Family tree for car manufacturers / brands

ballinloughan · 10-03-2008 5:08pm #1

Was wondering if anyone knew the breakdown of all the various car manufacturers in terms of what manufacturers own what brands. For instance (correct me if I'm wrong!):

Toyota own Lexus
Volkswagen own audi/skoda/seat/lamborghini
Ford own vovlo/land rover/mazda/jaguar/aston martin
Nissan own Infinity
Citroen and peugeot
Honda own Acura
GM own SAAB/chevy/opel/vauxhal
Fiat own Ferrari
BMW

Who owns:
Rolls royce, Bentley, Alfa Rameo, Maserati, Renault, Lotus .... etc and the list goes on ...

PaulieC · 10-03-2008 5:11pm

I'll bite...

Rolls Royce - BMW
Bentley - VW
Alfa/Maserati/Ferrari - FIAT
Dihatsu - Toyota
Kia - Hyundai

MuffinsDa · 10-03-2008 5:13pm

ballinloughan wrote: »

Rolls royce, Bentley, Alfa Rameo, Maserati, Renault, Lotus .... etc and the list goes on ...

Renault owns Nissan.
Fiat owns Alfa.

milltown · 10-03-2008 5:14pm

Lotus are owned by Proton.
Alfa and Maserati by Fiat.
Renault are owned by the French state.
BMW own RR
VW own Bentley.

S.I.R · 10-03-2008 5:16pm

Renault owns Nissan

Bmw and merc are the same company who own mini and volvo ( but they sold them to GM right ? )

Fait owns lancia, alfa romeo , ducatti

volkswagen owns lamboghini and bugatti also Bently aswell ?

rover/mg is now Chinese

Diahatsu was and still is owned by toyta... or just makes parts for them...

lotus is self owned i belive but makes vauhalls ( VX220 )

Jaguar owns itself i belive as do austin martin

milltown · 10-03-2008 5:17pm

MuffinsDa wrote: »

Renault owns Nissan.

Not quite true, though they are in cahoots.

S.I.R · 10-03-2008 5:20pm

milltown wrote: »

Not quite true, though they are in cahoots.

They sturct a deal in the early 90's and have been going ever since.... never heard of any trouble in the deals they done

milltown · 10-03-2008 5:24pm

From Wiki:

[edit] Alliance with Renault
In 1999, with Nissan facing severe financial difficulties, Nissan entered an alliance with Renault S.A. of France.[11]

Signed on March 27, 1999, the Renault-Nissan Alliance is the first of its kind involving a Japanese and a French car manufacturer, each with its own distinct corporate culture and brand identity. The same year, Renault appointed its own Chief Operating Officer, Carlos Ghosn, as Chief Operating Officer of Nissan and took a 22.5% stake in Nissan Diesel. Later that year, Nissan fired its top Japanese executives.

The Renault-Nissan Alliance is a unique group of two global companies linked by cross-shareholding, with Renault holding 44.3% of Nissan shares, while Nissan holds 15% of Renault shares.

Under president Ghosn's "Nissan Revival Plan" (NRP), the company has rebounded in what many leading economists consider to be one of the most spectacular corporate turnarounds in history, catapulting Nissan to record profits and a dramatic revitalization of both its Nissan and Infiniti model line-ups. Despite the turnaround, Infiniti sales have been a disappointment. In 2001, the company initiated Nissan 180, capitalizing on the success of the NRP. The targets set with 180 were an additional sale of 1 million cars, achieving operating margins of 8%, and to have zero automotive debts. Ghosn has been recognized in Japan for the company's turnaround in the midst of an ailing Japanese economy. Ghosn and the Nissan turnaround were featured in Japanese manga and popular culture. His achievements in revitalizing Nissan were noted by Emperor Akihito, who awarded him the Japan Medal with Blue Ribbon in 2004.

In December 1999, legal action was instituted by Nissan Motors seeking $10,000,000 in damages from Uzi Nissan, founder and president of Nissan Computer Corp. The outcome of the case is still unresolved, although Nissan.com has not yet been turned over to Nissan Motors.

The first product of the Nissan-Renault alliance was the Nissan Primera, launched in 2001 and based on the Renault Laguna that had been launched in 2000. Subsequently, Nissan's Micra, Note and Versa models have shared the same mechanical design as the Renault Clio.

kaimera · 10-03-2008 5:29pm

toyota:

Daihatsu
Hino
Lexus
Scion
Toyota

GM:

Buick
Cadillac
Chevrolet
Daewoo
GMC
Pontiac
Holden
Hummer
Opel
Saturn
Saab
Vauxhall

Ford:

Ford
Jaguar
Land Rover
Lincoln
Automobile Craiova
Mercury
Volvo Cars

VW:

Audi
Bentley
Bugatti
Lamborghini
quattro GmbH
SEAT
Škoda
Volkswagen
Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles
Scania AB

Honda:

Acura
Honda

PSA Peugeot Citroën:

Peugeot
Citroen

Nissan:

Nissan
Infiniti

Chrysler:

Chrysler
Dodge
Jeep

Renault:

Renault
Samsung
Dacia

Hyundai:

Hyundai

Fiat:

Abarth
Alfa Romeo
Ferrari
Fiat
Iveco
Maserati
Lancia

Suzuki:

Suzuki
Maruti

Daimler:

Mercedes-Benz
Mercedes-AMG
Maybach
Smart
Mitsubishi Fuso
Freightliner

Mazda:

Mazda

Kia:

Kia

BMW:

BMW
Mini
Rolls

Mitsu:

Bishi

Fuji:

Subaru

Tata:

Daewoo

woodseb · 10-03-2008 5:32pm

ballinloughan wrote: »

Ford own vovlo/land rover/mazda/jaguar/aston martin
...

Tata are buying Jaguar and Land Rover from Ford

Ford are looking for a buyer for Volvo

Aston Martin was sold to a group led by David Richards of BAR

GM owns SAAB

JHMEG · 10-03-2008 5:36pm

Toyota also have a stake in Fuji Heavy Industries whose car making division is better known as Subaru.

I don't think you could really say Toyota, Honda or Nissan own Lexus, Acura or Infiniti. They are simply branding. FWIW Toyota also has Scion in the US.

Ford only owns 34% of Mazda.

milltown · 10-03-2008 5:41pm

S.I.R wrote: »

Bmw and merc are the same company

:eek:
Who knew?

unkel · 10-03-2008 6:00pm

S.I.R wrote: »

Bmw and merc are the same company who own mini and volvo ( but they sold them to GM right ? )

LOL, you need to go back to Google

Biro · 10-03-2008 6:27pm

BMW and Merc the same company? That's almost as bad as suggesting that Ford and GM are the same company!

So far, Kaimera's list has been the most accurate.
However, Porsche are now owned by Porsche holdings or some such name they set up, and they own a reasonably significant stake in VW, have done for a long time.
In most cases it's not all that straight forward, and you'd need to go back into the history of the agreements. Like the mistake that Ford own Mazda, they don't, but are a 34% share holder as pointed out. But that doesn't make them owners.
It might also be interesting to investigate the Volkswagen and Audi "merger" for want of a better word. That dates back to the days of Auto Union etc, so Vw might be the acting parent company, but they may be more independent than might first seem with regard to the actual company status. Like it's commonly stated that Audi own Lamborghini, but there must be a reason that Audi bought them rather than VW. Maybe it sounds better!

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