Mike Q. wrote: > Group here is a page that has a listing of all car manufacturers and where > there names come from. [SNIP] Please don't turn this into a thread! Off the top of my head I can think of half a dozen more car companies named for their founders that aren't on that list! Naming a car company after yourself was once a very common practice. I would not be surprised if JZD goes down in history as the last American to name a mass-produced car after himself, though. And yes, the DeLorean's factory was big enough to count as "mass production" in the automotive world. - Mike Substelny