Companies like Volkswagen and General Motors are well known in the world of motoring, thanks to their market dominance.
This dominance has also allowed them to have their pick of the litter when it comes to buying out other manufacturers, or getting involved in large mergers.
The result of these corporate moves is that the company which builds the Polo also had a say in what the Bugatti Veyron looked like.
This is not necessarily a bad thing, however, and we have these parent companies to thank rather than scold for the awesome supercars we see on the road today.
For example: there is a good chance that the Bugatti Veyron would never have existed without the funding that strong VW Polo sales produce.
The list below details which companies own which car brands – providing insight into where your favourite models come from.
Aston Martin Lagonda Global Holdings
- Aston Martin
- Lagonda
Baoding Innovation Great Wall Asset Management Company Limited
- Great Wall Motors (GWM)
BMW Group
- BMW
- BMW Motorrad
- Mini
- Rolls-Royce
Daimler AG
- AMG
- Mercedes-Benz
- Smart
Exor/Public
- Ferrari
Ford Motor Company
- Ford
- Lincoln
- Troller
General Motors
- Buick
- Cadillac
- Chevrolet
- Daewoo
- GMC
- Hummer
- Stake in Suzuki
Honda Motor Company
- Acura
- Honda
Hyundai Motor Group
- Genesis
- Hyundai
- Kia
Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance
- Alpine
- Dacia
- Datsun
- Infiniti
- Lada
- Mitsubishi
- Nissan
- Renault
- Venucia
Stellantis
- Abarth
- Alfa Romeo
- Chrysler
- Citroen
- Dodge
- DS Automobiles
- Fiat
- Jeep
- Lancia
- Maserati
- Mopar
- Opel
- Peugeot
- Ram
- Vauxhall
Tata Motors
- Jaguar
- Land Rover
- Tata
Toyota Motor Corporation
- Daihatsu
- Lexus
- Toyota
- Stake in Subaru
Volkswagen Group
- Audi
- Bentley
- Bugatti
- Ducati
- Lamborghini
- MAN
- Porsche
- Seat
- Skoda
- Stake in Suzuki
- Volkswagen
Zhejiang Geely Holding Group
- Farizon Auto
- Geely
- London Electric Vehicle Company
- Lotus
- LYNK & CO
- Polestar
- Proton
- Volvo
Independent and Public Companies
- Isuzu
- Mazda
- McLaren
- Koenigsegg
- Pagani
- Subaru
- Suzuki
- Tesla
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