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Bruce McLaren was born in New Zealand in 1937. He moved to England in 1958 to pursue a career as a racing driver. In 1964 he set up his own company...

This publication begins our coverage of the Chevrolet marque, which will span three titles in the Auto Review series. Here we cover the inception o...

The names of Kia and Hyundai are now well-known and respected around the world, though it took time for them to become established motor manufactur...

Here we have the story of an American family which began its industrial life as a successful manufacturer of sewing machines. At the end of the 19t...

Not Just Volvo, Saab and Scania - Vehicles Made in Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia and Iceland. Two previous Auto Revi...

Including Büssing-NAG and other stories   Here we have the complex history of a leading truck and bus manufacturer, which begins with the early day...

Including the story of Oakland   The General Motors Pontiac brand, created in 1926, made much of its Indian name, with bonnet mascots representing ...

All of the Japanese companies described here made cars, but each of them was previously or primarily better-known for making other  automotive prod...

In Auto Review 189 we told the stories of some companies which made minor contributions to British commercial vehicle history, from the earliest da...

Walter P Chrysler was a name to conjure with in the 1920s. He had rescued Willys and in 1921 he had taken over Maxwell-Chalmers. In 1924 he launche...

Latin America refers to countries on the American continent where Romance languages derived from Latin are spoken, mostly Spanish or Portuguese. Th...

The story of wheeled armoured fighting vehicles In this publication we tell the story of Armoured Fighting Vehicles (AFVs) on wheels, so tracked AF...

Ransom E Olds set up the Olds Motor Vehicle Co in 1897, and for many years Oldsmobile was the oldest American car marque still extant. Oldsmobile c...

The history of our roads is told in this Auto Review publication, as they improved from muddy tracks and dusty lanes to a system of fast metalled r...

As Tesla grew to be one of the biggest car brands in the world, and other new start-up companies were pouring into the electric vehicle market, it ...

AR192 American Classic; 2 And the men behind the marques In Auto Review 181 we looked at American Classic car marques regarded by car enthusiasts a...

AR191 Mazda Album And the story of the Wankel engine The Toyo Cork Kogyo Co Ltd was founded in Hiroshima in 1920. It diversified from cork products...

Mercury was created as a car marque in 1938 by Edsel Ford, to fill the gap between Ford and Lincoln-Zephyr, competing against middle-priced models ...

In the early years of the 20th century the company established by Marius Berliet made cars which were so advanced that they formed the basis of ear...

 The Auto Review series has covered all the principal smaller US car-making groups of the postwar era; Kaiser-Frazer, Willys, American Motors, Stud...

Hanomag was a long-established steam locomotive manufacturer which in 1905 took out a licence to make steam road vehicles and railcars. In 1912 the...

Auto Review 031 A Mini Album, the first volume in the relaunched Auto Review series, published in 2007, tells the story of the original Austin Se7e...

Here we have the story of Shelvoke & Drewry (S&D), a company which found a profitable niche in the commercial vehicle market. This was due ...

As the Auto Review series works it way through the many American car brands produced by the various groups, some important makes are left as ‘orpha...