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Rambler (automobile)

Rambler was an American automobile marque produced from 1902 to 1969, best known for the compact Nash Rambler launched in 1950 and sold by AMC until 1969.

Rebadging

Rebadging, also called badge engineering, is the practice of selling an existing vehicle under a second brand name with minimal changes, typically the badges and small trim details such as the grille.

Rely (威麟) (marque)

Rely (威麟) is a marque of the Chinese automaker Chery, launched in March 2009 for business and mid-to-high-end vehicles and revived in 2025 as a global pickup brand.

Renault

Renault, also known as Groupe Renault or Renault Group, is a French multinational automobile manufacturer founded in 1898, selling Renault, Dacia, and Alpine vehicles worldwide.

Renault–Nissan–Mitsubishi Alliance

The Renault–Nissan–Mitsubishi Alliance is a strategic partnership between Renault and the Japanese automakers Nissan and Mitsubishi Motors, formed in 1999 and 2016, whose members share platforms, powertrains, and electric-vehicle technology while remaining independent.

REO Motor Car Company

The REO Motor Car Company was an American automobile and truck manufacturer in Lansing, Michigan, founded in 1904 by Ransom Eli Olds after he left Olds Motor Works.

Rimac Automobili

Rimac Automobili is a Croatian manufacturer of electric hypercars and automotive technology, founded by Mate Rimac in 2009, which merged its car business with Bugatti in 2021.

Rivian

Rivian Automotive is an American electric vehicle maker in Irvine, California, founded by RJ Scaringe in 2009, known for the R1T truck and Amazon delivery vans.

Rolls-Royce Motor Cars

Rolls-Royce Motor Cars is a British luxury automobile manufacturer, wholly owned by the BMW Group, that designs and hand-builds Rolls-Royce cars at Goodwood in West Sussex, England, since 2003.

Rolls-Royce Motors

Rolls-Royce Motors was the British motor car business separated from the aero engine manufacturer in 1971, which built Rolls-Royce and Bentley cars at Crewe until 2002.

Rover (marque)

Rover is a British automotive marque from Coventry, founded as a bicycle maker in 1878 and building cars from 1904 until its collapse in 2005.

Rover Company

The Rover Company was a British manufacturing firm founded in Coventry in 1878 as a bicycle maker, known for the 1885 Rover Safety bicycle and the Land Rover marque.

Rover Group

Rover Group was a British volume car manufacturer, the successor to nationalized British Leyland, privatized in 1988, sold to BMW in 1994, and broken up by BMW in 2000.

Rox Motor (极石汽车)

Rox Motor (极石汽车), also known as Jishi, is a Chinese new energy vehicle maker founded in Shanghai in January 2021 by Roborock CEO Chang Jing, maker of the ROX 01.

RTR Vehicles

RTR Vehicles, short for Ready to Rock, is an American performance company founded by driver Vaughn Gittin Jr. in 2009, known for its Mustang RTR Spec series and Ford collaborations.

Ruf Automobile

Ruf Automobile GmbH, the German manufacturer founded in Pfaffenhausen, Bavaria, in 1939, began with Porsche-based conversions and became certified in 1981, best known for the 1987 CTR Yellowbird.

Saab Automobile

Saab Automobile AB was a Swedish car maker in Trollhättan that grew out of an aircraft company and produced cars from 1949 until bankruptcy in December 2011.

SAIC Motor

SAIC Motor (上汽集团), also called Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation, is a Chinese state-owned automaker headquartered in Shanghai, China's largest with about 5 million vehicles built in 2023.

SAIC Volkswagen

SAIC Volkswagen (上汽大众), formerly Shanghai Volkswagen, is a 50:50 automotive joint venture between China's SAIC Motor and Germany's Volkswagen Group, founded in Shanghai in 1985.

SAIC-GM (上汽通用汽车有限公司)

SAIC-GM, known until 2015 as Shanghai GM, is a 50-50 joint venture between General Motors and SAIC Motor, founded in 1997 and headquartered in Shanghai.

SAIC-GM-Wuling

SAIC-GM-Wuling (上汽通用五菱) is a Chinese automotive joint venture, established in 2002 and headquartered in Liuzhou, Guangxi, that builds vehicles under its Wuling and Baojun brands.

Saleen

Saleen, also known as Saleen Automotive, is an American high-performance vehicle manufacturer founded by racing driver Steve Saleen in 1983, known for modified Ford Mustangs and the S7 supercar.

Scion (automobile)

Scion, also known as Toyota Scion, was Toyota's youth-oriented vehicle marque, launched in 2003 with the xA and xB and discontinued after 2016; models included the tC and FR-S.

SEAT

SEAT (Sociedad Española de Automóviles de Turismo) is a Spanish automobile manufacturer founded in 1950, headquartered at Martorell near Barcelona and owned by the Volkswagen Group since 1986.

Shelby American

Shelby American is an American performance-car company founded by racing driver Carroll Shelby in 1962 in Los Angeles, best known for the Shelby Cobra and the GT350 and GT500 Mustangs.

Simca

Simca (Société Industrielle de Mécanique et de Carrosserie Automobile) was a French carmaker founded by Fiat in 1934, led by Henri Pigozzi, sold to Peugeot in 1978 and renamed Talbot in 1979.

Škoda Auto

Škoda Auto is a Czech automobile manufacturer based in Mladá Boleslav, founded in 1895 as Laurin & Klement and wholly owned by Volkswagen Group since the 1990s.

Slate Auto

Slate Auto is an American electric vehicle startup based in Troy, Michigan, backed by Jeff Bezos, that builds a bare-bones two-seat electric pickup convertible into an SUV.

Smart (marque)

Smart, an acronym of Swatch, Mercedes, and Art, is a city-car marque created in the 1990s by Swatch and Daimler-Benz and owned since 2019 by Mercedes-Benz and Geely.

Spirit of Ecstasy

The Spirit of Ecstasy, also known as the Flying Lady, is the hood mascot of Rolls-Royce cars, designed by Charles Robinson Sykes and registered in 1911.