The new WHO OWNS WHO page

[cp1]

Kind of interesting to see now that its been updated for this year!!!

BMW Motor company owns:

BMW
MINI
ROLLS ROYCE
BRILLIANCE (only in china)

Daimler Chrysler now owns:

BEIJING JEEP
CHRYSLER
DODGE
JEEP
MAYBACH
MERCEDES-BENZ
MITSUBISHI (<20%)
SMART

Fiat S.p.A. now owns:

ABARTH
ALFA ROMEO
FERRARI
FIAT
LANCIA
MASERATI

Ford now owns:

ASTON MARTIN
FORD
JAGUAR
LAND ROVER
LINCOLN
MAZDA (34% and the controlling stake)
MERCURY
PUMA
VOLVO

Fuji heavy Industries now owns:

SUBARU

GM now owns:

AM GENERAL (military hummv's only)
BUICK
CADILLAC
CHEVROLET
DAEWOO
GMC
HOLDEN (australia)
HUMMER
ISUZU (10%)
OPEL
PONTIAC
SATURN
SAAB
SUZUKI (20%)
VAUXHALL

Honda Motors now owns:

ACURA
HONDA

Hyundai Kia Automotive Group now owns:

HYUNDAI
KIA

PSA Group now owns:

CITROEN
PUEGEOT

Renault now owns:

NISSAN
INFINITY
RENAULT

Toyota Motor Corp now owns:

DAIHATSU
Fuji Heavy Industries (20% Subaru)
HINO
LEXUS
SCION
TOYOTA

Volkswagen Group now owns:

AUDI
BENTLEY
BUGATTI
LAMBORGHINI
SEAT
SKODA
VOLKSWAGEN

Larger Independant:

PORSCHE (owns 21.2% of VW but not the VW group)
TVR
PANOZ
LOTUS
SALEEN ------> ( is also building all of the new ford GT's )
QVALE
SHELBY AMERICAN
McLAREN
TOMMY KAIRA
TESLA MOTORS
MARLIN CARS
ULTIMA SPORTS LTD
VECTOR SUPERCARS
WRIGHTSPEED
FISKER
KOENIGSEGG
YAMAHA
RUF
GILLET
GEMBALLA

[BoS_DC2]

Originally posted by cp1
Kind of interesting to see now that its been updated for this year!!!



Daimler Chrysler now owns:

BEIJING JEEP
CHRYSLER
DODGE
JEEP
MAYBACH
MERCEDES-BENZ
MITSUBISHI (&lt;20%)
SMART

Ford now owns:

ASTON MARTIN
FORD
JAGUAR
LAND ROVER
LINCOLN
MAZDA (34% and the controlling stake)
MERCURY
PUMA
VOLVO



Oh wow. Those are surprising to me.

[Rush.ca]

I am prett sure volkswagen ownes porche

[Slashin_]

i thought chev bought a korean car company few years back....that how they came out with optra,epica....

[cp1]

Originally posted by Rush.ca
I am prett sure volkswagen ownes porche

No they are actually separate companies although they do have very close partnerships on a lot of projects for instance the porsche cayenne and the vw tourag are both manufactured at vw's plant in the czech republic.


Originally posted by Slashin_
i thought chev bought a korean car company few years back....that how they came out with optra,epica....

it was pointed out by Slashin_ that GM does own Daewoo which produced these cars, thanks.

As well FYI all new pontiac vibes are outfitted with Toyota Branded motors, taken right out of the toyota matrix... its odd popping the hood of the pontiac and looking at a big toyota logo.

[Slashin_]

gm owns daewoo......

[cp1]

Originally posted by Slashin_
gm owns daewoo......

oops totally screwed that up my apologies its edited now.
However GM only owns DAEWOO motors not the daewoo group and is working feverishly to rebadge them to get away from the daewoo name!

[dennisaur]

good post, very informative.:thumbsup:

yeah i've also always thought that VW owned Porsche, this clears things up

[cp1]

Originally posted by dennisaur
good post, very informative.:thumbsup:

yeah i've also always thought that VW owned Porsche, this clears things up

Other way around actually ive edited it to show that! see this is what happens when you write these things so late!!!

im sure there will be lots more edits in the new year... lots of rumors about things to come!

[Crymson]

SAAB and Subaru must be close aren't they? Isn't the 9-3 and the impreza the same car?

[cp1]

Originally posted by Crymson
SAAB and Subaru must be close aren't they? Isn't the 9-3 and the impreza the same car?

Yes they were quite close until earlier this year when GM sold off its shares in Subaru to Toyota.

[tentacles]

BMW doesn't "own" Brilliance, they have a joint venture with them to produce BMWs inside China. All it is is a way to get around import tarrifs, because foreign auto companies can only build in China with a Chinese joint venture partner. It's the same with all the other companies that make cars in China. It's all in name only, all the plant in China does is assemble kits imported in Germany on a completely automated production line, Brilliance Auto has their own car brands in China, they don't actually have anything to do with making BMWs.

Same thing with Beijing Jeep.

DCX also owns :

85% of Mitsubishi Fuso Trucks
30% of EADS (Airbus)

Toyota also owns:

6.5% of Isuzu
100% Aisin Seki, the tranny maker. The 6 sp transmission in your 911 is made by Toyota. :clap:


Ford now owns:

ASTON MARTIN
FORD
JAGUAR
LAND ROVER
LINCOLN
MAZDA (34% and the controlling stake)
MERCURY
PUMA
VOLVO

There's a small company in Brazil that use to make knockoff VWs in the late 90s called Puma, but they have nothing to do with Ford, and neither does the maker of women's shoes. Where did you get that from? :nut:


Also there's this small independent company called Honda......

[AzN'SKillZ]

Originally posted by cp1
Kind of interesting to see now that its been updated for this year!!!

BMW Motor company owns:

BMW
MINI
ROLLS ROYCE
BRILLIANCE (only in china)

Daimler Chrysler now owns:

BEIJING JEEP
CHRYSLER
DODGE
JEEP
MAYBACH
MERCEDES-BENZ
MITSUBISHI (&lt;20%)
SMART

Fiat S.p.A. now owns:

ABARTH
ALFA ROMEO
FERRARI
FIAT
LANCIA
MASERATI

Ford now owns:

ASTON MARTIN
FORD
JAGUAR
LAND ROVER
LINCOLN
MAZDA (34% and the controlling stake)
MERCURY
PUMA
VOLVO

Fuji heavy Industries now owns:

SUBARU

GM now owns:

AM GENERAL (military hummv's only)
BUICK
CADILLAC
CHEVROLET
DAEWOO
GMC
HOLDEN (australia)
HUMMER
ISUZU (10%)
OPEL
PONTIAC
SATURN
SAAB
SUZUKI (20%)
VAUXHALL

Hyundai Kia Automotive Group now owns:

HYUNDAI
KIA

PSA Group now owns:

CITROEN
PUEGEOT

Renault now owns:

NISSAN
INFINITY
RENAULT

Toyota Motor Corp now owns:

DAIHATSU
Fuji Heavy Industries (20% Subaru)
HINO
LEXUS
SCION
TOYOTA

Volkswagen Group now owns:

AUDI
BENTLEY
BUGATTI
LAMBORGHINI
SEAT
SKODA
VOLKSWAGEN

Larger Independant:

PORSCHE (owns 21.2% of VW but not the VW group)
TVR
PANOZ
LOTUS
SALEEN ------&gt; ( is also building all of the new ford GT's )
QVALE
SHELBY AMERICAN
McLAREN
TOMMY KAIRA
TESLA MOTORS
MARLIN CARS
ULTIMA SPORTS LTD
VECTOR SUPERCARS
WRIGHTSPEED
FISKER
KOENIGSEGG
YAMAHA
RUF
GILLET
GEMBALLA

i guess hondas to small of a company to make the list.

[benyl]

Originally posted by Crymson
SAAB and Subaru must be close aren't they? Isn't the 9-3 and the impreza the same car?

No, Subaru made the Saab 9-2 for GM. This was when GM owned 20% of Subaru. Toyota has since bought that share and the 9-2 has gone the way of the dodo.

[cp1]

Originally posted by tentacles
BMW doesn't &quot;own&quot; Brilliance, they have a joint venture with them to produce BMWs inside China. All it is is a way to get around import tarrifs, because foreign auto companies can only build in China with a Chinese joint venture partner. It's the same with all the other companies that make cars in China. It's all in name only, all the plant in China does is assemble kits imported in Germany on a completely automated production line, Brilliance Auto has their own car brands in China, they don't actually have anything to do with making BMWs.

Same thing with Beijing Jeep.

DCX also owns :

85% of Mitsubishi Fuso Trucks
30% of EADS (Airbus)

Toyota also owns:

6.5% of Isuzu
100% Aisin Seki, the tranny maker. The 6 sp transmission in your 911 is made by Toyota. :clap:


There's a small company in Brazil that use to make knockoff VWs in the late 90s called Puma, but they have nothing to do with Ford, and neither does the maker of women's shoes. Where did you get that from? :nut:


Also there's this small independent company called Honda......

good points but...

I Tried not to include truck or heavy equipment manufaturers or most of the chinese market as of my first post there are over 750 car manufaturers worldwide most of whom people would have no idea what they make.

secondly parts manufacturers i also tried as much as possible to exclude. otherwise this list would just be rediculous tho i do admit to have included a few.

Now for PUMA... DID YOU KNOW that the puma name was bought by ford from VW? yes it was VWs attempt at selling brazillian "kit cars" basically through the early 80's.

and my sincere apologies for not having honda thought i did see thats what happens late at night!;)

I also didnt include the toyota and isuzu part because while toyota does have a 5% stake in isuzu, they also have 500,000 shares in toyota so it pretty much nullifies the point.

[LilDrunkenSmurf]

Isn't Aston Martin being sold off? I heard that Ford was trying to sell it off, even though it's one of the few that actually brings in a proft. And that the CEO of Aston Martin is thinking of buying it out??

[cp1]

Originally posted by LilDrunkenSmurf
Isn't Aston Martin being sold off? I heard that Ford was trying to sell it off, even though it's one of the few that actually brings in a proft. And that the CEO of Aston Martin is thinking of buying it out??

Ford has been considering a massive restructure including possibly selling off volvo jaguar and aston martin but as of yet they havent done anything.