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  • Buick - named for David Buick, who founded the Buick Motor Company; now part of GM
  • Oldsmobile - named for Ransom E. Olds, founder of the Olds Motor Vehicle company. Oldsmobile was part of GM until the brand was discontinued in 2004.
  • Cadillac - named for Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac, who founded Detroit, Michigan
  • Dodge - named for Horace Elgin Dodge and John Francis Dodge , who founded the Dodge Brothers Company ((Now part of Fiat-Chrylser)
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