8. Nissan
Nissan is a Japanese multinational automobile manufacturer and it is the 8th most googled car brand in the world according to Google.
The company which was founded in 1933 by Masujiro Hashimoto, Kenjiro Den, Rokuro Aoyama, Meitaro Takeuchi, Yoshiuke Aikawa, and William R. Gorham, is headquartered in Nishi-ku, Yokohama, Japan.
1999 was the year that Nissan made a partnership with French automaker Renault to form the Renault-Nissan Alliance.
As of 2013, Renault holds a 43.4% voting stake in Nissan, while Nissan holds a 15% non-voting stake in Renault.
The car brand sells its products under the Nissan, Infiniti, Datsun and NISMO brands.
