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Gruppo Bertone

Gruppo Bertone, commonly Bertone (Carrozzeria Bertone), was an Italian coachbuilder and design house founded in Turin in 1912 by Giovanni Bertone, known for the Lamborghini Miura and Countach.

GT Academy

GT Academy (2008–2016) was a Nissan, PlayStation and Polyphony Digital virtual-to-reality competition turning Gran Turismo players into professional racing drivers; 22–23 graduates included Lucas Ordóñez and Jann Mardenborough.

Guangxi Automobile Group (广西汽车集团)

Guangxi Automobile Group (广西汽车集团), also known as Wuling Group, is a Chinese automotive manufacturer based in Liuzhou, Guangxi, formed in 2015; it holds a minority stake in SAIC-GM-Wuling, maker of the Wuling and Baojun brands.

Gumpert Apollo

The Gumpert Apollo is a German mid-engined sports car built from 2005 by Gumpert Sportwagenmanufaktur in Altenburg, known for its record 7:11.57 Nürburgring lap in 2009.

Haas VF-26

The Haas VF-26 is a Formula 1 racing car built by the American Haas F1 Team, powered by Ferrari with Toyota Gazoo Racing branding, for the 2026 season, driven by Esteban Ocon and Oliver Bearman.

Hackney carriage

A hackney carriage, also known as a hackney cab or black cab, is a vehicle licensed in the United Kingdom to carry paying passengers without a prior booking.

Hardtop

A hardtop is an automobile body style with a rigid metal roof and no center pillar between the side windows, pioneered by the 1949 Buick Roadmaster Riviera.

Harmony Intelligent Mobility Alliance (鸿蒙智行)

Harmony Intelligent Mobility Alliance (鸿蒙智行, HIMA) is a Huawei-led automotive alliance in China, upgraded from the Huawei Zhixuan model in November 2023 and spanning five vehicle brands.

Hatchback

A hatchback is a passenger car whose rear door, incorporating the rear window, swings upward to open the cargo area to the cabin, unlike a sedan's trunk, in a two-box body design.

Haval Xiaolong MAX

The Haval Xiaolong MAX (哈弗枭龙MAX) is a mid-size plug-in hybrid SUV from Great Wall Motor's Haval brand, launched in China in May 2023 and redesigned in 2025.

Head restraint

A head restraint is a pad on a vehicle seat or the top of the seat back that limits rearward head movement and reduces whiplash injury in rear collisions.

Headlamp

A headlamp is a lamp mounted on the front of a motor vehicle to light the road at night, with lower beams for close range and upper beams for distance.

Hearse

A hearse, also called a funeral coach, is a vehicle built to carry a coffin at a funeral, typically leading the procession from service to burial.

Hennessey Blackbird

The Hennessey Blackbird is a limited-production touring hypercar revealed in 2026 by Hennessey of Sealy, Texas, powered by a naturally aspirated 6.2-liter V8 and a six-speed manual.

Hennessey Performance Engineering

Hennessey Performance, also known as Hennessey Performance Engineering, is an American company founded by John Hennessey in 1991 that builds high-performance cars in Sealy, Texas.

Hennessey Venom F5

The Hennessey Venom F5 is an American hypercar built by Hennessey Special Vehicles in Sealy, Texas, with a 1,817-horsepower twin-turbo V8 and a target top speed above 300 mph.

Hennessey Venom GT

The Hennessey Venom GT is an American mid-engine hypercar built in Sealy, Texas, from 2010 to 2017, with only 13 made, using a Lotus Elise chassis.

Henrik Fisker

Henrik Fisker is a Danish automobile designer and entrepreneur who designed the BMW Z8 and Aston Martin V8 Vantage and founded Fisker Automotive and Fisker Inc.

Henry Ford II

Henry Ford II, known as Hank the Deuce, was an American businessman who led Ford Motor Company from 1945, rescuing it from near-collapse after World War II.

Hindustan Ambassador

The Hindustan Ambassador, known as the "Amby", is a sedan made by Hindustan Motors in India from 1957 to 2014, based on the Morris Oxford Series III.

Hindustan Contessa

The Hindustan Contessa is a rear-wheel-drive executive saloon built by Hindustan Motors in India from 1984 to 2002, based on the Vauxhall Victor FE and remembered as a muscle car.

Hindustan Motors

Hindustan Motors Limited is an Indian automobile manufacturer, incorporated in 1942 within the Birla group, best known for making the Ambassador car at Uttarpara, West Bengal, until 2014.

Hispano-Suiza

Hispano-Suiza is a Spanish luxury automobile brand founded in Barcelona in 1904 by Damià Mateu, Francisco Seix, and engineer Marc Birkigt, known for the H6.

Hispano-Suiza H6B Dubonnet Xenia

The Hispano-Suiza H6B Dubonnet Xenia is a one-off streamlined 1938 coupé built for French racing driver André Dubonnet and named for his late wife, Xenia.

History of BMW

History of BMW covers the Munich company founded in 1916, from aircraft engines and the 1923 R 32 motorcycle to the 1961 Neue Klasse and today's electric iX3.

History of horse-drawn transport

Horse-drawn transport is the use of horses to pull wheeled vehicles, spreading from the Eurasian steppe after 3500 BC and dominating land transport until the early 1900s.

History of Lamborghini

The history of Lamborghini covers the Italian supercar maker founded by Ferruccio Lamborghini in 1963, home of the Miura and Countach, and a Volkswagen Group subsidiary through Audi since 1998.

History of the automobile

The history of the automobile spans Cugnot's 1769 steam tricycle, Benz's 1886 gasoline Patent-Motorwagen, Ford's 1913 moving assembly line, and the modern shift to electric drive.

History of the electric vehicle

The history of the electric vehicle spans early 20th-century decline and a modern revival that by 2025 made electric cars a quarter of new car sales.

Holden

Holden, also known as General Motors Holden, was an Australian car brand and GM subsidiary that made Australia's own car from 1948 until the brand was retired in 2021.