how many car manufacturers?

[Brycie]

So I was wondering today on a long M6 journey, if VW own VW (obviously), Audi, Skoda, Seat, Porsche, Lambourghini, Bugatti etc; and oyota oroduce Toyota, Lexus; GM own Vauxhall, Holden, Opel etc. How many car companies (parent companies) can we actually buy from?

I reckon I have the following list of seperate manufacturers:

VW
BMW
Tata
Toyota
Fiat
Ford
Honda
Daimler Chrysler
Nissan
Suzuki

In fact, some of these companies have 45%stake in others in the list, and there has been talk of some of them buying others, so you could argud there are even less than on this list.

Have I missed any?

[neilos100]

PSA group Paul, Peugeout, Citroen.
Was going to add renault but I think they are owned/partnered with Nissan.
Mecedes?
Neil

[Brycie]

Does Mercedes come under the Daimler Chrysler group? Couldn't be sure, will have to look it up. Good call on Peugeot/Citroen though.

The most surprising thing for me was that Tata owns Jaguar and Land Rover. I didn't realise that. I thought Jag was Ford owned.

[JimC64]

The Tata thing of buying Jaguar / Land Rover from Ford happened some time ago Paul, shame as Ford really helped Jaguar to where it is today with some great desings / innovations.

Saab - were obviously under GM
Alfa Romeo
Caterham
Corvette
Daewoo
Daihatsu
Ferrari
Hummer
Hyundai
Jeep
Maserati
Lotus
Morgan
Mazda
Proton
Pagani
Spyker
Ssangyong
Volvo
Subaru
TVR

[Brycie]

There are some I forgot there. For instance Subaru, although there are some that don't count - for instance Fiat Grouo own Fiat, Maseratti, Alfa AND Lancia. There are others there that I'm sure are inter-owned.

[fat controller]

Are Saab back then? I thought they went fully belly up a year or so ago?

[Guest 2]

Are Saab back then? I thought they went fully belly up a year or so ago?

Nope and they are!

But I think they are still servicing the cars in the UK.

[ChA6dders]

Volvo were ford but are now owned by a chinese company the name slips me thats not the name of the company by the way :)

Geely own volvo

[MalcQV]

The Tata thing of buying Jaguar / Land Rover from Ford happened some time ago Paul, shame as Ford really helped Jaguar to where it is today with some great desings / innovations.

Saab - were obviously under GM
Alfa Romeo
Caterham
Corvette
Daewoo
Daihatsu
Ferrari
Hummer
Hyundai
Jeep
Maserati
Lotus
Morgan
Mazda
Proton
Pagani
Spyker
Ssangyong
Volvo
Subaru
TVR
What's this list supposed to represent Jim? A list of sub companies? Corvette is actually a model made by Chevrolet (GM).

[Embisix]

I reckon we've got the following (volume producers in the UK Market), in no particular order:

Ford
Daihatsu
Fiat/Alfa Romeo
Mazda
Nissan/Renault/Infiniti
PSA (Peugot/Citroen)
VAG (Skoda/Seat/VW/Audi/Lamborgini/Bentley/Bugatti)
BMW
GM
Toyota/Lexus
Honda
Subaru
Suzuki
Volvo
Daimler AG (Mercedes Benz)
Jaguar/Land Rover
Hyundai
Proton
Kia
Perodua

[Hex69]

Daimler Chrysler are no more, Daimler Benz wriggled out of that a couple of years ago, Chrysler are now in bed with Fiat, hence rebadged Lancias as Chryslers. Also Jeep are owned by Chrysler.

Ferraris are (very) expensive FIATs, as are Maseratis

Volvo are owned by Geely (Chinese)

Hummer (GM) are dead, as are TVR.

Daewoo are part of GM, (but not Lancia) but are sold as Chevrolets.

VW own just under 20% of Suzuki.

Aston Martin Lagonda Ltd has been left off the list, privately owned by a private equity fund, Investindustrial.

Lotus is Proton

Where's all the British ones?

Radical
Caterham
Ginetta

and what about all the F! teams in the UK, Williams, Prodrive, McLaran, Red Bull, etc.

[Brycie]

I didn't get into the micro-manufacturers like Caterham, Ascari & Morgan. Good to hear that Aston is once again independently owned, too much to ask that it's once again a British owned brand?