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What we compareACArash
Country in archiveUnited KingdomUnited Kingdom
Founded19041999
FounderJohn Weller and John PortwineArash Farboud
HeadquartersThames Ditton, Surrey, UKNewmarket, Suffolk, UK
Name originAC comes from the initials of the company's early names. It began as Autocars and Accessories in 1904 and became Auto Carriers Ltd. in 1911, and the letters A and C carried through every later change of owner and corporate name.The company is named after its founder, Arash Farboud. It began as Farboud Limited in 1999 and changed its name to Arash Motor Company in 2006, using his first name.
Selected modelsCobra, Ace, Aceca, AC 428, 3000MEFarboud GT, AF-8, AF-10
Earliest archived brand logo19111999
Latest archived logo20222006
Archived logo assets52

Logo dates are archive labels; symbols dated before a brand's founding are excluded from its earliest-logo date. Asset counts include all archived variants, not just redesigns. A dash means a value is unavailable.

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