Resende's main economy is coffee and milk in the agricultural sector, uranium refining, vehicle manufacturing, which includes factories of Volkswagen Truck & Bus.

Among the few that reveal special talent and genuine poetical feeling are Resende's lines on the death of D. Ignez de Castro, the " Fingimento de Amores " of Diogo Brandão, and the " Coplas " of D. Pedro.

He holds a Master of Science degree in State, Society and Development from the University of London, and is a Doctoral candidate there specializing in Political Economy of Automotive Manufacturing.

In 1926 he visited America, and was sent to Detroit to study the conditions of the workers at the Ford Automotive company.

Panasonic Automotive Systems Company of America ( PASA ) has its main operations based in Peachtree City and is the largest employer in the city.

* Autoliv North America – Automotive safety equipment.

Among the companies based in Plymouth Township are Aisin World Corp. of America, Hella Corporate Center USA, Johnson Controls Automotive Experience and Metaldyne.

* Automotive Giants of America ( 1925 )

The third generation models were marketed only in North America, carrying the nameplates Geo Metro ( later re-branded the Chevrolet Metro ), Pontiac Firefly, and Suzuki Swift — and sourced only from CAMI Automotive.

In 1978, as Budd began to phase out its railcar business to concentrate on the automotive industry, it was acquired by Thyssen AG, becoming its automotive division, Thyssen Automotive in Europe and Budd Thyssen Company in North America.

When Thyssen merged with Krupp in 1999, Budd Thyssen became ThyssenKrupp Budd Co. in North America and ThyssenKrupp Automotive Systems GmbH in Europe.

In 2007, the US-based GfK custom research companies GfK Arbor, GfK Custom Research, GfK NOP and GfK Automotive were unified under the GfK Custom Research North America brand.

The Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine ( AAAM ), is a non-profit education and research organization founded in 1957 by the Medical Advisory committee to the Sports Car Club of America.

During the 1990s Tower Automotive grew fast with multiple acquisitions in North America, Europe, Asia and South America.

Valmet Automotive ( former Saab-Valmet ) is a Finnish car maker.

The city was home to the former Wills Sainte Claire Automotive company.

Silver Creek has a number of businesses, Tops Friendly Markets ( formerly Quality Markets ), Red's Pizza, Ellie's Deli, Food King ( Chinese Takeout ), Rite Aid, Uncle Sam's Army-Navy, Dolce Automotive ( next to Final Communications and Hae Jude Signs ), New Image Hair Design, A Cut Above The Rest, Silver Cafe ( original location of Foliage House Florist ), H & R Block ( original Record Agency building ), Silver Creek Optical, and Record Agency Inc .( former ENB office next to Silver Creek Optical )

HKS was formed in 1973 by Hiroyuki Hasegawa, a former engineer for Yamaha Motor Company, and his partner Goichi Kitagawa, while the start up capital was supplied by Sigma Automotive ( hence the name HKS ).

* Automotive Components Holdings, LLC, a Ford-managed temporary company mandated to dispose of unprofitable operations of Visteon, its former parts division

Yang Rong, the former chief executive of Brilliance China Automotive who fled to the United States after getting embroiled in a dispute against state property authorities, accused Bo of interfering in his judicial proceedings in Beijing.

Billy Joe " Red " McCombs ( born 1927 ) is the founder of the Red McCombs Automotive Group in San Antonio, Texas, a co-founder of Clear Channel Communications, a former owner of the San Antonio Spurs, Denver Nuggets, and the Minnesota Vikings, and the namesake of the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin.

Prior to his appointment as president of the American Automotive Policy Council in 2011, Blunt served as a member of the board of Copart, an auto salvage company in Fairfield, California ; an advisor for Solamere Capital, a suburban Boston private equity firm started by Tagg Romney ; and a consultant for Cassidy & Associates, a Washington, D. C. lobbying firm, and a partner with the Ashcroft Group, the Washington, D. C. and St. Louis-based consulting firm founded by former U. S. Attorney General John Ashcroft.

Wuhan University of Technology ( WUT or WHUT, )-located in Wuhan, Hubei, China-was founded on May 27, 2000, from the former three universities, Wuhan University of Technology ( established in 1948 ), Wuhan Transportation University ( established in 1946 ) and Wuhan Automotive Polytechnic University ( established in 1958 ).

Wuhan University of Technology ( WUT ) was founded on May 27, 2000 from the former Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan Transportation University and Wuhan Automotive Polytechnic University.

The former Wuhan Automotive Polytechnic University came from the original Wuhan Institute of Technology which was founded in 1958.

* Automotive Products, a former UK automotive components company

Albion Automotive of Scotstoun, Glasgow is a former Scottish automobile and commercial vehicle manufacturer, currently involved in the manufacture and supply of Automotive component systems.

** Maryann Keller – former president, Automotive Services, priceline. com

** Matador Automotive, a. s. – former engineering producer " ZŤS Dubnica nad Váhom "

In 2000, Brembo purchased the UK-based racing brake and clutch manufacturer AP Racing ( a former division of Automotive Products ).

In early 2007, Lear Corporation completed the transfer of substantially all of its former North American Interior Systems Division to International Automotive Components Group ( IAC ), a joint venture of Lear, WL Ross & Co., and Franklin Mutual Advisers.

In developing the ULTRA AP, GTRI's scientists and engineers assembled a team of industry professionals that included GTRI employee Scott Badenoch, who is now an advanced development and racing professional ; Tom Moore, former vice president of Liberty Operations, Chrysler's advanced engineering center ; Walt Wynbelt, former program executive officer with the U. S. Army Tank Automotive and Armaments Command, and Dave McLellan, former Corvette chief engineer for General Motors.

* Volkswagen Poznań – Automotive

In August 2009, Porsche SE and Volkswagen AG reached an agreement that the two companies would merge in 2011, to form an " Integrated Automotive Group ".

Automotive brands can be summed up simply with their corporate logo — from the Chevrolet " Bow Tie " mark to the roundel marks of Volkswagen, Mercedes-Benz and BMW, to the interlocking " RR " of Rolls-Royce — each has stood for a brand and clearly differentiated the product line.

Anting is one of the centres of the Chinese automotive industry ; it is home to Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation and includes the German / Chinese joint venture: Shanghai Volkswagen Automotive.

Shanghai Volkswagen Automotive also manufactures the Passat NMS in its Nanjing factory.

In 1984, Volkswagen signed a contract with STAC, along with the China National Automotive Industry Corporation ( CNAIC ) and the Bank of China to form the Shanghai Volkswagen Automotive joint venture in October 1984.

It was the first design that the Shanghai Volkswagen Automotive joint venture designers had undertaken by themselves.

In 2008, Shanghai Volkswagen Automotive released the Santana Vista ( Zhijun ) and Santana Vista ( Changda ) ( Taxi model ) in January with front and rear visual updates and minor chassis updates.

Nonetheless, Shanghai Volkswagen Automotive has decided to discontinue the Santana in 2012.

At the end of 2010 Shanghai Volkswagen Automotive released the new Touran in China.

A cooperative agreement made with Volkswagen in 1984 followed by the formal establishment of Shanghai Volkswagen Automotive Co Ltd in March 1985 allowed it to produce competitive cars with foreign technology.

Sino-foreign joint ventures that SAIC is involved with include Nanjing Iveco Auto Co Ltd (" New Naveco ") with Iveco, Saic-Iveco Commercial Vehicle Co Ltd, SAIC-GM-Wuling Automobile, Shanghai Volkswagen Automotive, Shanghai General Motors Corporation and Sunwin Bus with Volvo.

Volkswagen Group China is the largest, earliest, and the most successful international partner in China's Automotive Industry.

Its first joint venture in China, Shanghai Volkswagen Automotive Co., Ltd., was established in October 1984.

Volkswagen Group, via its Volkswagen Group China division, has 16 subsidiaries in China, with Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation ( SAIC ), and First Automobile Works ( FAW ) being the two major Chinese partner companies.

In 1984, a joint venture ( JV ) was established between Volkswagen Group and Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation ( now SAIC Motor ), creating Shanghai Volkswagen Automotive Co., Ltd. ( SVW ).