Soviet cars:

Ford-A, II 1930 - late 1931(?) (in Nizhniy Novgorod), XI 1930 - 1931(?) (in Moscow)

G.A.Z.

IMZ, 1958, 1966 - , 51k b/w photo of experimental "Ogonyok" from "Ogonyok" magazine, 1958, USSR, 83k, amphibia (1959), 78k.

K-1-V, K-1-G, 1947-1949-1951, 3-wheeler motorcycle for invalides

K.I.M.

L-1, 30k image only

Moskvich

N.A.M.I., 1927-1930, 1948, photo of 1929 NAMI-1 chassis

N.A.T.I.

S-1-L, S-3-L, S-3-A

UAZ

ZAZ "Zaporozhets"

Z.i.S./Z.i.L.

Pre-1932 makes, (only some examples)



German cars:

Adler (5,2 % of all German pre-1945 cars in the C.C.C.P. (USSR)), 1899 - 1941

Audi (0,6 %, 1945, C.C.C.P.), 1909 - 1940

Bleichert (0 %, 1945, C.C.C.P.), 1936 - 1939

B.M.W. (4,2 %, 1945, C.C.C.P.), 1928 - 1943, 1945 - 

Borgward (Hansa-Lloyd) (0,3 % (+ 0,9 %), 1945, C.C.C.P.), 1938 - 1940, ? - 1961

Brennabor (0 %, 1945, C.C.C.P.), 1904 - 1934, 17k photo

Buick, assembly line, ? - 1938 - ?

Bully, 1933 (Berlin)

Butz, 1934 Bungartz & Co (München), 27k picture from Schouwer-Online (with some data about Butz)

Citroën, 1927-1935 Citroën Automobile AG, Köln-Poll, assembly lines

D.K.W. (4,2 %, 1945, C.C.C.P.), 1928 - 1942, ? - 1966

Essex (0 %, 1945, C.C.C.P.), ? - 1930 - 1933 - ?

Ford (3,6 %, 1945, C.C.C.P.), 1931 - 1941, 1948 -

Framo (0 %, 1945, C.C.C.P.), 1934 - 1935

Goliath (0 %, 1945, C.C.C.P.), 1928 - 1963, 19k photo

Hanomag (2,6 %, 1945, C.C.C.P.), 1924 - 1940

Hansa-Lloyd (Borgward) (0,9 % (+ 0,3 %), 1945, C.C.C.P.), 1905 - 1938

Hercules (0 %, 1945, C.C.C.P.), 1933, 10k picture from advertising

Horch (1,6 %, 1945, C.C.C.P.), 1900 - 1943, 1945

Krupp (0 %, 1945, C.C.C.P.), 1939 - 1940, 88k b/w photos

KdF (0 %, 1945, C.C.C.P.), 1939 - 1945,

Maybach (0,6 %, 1945, C.C.C.P.), 1922 - 1941

Mercedes-Benz (21,4 %, 1945, C.C.C.P.), (1901) - 1926 - 1943, 1946 -

N.A.G. (0 %, 1945, C.C.C.P.), 1901 - 1934, 21k b/w photo

Neander, 1934 - 1939, prototypes only, never in series

NSU-FIAT (0,9 %, 1945, C.C.C.P.), (1905) - 1934 - 1966

Opel (48,1 %, 1945, C.C.C.P.), 1899 - 1943, 1946 -

Phänomen (0 %, 1945, C.C.C.P.), 1907 - 1927, 1934 - 1935, 1941 - 1943

Rollfix (0 %, 1945, C.C.C.P.), 1933 - 1936, 5k photo from FIAT 500 I. G. Lippe

Röhr (0 %, 1945, C.C.C.P.), 1928 - 1935

Simson-Supra (0 %, 1945, C.C.C.P.), 1911 - 1933, 22k b/w photo

Standard (0 %, 1945, C.C.C.P.), 1933 - 1935 (No pictures)

Stoewer (0 %, 1945, C.C.C.P.), 1898 - 1944

Tempo (0 %, 1945, C.C.C.P.), 1933 - 1956

Tornax (0 %, 1945, C.C.C.P.), 1934 - 1937

Trippel (0 %, 1945, C.C.C.P.), 1941 - 1944

Volkswagen (see KdF)

Wanderer (5,5 %, 1945, C.C.C.P.), 1911 - 1943

Pre-1932 makes, (only some examples)



American cars:

American Austin, 1930-1934

American Bantam, 1936-1941

Amphibian Car Corporation (A.C.C.), 1941-1943?, 19k from: Bart Vanderveen "Historic Military Vehicles Directory"

Arrowbile/Aerobile, 1937, 8(?) prototypes only, 26k and 17k photo courtesy of Lou MacMillan (California, USA)

Auburn, 1900-1937

Bantam, see American Bantam, 1936-1941

Bobbi-Kar, 1945-1947

Brewster, 1915-1925, 1934-1936

Buick, 1904-1942, 1946-

Cadillac, 1903-1942, 1946-

Californian, 1945-1946

Checker, 1923-1937-?, 1960-1982, 21k photo 1937 Checker ex-taxi from Hemmings Motor News

Chevrolet, 1911-1942, 1946-

Chrysler, 1923-1942, 1946-

Continental, 1933-1934, 9k photo from Continental Motors Car information site and Wayne R. McLaughlin Sr., Iowa, USA

Convaircar, 1941-1948

Cord, 1929-1932, 1936-1937

Crosley, 1939-1942, 1946-1952, 14k 1939 Crosley 1A 2-cyl. conv. sedan from Kruse International

Cunningham, 1907-1933, 14k b/w photo from Wayne R. McLaughlin Sr., Iowa, USA

Cushman, 1945-

De Soto, 1928-1942, 1946-1961

Detroit Electric, 1907-1942

De Vaux, 1931-1933(1932?), 41k 1932 6-cyl. sport coupe from Kruse International

Dodge, 1914-

Duesenberg, 1920-1937

duPont, 1920-1932

Durant, 1921-1932

Dymaxion, 1934, 3 prototypes only, 15k and 20k photo courtesy of Lou MacMillan (California, USA)

Essex, 1919-1933

Ford, 1903-

Franklin, 1901-1934

GMC, ?-1941-?, 15k image from Hemmings Motor News

Graham, 1927-1941

Hudson, 1909-1942, 1946-1957

Hupmobile, 1908-1941

International, 1907-1913, ?-1939-?

LaFayette, 1920-1924, 1934-1936

La Salle, 1927-1940

Lincoln, 1920-1942, 1946-

Marmon, 1902-1933

Mercury, 1939-1942, 1946-

Miller, 1915-1932, 10k photo of 1932 Miller-Ford sprintcar from Hemmings Motor News

Moto-Kar, 1938-1940, American Moto-Scoot Company, Chicago, Illinois

Nash, 1917-1942, 1946-1957

Oldsmobile, 1896-1942, 1946-

Packard, 1899-1942, 1946-1958

Pierce-Arrow, 1901-1938

Plymouth, 1928-1942, 1946-

Pontiac, 1926-1942, 1946-

Ranger, 1939-1940, clone of Moto-Kar

Reo, 1904-1936

Rolls-Royce (in Springfield), ?-1922-1933-?

Rockne, 1932-1933

Studebaker, 1902-1942, 1945-1964

Stutz, 1912-1936

Terraplane, 1934-1937

Willys, 1930-1961

Pre-1932 makes, (only some examples)



Italian cars:

Alfa-Romeo

Ansaldo, 38k photo

Bianchi, 8k photo from Topolino Casagrande

Ferrari

F.I.A.T. (in main directory)

Isotta-Fraschini, 19k photo from The Auto Collections

Itala, 29k b/w photo from  the book "A-Z of Cars of the 1930s" by M.Sedgwick & M.Gillies

Lancia

Maserati

Moretti

O.M., 27k b/w photo from  the book "A-Z of Cars of the 1930s" by M.Sedgwick & M.Gillies



Czechoslovakian cars: (statistics for pre-1945 car park is from "Used cars for sale" in "Svet Motoru" (1984, 1986)).

Praga, 1908-1945 (31,5% of today existing Czechoslovakian pre-1945 cars)

Tatra, 1897-1923-1943, 1945-1996 (29,0%)

Skoda, 1923-on (17,6%)

Aero, 1929-1941, 1946-1952 (13,0%)

Jawa, 1937-1939-? (3,8%)

Walter, 1908-1937 (2,5%)

Z, 1924-1939 (1,7%)

Wikov, 1922-1937 (0,8%)



Austrian cars:

Austro Daimler, 1899-1935, 15k b/w image from the book "A-Z of Cars of the 1930s" by Michael Sedgwick & Mark Gillies, Bay View Books Ltd.

Austro-Tatra, 1924-1938, 158k photo of Austro-Tatra 57

Gloriette, 1932-1936

Gräf & Stift, 1897-1938

Lohner-Porsche, 1900-1938?, 28k photo of 1900 Lohner-Porsche

ÖAF, Austro FIAT (Österreichische Automobil-Fabrik), 1907-1933, 209k photo of 1931 ÖAF 1001A taxi

Opel-Steyr, 1932, 89k poster

Steyr, 1917-1944, 1957-on

Pre-1932 makes



British cars: (statistics for 1945 automobile park in the UK is from "Used cars for sale" in 1948 "the Motor" magazine.
                   It is not 100% in sum, the rest were American and Continental makes)

A.C.                (0.4% of cars in the UK in 1945)

AJS, 1929-1933, very rare

Allard              (less than 0.2% of cars in the UK in 1945), 31k image from "A-Z of Cars of the 1930s"

Alta                (rare), 22k image from the book "A-Z of Cars of the 1930s" by M.Sedgwick & M.Gillies

Alvis               (2.1% of cars in the UK in 1945)

Andre               (rare), 21k image from the book "A-Z of Cars of the 1930s" by M.Sedgwick & M.Gillies

Argyll, 1899-1932, very rare

Armstrong Siddeley  (1.6% of cars in the UK in 1945), only 23k picture from The Highway One Classic Classifieds

Aston Martin        (0.3% of cars in the UK in 1945)

Atalanta            (rare)

Austin              (8.7% of cars in the UK in 1945)

Autovia             (very rare), 33k image from the book "A-Z of Cars of the 1930s" by M.Sedgwick & M.Gillies

Barrington          (very rare)

Batten              (very rare), 26k image from the book "A-Z of Cars of the 1930s" by M.Sedgwick & M.Gillies

Bentley             (6.9% of cars in the UK in 1945, statistics is wrong - must be much less)

British Salmson     (rare), 30k image from the book "A-Z of Cars of the 1930s" by M.Sedgwick & M.Gillies

Brough Superior     (very rare), 23k image from the book "A-Z of Cars of the 1930s" by M.Sedgwick & M.Gillies

B.S.A.              (0.5% of cars in the UK in 1945)

Burney              (very rare)

Calthorpe, 1904-1932, very rare

Citroën, ?-1933-?, 27k photo of 1933 Citroën Rosalie 8A tourer by B.T.J. Richards (Adelaide,
                    Australia), restored by Reg Harris (see more photos on the Brisbane Vintage Auto Club (Inc) site)

Cleco               (very rare), 20k image from the book "A-Z of Cars of the 1930s" by M.Sedgwick & M.Gillies

Comet               (very rare)

Coventry-Victor     (very rare), 19k image from the book "A-Z of Cars of the 1930s" by M.Sedgwick & M.Gillies

Crossley            (rare), 17k image from the book "A-Z of Cars of the 1930s" by M.Sedgwick & M.Gillies

Daimler             (2.9% of cars in the UK in 1945), only 19k picture from The Highway One Classic Classifieds

E.R.A.              (rare)

Fedden              (very rare)

Ford                (7.4% of cars in the UK in 1945, including US Ford) (in main directory)

Frazer-Nash         (less than 0.2% of cars in the UK in 1945), 26k photo from Igor Guzienko, Kiev.

Frazer-Nash-B.M.W.  (less than 0.2% of cars in the UK in 1945)

Hampton             (very rare)

Hermon              (very rare)

Hillman             (3.3% of cars in the UK in 1945), 5k image only

H.R.G.              (rare), 30k b/w photo from the book "A-Z of Cars of the 1930s" by M.Sedgwick & M.Gillies

H.S.M.              (very rare)

Humber              (2.2% of cars in the UK in 1945), 43k photo courtesy of Jan Szatan, Poland, look at his homepage

Invicta             (less than 0.2% of cars in the UK in 1945), only 14k picture from British Car Auctions

Jaguar              (3.3% of cars in the UK in 1945)

Jensen              (rare), only 3k picture from Kirill i Mephodiy, Auto Encyclopedia

Jewel               (very rare)

J.M.B.              (very rare), 21k b/w photo from the book "A-Z of Cars of the 1930s" by M.Sedgwick & M.Gillies

Jowett              (less than 0.2% of cars in the UK in 1945), 97k and 85k rear view of 1938 Jowett 8 4-door saloon,
                    car of Mrs. Mann (Bawburgh near Norwich, UK),
                    photo courtesy of David Barrett (look at David's Old Cars Shows in Norfolk (UK) albums).

Kendall, 1945-1946, very rare

Lagonda             (1.3% of cars in the UK in 1945)

Lammas-Graham       (very rare), 23k b/w photo from the book "A-Z of Cars of the 1930s" by M.Sedgwick & M.Gillies

Lanchester          (2.1% of cars in the UK in 1945), 22k image from Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust

Lea-Francis         (0.3% of cars in the UK in 1945), 39k image from the book "A-Z of Cars of the 1930s" by M.Sedgwick & M.Gillies

Leidart             (very rare), 21k image from the book "A-Z of Cars of the 1930s" by M.Sedgwick & M.Gillies

Lloyd               (very rare), 29k image from the book "A-Z of Cars of the 1930s" by M.Sedgwick & M.Gillies

Marendaz            (very rare), 30k image from the book "A-Z of Cars of the 1930s" by M.Sedgwick & M.Gillies

Mastra              (very rare)

M.G.                (2.8% of cars in the UK in 1945)

Morgan              (less than 0.2% of cars in the UK in 1945)

Morris              (5.2% of cars in the UK in 1945)

Owen                (very rare)

Paydell             (very rare)

Railton             (0.4% of cars in the UK in 1945), only 46k picture from Classic Avenue

Raleigh             (very rare), 29k image from the book "A-Z of Cars of the 1930s" by M.Sedgwick & M.Gillies

Rapier              (very rare), 28k image from the book "A-Z of Cars of the 1930s" by M.Sedgwick & M.Gillies

Raymond Mays        (very rare)

Rhode               (very rare), 32k image from the book "A-Z of Cars of the 1930s" by M.Sedgwick & M.Gillies

Riley               (1.6% of cars in the UK in 1945),

Rolls-Royce         (10.2% of cars in the UK in 1945, statistics is wrong - must be much less)

Rover               (3.3% of cars in the UK in 1945)

Rytecraft Scootacar (rare), 36k image from the book "A-Z of Cars of the 1930s" by M.Sedgwick & M.Gillies

Singer              (1.5% of cars in the UK in 1945), 23k image from the book "A-Z of Cars of the 1930s" by M.Sedgwick & M.Gillies

Squire              (very rare), 23k image from the book "A-Z of Cars of the 1930s" by M.Sedgwick & M.Gillies

SS - see in Jaguar section, this was pre-1936 name of Jaguar cars

Standard            (3.2% of cars in the UK in 1945)

Star                (very rare)

Stringer-Winco, 1909-1932, very rare

Sunbeam             (0.3% of cars in the UK in 1945),

Sunbeam-Talbot      (1.3% of cars in the UK in 1945), 24k image from the book "A-Z of Cars of the 1930s" by M.Sedgwick & M.Gillies

Talbot              (1.2% of cars in the UK in 1945), 24k image from the book "A-Z of Cars of the 1930s" by M.Sedgwick & M.Gillies

Triumph             (1.7% of cars in the UK in 1945),

Trojan              (very rare), 28k image from the book "A-Z of Cars of the 1930s" by M.Sedgwick & M.Gillies

Vale                (very rare), 25k image from the book "A-Z of Cars of the 1930s" by M.Sedgwick & M.Gillies

Vauxhall            (2.5% of cars in the UK in 1945)

Waverley, 1901-1904, 1910-1934, very rare

Whitlock            (very rare), 22k image from the book "A-Z of Cars of the 1930s" by M.Sedgwick & M.Gillies

Whitwood, 1934-1936, very rare

Wilson              (very rare)

Wolseley            (4.4% of cars in the UK in 1945)

Pre-1932 makes, (only some examples)



French cars:

Aerolithe, 1928-1934

Alphi, 1926-1932

Amilcar, 1921-1939

Antony, 1921-1932

Ariès, 1903-1938

Berliet, 1895-1939

Bouffort, 1945-1960

Bréguet, 1907, 1942

Buard, 1925-1935

Bucciali, 1923-1933, 37k b/w photo

Bugatti, 1909-1956, 6k picture from Classic Avenue,

C.G.E., 1941-1944

Chenard & Walcker, 1897-1939, 31k b/w photo

Citroën, 1919-

Claveau, 1923-1950

Clément-Rochelle, 1927-1932

Coadou-Fleury, 1920-1935

Corre La Licorne, 1901-1950, 65k b/w photo

Darmont, 1919-1939

Darracq, 1896-1952, since 1920 this was the same as French Talbot

De Dion-Bouton, 1883-1932, 55k photo of 1911 De Dion-Bouton from Classic Car Collection

Delage, 1905-1954, 28k picture from Vintage Web

Delahaye, 1894-1956

Delaunay-Belleville, 1903-1950

Derby, 1921-1936

Donnet-Zedel, 1924-1933, 24k b/w photo

Dubonnet, 1933-1936

Electro-Renard, 1943-1946

Faure, 1941-1948

Favel, 1941-1944

Gauthier, 1902-1933, 60k b/w photo

Georges Irat, 1921-1946

Gregoire, 1945-1951

Hispano-Suiza, 1911-1938, 83k image from the "Avtopanorama" magazine, Russia.

Hotchkiss, 1903-1955, 55k image

Laffly, 1937-1940, 1945-1946

Lambert, 1926-1954

Latil, 1938-1939-?

Le Monocar, 1936-1939

Léon-Bollée, 1895-1933

Léon-Laisne, 1920-1937

Lorraine-Dietrich, 1905-1935, 21k photo from VintagePostcards.com

Louis Chenard, 1920-1932

Luc Court, 1899-1936

Major, 1919-1933

Matford, 1934-1939

Mathis, 1910-1935, 1945-1950

Michel Irat, 1929-1932

Mors, 1895-1927, 1941-1943, 70k b/w photo

Panhard-Levassor, 1889-1967

Peugeot, 1889-

Pilain, 1930-1935

Poirier, 1928-1958

Rally, 1920-1933

Remi-Danvignes, 1935-1939

Renault, 1898-

Robert Serf, 1925-1934

Rochet Schneider, 1894-1932, 44k photo of 1914 Four-cyl. touring from The Guild of Automotive Restorers

Rolux, 1938-1952

Rosengart, 1928-1955

Salmson, 1921-1957

Sandford, 1922-1939, 42k b/w photo

SIMA-Standard, 1929-1932

S.I.M.C.A., 1936-1940?, ?1945-1984?

Stela, 1941-1944

Talbot, 1920-1952

Tracta, 1926-1936, 58k b/w photo

Unic, 1904-1939

Villard, 1925-1935

Voisin, 1919-1939, 60k b/w image from Witold Rychter's book "Dzieje samochodu", Warsaw, 1979.

Pre-1932 makes, (only some examples)



Polish cars:

Iradam

Lux-Sport, 29k b/w image from Witold Rychter's book "Dzieje samochodu", Warsaw, 1979.

Polski F.I.A.T., 1933-1939



Belgian cars:

Belga Rise, 1929-1937, Ste Belge des Automobiles Sizaire, Bruxelles-Haren, 10k photo of 1934 Belga Rise 8C.

Chevrolet, 1924-1940, Antwerpen

Excelsior, 1901-1932, 24k 1920's photo of Excelsior landaulet by Vanden Plas.

F.N., 1900-1914, 1919-1940

Ford, 1928-1940?, Antwerpen

Opel, 1929?-1940?, Antwerpen

Imperia, 1906-1940, 1948-1958.

Minerva, 1902-1938, 19k b/w photo from Autoclassic magazine.



Spanish cars:

España, 1917-1927, 39k b/w photo of 1919/20 Tipo II, courtesy of Tino Prat from Barcelona, Spain.

Hispano-Suiza, 1904-1944

Nacional Sitges

Post-war: Pegaso, 1954 Z-102 and 1956 Z-103, 23 and 61k photo courtesy of Helmut Pende, Germany.



Swedish cars:

Tidaholm

Volvo, 1927 - on



Hungarian cars:

M.A.G.

Mavag

Meray, Meray-Adler, 1929-1942

Unitas-Tatra, 1923-1933

Weiss-Manfred, 1925-1939

Zsolt, 1931-1935



Dutch cars: (thanks for help to Jan de Vries (the Netherlands)).

Buick (General Motors Continental S.A. Antverp.), 19?? - 1939 - 19??.

DAF (in Eindhoven), 47k b/w photo from Reinhard Frank's book "Personenwagen der Wehrmacht", PODZUN-PALLAS.

Ford assembly (in Amsterdam), 132k emblem

Story, 1940-1941 (85 built), 35k b/w photo

Pre-1932 makes, (only some examples)



Norwegian cars:

Strömmen



Canadian cars:

Chrysler Canada, ?1932 - ?, 43k photo of 1941 Plymouth based Canadian Dodge 2-door Sedan,
                courtesy of Rene, Canada.
Frontenac, ?-1933 (Durant cars for Canadian market)

McLaughlin-Buick, 26k image of 1926 4-door Sedan from The Highway One Classic



Japanese cars:

Chiyoda, 1932 - 1935

Daihatsu, 1937 -

Datsun, 1932 - , 16k image from Toyota Museum

Isuzu, ?-1933 - 1937-?, 21k b/w photo from Bart Vanderveen's book "Historic Military Vehicles Directory"

Kurogane, 1935 - 1962, 20k b/w photo from Bart Vanderveen's book "Historic Military Vehicles Directory"

Mitsubishi, 1917 - 1921, ?-1933 - 1937-?, 19k b/w photo from Bart Vanderveen's book "Historic Military Vehicles Directory"

Nissan, 1937 - 1943

Ohta, 1934 - 1957

Sumida, 1922 - 1937

Toyota, 1936 - , 21k image from Toyota Museum



Swiss cars:

Martini, 1898-1933, St. Blaise, 46k photo courtesy of Michael Schick, big admirer of this make from Laupheim near Ulm, Germany.



Latvian cars:

Ford-Vairogs



Australian cars:

Southern Cross, 1931-1935, 10(?) built, 35k photo from "The illustrated encyclopedia of automobiles" by
             David Burgess Wise. Published by "Quarto publishing limited", 32 Kingly Court, London W1.
             Thanks for help to Kim Osborn, Australia.



Finnish cars:

Pre-1932 makes



Brazilian cars:

Aero Willys, 1965, 31k photo courtesy of Luiz Tinoco, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.



Cars of unknown origin (for me), please help to recognize them:

Pre-1932 makes

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