List of automobile manufacturers of the United States
This article is a list of all current automobile manufacturers of the United States.
Current manufacturers
Big Three
The currently active brands from the "Big Three" manufacturers (Ford, General Motors and Stellantis) are shown below.
| Parent company | Brand | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| General Motors | Buick | Founded in 1899 as 'Buick Auto-Vim and Power Company'. Formed General Motors in 1908. |
| Cadillac | Founded as Henry Ford Company in 1901. Renamed to Cadillac in 1902. Acquired by General Motors in 1909. | |
| Chevrolet | Founded in 1911. Acquired by General Motors in 1918 | |
| GMC | Formed as General Motors Truck Company (GMTC) in 1911 after merging Rapid Motor Vehicle co. and Reliance Motor Truck co. | |
| Stellantis North America | Chrysler | Formed in 1925 as the founding brand of Chrysler Corporation (the predecessor to Fiat Chrysler Automobiles). |
| Dodge | Formed in 1914. Acquired by Chrysler in 1928. | |
| Jeep | Formed by Willys-Overland in 1942. Merged with Kaiser Motors in 1953. Acquired by AMC in 1970. Acquired by Chrysler in 1987. | |
| RAM | Formed in 2009 during a restructure of Chrysler's truck brands. | |
| Ford Motor Company | Ford | Founded in 1903. |
| Lincoln | Founded in 1917. Acquired by Ford Motor Company in 1922. |
Other companies
- AM General (1971–present)
- Anteros Coachworks (2005–present)
- Aptera Motors (2005–present)
- Arcimoto (2007–present)
- Callaway Cars (1977–present)
- Drako Motors (2013–present)
- Elio Motors (2009-present)
- Equus Automotive (2013–present)
- Falcon Motorsports (2009–present)
- Faraday Future (2014-present)
- Factory Five Racing (1995-present)
- Global Electric Motorcars (1998–present)
- Hennessey Special Vehicles (2017–present)
- Karma Automotive (2016–present)
- Local Motors (2007–present)
- Lordstown Motors (2019-present)
- Lucid Motors (2007–present)
- Meyers Manx (1964–present)
- Myers Motors (2004–present)
- Nikola Corporation (2014-present)
- Panoz (1989–present)
- Rivian (2009–present)
- Rossion-Mosler Automotive (1985–present)
- Rezvani Automotive Designs (2014–present)
- Saleen Automotive (1983–present)
- Shelby American (1992–present)
- Simpson Design (1978-present)
- SSC North America (1999–present)
- Tesla (2004–present)
- Trion Supercars (2012–present)
- Vanderhall Motor Works (2010–present)
- Vaydor (2013–present)
- Vector Motors (1971–present)
- VIA Motors (2010–present)
- VLF Automotive (2012-present)
- Wheego Technologies (2009–present)
Defunct manufacturers
See also
Bibliography
- Georgano, Nick, ed. (2000). Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn. ISBN 9781579582937.
- Kimes, Beverly; Clark Jr., Henry Austin (1996). Standard Catalog of American Cars 1805–1942 (Third ed.). Krause Publications. ISBN 0-87341-428-4.
- Kimes, Beverly (1997). Kowalke, Ron (ed.). Standard Catalog of American Cars 1946–1975 (Fourth ed.). Krause Publications. ISBN 9780873415217.
- Mazur, Eligiusz, ed. (2006). "World of Cars 2006/2007: Worldwide Car Catalogue". World of Cars : Worldwide Car Catalogue. Media Connection. ISSN 1734-2945.
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