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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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