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Which car companies own who?
Anyone have a list (or just know) what car companies are owned by what other car companies? Up to date possibly? Example, I hear Ford actually owns Volvo and Lexus (as of '08). So when you are buying that new Volvo you arn't actually buying a genuine swiss car anymore its cheaper, not as legendarily strong as Volvo's used to be. And BMW is now the only independently owned car company? I hear even Ferrari is owned by another major car company, nissan owns a few. Dont quote me on these facts, I dont actually know... thats why I am asking.
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- C7SLv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
-GM ownes Saturn, Chevy, GMC, Hummer, Cadillac, Buick, Olsmobile, Pontiac, Saab, Vauxhaul, Holden and Opel. They bought Saab, Opel, Holden, and Vauxhaul in the 90's.
-Ford ownes Mercury, Lincoln, Jaguar, Volvo and LandRover. They bought Volvo, Jaguar and Aston Martin in the 90's. They sold Aston Martin this year to a Middle eastern car parts company.
-Daimler Chrysler owns Dodge, Mercedes, Chrysler, Jeep, Smart, Plymouth, and Mitsubishi. Chyrlser and Mercedes joined either in the 90's or the early 2000's.
-Mazda owns itself, but Ford owns a small percentage of Mazda so they can use some of their parts and designs.
-Honda makes Acura
-Toyota makes Lexus and Scion.
-Volkswagen owns and makes Audi, Bently, Skoda, Seat, Lamborghini, Spyker, Bugatti, and they work with Porsche.
-Porsche is their own company working together with VW. Porsche is buying VW and already owns about 45% of VW. VW bought Bently and Lamborghini recently and the Lamborghini Gallardo and Bently Continental Gt was designed after VW bought the two companies.
-Nissan makes Infiniti and Renault. nissan owns some of Citroen.
-Fiat owns Alfa Romeo, Ferrari, and Maserati. Maserati was bought around 4 years ago.
-BMW bought MINI and RollsRoyce. They bought Mini when they decides they wanted to redesign the car which was about a year before the current Mini Cooper came back.
-Subaru owns itself, but Toyota owns a small percentage of Subaru.
-Hyundai owns Kia. They recently bought Kia within the last 5 years.
Source(s): Car and Driver Magazine- A page that was titled "Who owns who?" - 1 decade ago
Ford does not have anything to do with Lexus, not sure who thinks this but they are wrong.
This list is valid for Brands found in the United States, There are many more different companies and car names overseas.
Toyota owns Lexus and Scion, and since late 2005 owns about 9% of Subaru (Fuji Heavy Industries) but they are still privately owned.
Honda is Acura,
Nissan is Infinity
Ford is Lincoln, Mercury, Volvo, Jag, Mazda and LandRover.
GM has Pontiac, Caddy, Chevy, Obviously GMC, Saab, Buick, Saturn, Hummer, Isuzu, Olds and Geo when they exsisted.
Dodge is Chrysler, Jeep, Plymouth before that line was discontinued.
Volkswagen is also Porsche, Audi, Bentley, Lamborgihini, Bugatti
BMW is also Mini and Rolls Royce
Hyundai and Kia
Mitsubishi
Suzuki
Source(s): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page - Anonymous6 years ago
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Which car companies own who?
Anyone have a list (or just know) what car companies are owned by what other car companies? Up to date possibly? Example, I hear Ford actually owns Volvo and Lexus (as of '08). So when you are buying that new Volvo you arn't actually buying a genuine swiss car anymore its cheaper, not as...
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- 1 decade ago
toyota owns lexus AND SCION
nissan owns infinti
honda owns acura
ford owns volvo,,jaguar,lincoln,mercury, RANGE ROVER, MAZDA
hyundai owns PART OF kia
vw owns audi and PART OF PORSCHE
AND:
General Motors owns Chevy, Saturn, Pontiac, Buick, GMC, Hummer, Saab, and Cadillac.
Chrysler owns Jeep, Dodge, Chrysler.
BMW owns MINI!!
- 1 decade ago
By the looks of your answers you have pretty much all of them. But if this helps any, here it is:
Alfa-Romeo owns Ferrari who owns Maserati.
Don't know if this helps but I hope it does. Good luck!
- Anonymous1 decade ago
toyota ownes lexus
nissan ownes infinti
honda ownes acura
ford ownes , volvo,jaguar,lincoln,mercury
hyundai ownes kia
vw ownes audi
anyone who tells you ford ownes lexus is on drugs or just plain stupid.. TOYOTA OWNES LEXUS NOT FORD PEOPLE
- 1 decade ago
Yep your right, ford does own Volvo and lexus, along with ferrari, diamler chrysler used to own dodge but as of late 2007 some independant firm bought put the dodge name, so they are all on there own now, as far as GM I have no Idea as to what other cars they own or produce. I do know that Ford does have there fingers into alot of other car companies, so therefore that is why they are the best!!