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Collaboration between Volvo Cars and its parent company Geely: Polestar (2017–present) Geely through Volvo Cars in 2015 (1996–2017) as tuner and racing team Scania AB (1911–present) Traton of Volkswagen Group: Volvo Group (1927–present) [1] Volvo Cars (1927–present) Geely (2010–present) Acquired by Ford from Volvo Group in 1999 ...
Koenigsegg Automotive AB (Swedish: [ˈkø̌ːnɪɡsɛɡ] ⓘ) is a Swedish manufacturer of high-performance sports cars based in Ängelholm, Skåne County, Sweden. Koenigsegg cars have on several occasions broken various production car speed records.
It includes only companies that are devoted exclusively to producing sports cars. A sports car is an automobile designed for performance driving; however the exact definition is subject to debate. Most automakers have produced, or are currently marketing, some type of sports vehicles. This list is not meant to enumerate every manufacturer that ...
Cars that have sport trims (such as the Honda Civic SI) will be listed under the sport trims section. Production tunes will include cars modified by outside brands and then sold. This does not include in-house brands such as Ford's Special Vehicle Team, which will be included in the main list. Some vehicles are sold under different brands ...
Some are from manufacturing companies that also use their company name as a brand name; others are from subsidiary companies or divisions, or are products of badge engineering. This is not a list of every brand that is available for sale in each country, but a list of companies that originated or have a significant independent presence in each ...
After 23 years on the list, the firm has dropped from a high of 133 in 2001. 482 H&M: $22,618 114,586 Swedish multinational clothing retailer; it is the second largest firm of its type and operates in 62 countries. The group is a recent addition to the Global 500, entering the list in 2016.
Polestar's showroom in Oslo, Norway. In October 2017, Volvo Cars and Geely Holding announced that Polestar would become a standalone brand focusing on electric cars. [27] The brand introduced the Polestar 1 on 17 October 2017, a 2+2 coupé inspired by Volvo's Concept Coupé introduced in 2013, which includes influences from the Volvo P1800.
From the beginning of organised motor sport events, in the early 1900s, until the late 1960s, before commercial sponsorship liveries came into common use, vehicles competing in Formula One, sports car racing, touring car racing and other international auto racing competitions customarily painted their cars in standardised racing colours that indicated the nation of origin of the car or driver.