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Trivia question. What 2 men have two car makes named for them?

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There are at least two industrialists who have two car makes named for them. Can you name them, and the cars named after them?

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Henry Ford

Lord Rolls

Henry Royce

Rudolf Diesel

Lord Nuffield "Morris"

Andre Citroen

Karl Benz

Louis Renault

Mercedes- but she was the blacksmith's daughter who built the coachwork for Benz's car

Bugatti

Ferrari

comments on aviphags reply the company name FIAT is an acronym for Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino (Italian Automobile Factory of Turin), though it also means "let there be" in Latin.

Mercedes was as i said the coachbuilder's daughter
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As has been pointed out there are many!

I will give you just two.

The first is probably the most famous Henry Ford.

"Any color you want as long as it's black"

And the second is not so famous but as most people have seen back to the future. and this car

http://www.imdb.com/media/rm912824576/tt...

Well the name De Lorean sprins to mind.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Lorean_D...

Oh, BTW FIAT (Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torinois) not the name of a person!
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Many more than just two, but one who was embarrassed by the whole thing, poor Edsel Ford.
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Ransom E. Olds (the REO and the Oldsmoblie) and Henry J. Kaiser (the Henry J. and the Kaiser).

Technically, REO only built trucks.
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ferrari and ford
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Bentley

Buick

Bugatti

Chrysler

Crosley

Daimler

Ferrari

Fiat

Ford

Lamborghini

Olds

Packard

Pontiac (actually a political leader)

Rolls

Royce

Those are just a few that pop into one's head when first thinking about it. There are quite a few more.

The Mercedes was named for the daughter of the scientist who invented the carburetor, by Gustav Daimler, who had a crush on her.
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All that have already been mentioned, plus several 100 more that are no longer in production.

Nash, Studebaker, Baker( the first electric), Grahmn, Paige, Morris, Huxley, Stanley, Tucker, Willeys, Haynes, Stutz, Frasier Are a few of them.
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