Suzuki Automobile (Thailand) imports, exports, and wholesales Suzuki-brand cars and trucks. The company is a joint venture between Suzuki Motor Corporation (60%) and Siam International Corp. (20%; chairman Phornpong Phornprapha of Siam also controls 20%). Since 2003, Thai Suzuki has produced small 4-wheel-drive automobiles for sale throughout the Asian market. It exports the Suzuki Sporty to Indonesia and plans to roll out vehicles to other countries in the future. In Thailand, the company sells its cars and trucks through a network of dealerships. The joint venture announced in late 2007 plans to build a new manufacturing facility in the Raylong province capable of producing more than 135,000 cars by 2010.

Tata Motors Limited, an automobile company, engages in the manufacture and sale of commercial and passenger vehicles primarily in India. The company offers cars, utility vehicles, trucks, buses, and defense vehicles, as well as develops electric and hybrid vehicles for personal and public transportation. It also involves in distributing and marketing cars; and financing the vehicles sold by the company. In addition, the company engages in the provision of engineering and automotive solutions, as well as machine tools and factory automation solutions; construction equipment manufacturing; automotive vehicle components manufacturing and supply chain activities; tooling and plastic and electronic components for automotive and computer applications; and automotive retailing and service operations. It offers its products and services through its dealership, sales, services, and spare parts network. The company also markets its commercial and passenger vehicles in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, South East Asia, South Asia, and South America. The company was formerly known as Tata Engineering and Locomotive Company Limited and changed its name to Tata Motors Limited in July 2003. Tata Motors Limited was founded in 1945 and is based in Mumbai, India.

Morgan builds about 600 cars per year. Besides the UK and US, Morgan cars are sold throughout most of Western Europe, as well as in Australia, Japan, New Zealand, and South Africa. Morgan's most recent creation is the AeroMax Coupe, which debuted in 2008. If you like the curvaceous sheet metal on cars of the 1930s and 40s, you will thrill to the retro styling of the cars made by The Morgan Motor Company. The oldest independent car company in the world, Morgan makes a number of models with exterior styling that harkens back to the industry's glory days. Models include the +4, 4/4, and Roadster. The company's newest model, the Aero 8, is the first Morgan model sold in the US.

The Tanfield Group is taking on a green hue. It has shifted its main focus from automotive components and imaging equipment to electric vehicle and aerial lift manufacturing. Tanfield's roots are in engineering, and it continues to provide specialist engineering and assembly services. Tanfield operates through two divisions: Power Access and Zero Emission Vehicle. Its primary operating subsidiaries include UpRight Powered Access to provide the lifts, and Smith Electric Vehicles, which has been making battery powered vehicles since 1920. Tanfield is mulling a bid made in March 2010 by its associate company, Smith Electric Vehicles US, to buy the electric vehicle division for approximately $55 million in cash.

ThyssenKrupp Drauz Nothelfer exemplifies Peter Drucker's position that, "Management by objectives works if you first think through your objectives." The company is the management arm of the Drauz Nothelfer group under ThyssenKrupp Technologies AG. It was created in 2005 through the merger of ThyssenKrupp Drauz and Nothelfer. United as a single source, the company supplies all of the components in the auto body and assembly process chain. Its capacity begins with vehicle prototype development and ends with body manufacture and service. With its collective 100-plus years of know-how in auto body construction, ThyssenKrupp Drauz Nothelfer ranks as one of the top three suppliers of carbody manufacturing equipment.

Toyota Motor owns over 50% of Toyota Auto Body. The Toyota Auto Body Co. was established in 1945. Even a giant company like Toyota Motor can use a helping hand from time to time. Toyota Auto Body puts together bodies for passenger cars such as the Prius, as well as commercial, recreational, and special-purpose vehicles for its parent company, Toyota Motor. Toyota Auto Body also assembles minivans, compact trucks, and specially-equipped vehicles. Most of Toyota Auto Body's revenues come from the assembly of van bodies. The Toyota Auto Body Co. has five plants in Japan, one in Taiwan, one in Indonesia, and another in Thailand.

TICO operates in Asia, Europe, and North America. Eighty-plus years after its founding, Toyota Industries is dominating a vast range of industries. The Japanese manufacturer (TICO) builds materials handling equipment, as well as cars and car products (engines, air-conditioning compressors, and electronics), textile machinery (which established the company), and chip package substrates. It also offers logistics services. Toyota Motor owns nearly 25% of TICO and represents more than 65% of its sales. TICO's automotive segment produces the Vitz (or Yaris), RAV4, and Mark X ZiO car models. The materials handling segment makes and sells electric and hybrid lift trucks, aerial work platforms, and logistics equipment.

The Toyota Motor Corporation company was founded in 1933 and is headquartered in Toyota City, Japan. Toyota Motor Corporation engages in the design, manufacture, and sale of sedans, minivans, compact cars, sport-utility vehicles, trucks, and related parts and accessories primarily in North America, Europe, and Asia. The company offers conventional engine vehicles, including subcompact and compact cars primarily consisting of Corolla sedan, Yaris, iQ, Scion xB, and Scion xD brands; mini-vehicles, passenger vehicles, commercial vehicles, and auto parts; mid-size models comprising Camry, REIZ, Avensis, and Mark X brands; and luxury vehicles under the Lexus and Crown brands, and Century limousines, as well as hybrid vehicles, which run on a combination of gasoline engine and motor primarily under the Prius brand. It also sells sports and specialty vehicles, which include Lexus SC and Scion tC brands; sport-utility vehicles, including Sequoia, 4Runner, RAV4, Highlander, FJ Cruiser, and Land Cruiser brands; pickup trucks that comprise Tacoma and Tundra brands; minivans and cab wagons that primarily include Alphard, Vellfire, Corolla Verso, Wish, Hiace, Regius Ace, Estima, Noah, Voxy, Sienta, Isis, Passo Sette, and Sienna brands; and trucks and buses. In addition, the company provides retail and wholesale financing, insurance services, vehicle and equipment leasing, and other financial services, including credit cards primarily to its dealers and their customers. Further, it involves in the design and manufacture of prefabricated housing; information technology related businesses, including an e-commerce marketplace called GAZOO.com; and sales promotions for KDDI communication related products.

Toyota Motor Corporation Australia Limited (TMCA) is one of the larger car companies manufacturing and selling within the world's smallest continent. TMCA imports and sells various Toyota passenger and commercial vehicles, including Corolla, Prius, and LandCruiser 200 and 70 series, and it also manufactures two Toyota models, Camry and Aurion (a sporty, Camry-like car sold primarily in Australia). More than half of the vehicles that TMCA manufactures are exported; the exports -- primarily Camrys -- go to over 20 countries, with many going to New Zealand and the Middle East. The company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Toyota Motor Corporation, began manufacturing cars in 1963.

Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America (TEMA) is the epicenter of Toyota Motor's ever-encroaching dominance in the North American car market. TEMA is responsible for engineering, design, research and development, and manufacturing activities in the US, Canada, and Mexico. Formerly Toyota Motor Manufacturing North America, TEMA develops the upper body portion, as well as parts, for the adaptation of Toyota vehicles to the North American market. Toyota Research Institute of North America (TRI-NA) conducts automotive research relating to energy and environment. TEMA has 13 manufacturing plants located throughout North America.

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