Are any cars named after actual people? . . .
Alfa-Romeo Nicola Romeo, while the "Alfa" stood for Anonima Lombarda Fabbrica Automobili, or Lombardy Automobile Works Company
Aston-Martin - Lionel Martin, who won races on Aston Clinton hill, near Aylesbury, England.
Bugatti - Ettore Bugatti
Chevrolet - Louis Chevrolet
Citroen - Andre-Gustave Citroen
Daimler - Gottfried Daimler
Ferrari - Enzo Ferrari
Hillman - William Hillman
Honda - Soichiro Honda
Lancia - Vincenzo Lancia
Maserati = The Maserati brothers, Carolo, Bindo, Alfieri, Ettore, and Ernesto
Mercedes - Mercedes Jellinek, the ten-year-old daughter of Austrian financier and motor-racing enthusiast Emil Jellinek
Opel - Adam Opel
Peugeot - Armand Peugeot
Porsche - Ferdinand Porsche
Rolls-Royce - Charles Rolls and Henry Royce
Skoda - Emil Skoda
Toyota - Sakichi Toyoda. The family changed the name to Toyota since "Toyoda" needs ten characters in Japanese but "Toyota" only eight. And eight is the Japanese lucky number!
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