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Stamp Chevrolet is world renowned today. Practically all motorists say its name as "SHevrole", with an accent on last syllable. Though in the USA, most likely, this word, be it absolutely unfamiliar, it would be said as "CHevrolet". At the beginning of motor industry often new models of cars carried names of the founders. So has occurred and to the stamp "SHevrole".
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Ferdinand Porsche / "Porsche"

Ferdinand Porshe was born on September, 3rd, 1875 in the small town Mafferdorf located in an Austro-Hungarian province Bohemia (territory of modern Czechia). Since the early childhood Ferdinand showed the liveliest interest to everything that has been connected with technics: in fifteen years it has independently made the generator both an electric bulb, and the house of family porshe became the second in a city, shined by means of an electricity.

Suzuki, as well as Toyota, not always was the automobile manufacturer; it too has begun the history with weaving looms. In 1909 Michio a Suzuka (Michio Suzuki) has based factory on manufacture of machine tools for textiles in small village Hamamatsu, prefecture Shizuoka (that, whence it it came Soichiro Honda). In 1920 company Suzuki Loom Company has been reorganised, has received name Suzuki Loom Manufacturing Co., and Michio a Suzuka became its president.

All second half of 20 centuries in States carries the "epoch" name harleja ». Harley-Davidson, probably, the unique company in the world which became a legend, not having put to it of any efforts. The history itself has created this fantastic image and has immortalised it during lifetime of firm founders. William, Uolter, Arthur Davidsons and William Harlej began the business during times when motorcycles transported on horses.

Henry Ford / "Ford Motor Co."

Henry Ford was the major creative force which has provided creation of mass assembly conveyor manufacture as a whole and development of automobile branch and automobilization of the population in particular. It has helped clearing of arising automobile branch of the USA of financial dependence of East states and has achieved a combination of the high-efficiency scale and vertically integrated manufacture to a high wage level and the low prices for production. Its innovations were widely copied in other branches and the countries though cars Ford used exclusive popularity first of all thanks to application in them of the advanced technical achievements.

Andre Citroen / "Citroen"

Paris, 1935, the Champs Elysée. Shining advertising radiate one name. It is written in heavens by airplanes and parachutes. Huge letters shine in night on Tour d'Eiffel. All glorifies CITROEN. Peak of Its glory.
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Jake Burton Carpenter / "Burton Snowboards"

To American businessman Jack Burton quite often attribute the snowboard invention. It from this honour otkreshchivaetsja, asserting, that has only developed and has finished ideas of predecessors.
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William Boeing / "Boeing"

In 1903 in the USA there was an important event for history of world aircraft: on beach Kitti-Hok in Northern Carolina an airplane of brothers Right has made the flight first in history. At the same time in New Haven, the State of Connecticut, 22-year-old William Boing, the future founder of corporation Boeing, has left walls of Jelsky university and has decided to be engaged in business.
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