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Car Brands: Who Owns What?

From LesleyB, Featured Contributor
Posted on July 24, 2008

There are lots of car brands. Here's who owns them all.

Ever wondered which car manufacturers own various car brands? Here's a cheat sheet that shows what's going on with the top 25 manufacturers, ranked by global sales in 2007. This does not include agreements and partnerships that don't have equity stakes in the parent company.

1. Toyota Motor Corporation(Japan)

Toyota also owns: 51% of Daihatsu, 20% of Fuji Heavy Industries (Subaru), and 6% of Isuzu


2. General Motors (U.S.)

General Motors also owns: 51% of the GM Daewoo partnership, and 10% of Fiat.


3. Volkswagen AG (Germany)

31% of The Volkswagon Group is owned by Porsche


4. Ford Motor Company (U.S.)

Ford also owns: 33% of Mazda, and 8% of Aston Martin (the rest of which is owned by a privately held Kuwait investment companies)


5. Hyundai-Kia Automotive Group (South Korea)


6. Honda Motor Corp Ltd. (Japan)


7. Nissan Motor Company (Japan)

Renault owns 44% of Nissan

Nissan also owns: 15% of Renault


8. PSA Peugeot-Citroen (France)


9. Chrysler LLC (U.S.)


10. Fiat S.p.A. (Italy)

General Motors owns 10% of Fiat


11. Renault SA (France)

Nissan owns 15% of Renault.

Renault also owns: 44% of Nissan, 25% of AvtoVAZ


12. Suzuki Motor Company (Japan)

Suzuki also owns: 54% of Maruti Suzuki, 11% of GM Daewoo,


13. Daimler AG (Germany)


14. BMW Group (Germany)


15. Mazda Motor Corporation (Japan)

Ford owns 33% of Mazda Motor Corporation


16. Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (Japan)

Mitsubishi Motors controls about 14% of Mitsubishi. Mitsubishi Corp. and Mitsubishi Motors are the largest shareholders in Mitsubishi.

Mitsubishi also owns: 13.6% of Isuzu.


17. AvtoVAZ (Russia)

Renault owns 25% of AvtoVAZ.


18. Isuzu Motors Ltd. (Japan)

13.6% of the Isuzu brand is owned by Mitsubishi Corp, and 6% is owned by Toyota Corp


19. Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation (China)

SAIC also owns: 51% of SsangYong Motor Company


20. Fuji Heavy Industries (Japan)

Toyota owns 20% of Fuji Heavy Industries


21. Chongqing Changan Automobile Company (China)


22. Dongfeng Motor Corporation (China)


23. Tata Motors Ltd.(India)


24. China FAW Group Corporation (China)

It's difficult to get a clear shot of the First Auto Work brand logos, which include Hongqi, Besturn, Vita and Jiaxing.


25. Chery Automobile Company (China)

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    From Anonymous
    Commented 19 hours ago

    here is one thing that i think u forgot to mention. Mahindra & Mahindra populary known as M&M is made in India. plz mention it... thank u, rashwanth

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    From Anonymous
    Commented on December 19, 2008

    Rolls Royce is owned by Volkswagen?

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    From bmwstar000
    Commented on October 31, 2008

    gud job!! but where's "Mahindra Motors"(India)???

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    From Anonymous
    Commented on September 15, 2008

    alright

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    From Anonymous
    Commented on August 22, 2008

    This is a great post. It really actually explains everything. Im going to have to write about this on http://crenk.com I think

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    From LesleyB
    Commented on August 11, 2008

    ha! cra-ppy is indeed a bad word. I've tried to use it in a post many a time and it gets overwritten. I agree on GM - seems like they could consolidate some of those brands. It must be hard to get significant marketing behind them, which might be why they've lumped all their brands into a single GM commercial at the olympics..

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    From Anonymous
    Commented on August 5, 2008

    cra-ppy is a bad word???

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    From Anonymous
    Commented on August 5, 2008

    gm owns a lot of &#!@ brands

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    From wescad
    Commented on August 3, 2008

    Seems like GM can afford to reduce another line to streamline their operations. Thus increasing revenue; something they really need right now.

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    From Orion
    Commented on August 1, 2008

    So bizarre. I always think of all these brands as being separate - an entity unto themselves. But it's a Wal-Mart ABC TNT world, I suppose...

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    From Anonymous
    Commented on July 28, 2008

    Who owns the Suzuki corporation?

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    From Anonymous
    Commented on July 26, 2008

    Oldsmobile is dead.

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    From Anonymous
    Commented on July 25, 2008

    Very Interesting...knew about almost all...expect Volkswagen and Lamborghini etc...

  • Flag
    From Anonymous
    Commented on July 25, 2008

    GM also owns Oldsmobile, though I don't know if it all or a percentage.

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