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BMW The abbreviation for Bayerische Motoren Werke or in English Bavarian Motor Works. BMW is an independent German manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles operating on a world wide auto market. BMW is also the parent company of the MINI and Rolls-Royce car brands. The modern BMW model line is presented by what they call "Series 2", identified by a single digit - e.g. the 3 Series. In 2004 BMW announced plans to make odd-numbered series saloon/sedan and estate/wagon models (Traditionally BMW names its estates/wagons Touring models), while even-numbered series become two-door coupes and cabriolets.

Mercedes-Benz The origins of the Daimler-Benz company founded through a merger in 1926 date back to the mid-1880s, when Gottlieb Daimler (1834-1900), Wilhelm Maybach (1846-1929), and Karl Benz (1844-1929) independently invented the internal combustion engine-powered automobile, in Germany, as they were almost sixty miles apart, these pioneers were unaware of each other's early work. Since the early days of the company the car model name would be in the form of 500E where the engine volume made up the first three numbers and the last letter(s) represented the type of engine and/or chassis; for example: "E" for fuel injection ("Einspritzung" in German), "D" for Diesel, "L" for long wheelbase etc.

Ford Motor Company, an American multinational corporationthe world's third largest automaker, based on worldwide vehicle sales, excluding sales from Ford's one-third ownership of Mazda. In 2006, Ford ranked the second automaker in the US with a 17.5% auto market share. Ford was the seventh-ranked American-based company in the 2007 Fortune 500 list, with overall global revenues of $160.1 billion. In 2006 alone, Ford produced 6.6 million automobiles, and employed about 280,000 workers at about 100 plants and facilities around the world. It ia based in Dearborn, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit.

VW began launching an array of new models after Bernd Pischetsrieder became Volkswagen Group CEO in 2002. The 5th generation Volkswagen Golf was introduced in 2004, came runner-up to the Fiat Panda in the 2004 European Car of the Year and has spawned several cousins as SEAT Toledo, Skoda Octavia and Audi A3 hatchback ranges as well as a new mini-MPV, the Seat Altea. The famous GTI, a "hot hatchback" performance version of the Golf with a 2.0 L, turbocharged direct injection engine. VW began marketing the Golf under the Rabbit name once again in the US and Canada in June 2006 and the GTI had arrived to North America four months earlier. The 5th-generation Jetta, the performance version, the GLI, are available in the US and Canada as well.

Volvo The Volvo trademark, which has been built up over decades, holds a stable position worldwide. It is based on Volvo Group’s core values – quality, safety and environmental care. The Volvo trademark is now jointly owned by Volvo Group and Volvo Car Corporation. In order to manage the giant Volvo trademark, the Volvo Trademark Holding AB was established, its main activity is to own, maintain, protect and preserve the Volvo trademarks. The Volvo Group started in 1927 when the first Volvo car rolled off the production line at the factory in Goteborg. The first truck, Series 1, presented in January 1928, was an immediate success.

Opel The company was founded in 1863 by Adam Opel, and in the beginning made household goods, and was a major maker of sewing machines. Today it's owned by GM and many cars sold by General Motors worldwide are Opel designs, including such models as the Corsa, Astra, Vectra, Omega and other. Opel models are also sold under other GM brand names, for example, Vauxhall in the UK, Holden in Australia, and Chevrolet in Latin America and India, and ts Zafira was sold in Japan as a Subaru Traviq, while the Omega was briefly sold in the US as the Cadillac Catera, as well as other models sold in the U.S., but slightly modified, include the Saturn L-Series, Chevrolet Malibu and Cobalt. The model line of future Saturn models are expected to be either identical, like the Saturn Sky, or closely based, like the Aura, to European Opels.

Audi The Audi company traces its origins back to 1899. The modern company well known as "Audi NSU Auto Union AG", and now "Audi AG" as a separate brand for the first time since the WW2 era. It was Volkswagen to introduce the Audi brand to the United States for the 1970 model year. The first new car of this line was the Audi 100 of 1968. This was soon followed by the Audi 80/Fox (which formed the basis for the 1973 Volkswagen Passat) in 1972 and the Audi 50 (later, Volkswagen Polo) in 1974. In 1980, the "quattro" model was introduced, a turbocharged coupe which was also the first German large-scale production vehicle to feature full-time all-wheel drive through a center differential. In 1985, with the Auto Union and NSU, the company's official name was now shortened to "Audi AG". As the Passat-based Audi 80 was beginning to develop a kind of "grandfather's car" image in 1986, the type 89 was introduced.

Peugeot is a main French car brand, it is part of PSA Peugeot Citroen. Peugeot is also the second largest automaker in Europe, after Volkswagen. Its headquarters are based in Paris, Avenue de la Grande Armee. Peugeot chooses the names used on its models as followes: x0y or x00y, where "x" describes the size of the car, hence its class and "y" describes the model number (the higher the number, the newer the model). Thus a Peugeot 406 is in a bigger class and it's newer than a Peugeot 305. This rule has its exceptions: for example the Peugeot 309 came out before the Peugeot 306 - the out-of-rule number signified the 309's Talbot underpinnings rather than it coming from a Peugeot name-line. Variants are also excluded: the 206 SW, for instance, is about the same length as a "40y" car.

Mazda started in 1920 as the Toyo Cork Kogyo Co., Ltd, founded in Japan . Modern Mazda introduced a variety of new models for the 2004 model year, including a replacement for the famous Mazda Protege, the worldwide best-selling Mazda3 (known as the Axela in the Japanese home auto market), and the new RX-8, to continue Mazda's sports car line. Mazda's performance brand Mazdaspeed debuted this year with the Mazdaspeed Protege for the North American auto market, an update to the Protege MP3 that had a 170 hp T25 Callaway Garrett turbocharged and intercooled engine, 17 inch Racing Hart wheels, large four-wheel Euro disc brakes, and a custom Kenwood stereo system that included an amplifier, and 8 inch subwoofer.