scooby_si

Out of interest which of the brands are actually owned by whom, there's only like a couple of actual differtly companies which own them all isn't there but i wondered if anyone has the specifics?
Cheers
Si

NotoriousREV

Ford owns Lincoln, Mercury, Mazda, Volvo, Jaguar, Land Rover and Aston Martin

Proton own Lotus

Renault and Nissan have a tie-up, but not really a wholly owned thing

GM owns Chevrolet, Pontiac, Buick, Cadillac, GMC, Oldsmobile, Saturn, Hummer, SAAB, Opel, Isuzu, Vauxhall, Holden and Daewoo

Citroen and Peugeot are in the same group (PSA)

Chrysler own Mercedes, SMART, Dodge and Jeep

VAG own VW, Audi, Bentley, Skoda, SEAT, Bugatti and Lamborghini

BMW own Rolls Royce and MINI

Thats all I can remember, feel free to correct

BMWhere?

Some from the top of my head, I'm sure there's more!

VW=
Audi
Skoda
Seat
Lambourghini
Bentley

Ford=
Volvo
Land Rover
Aston Martin
Jaguar
(other US brands)

FIAT=
Alfa Romeo
Ferrari
Masserati

GM=
Vauxhall
Opel
Holden
Saab
(Share in Subaru)
(Share of FIAT)
(Some other US brands)

BMW=
Mini
Rolls Royce
(Share in Subaru)

Toyota=
Lexus

Daimler Chrysler=
Mercedes
Chrysler
Smart (with Swatch)

PSA=
Peugeut
Citroen

Robocop

I thought that Daimler Chrysler has major shares in Mitsubishi but don't want to waste much more cash on them ?

TonyBurns

iTrader: (3)

Add bugatti to the VW family

Tony

st3ph3n

DaimlerChrysler were the Majority shareholders in Mitsubishi Motors, but I believe they aren't anymore, although they still hold a large portion.

You are correct that they wont give them anymore money.

Japan's only unprofitable car manufacturer. Probably because other than the Evo and the LS200 they currently make some really **** cars.

phelpsa

Subaru are owned by Fuji Heavy Industries

SCD Simon

iTrader: (1)

Subaru are under the GM umbrella IIRC
Does that mean were driving rebadged v.halls LOL

S.B.

You didn't read post 2 then?

AndyC_772

iTrader: (2)

AFAIK, GM only have about a 10% stake in Subaru - we're not all driving rebadged Vauxhalls yet!

Also Renault now own a substantial stake in Nissan.

GC8

It might surprise you to learn that Porsche, or rather the Porsche family (Porsche is a family owned firm) own a substantial stake in VAG. Thats why there wasnt any concern that Porsche would fold or be bought by a competitor during their lean years in the late eighties and early nineties.

Simon

BMWhere?

AFAIK, the majority share holder in Subaru is Fuji Heavy Industries (FHI), so they therfore are the 'owners' so to speak. GM and BMW are both significant share holders and therefore are able to benefit from technology sharing, hence the SAAB 9-2X (re-moulded Impreza) and BMW X3/5 (4WD technology).

FHI/Subaru are aparently also quite unhappy with the GM deal as it seems to be very much a one sided thing (typical GM). Presumably BMW are giving back info to Subaru, but I don't know what - possibly how to be an arrogant to$$er technology

WRXPete

That's what i thought too....GM have a stake, don't Fuji totally own SAAB however??? or is it just a large share?

chris's scooby

Does that mean indicators will soon be an opional extra on new Scoobs then?

ScoobyTal

BMW X3-X5 have more to do with land rover than Subaru !!

Hammoc

What a horrible thought......

Subaru becoming a blend of a Vauxhall Vectra and BMW 1 Series