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Also Known As car • auto • motorcar

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Bertha Benz
Bertha Benz
German automotive pioneer
Juan Alberto Grieve
Peruvian inventor
Henry Ford
Henry Ford
American industrialist
Walter P. Chrysler
Walter P. Chrysler
American engineer and automobile manufacturer
Robert S. McNamara
Robert S. McNamara
United States statesman
Sloan, Alfred P., Jr.
Alfred P. Sloan, Jr.
American industrialist
Patricia Russo
American businesswoman
William P. Lear
American engineer and industrialist
Lee Iacocca
Lee Iacocca
American businessman
Kettering, Charles F.
Charles F. Kettering
American engineer
Hoffman, Paul G.
Paul G. Hoffman
American manufacturer
André-Gustave Citroën
André-Gustave Citroën
French engineer
Harley Jefferson Earl
American industrial designer
Giovanni Agnelli
Giovanni Agnelli
Italian industrialist [1866-1945]
William S. Knudsen
William S. Knudsen
American industrialist
Siegfried Marcus
German inventor
Mini
Sir Alec Issigonis
British automobile designer
Lanchester
Frederick William Lanchester
British engineer
Charles Stewart Mott
American industrialist

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