Automobile Titans

The heritage automobile brands we still drive today were commonly named in honor of the founders of the companies. But the names and stories of these auto titans as mostly forgotten, with the exception, of course of Henry Ford. So come next pub trivia night, here are the more durable ones.

Ransom Olds (Olsmobile)

Walter Chrysler

Louis Chevrolet (Auto racer and test driver)

David Buick

Horace and John Dodge

Karl Benz

Gottlieb Daimler

Henry Rolls

Charles Royce

Preston Tucker

John Nash

Austin Porter

Harold Winton

Joseph Babcock

Joseph Hudson

Arthur Graham-Leroy Paige

James LaSalle

Chief Pontiac (Ottawa Warrior)