The first car manufacturers in the world were French: Panhard & Levassor (1889) and Peugeot (1891).
By car manufacturer we mean builders of entire motor vehicles for sale and not just engine inventors who experimented with car design to test their engines - Daimler-Benz began as the latter before becoming full car manufacturers and made their early money by licensing their patents and selling their engines to car manufacturers.
As for 2011, the largest car manufacturing company was Toyota. Next in order were General Motors and Volkswagen.
Buffalo Car Manufacturing Company was created in 1872.
Buffalo Car Manufacturing Company ended in 1899.
Peugeot, Europe's oldest car brand, is also the world's oldest car brand. Peugeot was founded in 1810. However, it started as a coffee company. It later started making cars in 1862.
Opel is the second oldest car company. they started in 1899
GM, 2nd Volkswagen, third is Toyota.
Telsa Automotive.
Yes. Renault is a French car manufacturing company.
Mercedes-Benz is the world's oldest automotive brand still in existence today. Mercedes-Benz was Founded (1886 (1886))
Mercedes Benz
Toyota as of their first fiscal quarter of 2009, which started in June of 2008.
A company that makes goods i.e. car makers