TRIA BITS …
AUTOS NAMED AFTER PEOPLE
The following is a list of some automobiles named after people:
Aston Martin (Lionel Martin)
Audi (August Horch, Latin translation of Horch)
Bugatti (Ettore Bugatti)
Cadillac (Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac, founder of Detroit)
Chevrolet (Louis Chevrolet)
Chrysler (Walter Chrysler)
Citröen (André-Gustave Citroën)
Daimler (Gottlieb Daimler)
Ferrari (Enzo Ferrari)
Ford (Henry Ford)
Honda (Soichiro Honda)
Lamborghini (Ferruccio Lamborghini)
Lancia (Vincenzo Lancia)
Maserati (Maserati brothers)
Mercedes (Emil Jellinek's daughter Mercedes)
Opel (Adam Opel)
Peugeot (Armand Peugeot)
Porsche (Ferdinand Porsche)
Rolls-Royce
(Charles Stewart Rolls and Frederick Henry Royce)
Toyota ( Sakichi Toyoda).
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