WHAT IS SPORTS CAR?

A sports car, or sportscar, is a small, usually two-seater automobile designed for spirited
performance and nimble handling. The term "sports car" was used in The Times, London in
1919.According to USA's Merriam-Webster dictionary, USA's first known use of the term was in
1928.Sports cars started to become popular during the 1920s.

Sports cars may be spartan or luxurious, but high maneuverability and light weight are
requisite.Sports cars are usually aerodynamically shaped (since the 1950s), and have a low center
of gravity compared to standard models. Steering and suspension are typically designed for
precise control at high speeds.Traditionally sports cars were open roadsters, but closed coupés
also started to become popular during the 1930s, and the distinction between a sports car and a
grand tourer is not absolute.

Definition
Attributing the definition of 'sports car' to any particular model can be controversial or the
subject of debate among enthusiasts. Authors and experts have often contributed their own ideas
to capture a definition.

A car may be a sporting automobile without being a sports car. Performance modifications of
regular, production cars, such as sport compacts, sports sedans, muscle cars, pony cars and hot
hatches, generally are not considered sports cars, yet share traits common to sports cars. Certain
models can "appeal to both muscle car and sports car enthusiasts, two camps that rarely
acknowledged each other's existences.Some models are called "sports cars" for marketing
purposes to take advantage of greater marketplace acceptance and for promotional purposes.[20]
High-performance cars of various configurations are grouped as Sports and Grand tourer cars[21]
or, occasionally, just as performance cars.

"A car primarily designed to give pleasure to the driver."

MG T-type TC Midget
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"A car which has participated in sports-car races."

FIA Shelby AC Cobra

"A touring car and a racing car at one and the same time."

Porsche 911 RSR

"A motor car designed primarily for the driver to enjoy driving fast. "

Ferrari F40

"An open, low-built, fast motor car.”

Ariel Atom
COMPETITIONS
Aston Martin

Aston Martin Lagonda Global Holdings plc

Type Public
Traded as LSE: AML
Automobile manufacturing,
Industry
luxury goods
Founded London, 1913
Lionel Martin
Founders
Robert Bamford
Gaydon, Warwickshire, England,
Headquarters
United Kingdom
Area served Worldwide
Penny Hughes
(Chair)
Key people
Andy Palmer
(President and Group CEO)
Products Automobiles, luxury goods
Revenue £876 million (2017)[1]
Operating
£148.8 million (2017)[2]
income
Net income £79 million (2017) [2]
Number of
1,850[3]
employees
 Aston Martin Racing
Subsidiaries  Lagonda

Website astonmartin.com
 astonmartinlagonda.com

Aston Martin Lagonda Global Holdings plc is a British manufacturer of luxury sports cars and
grand tourers. It was founded in 1913 by Lionel Martin and Robert Bamford. Steered from 1947
by David Brown, it became associated with expensive grand touring cars in the 1950s and 1960s,
and with the fictional character James Bond following his use of a DB5 model in the 1964 film
Goldfinger. Their sports cars are regarded as a British cultural icon.[4] Aston Martin has held a
Royal Warrant as purveyor of motorcars to the Prince of Wales since 1982.[5] It has over 150 car
dealerships in over 50 countries on six continents making them a global automobile brand.[6] The
company is traded at the London Stock Exchange. [7]

Headquarters and main production site are in Gaydon, Warwickshire, England, alongside one of
Jaguar Land Rover's development centres on the site of a former RAF V Bomber airbase. One of
Aston Martin's recent cars was named after the 1950s Vulcan Bomber.[8] Aston Martin has
announced plans to turn itself into a global luxury brand, and is increasingly branching out into
projects including speed boats, bicycles, clothing and real estate development, even submarines[9]
and airplanes, mostly on a licensing basis.
Audi
Audi AG[1]

Audi head office in Ingolstadt

Type Aktiengesellschaft
Traded as FWB: NSU
Industry Automotive
Auto Union GmbH
Predecessor
NSU Motorenwerke AG
Historic
Zwickau, Germany
(25 April 1910; 108 years ago)[2]
Founded
Modern-era
Neckarsulm, Germany
(1 January 1969; 49 years ago)[3]
Founder August Horch[2]
Headquarters Ingolstadt, Germany
Number of 11 production facilities in 9
locations countries[4]
Area served Worldwide
 Abraham Schot, Chairman
of the Board of
Management
 Marc Lichte, Head of
Key people
Design
 Ulrich Hackenberg, Head
of Technical Development
 Products Luxury vehicles
Production
1,879,840 units[5]
output
Revenue €60.128 billion (2017) [6]
Operating
€4.671 billion (2017)[6]
income
Net income €3.479 billion (2017)[6]
Total assets €63.680 billion (2017)
Total equity €28.171 billion (2017)
Owner Volkswagen Group (99.55%)
Number of
91,231 (2017) [7]
employees
 Audi e-tron
Divisions  Audi India

 Audi Brussels
 Audi Hungaria Motor Kft.
 Ducati
Subsidiaries  Italdesign Giugiaro
 Lamborghini
 Audi Sport GmbH

Website audi.com

Audi AG (German: [ˈʔaʊ̯diː ˈʔaːˈgeː] ( listen)) is a German automobile manufacturer that designs,
engineers, produces, markets and distributes luxury vehicles. Audi is a member of the
Volkswagen Group and has its roots at Ingolstadt, Bavaria, Germany. Audi-branded vehicles are
produced in nine production facilities worldwide.

The origins of the company are complex, going back to the early 20th century and the initial
enterprises (Horch and the Audiwerke) founded by engineer August Horch; and two other
manufacturers (DKW and Wanderer), leading to the foundation of Auto Union in 1932. The
modern era of Audi essentially began in the 1960s when Auto Union was acquired by
Volkswagen from Daimler-Benz.[10] After relaunching the Audi brand with the 1965 introduction
of the Audi F103 series, Volkswagen merged Auto Union with NSU Motorenwerke in 1969, thus
creating the present day form of the company.

The company name is based on the Latin translation of the surname of the founder, August
Horch. "Horch", meaning "listen" in German, becomes "audi" in Latin. The four rings of the
Audi logo each represent one of four car companies that banded together to create Audi's
predecessor company, Auto Union. Audi's slogan is Vorsprung durch Technik, meaning "Being
Ahead through Technology". However, Audi USA had used the slogan "Truth in Engineering"
from 2007 to 2016, and have not used the slogan since 2016.[11] Audi, along with BMW and
Mercedes-Benz, is among the best-selling luxury automobile brands in the world.

Chevrolet

Chevrolet

Type Division
Industry Automotive
Founded November 3, 1911; 106 years ago
Louis Chevrolet
Founder
William C. Durant
Headquarters Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Worldwide (except South Asia,
South Africa, Hong Kong, Macau,
Area served
Taiwan, North Korea, Cuba, Iran,
Sudan, and Syria)
Key people Alan Batey, Senior Vice President[1]
Automobiles
Products Commercial Vehicles
Trucks
 Vehicle financing
 Vehicle insurance
 Vehicle repairs
Services
 Vehicle sales
 Vehicle maintenance

Owner General Motors Company

Website chevrolet.com
Chevrolet (/ˌʃɛvrəˈleɪ/ SHEV-rə-LAY), colloquially referred to as Chevy and formally the
Chevrolet Division of General Motors Company, is an American automobile division of the
American manufacturer General Motors (GM). Louis Chevrolet and ousted General Motors
founder William C. Durant started the company on November 3, 1911[2] as the Chevrolet Motor
Car Company. Durant used the Chevrolet Motor Car Company to acquire a controlling stake in
General Motors with a reverse merger occurring on May 2, 1918 and propelled himself back to
the GM presidency. After Durant's second ousting in 1919, Alfred Sloan, with his maxim "a car
for every purse and purpose", would pick the Chevrolet brand to become the volume leader in
the General Motors family, selling mainstream vehicles to compete with Henry Ford's Model T
in 1919 and overtaking Ford as the best-selling car in the United States by 1929.[3]

Chevrolet-branded vehicles are sold in most automotive markets worldwide, In Oceania,

Chevrolet is represented by its Australian subsidiary, Holden, having returned to the region in
2018 after a 50-year absence with the launching of the Camaro and Silverado pickup truck. In
2005, Chevrolet was relaunched in Europe, primarily selling vehicles built by GM Daewoo of
South Korea with the tagline "Daewoo has grown up enough to become Chevrolet", a move
rooted in General Motors' attempt to build a global brand around Chevrolet. With the
reintroduction of Chevrolet to Europe, GM intended Chevrolet to be a mainstream value brand,
while GM's traditional European standard-bearers, Opel of Germany, and Vauxhall of United
Kingdom would be moved upmarket.[4] However, GM reversed this move in late 2013,
announcing that the brand would be withdrawn from Europe, with the exception of the Camaro
and Corvette[5] in 2016. Chevrolet vehicles will continue to be marketed in the CIS states,
including Russia. After General Motors fully acquired GM Daewoo in 2011 to create GM Korea,
the last usage of the Daewoo automotive brand was discontinued in its native South Korea and
succeeded by Chevrolet.

In North America, Chevrolet produces and sells a wide range of vehicles, from subcompact
automobiles to medium-duty commercial trucks. Due to the prominence and name recognition of
Chevrolet as one of General Motors' global marques, Chevrolet, Chevy or Chev is used at times
as a synonym for General Motors or its products, one example being the GM LS1 engine,
commonly known by the name or a variant thereof of its progenitor, the Chevrolet small-block
engine.
Jaguar

Jaguar

Product type Cars

Owner Jaguar Land Rover (since 2013)[1]
Produced by Jaguar Land Rover
Country United Kingdom
Introduced 1935
Related brands Land Rover
Markets Worldwide
Previous owners Jaguar Cars (1935-2012)
Tagline The Art of Performance
Website www.jaguar.com

Jaguar Cars Limited

Industry Automotive
Fate Merged with Land Rover
Swallow Coachbuilding Company
Predecessor
Limited
Successor Jaguar Land Rover
Founded 26 October 1933; 84 years ago
Founder William Lyons
Defunct 31 December 2012
Headquarters Whitley, England
 William Lyons
 British Motor Holdings
(1966-1968)
 British Leyland (1968-1984)
Parent
 Ford Motor Company (1990-
2008)
 Tata Motors (2008-2012)

Jaguar (UK: /ˈdʒæɡjuər/, US: /ˈdʒæɡwɑːr/) is the luxury vehicle brand of Jaguar Land Rover,[2][1]
a British multinational car manufacturer with its headquarters in Whitley, Coventry, England and
owned by the Indian company Tata Motors since 2008.[3] Jaguar Cars was the company that
was responsible for the production of Jaguar cars until its operations were fully merged with
those of Land Rover to form Jaguar Land Rover on 1 January 2013.

Jaguar's business was founded as the Swallow Sidecar Company in 1922, originally making
motorcycle sidecars before developing bodies for passenger cars. Under the ownership of S. S.
Cars Limited the business extended to complete cars made in association with Standard Motor
Co, many bearing Jaguar as a model name. The company's name was changed from S. S. Cars to
Jaguar Cars in 1945. A merger with the British Motor Corporation followed in 1966,[4] the
resulting enlarged company now being renamed as British Motor Holdings (BMH), which in
1968 merged with Leyland Motor Corporation and became British Leyland, itself to be
nationalised in 1975.

Jaguar was spun off from British Leyland and was listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1984,
becoming a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index until it was acquired by Ford in 1990.[5] Jaguar
has, in recent years, manufactured cars for the British Prime Minister, the most recent delivery
being an XJ in May 2010.[6] The company also holds royal warrants from Queen Elizabeth II and
Prince Charles.[7]

In 1990 Ford acquired Jaguar Cars and it remained in their ownership, joined in 2000 by Land
Rover, till 2008. Ford then sold both Jaguar and Land Rover to Tata Motors. Tata created Jaguar
Land Rover as a subsidiary holding company. At operating company level, in 2013 Jaguar Cars
was merged with Land Rover to form Jaguar Land Rover Limited as the single design,
manufacture, sales company and brand owner for both Jaguar and Land Rover vehicles.

Since the Ford ownership era, Jaguar and Land Rover have used joint design facilities in
engineering centres at Whitley in Coventry and Gaydon in Warwickshire and Jaguar cars have
been assembled in plants at Castle Bromwich and Solihull.
MY COMPANY

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