cars names meaning

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- BMW

B - Bayerische M – Motoren W- Werke

which means Bavarian Motor Works 

- Ferrari

Simply it is a personnel name, the Italian founder Enzo Ferrari.

He was an official Alto race driver, before decides creating his own company.

- Volkswagen

Volkswagen in German means “People’s Car”.

Founded in 1937, Volkswagen holding many car brands, including Audi, Bentley, Bugatti, Skoda.

- Audi

Audi was founded by the engineer August Horch, “Audi” the latin word means “Hear”, that similar to “Horch” in German.

- Alfa Romeo

The origin of ALFA name came from Anonima Lombarda Fabbrica Automobili.

After Nicola Romeo bought ALFA in 1915, his surname was subjoined

- Chevrolet

Chevrolet – named after the Swiss auto racer, the company founder, Louis Chevrolet,

- Daewoo

the company founded by Kim Woo Chong, chose Daewoo as company name which means in Korean "great house" or "great universe".

- Hyundai

means in Korean "the current age" or "modernity"

- Mercedes

Emil Jellinek’s daughter first name, who distributed the Daimler company first cars

- Nissan

earlier known as Nippon Sangyo which means "Japan Industries"

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