Best Car Brands

When it comes to buying a car and picking from the best card brands list, there are several factors that need to be taken into consideration. Some of these factors are concerned with the image of the brand and the so-called prestige that it brings, and other factors deal with the actual performance and the safety of the vehicle. The best car brands in the world today can be counted on your fingers, and these are the brands that consistently deliver a blend of performance, safety and prestige with each and every model that they release.

All of these brands come from all around the world, and they have their distinctive style, design and comfort that they offer. A true car lover will be able to tell the brand and the make of a car after a simple glance at any vehicle, and the following brands that are listed here will definitely be at the top of his list, and can be easily considered the best cars to buy.

World's Best Car Brands

Car Brand	Headquarters	Parent Company	Founded (Year)
Alfa Romeo	Turin, Italy	Fiat Group Automobiles	1910
Alpina	Buchloe, Germany	Alpina Burkard Bovensiepen GmbH	1965
Aston Martin	Gaydon, Warwickshire, UK	Aston Martin Lagonda Limited	1913
Audi	Ingolstadt, Germany	Audi AG (subsidiary of Volkswagen AG)	1909
Bentley	Crewe, Cheshire, UK	Volkswagen AG	1919
BMW	Munich, Germany	Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Bavarian Motor Works)	1916
Cadillac	Warren, Michigan, USA	General Motors	1902
Chevrolet	Detroit, Michigan, USA	General Motors	1911
Chrysler	Auburn Hills, Michigan, USA	Chrysler Group LLC	1925
Citroen	Saint-Ouen, Seine-Saint-Denis, France	PSA Peugeot Citroen	1919
Daihatsu	Ikeda, Osaka, Japan	Daihatsu Motor Co. Ltd.	1907
Dodge	Auburn Hills, Michigan, USA	Chrysler Group LLC	1914
Ferrari	Maranello, Italy	Ferrari S.p.A.	1929
Fiat	Turn, Italy	Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino	1899
Ford	Dearborn, Michigan, USA	Ford Motor Company	1903
Honda	Tokyo, Japan	Honda Motor Company Ltd.	1948
Hummer	Detroit, Michigan, USA	General Motors	1992
Hyundai	Seoul, South Korea	Hyundai Kia Automotive Group	1967
Jaguar	Whitley, Coventry, UK	Tata Motors Ltd. (part of the Jaguar Land Rover business)	1922
Kia	Seoul, South Korea	Hyundai Kia Automotive Group	1944
Lamborghini	Sant'Agata Bolognese, Italy	Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A.	1963
Lexus	Aichi, Japan	Toyota Motor Corporation	1989
Lotus	Hethel, Norfolk, England, UK	Lotus Cars	1952
Maserati	Modena, Italy	Fiat S.p.A.	1914
Maybach	Stuttgart, Germany	Daimler AG	1909
Mazda	Fuchu, Aki, Hiroshima, Japan	Mazda Motor Corporation	1920
Mercedes-Benz	Stuttgart, Germany	Daimler AG	1926
Mitsubishi	Minato, Tokyo, Japan	Mitsubishi Motors Corporation	1870
Nissan	Nishi-ku, Yokohama, Japan	Nissan Motor Company Ltd.	1933
Opel	Russelsheim, Germany	General Motors	1862
Porsche	Stuttgart, Germany	Porsche SE	1931
Renault	Boulogne-Billancourt, France	Renault S.A.	1899
Rolls-Royce	Goodwood, UK	BMW Group	1904
Saab	Trollhattan, Sweden	Spyker Cars N.V.	1937
Skoda	Mlada Boleslav, Czech Republic	Volkswagen Group	1895
Subaru	Ota, Gunma, Japan	Fuji Heavy Industries	1953
Suzuki	Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan	Suzuki Motor Corporation	1909
Tata	Bihar and Jharkhand, India	Tata Group	1945
Toyota	Toyota City, Aichi, Japan	Toyota Motor Corporation	1937
Volkswagen	Wolfsburg, Germany	Volkswagen Group	1937
Volvo	Gothenburg, Sweden	Geely Automobile	1927

These were the best car brands and the top car brands that are available in the market today. Each of these automobile brands have a unique attractiveness and charm about them, and some of them even make the best luxury car brands list. If you're looking for the best car brands 2010, you cannot look beyond these amazing machines.