AutoTrader.co.za is a site for the company that was once a subsidiary of the company that was founded by whom?
Auto Trader Group Auto Trader was founded in 1975 by John Madejski, who went on to take over Reading Football Club in 1991. John Madejski brought this idea back from the USA, and set up the business with Paul Gibbons in 1977.
IAV IAV GmbH (German: Ingenieurgesellschaft Auto und Verkehr , literal "Engineer Society Automobil and Traffic"), abbreviated to IAV, is an engineering company in the automotive industry, designing products for powertrain, electronics and vehicle development. Founded in Berlin in 1983 by Prof. Dr. Hermann Appel as a university-affiliated research institute, the company employs over 5,000 members of staff, and supplies automobile manufacturers and component suppliers. In addition to development centres in Berlin, Chemnitz and Gifhorn, IAV operates at sites in France, United Kingdom, Italy, Russia, China, India, Japan, South Korea, Brazil, Mexico and the United States.