Louis Chevrolet 's invented the overhead valve engine , founded Ford Motor Co. Fearless race car driver Louis Chevrolet 's name stuck for its musical lilt . Inventor Ransom E. Olds filed a patent for an `` auto-mobile '' during the mid-1890s . The Henry Ford Company fired its namesake who later started The Henry Ford Company Buick Motor Car Co. name came from the Toyoda loom works in Japan , Japan .
Louis Chevrolet 's invented the overhead valve engine , founded Ford Motor Co. Fearless race car driver Louis Chevrolet 's name stuck for its musical lilt . The Henry Ford Company fired its namesake who later started The Henry Ford Company Buick Motor Car Co. name came from the Toyoda loom works in Japan , Japan .