Multi-Level Dropdown menu - Clear selection way with many brands and models

Hello,

we produce parts for espresso machines and would like to know our customers owned brand and model. This will either happen during the sign-up process or in a dedicated subscription preference update mail during the sign-up/welcome-flow.

The thing is, that we have more than half a dozen manufacturers with a lot of different machine models from each manufacturer. Creating a drop-down menu with all brands and models will be an overload of options. Like this:

• Brand A - Model A
• Brand A - Model B
• Brand A - Model C
• Brand B - Model A
• Brand B - Model B
• Brand B - Model C
• Brand C - Model A
• …

A text input could produce a lot of misses due to typos or different ways of typing in the brand and model.

Is there a way for, say, creating a dropdown for the brand and a second dropdown which options are depending on the selection of the first dropdown. Like this

      Dropdown I - Selection

• Brand A

       Dropdown II - Displayed Options

• Model A (Brand A)
• Model B (Brand A)
• Model C (Brand A)

Or having the options in the drop-down displayed in a more sorted way, like this

• Brand A
  • Model A
  • Model B
  • Model C
• Brand B
  • Model A
  • Model B
  • Model C

Or is there any other way or workaround of collecting this information in a user-friendly and clear way?

Thanks a bunch in advance!

Christian