| NAME/LOCATION | YEAR STARTED | FIRST AUTO |
| PEUGEOT, FRANCE | 1810 | Leon Serpollent – steam – 1889, IC car – 1890 (using Panhard-Daimler engine) |
| TATRA, CZECH REPUBLIC | 1850 | Prasident – IC car – 1897 |
| STUDEBAKER, SOUTH BEND, IN, USA | 1852 | Made carriages. First electric car in 1902, gas cars later |
| OPEL, GERMANY | 1862 | Opel Patent Motor Car – gas-1899 |
| BENZ | 1883 | Patent Motorwagon (Motorwagen) – 1885, Other models Vis-à-vis, Victoria etc |
| SKODA, CZECH REPUBLIC | 1895 | Motorcycles in 1899, cars in 1905 |
| LANCASTER STEAM MOTOR | 1895 | Steam Cars in 1896, gas cars in 1907, Became Leyland and later Land Rover |
| DURYEA MOTOR WAGON COMPANY, MA, USA | 1895 | First proto-type Motor Wagon, 1893, Production models in 1895, First IC car built in the US |
| WINTON CAR CO., CLEVELAND, OH, USA | 1897 | First IC car made in 1897 |
| RENAULT, FRANCE | 1898 | Voiturette – gas car – 1898 |
| FIAT, ITALY | 1899 | Fiat 4-HP in 1899 |
| COLUMBIA ELECTROCAR CO., HARTFORD, CT, USA | 1899 | First Electrocar in 1904 |
| BAKER ELECTRIC CO.,CLEVELAND, OH, USA | 1899 | First Electric Model in 1902 |
| BUICK, FLINT, MI, USA | 1899 | First two were made in 1899, 1900 and later in 1904 |
| DETROIT MOTOR COMPANY, DETROIT, MI, USA | 1899 | Henry Ford’s first company, Made the first model in 1900 |
| PACKARD, WARREN, OH, USA | 1899 | First car built in 1899 |
| WHITE CAR CO., CLEVELAND, OH, USA | 1900 | Made First Steam car in 1900. Made many luxury steam later |
| PEERLESS CO., CLEVELAND, OH, USA | 1900 | First cars made in 1902, with License from French Company De Dion Button |
| HENRY FORD COMPANY, Later became CADILLAC in 1902, DETROIT, MI, USA | 1901/1902 | Henry Ford’s second company, |
| FORD MOTOR COMPANY, DETROIT, MI, USA | 1903 | First Model A made in 1903 |