Alfa Romeo

Alfa Romeo began in 1910 as A.L.F.A. (or Anonima Lombarda Fabbrica di Automobili), growing out of the company Societa Italiana Automobili Daracq, the latter being the Italian offshoot of a French car company. The first cars were probably based on these French cars, but soon A.L.F.A. was producing it's own, designed by Giuseppe Merosi.

Peugeot

Armand Peugeot was in at the very beginnings of the automobile. The descendant of a long line of engineers who pioneered steel processing, he started his career as a bicycle maker and then built a steam car in 1889.
The Peugeots stormed the race tracks of the world in the early part of the twentieth century.