Automotive Foundation Timeline & Brand Longevity Workbench

Interactive Historical Timeline Scrubber (1800 – Present)

1916

1800 1850 1900 1916 (Default) 1950 2000 2026

Active Companies in 1916

Brand Added in 1916

BMW

Oldest Active Brand

Peugeot (106 years old)

Era Classification

WWI & Aviation Transition Era

Brand Roster & Industrial Origins

Showing 9 of 13 Companies

Comparative Longevity & Age-Gap Engine

Brand A (Primary Baseline)

Brand B (Comparison Target)

106 Years

Founding Gap (Peugeot 1810 vs BMW 1916)

Complete Automotive Founding Dataset (@stats_feed)

1810 – 1937 Historical Records

Brand Name	Founding Year	Country / Region	Original Industry / Sector	Status at 1916	Age at 1916	Current Operational Age (2026)