1. Buick
   Chevrolet
2. Ford
   Chrysler

The company was named for Louis Chevrolet in 1911. Chevrolet didn't stay with the carmaker very long, due to differences with his partner, William Durant. But the name endures.

1. blue
   gold
2. silver
   red

Chevrolet's symbol is a gold "bowtie" or Swiss cross. You'll see it on the grille of their cars and trucks.

1. a blue oval
   a silver gull-wing
2. a silver emblem of the Pleiades
   a green Celtic cross

Ford is sometimes called "the blue oval company." It's Mazda that uses the gull-wing shape, and Subaru has the Pleaides ("Subaru" is the name for the Pleiades star cluster in Japanese).

1. Buick
   Chevrolet
2. Nash
   Oldsmobile

Oldsmobile was founded in the 19th century, unlike most of its rivals. Unfortunately, Oldsmobile was discontinued in 2004, so it cannot claim to be the oldest U.S. carmaker still in operation.

1. Buick
   Chevrolet
2. Ford
   Chrysler

This distinction goes to Buick. It was founded in 1908, and operates under the General Motors line.

1. Cadillac
   Lexus
2. Oldsmobile
   Lincoln

Lexus is Toyota's luxury line. Toyota has worked hard to keep the Lexus name apart from the Toyota name, including having separate dealerships.

1. Edsel Ford
   Walter P. Chrysler
2. Lee Iacocca
   Louis Chevrolet

Lee Iacocca might be better known for revitalizing Chrysler in the 1980s. But he also gets credit for the creation of the Mustang, now an iconic American car.

1. Preston Tucker
   Junior Johnson
2. Walter Chrysler
   Carroll Shelby

Carroll Shelby is a legend in the world of high-performance cars. He'll forever be associated with the "Shelby Mustang."

1. Buick
   Chevrolet
2. Ford
   Saturn

These are both Chevy offerings. They've both struggled with being viewed as "working class" sports cars, as opposed to true sports cars like the Porsche or Jaguar.

1. Chrysler
   Dodge
2. Ford
   Plymouth

For their light trucks, Dodge chose a name that suggested raw power. This wasn't true if you owned a Ram 50, the little four-banger truck made by Mitsubishi, but at least you saved on gas.

1. Cadillac
   Buick
2. Holden
   Dodge

Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac founded the northern city. Cadillac's symbol is based on his coat of arms.

1. Chevrolet
   Ford
2. Plymouth
   Oldsmobile

Lincoln is Ford's luxury brand. Its symbol is a narrow vertical cross inside an equally vertical rectangle.

1. Chevy Corvette
   Chevy Impala
2. AMC Gremlin
   AMC Pacer

An impala is a speedy grazing animal, like an antelope. When you think of the Impala, you might think of the vintage 1960s models, but updated versions are still in production today.

1. Buick
   Cadillac
2. Chevrolet
   Oldsmobile

Cadillac took the name from a mythical South American city. We're not clear on who decided to compact the name, "El Dorado," into the less elegant "Eldorado."

1. Ford Mustang
   Chevy Bel Air
2. Oldsmobile Rocket 88
   Dodge Charger

1949's Rocket 88 had an overhead valve high-compression V8 in a relatively light body. For this reason, it's considered the first muscle car, though nowadays we expect a muscle car to be a bit more compactly-built, like the Dodge Challenger.

1. Chevy
   Dodge
2. Ford
   Buick

Ford is a car company that has seen its share of highs and low. This slogan was rolled out during one of the low periods, trying to persuade Americans to get back behind the wheel of a former favorite brand.

1. Chrysler
   Ford
2. General Motors

The bailouts of 2008 gave us the phrase "too big to fail." But Ford actually pulled itself back from the edge of failure, unlike its two rivals, and did not go into bankruptcy.

1. average
   father's
2. grandmother's
   hairdresser's

This was a catchy way of saying, "We're faster and sexier than we used to be." It was a daring slogan, in that it acknowledges what many people thought of the brand.

1. Chrysler
   Dodge
2. Chevrolet
   Ford

This one might take a little explaining. Back in the day, when something was important, your boss would just say, "Hey, this is Job One." Nowadays, they have to say, "Prioritize this action item." Ford, whose slogans have always been simple, was tapping into nostalgia for a straighter-talking time with this one.

1. Buick
   Chevrolet
2. Chrysler
   Dodge

This slogan comes from an earlier time, before air travel was cheap enough to be available to many families. You'll still hear people use this one, joking about an upcoming road trip.

1. Buick
   Chrysler
2. Ford
   both #2 and #3

General Motors is a giant corporation that includes iconic American brands like Cadillac, Buick, and Chevrolet. It makes its home in the gorgeous Renaissance Center in Detroit, Michigan.

1. Nash
   Saturn
2. Tucker
   Packard

Saturn was big in the 1990s, manufacturing its cars in Spring Hill, Tennessee. Unfortunately, despite populist sentiment in support of this all-American brand, it went under in the late 2000s.

1. Denali
   Escalade
2. Navigator
   Seville

As Americans went crazy for the SUV in the 1990s, even Cadillac, known for luxury sedans, had to follow suit. Other unexpected entries in the luxury SUV market include the Lincoln Navigator and the Range Rover Evoque.

1. Chevrolet
   Dodge
2. Ford
   Cadillac

The sexy and speedy Viper is a Dodge product. Chevrolet makes its perpetual rival, the Corvette.

1. Charger
   Gremlin
2. Pacer
   Rebel

Dodge made the Charger (and still does). The other three cars were made by the now-defunct American Motors Company.

1. Holden
   Nash
2. Saturn
   Tucker

The Tucker 48 was the brainchild of designer Preston Tucker. Production was shut down during a scandal about Tucker's capital-raising methods, which some people suggest was just a smear campaign by the Big Three. If you want to learn more, check out the film, "Tucker: The Man and His Dream," by Francis Ford Coppola.

1. Dodge Neon
   Ford Fairlane
2. Plymouth Duster
   Chevy Custom 10

Ads for the Neon showed the car, face-on, and above it the simple word "Hi." Automotive writer David Fuller observed, "Some called this slogan cute. We called it annoying."

1. Ford
   Nash
2. Buick
   Chrysler

It just isn't fair, is it? Ford has made two of America's most iconic mid-century cars, the Thunderbird and the Mustang. Fun fact: It was a vintage Thunderbird convertible that was the unbilled third star of the 1990s hit, "Thelma and Louise."

1. Chevy El Camino
   Dodge Dart
2. Chrysler Sebring
   Dodge Neon

The El Camino looked like a 2-door car with a truck bed in back. It was sold in the 1960s, '70s, ​and '80s, at the end of which the SUV and the minivan both began making significant inroads into the hauling-and-utility market.

1. Chevette
   Corvette
2. Eldorado
   Pacer

The 1970s saw two oil crises, and buyers were flocking to smaller cars, like the Chevette. Neither the Corvette (a sports car) or the Eldorado (a luxury car) had much appeal to the average driver in those days.

1. son
   nephew
2. grandson
   no relation; it was a coincidence

Edsel Ford's name will forever be synonymous with the unsuccessful Edsel division of Ford. But that wasn't created until after his death, and named in his memory. Edsel Ford was generally a successful businessman and a philanthropist.

1. Acclaim
   Laser
2. Valiant
   none of these

Plymouth was discontinued, or rather merged with Chrysler, in 2001. It was the end of a brand that had been sold since the 1950s.

1. Dodge
   Chevrolet
2. Plymouth
   Cadillac

You can still see Plymouth Voyagers from the 1980s and 1990s on the road now and again. But don't stare too long. The driver is probably pretty embarrassed, especially if it's a model with wood-paneled doors.

1. Buick
   Chevrolet
2. Plymouth
   Oldsmobile

As its name suggests, the Monte Carlo was an entry in the luxury market. It also offered a big V8 engine, the gas prices of the '70s notwithstanding.

1. 1960s
   1970s
2. 1980s
   1990s

The American Motors Corporation folded in 1988. It had begun life about three and a half decades earlier, with the merger of the Nash-Kelvinator and Hudson companies.