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Car Brands: Who Owns What?
From LesleyB, Featured Contributor
Posted on July 24, 2008
Filed under Industry
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 Volkswagen 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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LesleyB is a featured contributor for vLane.
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From Anonymous
Commented on July 25, 2008GM also owns Oldsmobile, though I don't know if it all or a percentage.
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From Anonymous
Commented on July 25, 2008Very Interesting...knew about almost all...expect Volkswagen and Lamborghini etc...
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From Anonymous
Commented on July 26, 2008Oldsmobile is dead.
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From Anonymous
Commented on July 28, 2008Who owns the Suzuki corporation?
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From Orion
Commented on August 1, 2008So 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 wescad
Commented on August 3, 2008Seems 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 Anonymous
Commented on August 5, 2008gm owns a lot of &#!@ brands
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From Anonymous
Commented on August 5, 2008cra-ppy is a bad word???
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From LesleyB
Commented on August 11, 2008ha! 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 22, 2008This 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 Anonymous
Commented on September 15, 2008alright
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From bmwstar000
Commented on October 31, 2008gud job!! but where's "Mahindra Motors"(India)???
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From Anonymous
Commented on December 19, 2008Rolls Royce is owned by Volkswagen?
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From Anonymous
Commented on January 5, 2009here 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 January 18, 2009I'm actually MOSTLY surprised by how many different companies there actually is
I figured it'd end up being like a coke/pepsi type of thing
GuffinMopes http://moneyintenclicks.blogspot.com
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From Anonymous
Commented on January 24, 2009It is nice to know which companies own what companies, but WHO owns what?
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From Anonymous
Commented on February 14, 2009dude a nice effort but i could not find the Aston Marin in it
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From Anonymous
Commented on February 14, 2009also missing BUICK
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From Anonymous
Commented on March 6, 2009Jaguar is owned by Ford I do believe and that one was left out
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From Anonymous
Commented on March 16, 2009Who owns AMC ?
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From Anonymous
Commented on March 27, 2009Actually Ford sold off Jaguar last year, Money issues.
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From Anonymous
Commented on June 14, 2009wheres proton and perodua and hafei
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From Anonymous
Commented on June 15, 2009This information on this website is outdated and needs to be updated, this isn't the correct information
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From Anonymous
Commented on June 16, 2009but ford does own aston martin.... its the dark black square
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From Anonymous
Commented on June 16, 2009and buick is a gm brand
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From Anonymous
Commented on June 17, 2009Suzuki owns Suzuki, Buick is a GM product, Aston Martin is owned by Ford, AMC has been dead for decades, Oldsmobile is dead and "gud" is spelled "good". God, what a pack of idiots.
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From Anonymous
Commented on June 17, 2009"Rolls Royce is owned by Volkswagen?" Can't you read? It clearly states that Rolls Royce is owned by BMW, not Volkswagen.
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From Anonymous
Commented on June 17, 2009"This information on this website is outdated and needs to be updated, this isn't the correct information" Maybe they're waiting for july 24th of '09 to post another one. =]
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From Anonymous
Commented on June 20, 2009&#!@ OBAMA AND PELOSI AND REID
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From Anonymous
Commented on July 14, 2009i cant believe that volkswagon owns lamborghini and bugatti
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From Anonymous
Commented on September 2, 2009Alot of people are noticing the disappearance of Oldsmoblie and Pontiac from the GM line. I think that in 4 or 5 more years when people's pocketbooks are alittle better they'll bring it back and call it the Pontiac Phoneix(the firebird will rise again). Also a couple years back it seemed like they were more names in the Japanese sector did some of them get slashed? It's sad to see a company or brand just vanish into thin air.
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From Anonymous
Commented on September 5, 2009hehe Just know next time your in your JETTA you got a Lamborghini between your legs!!
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From astonmartinfreak
Commented on October 20, 2009Volkswagon may own lambo and bugatti, but they are still made by the original companies, very few parts are interchangeable, except for the gallardo engine and the audi r8. and also the fact that volkswagon does build the engine for bugatti.
where is lotus and tvr.. i didnt see them on there period. tvr is owned by russia now isnt it>?
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From Anonymous
Commented on November 9, 2009vw & gm is big
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From Anonymous
Commented on November 9, 2009toyota 20% of subaru?
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From Anonymous
Commented on November 9, 2009chana? hummmmmm
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From Anonymous
Commented on November 10, 2009General Motors is a big company.
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From Anonymous
Commented on November 10, 2009lada? HMMMMMMMMM
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From Anonymous
Commented on November 25, 2009good work on the list
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From Anonymous
Commented on December 6, 2009U guys rock!! With all these cars
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From crazymofoko
Commented on December 25, 2009Also the s8 has a 450 hp lambo engine
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From crazymofoko
Commented on December 25, 2009Audi s8 (sorry for you non knower's). My audi has a porche tranny . 01 a8l
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From Anonymous
Commented on January 12, 2010Lotus is owned by Proton (who are missing from this list, as has already been mentioned.)
TVR went bankrupt a few years back, not long after Peter Wheeler sold it to the Russian kid, although there are rumours that it has been resurrected.
As for the VW/Rolls Royce/Bentley/BMW conundrum: VW bought the company that made Rolls Royce and Bentley cars from Vickers, but the name "Rolls Royce" is owned by Rolls Royce plc (i.e. the company that makes engines for commercial and military aircraft) and is only licensed to the car manufacturer. Although VW own the rights to the look of the radiator grill and the spirit of ecstasy, BMW did a deal to license the name and created an entirely new company and factory to make entirely new cars in the South of England. They then licensed the radiator grill and spirit of ecstasy back from VW. Confused? You will be. But that's how VW own Bentley and BMW "own" Rolls Royce.
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From Anonymous
Commented on January 14, 2010this is retarded, no wonder they are all having $$ issues. they cant even tell who the heck really owns anything. pend more time worrying who owns the name of something then they do if their engine actually preforms well.
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From Anonymous
Commented 5 days agoFord also owns Jaguar and I thought they joined with mitsubishi too. Hummer is no longer with GM.
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