Kodi Manufacturing was founded in Hungary in 1927 by Kodi Attila and Kodi Balázs. The Kodi's invented one of the first all-steel cars in Eastern Europe. Bicycles were the first vehicles produced by the Kodis . In 1928 they opened a machine shop in the town of Székesfehérvár, making stove parts and, later, auto parts. The Kodi Brothers in 1931 established a large auto-parts plant in Budapest, Hungary. There the brothers made engines and other auto parts and in 1933 they began producing their own automobiles. Production was abruptly halted and the plant was closed during the dark years of World War 2.

After the fall of Nazi Germany, the Kodi Brothers decided to re-open operations in rapidly growing post-war Germany. In 1946 Kodi Manufacturing was re-born. Kodi Attila and Kodi Balázs were responsible for a number of manufacturing innovations, including an oven that could bake enamel onto steel auto bodies. By 1952, the year in which both brothers died, Kodi was one of the industry's largest companies.

Kodi Manufacturing continued to prosper throughout the 60's and 70's, however the company began to see dwindling sales during the 1980's. Cost of production and ever-increasing competition forced Kodi to close many of their European manufacturing plants. By 1994, Kodi Manufacturing was on the verge of bankruptcy and the future seemed bleak at best.

The Kodi concern was purchased by rF Motors in 1995. Realizing that a complete overhaul of the company was in order, rF Motors re-located Kodi headquarters to the Motor City. The next 8 years proved prosperous for the newly-invigorated Kodi name. State-of-the-Art manufacturing was implemented, world class German engineers were contracted, and an agressive marketing campaign focusing on Kodi Motorsport was launched world-wide.

rF Motors made a bold decision in 2004 to re-capture the history of Kodi by constructing a brand-new European manufacturing facility in Munich Germany...just 3 kilometers from the old Kodi Manufacturing building. The Kodi Brothers would be proud.