| ANDRECITROEN | French industrialist who founded a car company in 1919 (5,7) |
| MICHELIN | Andre and Edouard, French industrialists who began a hotel and restaurant guide for motorists in 1900 (8) |
| RICARD | Anise/liquorice flavoured aperitif created by a French industrialist in 1932 (6) |
| OTIS | Elisha, U.S. industrialist who founded a lift company in 1853 (4) |
| KAWASAKI | Shozo, Japanese industrialist who founded a company producing motorcycles (8) |
| RANK | J. Arthur, British industrialist who founded a film company (4) |
| MASERATI | Alfieri, Ernesto and Ettore, Italian brothers who founded a car company in 1914 (8) |
| BUGATTI | Ettore ___, Italian-born automobile designer who founded a car company in 1909 |
| LANCIA | Vincenzo, Italian engineer who founded a car company in 1906 (6) |
| ROYCE | Sir Henry who co-founded a car company in 1906 |
| FORD | Henry who founded a car company |
| OPEL | Adam, German entrepreneur who founded a car company (4) |
| RENAULT | Fernand, Louis and Marcel, French brothers who formed a car company in 1899 (7) |
| MERCEDESBENZ | Car company in December’s relocated: eastern New Zealand |
| WILLIAMWRIGLEY | American industrialist who founded an eponymous chewing gum company in 1891 |
| CHEVROLET | Louis -, Swiss racing driver who co-founded a motor car company in Detroit, US, in 1911 (9) |
| AVIS | American entrepreneur who founded a rental car company in 1946 (4) |
| PEUGEOT | The oldest car company in the world, founded in France in 1810 (7) |
| ANDREMICHELIN | Industrialist who co-founded a tyre company and published a tour guide (5,8) |
| ENZOFERRARI | Italian motor racing driver who founded a luxury sports car company in 1939 (4,7) |
