Manufacturers both large and small, well known and obscure, have been making vehicles across Texas since the dawn of the automobile age. What follows is a list of these companies, complied from a number of sources.

Arlington

• 1911. The "Little Motor Kar Company" built the "Little Kar"
  Also had a facility in Dallas
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  1954 – Today. General Motors is building Chevrolets & GMCs
  The major manufacturing plant now produces Suburbans & Tahoes
  

Austin

• 1968 – ?? The "Bushmaster Company," 6615 N. Lamar, built the "Bushmaster"
  

Cleburne

• 1911 – 1914. The "Cleburne Motor Car Manufacturing Company" built the "Luck" truck
  Other models. 1912 - 1913; the "Luck" Utility, 1913; the "Cleburne" car
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  1918 - 1922. The "Texas Motor Car Association" built the "Texan"
  Also had a facility in Fort Worth
  

Comanche

• 1915. The "Holden Three Wheeler Company" built the "Holden Three Wheeler"
  

Dallas

• 1909 – 1970. The "Ford Motor Company" built cars & trucks.
  This was a major manufacturing plant in its day.
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  1920. The "Texas Truck & Tractor Company" built the "Texas" car
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  1920 - 1922. The "Wharton Motors Company" built the "Wharton"
  Also had a facility in Kansas City, Missouri
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  1922. The "Little Motor Kar Company" built the "Texmobile"
  Also had a facility in Arlington
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  1964 – 1965. The "Vanguard Motors Corporation" built the "Vetta Ventura"
  

Fort Worth

• 1918. The "Bridges Motor Car & Rubber Company" built the "Bridges"
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  1918 - 1922. The "Texas Motor Car Association" built the "Texan" car
  Other models. 1919- 1922; The "Texan" (truck). Also located in Cleburne
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  1922. The "McGill Motor Car Company" built the "McGill"
  

Garland

• 1946 - 1947. "Southern Aircraft" built the "Roadable"
  

Goose Creek

• 1920 - 1922. The "Little Motor Car Company" built the "Little Car"
  

Grand Prairie

• 1905 - 1906. The "Hawkins Automobile & Gas Engine Company" built the "Hawkins"
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  1908 – 1910. The "Southern Motor Car Company" built the "Dixie Junior"
  Other models. The "Dixie Tourist"
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  1920 - 1924. The "Southern Motors Company" built the "Southern Six (car)
  Other models. 1920-1923; The "Ranger" (truck)
  

Houston

• 1968. The "VWC Specialty Company" built the VW based "Paisano Dune Buggy"
  

Kermit

• 1915 - 1922. The "Blumberg Motor Car Company" built the "Blumberg"
  Also located in San Antonio
  

San Antonio

• 1898. G.H. Lutz built the "Lutz Steam" car
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  1910. The "Commercial Motor Car Company" built the "San Antonio"
  Also located in Houston, Texas
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  1915 - 1916. The "Texas Motor Car Company" built the "Tex"
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  1915 – 1922. The "Blumberg Motor Manufacturing Company" built the "Blumberg"
  Also located in Orange, Texas
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  1919 – 1922. The "Lone Star Motor Car Company." Also known as the
  "Lone Star Truck & Tractor Association. Located at 515 Roosevelt
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  1921. The "Robertson Company" built the "Robertson"
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  2006 – Today. Toyota is building "Tundra" and "Tacoma" pick-up trucks
  

Waco

• 1914 – 1916. The "Hall Cyclecar Manufacturing Company" built the "Hall Cyclecar"
  

Wichita Falls

• 1911- 1932. The "Wichita Falls Motor Truck Company built heavy duty "Wichita" trucks.
  Other Models. 1920-1921; The "Wichita Combination Car."