Category: Automotive

AutoZone

About AutoZone, Inc. (NYSE: AZO) is the largest automotive parts and accessories retailer in the United States, headquartered at 123 South Front Street, Memphis, Tennessee 38103 — in the J.R. Hyde, III Store Support Center (SSC), a 270,000-square-foot, 8-story office building in Downtown Memphis that has served as AutoZone’s corporate headquarters since October 1995. AutoZone was founded in 1979 in Forrest City, Arkansas — originally as “Auto Shack” — before rebranding to AutoZone in 1987 and relocating its headquarters to Memphis, Tennessee, which has remained its home ever since. AutoZone operates 7,000+ stores across the United States, Mexico, Brazil, and Puerto Rico — maintaining its position as the clear market leader in the US automotive aftermarket retail segment, ahead of

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Safelite

About Safelite Group, Inc. — operating under the consumer brand Safelite AutoGlass — is the largest automotive glass repair and replacement company in the United States, headquartered at 7400 Safelite Way, Columbus, Ohio 43235. Safelite was founded in 1947 by Bud Glassman and Art Lankin as a single auto glass shop in Wichita, Kansas — under the original name Safelite Glass Corporation — and has since grown over 75+ years into the dominant national player in a market otherwise served by tens of thousands of independent mom-and-pop shops. Safelite is a subsidiary of Belron, a Belgium-headquartered multinational vehicle glass services company that also owns Carglass (Europe), O’Brien (Australia), and other brands across 35+ countries — and is majority-owned by private

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Mercedes-Benz USA

About Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC (MBUSA) is the official US distributor for Mercedes-Benz passenger cars, SUVs, Mercedes-AMG performance vehicles, Mercedes-Maybach ultra-luxury vehicles, the EQ electric vehicle lineup, and Mercedes-Benz Vans — headquartered at One Mercedes-Benz Drive, Sandy Springs, Georgia 30328, in the affluent northern Atlanta suburb of Sandy Springs (Fulton County), approximately 15 miles north of Downtown Atlanta. MBUSA was founded in 1965 after Mercedes-Benz cars had previously been sold in the US through Mercedes-Benz Car Sales, Inc., a subsidiary of Studebaker-Packard Corporation. MBUSA is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Mercedes-Benz Group AG (formerly Daimler AG), headquartered in Stuttgart, Germany — one of the world’s oldest and most storied automotive manufacturers, founded when Carl Benz patented the first gasoline-powered automobile

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Kia America

About Kia America, Inc. (formerly Kia Motors America) is the official US sales, marketing, and distribution subsidiary of Kia Corporation — the South Korean automaker headquartered in Seoul and a key member of the Hyundai Motor Group — with its American headquarters at 111 Peters Canyon Road, Irvine, California 92606. Kia America was incorporated in California on October 21, 1992, as Kia Motors America, Inc., and began selling vehicles in the US in 1994 with the Sephia sedan — entering a market long dominated by Japanese and American brands. The company was rebranded to “Kia America” in 2021 as part of Kia Corporation’s global brand identity refresh. Kia America serves as the nerve center for all US sales operations, dealer

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General Motors

About General Motors Company (NYSE: GM) is the largest automaker in the United States and one of the world’s largest automotive manufacturers, headquartered at Hudson’s Detroit, 1208 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, Michigan 48226 — a landmark new address that marks GM’s fourth headquarters location in its nearly 120-year history in Detroit. GM officially relocated from its longtime home at the Renaissance Center on January 13, 2026, occupying the top four floors of Bedrock’s iconic $1.5 billion Hudson’s Detroit development — built on the historic site of the former J.L. Hudson Department Store, and returning GM to Woodward Avenue where it first established a Detroit presence in 1911. GM was founded on September 16, 1908 by William C. Durant in Flint, Michigan

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NAPA Auto Parts

About NAPA Auto Parts — formally the National Automotive Parts Association — is the largest automotive parts distribution network in the United States, operating as a division of Genuine Parts Company (NYSE: GPC), an Atlanta-based Fortune 500 company headquartered at 2999 Wildwood Parkway SE, Atlanta (Marietta/Cobb County), Georgia 30339. NAPA was established in 1925 in Atlanta, Georgia, by a group of independent auto parts distributors who recognized the need for a coordinated national supply chain for replacement automotive parts — making it one of the oldest and most recognized names in the US automotive aftermarket. Today, the NAPA network spans nearly 6,000 US auto parts stores (a mix of company-owned and independently operated stores), supported by approximately 57 company-owned distribution

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Hyundai Motor America

About Hyundai Motor America is the US sales, marketing, and operational subsidiary of Hyundai Motor Company of South Korea, headquartered at 10550 Talbert Avenue, Fountain Valley, California 92708 — a state-of-the-art campus built for $150 million and recognized for innovation and sustainability in Southern California. Founded in 1986, Hyundai Motor America operates through 820+ independent dealerships nationwide, contributes $20.1 billion annually to the US economy, and employs over 4,200+ corporate and manufacturing workers. Quick Facts Founded 1986 (Fountain Valley, CA) Industry Automotive sales, marketing & distribution HQ Address 10550 Talbert Avenue, Fountain Valley, CA 92708 Parent Company Hyundai Motor Company (South Korea) Employees 4,200+ Corporate Phone (714) 965-3000 Customer Service 1-800-633-5151 Website hyundaiusa.com What Brings You Here? Find the Right

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