile Junior Eight (8-66)
Durant-era Locomobile's first new model — a more modern, lower-priced straight-eight aimed at a broader market.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Marmon Model 32
Marmon's reputation-making upscale tourer (1909–1914) — the production car that spawned the Indy-winning Wasp race car.
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.
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.
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.
Marussia F2
A five-door luxury SUV concept revealed in May 2010, designed as a high-tech mobile command platform — never entered series production.
Maruti Suzuki Maruti 800
The car that motorized India — a 796cc hatchback produced for 31 years and roughly 2.87 million units.
Maruti Suzuki Zen
A sprightly 993cc hatchback that gave India a taste of modern European-style small cars in the 1990s.
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.
Maruti Suzuki Wagon R
India's consistently top-selling tall-boy city car — a three-generation, boxy hatchback with best-in-class interior space.
Maruti Suzuki Alto
India's affordable entry-level hatchback — the car that succeeded the 800 as the nation's cheapest four-wheeler.
Maruti Suzuki Swift
Maruti's benchmark premium hatchback — four generations, 3 million-plus Indian sales, and the car that redefined the segment.
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.
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.
Maruti Suzuki Celerio
An affordable automatic-gearbox pioneer — the first car to bring AMT (automated manual transmission) to the Indian mass market.
Maruti Suzuki Ciaz
Maruti's premium mid-size sedan, sold through NEXA — a spacious and fuel-efficient saloon that held on until 2025.
Maruti Suzuki SX4
A European-flavoured compact sedan sold briefly in India before the segment contracted.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Maybach W3
Maybach's debut automobile — Germany's first car with four-wheel brakes, introduced at the 1921 Berlin Motor Show.
Maybach W5
The enlarged successor to the W3 — a 7-litre inline-six limousine that raised Maybach's performance and comfort benchmark.
Maybach Zeppelin (DS7 / DS8)
Maybach's flagship pre-war masterpiece — a massive V12 limousine named for the airships that powered the company's founding.
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.
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.
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.
Mazda RX-3
An early-1970s rotary-powered compact coupe/sedan/wagon, a giant-killer in touring-car racing.
Mazda Mazda3
Mazda's compact car and one of its best-sellers — sharp-handling, and the basis for the hot Mazdaspeed3.
Mazda Mazdaspeed3
The high-performance, turbocharged Mazda3 hatchback — a punchy, affordable hot hatch.
Mazda Mazda6
Mazda's stylish, driver-focused mid-size sedan, including the rare V6 Mazdaspeed6.
Mazda Mazda2
A small, light, fun-to-drive subcompact hatchback, sold briefly in the US.
Mazda Protegé
Mazda's 1990s–2000s compact, predecessor to the Mazda3, including the sporty Protegé5 and MP3/MazdaSpeed versions.
Mazda 626
Mazda's long-running mid-size family sedan/coupe, predecessor to the Mazda6.
Mazda Millenia
Mazda's near-luxury flagship sedan, notable for its Miller-cycle supercharged V6.
Mazda 929
Mazda's full-size, rear-drive luxury flagship sedan of the late 1980s and early 1990s.
Mega Mega Club / Ranch
A modular open-body leisure car on Citroën AX underpinnings — Mega's spiritual successor to the Citroën Méhari.
Mercedes-Benz S-Class
The flagship sedan and benchmark luxury car — showcase for the brand's newest technology since 1972.
55 model yearsMercedes-Benz 190E (W201)
The compact 'Baby Benz' that founded Mercedes' entry-level line — including the Cosworth-engined 2.3-16.
Mercedes-Benz C-Class
Mercedes' compact executive sedan since 1993 — the volume entry into the brand, home of the C63 AMG.
Mercedes-Benz E-Class
Mercedes' mid-size executive car — core of the range, with the deepest body-style lineup and E63 AMG.
Mercedes-Benz A-Class
Mercedes' smallest car — a tall hatchback at first, later a conventional front-drive hatch and sedan.
Mercedes-Benz CLS
The car that invented the 'four-door coupe' — a sleek, fastback take on the E-Class.
Mercedes-Benz CLA
A compact 'four-door coupe' on the A-Class platform — the affordable entry into the brand's style line.
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.
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.
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.
Mercury Marauder
Mercury's 1960s full-size performance car — a fastback-roofed big-block hardtop, briefly a personal-luxury coupe for 1969–1970.
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.
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.
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.
Mercury Marquis
Mercury's full-size flagship line — origin of the Grand Marquis trim, which outlived and ultimately replaced it.
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.
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.
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.
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.
MG MG6
The first all-new MG under SAIC — a 2010 fastback/saloon, and the BTCC car that won MG the 2014 manufacturers' title.
MG MG4 EV
MG's breakthrough EV hatchback (2022–present) — rear-drive on a bespoke EV platform, with a 429 hp XPower flagship.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Mini Mini (classic)
Alec Issigonis's revolutionary 1959 economy car — transverse-engine front-wheel drive that defined the modern small car for 41 years.
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.
Mitsubishi Lancer
Mitsubishi's compact sedan — two US generations from 2002 to 2017, serving as the everyday platform for the legendary Lancer Evolution.
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.
Mitsubishi Diamante
Mitsubishi's near-luxury flagship sedan in the US — Japan's Car of the Year 1990, sold stateside from 1992 through 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.
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.
Mitsuoka Galue
Mitsuoka's retro luxury sedan — Bentley/Rolls-Royce styling layered onto successive Nissan Crew, Cedric, and Teana platforms since 1996.
Monteverdi Sierra
A Fissore-rebodied Dodge Aspen/Plymouth Volaré luxury saloon and convertible — approximately 20 built, 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Morris Cowley
The lower-priced 'no-frills' Bullnose Morris — the cheaper companion to the Oxford that drove Morris's volume in the 1920s.
Morris Eight
The 1930s small Morris — closely following the Ford Model Y — whose huge sales restored Morris as Britain's largest car maker.
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.
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.
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.
Morris Marina
British Leyland's conservative rear-drive family car (1971–1980) — a huge seller in its day, later a byword for mediocrity.
Morris Ital
A 1980 facelift of the Marina — and the last car ever to wear the Morris badge, ending the marque in 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.
Moskvitch Moskvitch 407
The first Soviet car to genuinely succeed in Western export markets — up to half of all 407s built went abroad.
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.
Moskvitch Moskvitch 2140
The last evolution of the classic 412-era platform — an updated compact sold across the USSR and Eastern Bloc through 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.
Moskvitch Moskvitch 6
A liftback-style compact sedan added to the revived Moskvitch range in 2023, based on JAC underpinnings.
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.
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.
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.
Nash 600
The first mass-produced unibody car in the US (1941) — its name claimed 600 miles on a tank of fuel.
Nash Statesman
Nash's mid-tier full-size car (1950–1956), the renamed successor to the unibody 600, slotted below the Ambassador.
Nash Rambler
Widely regarded as the first successful modern American compact (1950–1955) — the car whose name outlived Nash itself under AMC.
Nash Metropolitan
A tiny British-built economy car (Nash-badged 1954–1957) — conceived as America's 'second car' and built by Austin in England.
Nash LaFayette
Nash's lower-priced companion line of the 1930s (1934–1940), reviving an earlier luxury marque's name as a value model.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
NIO ET9
NIO's flagship full-size executive sedan, deliveries began early 2025, featuring a steer-by-wire system and 900V charging.
Nissan Altima
Nissan's mid-size family sedan and one of its US best-sellers, offered for years with an available V6.
Nissan Maxima
Nissan's V6-powered flagship sedan, long marketed as the '4-Door Sports Car'.
Nissan Sentra
Nissan's long-running compact sedan, including the sporty SE-R performance versions.
Nissan Versa
Nissan's entry-level subcompact, frequently among the lowest-priced new cars in the US.
Nissan Cube
A boxy, asymmetric-windowed subcompact with quirky styling, sold in the US for a few years.
Nissan Stanza
Nissan's compact-to-mid-size sedan of the 1980s, the predecessor to the Altima.
Nissan Pulsar
A small sporty compact of the 1980s, best known in the US for the NX with removable Sportbak roof panels.
Nissan Leaf
One of the first mass-market electric cars — the world's best-selling EV for much of the 2010s.
NSU Prinz
NSU's post-war people's car — a rear-engined, air-cooled minicar that sold over a million units across fifteen years.
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.
NSU TT / TTS
The hot-rod Prinz 1000 — a lightweight rear-engine screamer that won 29 national hillclimb and circuit championships.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight
Oldsmobile's full-size flagship and longest-running nameplate — built 1941–1942 and 1946–1996 across some 55 years.
Oldsmobile F-85
Oldsmobile's early-1960s compact (later intermediate) — the platform that spawned the Cutlass and the 442.
Oldsmobile Cutlass
Oldsmobile's defining nameplate — America's best-selling car every year from 1976 to 1983 and a brand within a brand.
Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme
The upscale, often best-selling Cutlass variant — a personal-luxury coupe that defined Oldsmobile's 1970s–80s heyday.
Oldsmobile Toronado
The 1966 Toronado was the first US front-wheel-drive car since the 1937 Cord — a bold big-block personal-luxury coupe.
Oldsmobile Aurora
Oldsmobile's 1990s rebirth attempt — a sleek Northstar-derived V8 luxury sedan meant to modernize the brand.
Oldsmobile Intrigue
A late-1990s mid-size sport sedan on GM's W-body — Oldsmobile's import-fighting replacement for the Cutlass Supreme.
Oldsmobile Alero
Oldsmobile's last-ever new nameplate — a compact sedan/coupe and, fittingly, the final Oldsmobile ever built.
OM Tipo S305
OM's debut automobile (1918), a large four-cylinder touring car derived from the pre-war Züst design.
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.
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.
Opel Rekord
Opel's long-running mid-size family car — eight generations across 33 years, with roughly ten million sold.
Opel Kadett
Opel's defining compact — five post-war generations from 1962 to 1991, succeeded by the Astra.
Opel Vectra
Opel's mid-size family car for twenty years — successor to the Ascona, eventually replaced by the Insignia.
Opel Omega
Opel's rear-wheel-drive executive saloon — successor to the Rekord and the brand's flagship until 2003.
Opel Insignia
Opel's European Car of the Year 2009 — the modern executive hatchback/estate that replaced the Vectra.
Opel Corsa
Opel's best-selling supermini — six generations and over 14 million sold since 1982, now available as the electric Corsa-e.
Opel Astra
The direct Kadett successor — Opel's compact car flagship for over 30 years and a perennial European sales leader.
Ora Black Cat
Ora's entry-level electric city car (originally the R1) — discontinued in early 2022 as Ora moved upmarket.
Ora White Cat
A slightly larger electric sibling to the Black Cat (originally the R2) — also discontinued in February 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.
Ora Ballet Cat
A Beetle-inspired retro electric hatchback — Ora's design-led, female-targeted compact, launched in July 2022.
Ora Lightning Cat
Ora's electric fastback sedan — a D-segment EV with Porsche-inspired styling, exported globally as the GWM Ora 07.
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.
Otosan Anadol A1
Turkey's first domestically designed mass-production car — a Ogle Design-styled fiberglass compact built on Ford mechanicals, produced 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.
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.
Packard Eight
Packard's straight-eight senior line of the 1920s–30s — the volume luxury car that built the marque's prestige.
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.
Packard Twelve
Packard's magnificent V12 of the classic era (1933–1939) — a rival to the finest Rolls-Royce, Cadillac V16, and Pierce-Arrow.
Packard One-Twenty
The mid-priced straight-eight (1935–1941) that broadened Packard's market and kept the company alive through the Depression.
Packard Clipper
Packard's streamlined 'envelope-body' design (1941) that shaped its postwar cars — and briefly became its own make in 1956.
Packard Patrician
Packard's senior flagship sedan of the 1950s (1951–1956) — the last true 'senior' Packard, and the body that ended Detroit production.
Packard Caribbean
Packard's glamorous halo convertible (1953–1956) — a limited-production rival to the Cadillac Eldorado, ending with a 310-hp V8.
Panhard Dynamic
Panhard's Art Deco masterpiece — a streamlined, center-driving-position saloon that was the last sleeve-valve production car in the world.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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'.
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.
Perodua Kancil
Perodua's founding model — a rebadged Daihatsu Mira that became Malaysia's most affordable car for 15 years.
Perodua Kenari
A boxy tall-roof city car based on the Daihatsu Move, offering unusual interior space for its class.
Perodua Kelisa
A more modern Kancil companion based on the Daihatsu Mira L700, sold briefly in the UK as Malaysia's first export car.
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.
Perodua Viva
The entry-level hatchback that replaced the Kancil and Kelisa, keeping affordable motoring alive in Malaysia until 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.
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.
Peugeot 404
A Pininfarina-styled rear-drive classic — Africa's most durable taxi and a multi-winner of the World Cup Cross-Country Rally.
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.
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.
Peugeot 206
Peugeot's all-time best-seller — over 8.3 million built, Europe's top-selling car three years running.
Peugeot 207
The 206's larger, safer successor — a transitional supermini before the award-winning 208 arrived.
Peugeot 208
A sharper, lighter supermini with a 200-hp GTi and the award-winning e-208 electric variant.
Peugeot 306
A critically acclaimed compact hatchback whose GTI-6 was widely regarded as the true spiritual successor to the 205 GTI.
Peugeot 307
A larger, more practical compact that won European Car of the Year 2002 and offered a notable panoramic-glass roof option.
Peugeot 308
Peugeot's current mainstream compact — two European Car of the Year wins across three generations and a sharp-handling GTi.
Peugeot 405
European Car of the Year 1988 — a Pininfarina-designed family saloon that brought Peugeot back to the mid-size mainstream.
Peugeot 406
A well-regarded family saloon whose Pininfarina-designed coupe — with a V6 option — became a sought-after classic.
Peugeot 508
Peugeot's premium saloon reinvented as a dramatic fastback for its second generation — with plug-in hybrid power.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Pierce-Arrow Great Arrow
The four-cylinder Great Arrow (1904 on) — the car that made Pierce's name, winning the first Glidden Tours.
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.
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.
Pierce-Arrow Series 80
The lower-priced Series 80 (1924–1927) — a more affordable six that broadened Pierce-Arrow's market.
Pierce-Arrow Series 81
A one-year refinement of the Series 80 for 1928, just before Studebaker took control and the straight-eight arrived.
Pierce-Arrow Twelve
Pierce-Arrow's V-12 flagship (1932–1938) — a magnificent, smooth twelve that powered the marque through its final years.
Plymouth Duster
A semi-fastback coupe spun off the compact Valiant (1970–1976) — affordable, popular, and quick in 340 form.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Plymouth Horizon
Chrysler's first US front-wheel-drive subcompact (1978–1990) — a practical economy hatchback that helped the company survive the era.
Plymouth Reliant
Plymouth's half of the Chrysler K-car (1981–1989) — the boxy, front-drive compact widely credited with saving the company.
Plymouth Sundance
A practical front-drive compact hatchback (1987–1994) on Chrysler's P-body, twin of the Dodge Shadow.
Plymouth Acclaim
A conservative, dependable front-drive mid-size sedan (1989–1995) that replaced the Reliant on Chrysler's AA-body.
Plymouth Breeze
Plymouth's 'cab-forward' mid-size sedan (1996–2000) — the budget member of Chrysler's Cirrus/Stratus/Breeze trio.
Plymouth Neon
A cheeky, sporty compact (1995–2001) launched with the friendly 'Hi.' ad campaign — and the very last Plymouth ever built.
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.
Polestar Polestar 5
Polestar's flagship four-door electric GT — a 748-hp bonded-aluminium performance sedan priced from around $135,000.
Pontiac Tempest
Pontiac's compact-then-intermediate of the 1960s — the car the original GTO was built from.
Pontiac LeMans
Pontiac's mid-size line — the GTO's original home, later revived on a Korean-built small car.
Pontiac Grand Am
A sporty mid-size that became one of Pontiac's best-sellers, with the performance GT trim.
Pontiac Grand Prix
Pontiac's long-running personal-luxury nameplate, from full-size 1960s coupe to supercharged front-drive sedan.
Pontiac Bonneville
Pontiac's full-size flagship for nearly half a century, later a supercharged front-drive sedan.
Pontiac Catalina
Pontiac's entry-level full-size car of the 1960s–70s, a base for lightweight Super Duty drag racers.
Pontiac Grand Ville
A short-lived early-1970s full-size flagship that briefly topped the Pontiac range above the Bonneville.
Pontiac Star Chief
A 1950s–60s full-size Pontiac built on a stretched wheelbase as the upmarket flagship of its day.
Pontiac Chieftain
Pontiac's mainstream full-size car of the late 1940s and 1950s, including the milestone first V8 cars.
Pontiac Parisienne
A rear-drive full-size sedan (US 1983–1986) revived from a long-running Canadian Pontiac nameplate.
Pontiac Sunbird
Pontiac's small car of the late 1970s through early 1990s, including turbocharged sporty versions.
Pontiac Sunfire
Pontiac's J-body compact of the late 1990s and early 2000s, successor to the Sunbird.
Pontiac G6
Pontiac's mid-size sedan/coupe/convertible of the late 2000s — and the last Pontiac ever built.
Pontiac G5
A late-era compact coupe (successor to the Sunfire), a Pontiac-badged sibling of the Chevrolet Cobalt.
Pontiac G8
An acclaimed rear-drive Australian-built sport sedan — the V8 GXP a fitting last hurrah for Pontiac.
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.
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.
Praga Alfa
Praga's mass-market workhorse — a compact, affordable car produced for nearly three decades and totalling around 9,250 units.
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.
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.
Premier Padmini
India's iconic compact sedan — a Fiat 1100D built in Bombay under licence from 1964, and the dominant Indian taxi for decades.
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.
Prince Prince Sedan
Prince's debut production car (1952–1957) — Japan's first modern gasoline-powered compact executive sedan.
Prince Skyline
The nameplate that launched a dynasty — Prince's flagship from 1957, forerunner of the Nissan Skyline GT-R legend.
Prince Gloria
Prince's top-of-the-range luxury sedan (1959–1966), home to Japan's first mass-produced SOHC six-cylinder engine.
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.
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.
Proton Wira
Proton's C-segment workhorse from 1993 to 2009 — a Mitsubishi Lancer-based sedan and hatchback that sold over 950,000 units.
Proton Satria
Proton's three-door hot hatch — a Wira-based sporty compact, remembered for the Lotus-tuned Satria GTi.
Proton Perdana
Proton's D-segment executive sedan — a Mitsubishi Eterna-based government-fleet flagship, serving Malaysian VIPs for 25 years.
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.
Proton Gen-2
Proton's first car with the indigenously developed CamPro engine — a five-door liftback styled with Lotus input.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Rambler Rambler (Jeffery era)
Thomas B. Jeffery's original Rambler (1902–1913) — among the first mass-produced American cars, built in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
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.
Rambler Rambler American
AMC's entry-level compact (1958–1969) — revived 1950s Nash Rambler tooling that helped Rambler ride the compact-car boom.
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.
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.
Rambler Rambler Rebel
AMC's early V8 performance Rambler (1957–1960) — the 1957 Rebel was one of the quickest American sedans of its day.
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.
Reliant Kitten
A four-wheeled economy car based on the Robin — a fibreglass-bodied 848 cc saloon and estate.
Renault 4CV
Renault's first postwar car — a rear-engined economy saloon that became the first French model to sell over a million units.
Renault Dauphine
The 4CV's larger, rounder successor — a rear-engined compact that sold over two million units and briefly conquered the American market.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Renault Laguna
Renault's D-segment family car for two decades — a practical large hatchback and estate, replaced by the Talisman in 2016.
Renault Zoé
Europe's best-selling battery-electric car through most of the 2010s — Renault's pioneering supermini-class EV.
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.
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.
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.
Renault Korea SM7
Renault Samsung's executive flagship sedan — derived from the Nissan Teana, it sat above the SM5 for 15 years.
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.
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.
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.
REO Royale
REO's streamlined straight-eight flagship (1931–1935) — Amos Northup's design helped establish true automotive streamlining in America.
Riley Nine
Riley's landmark small car (1926–1938) — Percy Riley's hemi-head high-camshaft engine in saloons, tourers and the racing Brooklands.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Rinspeed Oasis
An autonomous electric two-seater with a living-room cabin, a dashboard garden, and a delivery drawer — CES 2017.
Rinspeed Mono Ego
A supercharged aluminium-bodied single-seat sports car built to mark Rinspeed's 20th anniversary — Geneva 1997.
Rinspeed E-Go Rocket
A salt-flat–inspired single-seat composite sports car with a 410 hp supercharged V8 — Geneva 1998.
Rinspeed microSNAP
A modular micro-mobility pod separating a reusable 'skateboard' chassis from interchangeable body units — CES / Geneva 2019.
Roewe 750
Roewe's debut model — a stretched, re-engineered Rover 75 that launched the brand at the 2006 Beijing Auto Show.
Roewe 550
Roewe's first independently developed compact sedan, previewed by the W2 concept and derived from the aborted MG Rover RDX60 project.
Roewe 350
A smaller, more affordable compact sedan that sat below the 550 in Roewe's early lineup.
Roewe 950
Roewe's flagship executive sedan, sharing the GM Epsilon II long-wheelbase platform with the Buick LaCrosse.
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.
Roewe i5
A high-volume compact sedan that underpins the MG5 for export markets, sold in China from late 2018.
Roewe Ei5
An affordable battery-electric station wagon — a rare body style in the EV segment — exported to Europe as the MG5 EV.
Roewe D7
Roewe's modern electrified flagship sedan, offered as both a battery-electric and a plug-in hybrid with record-setting range.
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.
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.
Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud
The elegant John Blatchley-styled saloon (1955–1966) — a classic Rolls-Royce shape, sister to the Bentley S-series.
Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow
Rolls-Royce's first monocoque car (1965–1980) and its best-selling model ever, with over 30,000 built.
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.
Rolls-Royce Corniche
The two-door Shadow-based coupe and convertible (1971–1995, briefly revived 2000–2002) — a long-lived hand-finished grand tourer.
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.
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.
Rolls-Royce Phantom
The modern BMW-era flagship (Phantom VII, 2003; Phantom VIII, 2017) — the car that relaunched Rolls-Royce at Goodwood.
Rolls-Royce Ghost
The smaller, more driver-focused saloon (2009–present) — the more accessible Rolls-Royce that became its volume model.
Rover P4
The dignified 'Auntie' Rover — a mid-size luxury saloon that defined the marque's reputation through the 1950s.
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.
Rover P6
The advanced Rover 2000 — the very first European Car of the Year, with a base-unit chassis and the 3500 V8.
Rover Rover 8
Rover's very first car (1904) — a single-cylinder light car designed by Edmund Lewis that launched the marque.
Rover 800
Rover's flagship executive car, co-developed with Honda (sister to the Legend) and sold in the US as the Sterling.
Rover 200
Rover's compact family car — from Honda Ballade clone to a genuinely well-regarded British hatchback before becoming the Rover 25.
Rover 400
The slightly larger saloon/hatchback sibling of the 200, Honda-related, later renamed the Rover 45.
Rover 600
An elegant mid-size saloon based on the Honda Accord — the last and most successful of the Rover-Honda cars.
Rover 75
Rover's acclaimed retro-styled executive saloon — the last all-new Rover, offered late on with a 4.6-litre Ford V8.
Rover 45
MG Rover's compact saloon and hatchback — a renamed Rover 400, twinned with the MG ZS, to 2005.
Rover CityRover
A rebadged Tata Indica imported from India — MG Rover's troubled budget city car, criticised on price and quality.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Saab 9-2X
A US-market Subaru Impreza WRX / WRX STi re-badged as a Saab for 2004–2005 — informally nicknamed 'Saabaru' by enthusiasts.
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.
SAIC Motor Roewe 750
SAIC's first Roewe — an executive saloon built on the Rover 75 platform, launched as China's premium domestic sedan.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Scion iQ
An ultra-compact premium city car — a US version of the Toyota iQ that struggled to win over American buyers.
Scion iA
Scion's only sedan — a rebadged Mazda2 sold for one year before becoming the Toyota Yaris iA.
SEAT 600
The rear-engined economy car that motorized Spain — over 797,000 built and an enduring national icon.
SEAT 1400
SEAT's very first production car — a licensed Fiat 1400 sedan that launched Spanish volume automobile manufacturing.
SEAT Córdoba
The saloon, estate, and coupé companion to the Ibiza supermini — a three-body small car that ran for over 15 years.
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.
SEAT Toledo
SEAT's compact saloon — the first model developed inside the Volkswagen Group, spanning four generations from 1991 to 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.
Simca Vedette
An American-flavoured V8 saloon (1954–1961) acquired with Ford's French factory — the largest and most powerful Simca of its era.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Singer Ten
Singer's pioneering light car, launched in 1912 and revived through 1949 — an early British best-seller.
Singer Junior
An 848 cc overhead-cam economy car of the late 1920s that helped make Singer Britain's third-largest car maker.
Singer Nine
The 972 cc overhead-cam Nine of the 1930s — saloons, sports tourers, and the basis for the famous Le Mans.
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.
Singer Hunter
A restyled SM1500 with a traditional grille — the last car of Singer's independent era before the Rootes takeover.
Singer Gazelle
The first Rootes-era Singer — an up-market Hillman Minx that initially kept Singer's own overhead-cam engine.
Singer Vogue
A more luxurious Rootes-era Singer — first a Hillman Super Minx derivative, then an Arrow-platform car.
Singer Chamois
An up-market, rear-engined Hillman Imp with a false grille and plusher trim — the last car to wear a Singer badge.
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.
Škoda Fabia
Škoda's small car since 1999 — a Polo-underpinned supermini now in its fourth generation, earning consistent 'best small car' plaudits.
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.
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.
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.
Smart Forfour
Smart's four-seat five-door hatchback — two separate generations (2004–2006 and 2014–2019), both discontinued after modest sales.
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.
SsangYong Chairman
SsangYong's sole luxury sedan — built on the Mercedes-Benz W124 platform, sold in South Korea from 1997 to 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Standard Motors (India) Standard Vanguard
Standard Motors India's inaugural product — locally assembled British Standard Vanguards built at the Vandalur factory from 1951.
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.
Stanguellini Colibrì
A one-off 250 cc streamlined record car with Franco Scaglione bodywork — set six FIA world speed records at Monza in 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.
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.
Star Star Four
The original four-cylinder Star (1922–1928) — Durant Motors' Continental-powered Ford Model T fighter, launched at $348.
Star Star Six
The six-cylinder Star (1926–1927) — a larger, Continental-six-powered companion to the four on a 107-inch wheelbase.
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.
Steyr Type XII
Steyr's international breakthrough — a refined 1.5-litre OHC six that won acclaim from London to Vienna.
Steyr Steyr 120 / 125 Super
A streamlined inter-war six with independent front suspension — 1,400 built before its successor took over.
Steyr Steyr 220
The pinnacle of pre-war Steyr — a 2.3-litre OHV six in four body styles, with coachbuilt Gläser cabriolets.
Steyr Steyr 50 / 55 (Baby)
The 'Steyr Baby' — a VW-contemporary streamlined people's car that sold around 13,000 units before the war.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Stoewer Greif Junior
Stoewer's best-selling car ever — a streamlined Tatra 75-derived compact that sold 4,000 units in four years.
Stoewer Sedina
Stoewer's final civilian saloon — a 2.4-litre four-cylinder rear-drive car named for Stettin, with 924 built.
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.
Studebaker Champion
Studebaker's low-priced economy car (1939–1958) — a light, frugal best-seller, later home of the 'bullet-nose' look.
Studebaker Commander
Studebaker's long-running mid-range nameplate (1927–1966) — home of the celebrated 1953 'Loewy coupe'.
Studebaker President
Studebaker's flagship luxury car (1926–1942, revived 1955–1958) — the early straight-eight President was a 1920s prestige model.
Studebaker Land Cruiser
Studebaker's top-line long-wheelbase sedan (1934–1954) — a streamlined flagship designation used intermittently across the range.
Studebaker Lark
The compact that saved Studebaker for a time (1959–1966) — a tidy, sales-hit small car, later home of the sporty Daytona.
Studebaker Hawk
Studebaker's family of sporty coupes (1956–1964) — from the supercharged Golden Hawk to the finned Gran Turismo Hawk.
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.
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.
Stutz IV-Porte
A four-door neoclassic sedan companion to the Blackhawk coupe, built on GM's B-body platform from 1979 to 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.
Subaru Impreza
Subaru's compact mainstay — the platform that spawned the WRX/STI rally legend and remains on sale today.
Subaru Legacy
Subaru's mid-size sedan and wagon — a seven-generation AWD family car that launched the Outback nameplate.
Sunbeam Rapier
Sunbeam's long-running sporting coupé — five 'Audax' series from 1955, then the sleek Arrow-platform fastback through 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.
Sunbeam Imp Sport
Sunbeam's rear-engined Mini-Cooper rival — a twin-carburettor Hillman Imp with genuine performance and handling flair.
Suzuki Alto
Suzuki's legendary kei car — the best-selling Suzuki model worldwide, a pioneer of the ultra-budget microcar category since 1979.
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.
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.
Suzuki Esteem
Suzuki's compact sedan/wagon of the late 1990s (known globally as the Baleno) — the North American replacement for the Swift sedan.
Suzuki Forenza
A rebadged Daewoo Lacetti — Suzuki's budget compact of the mid-2000s US market, badge-engineered through GM's Daewoo acquisition.
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.
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.
TagAZ Doninvest Assol
TagAZ's first model — a licensed Daewoo Lanos assembled in Taganrog as the Doninvest Assol from 1998 to 2002.
TagAZ Doninvest Orion
A licensed Daewoo Nubira sedan assembled in Taganrog from 1998 to 2002 under the Doninvest brand.
TagAZ Vortex Estina
TagAZ's Vortex-branded Chery A5 sedan, assembled in Taganrog from 2008 for the Russian budget market.
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.
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.
Talbot Talbot Horizon
A front-wheel-drive family hatchback and 1976 European Car of the Year — Talbot's volume mainstay through the early 1980s.
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.
Talbot Samba
The last all-new Talbot passenger car — a PSA-era supermini based on the Peugeot 104, notable for the Pininfarina-built Cabriolet.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Tata Motors Indigo
The three-box sedan derivative of the Indica — offered in standard, compact (CS), and estate (Marina) forms.
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.
Tata Motors Tigor
A compact 'styleback' sedan on the Tiago platform — offered in petrol, CNG, and electric variants.
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.
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.
Tatra Tatra 77
The world's first production aerodynamically designed car — a rear-engined, air-cooled V8 fastback conceived with Zeppelin engineer Paul Jaray.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Terraplane Terraplane
The low-priced six that carried Hudson through the Depression — light, quick, and famous for its power-to-weight ratio.
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.
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.
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.
Togg T10F
Togg's second model — a fastback battery-electric sedan revealed at CES 2024 and launched in Turkey and Germany in 2025.
Tofaş Murat 124
Tofaş's first car — a licensed Fiat 124 named after the Murat river, launching Turkey's domestic automobile industry.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Tofaş Albea
A compact three-box sedan produced at Bursa for a decade — Tofaş's workhorse export model through the 2000s.
Tofaş Linea
A Tofaş-co-developed compact sedan — launched at the Bursa plant in 2007 and at one point Turkey's best-selling car.
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.
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.
Toyota Corolla
The best-selling nameplate in automotive history, in continuous production since 1966.
Toyota Tercel
Toyota's entry-level subcompact for two decades, below the Corolla.
Toyota Echo
A tall, frugal subcompact that replaced the Tercel as Toyota's US entry car.
Toyota Yaris
Toyota's global subcompact in the US, successor to the Echo (the hot GR Yaris was never sold in the US).
Toyota Camry
America's best-selling car for much of the 2000s–2010s — a benchmark mid-size sedan.
Toyota Cressida
Toyota's rear-drive near-luxury sedan of the 1970s–80s, an inline-six predecessor to Lexus.
Toyota Avalon
Toyota's roomy full-size sedan, positioned above the Camry, with a late-life TRD.
Toyota Crown
Toyota's oldest passenger nameplate (since 1955), returned to the US for 2023 as a crossover sedan.
Trabant P50 (Trabant 500)
The original Trabant — a 499 cc two-stroke subcompact, 131,495 built from 1957 to 1962.
Trabant Trabant 600
A short-lived transitional model (1962–1965) bridging the P50 and 601 — P50 bodywork with a 594 cc engine.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Triumph Renown
A formal 'razor-edge' saloon whose sharp-creased coachwork echoed contemporary Rolls-Royce and Bentley styling.
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.
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.
Triumph Vitesse
A six-cylinder Herald — a compact saloon/convertible given straight-six power for surprisingly brisk performance.
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.
Triumph Dolomite
A sporting compact saloon whose 16-valve Sprint version is widely cited as the world's first mass-produced multi-valve car.
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.
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.
Trumpchi GA4
Trumpchi's mainstream compact sedan (2018–2023), internationally debuted at the 2018 Detroit Auto Show as a potential US-market entrant.
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.
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.
Trumpchi GA8
Trumpchi's flagship full-size sedan (2015–2023), competing against domestic and joint-venture D-segment rivals in China.
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.
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.
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.
Unic Type H1
Unic's first eight-cylinder car — a 2.5-litre straight-eight with overhead valves, introduced for 1929.
Unic U4
A modern 2-litre four-cylinder with independent front suspension and a Cotal electromagnetic gearbox option — Unic's last passenger car family.
Unic U6
A 3-litre six-cylinder flagship launched alongside the U4 in 1934, with an OHV pushrod engine and optional Cotal preselector gearbox.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Vauxhall Cresta
Vauxhall's flashy six-cylinder flagship of the 1950s–60s, peaking with the American-styled PA.
Vauxhall Victor
Vauxhall's big-selling family saloon for two decades (1957–1978), a major export success in its early years.
Vauxhall Viva
Vauxhall's popular small family car of the 1960s–70s and the last car the company designed entirely on its own.
Vauxhall Cavalier
Vauxhall's fleet and family staple (1975–1995) — among the best-selling cars in British history.
Vauxhall Vectra
The Cavalier's successor (1995–2008) — Vauxhall's mid-size fleet car, topped by the V6 Vectra VXR.
Vauxhall Insignia
Vauxhall's flagship saloon/estate (2008–2022) — 2009 European Car of the Year, successor to the Vectra.
Vauxhall Lotus Carlton
A twin-turbo Lotus-built super-saloon — at launch around 1990 the fastest four-door production car in the world.
Vauxhall VXR8
An Australian Holden HSV super-saloon sold by Vauxhall (2007–2017) — a big rear-drive V8 sledgehammer.
Vauxhall Astra
Vauxhall's perennial family hatchback since 1979 — the UK Opel Astra/Kadett and a long-time best-seller.
Vector W2
Vector's late-1970s running prototype — the proof-of-concept supercar that, refined over a decade, became the production W8.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Volkswagen Golf
Volkswagen's defining hatchback and the originator of the hot-hatch GTI — sold early in the US as the 'Rabbit'.
52 model yearsVolkswagen Beetle (classic)
The original air-cooled, rear-engined people's car — one of the most-produced cars in history.
Volkswagen Type 3
A roomier air-cooled VW sold in the US as the Squareback wagon, Fastback, and Notchback.
Volkswagen New Beetle / Beetle (retro)
The retro, front-engined revival — a Golf-based homage to the air-cooled original.
Volkswagen Jetta
The Golf's three-box sedan sibling — Volkswagen's best-selling US model, with the performance GLI on top.
Volkswagen Passat
Volkswagen's mid-size sedan and wagon — from the European-flavored 'Dasher' to a US-built family car.
Volkswagen CC
A sleek four-door 'coupe' version of the Passat, styled for a more premium, design-led buyer.
Volkswagen Arteon
Volkswagen's flagship four-door 'fastback' — the design-led successor to the CC.
Volkswagen Phaeton
Volkswagen's ambitious, technically lavish luxury flagship — a commercial flop in the US.
Voisin C1
Voisin's founding production car — a 4.0-litre sleeve-valve four-cylinder limousine built in tiny numbers to establish the marque.
Voisin C6 Laboratoire
The world's first monocoque Grand Prix car — an all-aluminum racing machine built for the 1923 French Grand Prix.
Voisin C11
Voisin's most commercially successful model — the marque's first six-cylinder car, with around 2,200 examples built.
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.
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.
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.
Voisin C30
The final Voisin model — a handful of cars built as the company closed, representing the end of Gabriel Voisin's automotive career.
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.
Volga GAZ-24
The near-immortal Soviet executive sedan — full-scale production started July 1970, with taxi odometers regularly exceeding 1,000,000 km.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Volvo S60
Volvo's sporty compact sedan — three generations from 2000, including a high-performance Polestar variant before Polestar became its own brand.
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.
Volvo S90
Volvo's current flagship sedan — a dramatically styled, SPA-platform successor to the S80, available as a plug-in hybrid Recharge T8.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Wanderer W50
Wanderer's flagship under Auto Union — a 2,257 cc six-cylinder top-of-range model, 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.
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.
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.
Willys (Willys-Overland) Willys Aero
Willys's last US passenger car (1952–1955) — a unibody compact sedan/hardtop that anticipated the compact-car era.
Willys (Willys-Overland) Willys Americar
Willys's economical prewar compact (1937–1942) — best remembered today as a hot-rod and gasser favorite.
Willys (Willys-Overland) Willys 77
A small, cheap Depression-era Willys (1933–1936) with a streamlined Amos Northup body — the company's survival car.
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.
Willys (Willys-Overland) Whippet (Overland Whippet)
A light, cheap small car (1926–1931) that briefly made Willys-Overland the US's third-largest automaker.
Willys (Willys-Overland) Overland
The volume Overland line John Willys built the company on — affordable poppet-valve cars that drove its 1910s rise.
WM Motor E5
WM Motor's first sedan — an entry-level electric compact aimed squarely at ride-hailing fleets and budget private buyers.
Wolseley 6/80
Wolseley's post-war flagship saloon (1948–1954) — an overhead-cam six famous as the British police car of its era.
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.
Wolseley 4/44
An elegant mid-1950s sports saloon (1953–1956) closely related to the MG Magnette ZA — about 29,845 built.
Wolseley 15/50
The B-series-engined successor to the 4/44 (1956–1958) — a short-lived bridge to the Farina-styled 15/60.
Wolseley 6/99
A Pininfarina-styled big six (1959–1961) — the upmarket BMC sister of the Austin A99 Westminster.
Wolseley 6/110
The longer, more powerful evolution of the 6/99 (1961–1968) — the Austin A110 Westminster's upmarket twin.
Wolseley 1500
A compact, well-trimmed saloon on the Morris Minor floorpan (1957–1965) — twin of the sportier Riley One-Point-Five.
Wolseley Hornet (1961–1969)
A luxury booted Mini (1961–1969) with the traditional Wolseley grille — twin of the Riley Elf.
Wolseley 1100/1300
Wolseley's version of the best-selling BMC 1100/1300 (ADO16) — a plush, front-drive Issigonis-engineered saloon.
Wolseley 18/85
The luxury 'landcrab' (1967–1975) — a plush Austin 1800, later the six-cylinder Wolseley Six, and the last traditional Wolseley.
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.
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.
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.
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.
XPeng P5
The world's first mass-produced car with LiDAR — XPeng's compact family sedan launched in 2021 and discontinued in 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Zastava Zastava 1300 / 1500
Zastava's upmarket Fiat 1300/1500-based rear-drive sedan — nicknamed the 'Yugoslav Mercedes' for its perceived quality.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
ZAZ Slavuta (ZAZ-1103)
A longer five-door liftback developed from the Tavria platform, offering more passenger and luggage space for Ukrainian family buyers.
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.
ZAZ Sens
ZAZ's entry-level localised derivative of the Daewoo Lanos platform, fitted with the domestic 1.3-litre MeMZ-307 engine.
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.
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.
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.