Nazis and kamikazes, reclusive millionaires and eccentric boffins. Cars and planes have a shared heritage.
Honda
Honda
Honda began research into aircraft engines in earnest in the mid-1980s, though it did not enter production until 1999.
Saab
Saab
Born from jets, cars from Saab are still styled to reflect their aeronautical heritage.
Rolls-Royce
Rolls-Royce
The Hon Charles Stewart Rolls holds the dubious honour of being the first Englishman to die in a flying accident...
Renault
Renault
Renault is said to have been the first car-maker to branch out into aviation, producing its first eight-cylinder aircraft engines as early as 1907.
Volvo
Volvo
Saab is not the only Swedish car-maker with an aeronautical heritage, and indeed, the two companies' fortunes have been inextricably linked in the air.
Fiat
Fiat
The Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino, established in 1899 in Turin, has always been more than just a car-maker...
Skoda
Skoda
Both Skoda and Laurin & Klement, the car-maker it took over in 1925 to get into the automotive industry, have dabbled in aviation...
BMW
BMW
Aviation engineers Karl Rapp and Gustav Otto set up an engine and aircraft factory at Munich's first airfield, Oberwiesenfeld, just before WWI...
Opel
Opel
Like its fellow German manufacturers, Adam Opel AG played its part in the two World Wars of the last century.
Nissan
Nissan
Nissan was founded in 1911 and soon began making cars, trucks and military vehicles...
Mitsubishi
Mitsubishi
Makers of the famous 'Zero' WW2 fighter.
Rover
Rover
Rover's most notable contribution to aviation was its role in the development of the jet engine.
Alfa Romeo
Alfa Romeo
Nicola Romeo took control of ALFA in 1916, securing a contract to produce engines for fighter planes, for Italy's participation in World War I.
Bugatti
Bugatti
Designing aircraft engines funded Bugatti's move into car-making.
