When it comes to the pinnacle of motorsport where everything from the positioning of bolts to the slightest ratio adjustment of motorsport gears can make all the difference, most of the biggest and most successful names are the ones you would expect to see.
Mercedes, Ferrari and Honda in Formula One, Toyota in the World Endurance Championship and World Rally Championship, Volvo in the World Touring Car Championship and so many other major manufacturers have become champions and forged their brand through elite success.
However, there are some makes that are rather more unusual and have quite a unique history at the top of motorsport.
Subaru In Formula One
Subaru is one of the most famous names in the history of rallying, with the blue and yellow Impreza WRC one of the most intimidating and famous rally cars in history.
However, their attempts to compete in Formula One using their flat-layout engines lasted just eight races in 1990, with engines that were underpowered, overweight and led to the team failing to even escape pre-qualifying a single time whilst the Subaru powered the car.
Subaru pulled out, giving the team back to Enzo Coloni, who promptly sold it to Andrea Sassetti to create one of the most infamously awful teams in history, Andrea Moda.
Lamborghini
As the arch-rival of the Prancing Horse, it is somewhat surprising that it took so long for Ferruccio Lamborghini’s factory to produce a racing car, but he deemed it an unnecessary expense, and it was only when engineers went behind his back to design what became the Miura that he changed his mind.
After several failed projects including a sports car that became the BMW M1 and a modified Countach QVX Group C sports car that despite potential in the hands of future Top Gear presenter Tiff Needell only ran a single race, the Raging Bull became a Formula One manufacturer.
Outside of a phenomenal podium finish by Aguri Suzuki’s Lamborghini-powered Larrousse in 1990, this run was largely unsuccessful, and parent company Chrysler ended the F1 project in 1993.