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Kudos to the Top 10 Car Brands!

March 3rd, 2011 · No Comments

Consider the journey and you have to give some kind of trophy to each car company earning a parking space on the Top 10 Car Brands in the USA List, compiled by Kanetix.ca’s quote comparison service.

Honda gets the checkered flag, because somehow it’s number one. Honda has come a long way from the introduction of its first chain driven sport car 1963 to producing the sophisticated Acura, and becoming the major global player it is today.

Toyota, number two on the Top 10 Car Brands List, first traded under the name “Toyoda,” which means “fertile rice patties” in Japanese and Chinese, and then later “Toyopet” which didn’t resonate in the American Market, and was changed to Toyota in 1957.

Wave a flag and pat Number 3, Ford, on the back. While other American car companies; General Motors, with number 4 and 5, Chevrolet and Pontiac; and Chrysler, with number 7 Dodge, were begging for government bailouts, Ford stood fast and independent and sits above its in-country competitors on the Top 10 Car Brands List.

Number 6, Mazda, came to the US in 1967 touting its unique Wankel rotary engine, which lifted eyebrows, if not sales. Now Mazda sells 1.3 million cars a year and markets piston engines while keeping Wankels for the gifted eyebrow lifters.

Number 8, Nissan, originally Datsun, was drowning in $20 billion of debt when it signed a deal with Renault of France in 1999. The deal prospered both Nissan and Renault and keeps the Nissan name on the Top 10 Car Brands list today.

Number 9, Hyundai, the largest Korean auto manufacturer, drove onto the American stage in 1986 with a little technical help from Ford. Now its luxury models are being compared with German brands as some of the best in the world.

Volkswagon, Deutschland’s car for the people, holds on like a bug to last spot on the Top 10 Car Brand List. Beetles are back and so is the fine but reasonably priced German car market.

With more than 50 car brands available in the world today, and considering the shape of the struggling automotive industry today, making the Top 10 Car Brands list marks a major triumph of marketing, engineering and perseverance for each automobile company taking a space.
Congrats to the top contenders!

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