Who owns which car brands

At drivingyourdream we know more than 3,300 different brands of cars! But in this article we will focus on seeing who owns each car brands

The automotive industry has a very confusing family tree. In the past years partnerships and entire brands have been destroyed, making it difficult to keep up with who owns which car brand.​
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Who owns each car manufacturer

What brands belong to BAIC ?

1. ​Arcfox
2. BAIC ( Beijing Automotive Group )
3. Changhe
4. Senova

Other Joint Ventures: Beijing Hyundai, Beijing Benz ( BBDC )

What brands belong to BMW Group ?

1. ​​BMW
2. Mini
3. Rolls-Royce
4. Brilliance BMW
5. ​Huachen Brilliance BMW /Huachen Brilliance: It is a brand of Brilliance Auto, established in 2003, which produces and markets cars under the Brilliance, Jinbei and Huasong (sub-)brands in China and has a manufacturing Joint Venture with BMW.

What brands belong to Brilliance ?

Brilliance China Automotive Holdings

1. Qingdao Soar Auto Spotting
2. Huasong/Huachen Brilliance BMW:  It is a brand of Brilliance Auto. It was established in 2003. It produces and sells cars under the Brilliance, Jinbei and Huasong (sub) brands in China, and has established a joint venture with BMW.
3. Jinbei is the automotive brand of Brilliance Jinbei Automobile Co., Ltd. in Shenyang/Liaoning, China, and a subsidiary of Brilliance China Automotive (Brilliance). The Chinese name "Jinbei" means Jinbei. The company (through its 60.9% owned subsidiary Shenyang Automobile) manufactures and sells all minibuses under the "Jinbei" and "Glanz" brands, which are designed based on China's Toyota Hiace minivans. The Group's main minibus products are luxury minibuses and mid-priced minibuses, targeting different market segments in China's commercial vehicles and passenger vehicles. Jinbei is the same as Brilliance Jinbei
4. Mianyang Huarui
5. Shangai GM Norsom (Beisheng ): Jinbei Co. 70% /  GM (USA) 30%
6. Zhonghua

What brands belong to Daimler AG ?

1. Beijing Benz is a joint venture between Beijing Automotive Group and Daimler AG founded in 1984. It was originally the Beijing Jeep Corporation. While Beijing Benz doesn't produce all the Mercedes-branded autos sold on the Chinese market, such cars currently enjoy a reputation for high quality and popularity. Some Mercedes offerings, the S-Class for example, are imported by Mercedes-Benz (China) Ltd. Mercedes Benzs are, alongside FAW Group Audis, Brilliance Auto BMWs, and Lexus, some of the only Western luxury cars to have gained popularity in the Chinese market.
2. CMC: China Automobile Corporation is an automobile manufacturer headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan. It was established in June 1969, and signed a technology sharing contract with Mitsubishi Motors the following year. In 2005, the company obtained approval from the Chinese government and signed an agreement with DaimlerChrysler to produce minivans for the Chinese mainland market. Mitsubishi Corporation owns 13.97% of the company's shares, and all of its models have been adjusted by Mitsubishi's design to meet the needs of the Taiwan market, except for Freeca and Veryca, which are completely CMC designs and not based on Mitsubishi models. Since June 2007, CMC has participated in the Fujian Daimler joint venture.
3. HWA: It's the motor racing team of HWA AG, a German company, based in Affalterbach, that also develops and builds vehicles for Mercedes-AMG. HWA is responsible for managing the AMG Mercedes team in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM). They also develop and build engines for Formula 3 racing cars, based on Mercedes-Benz production engines.
4. Mercedes-Benz
5. Maybach
6. Smart
7. Yulon Motor: Yulon-Nissan (50%), Dongfeng Yulon and Yulon GM

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Other joint ventures: Beijing Benz ( BBDC)

What brands belong to FCA ?

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles

1. Abarth
2. Alfa Romeo
3. Chrysler
4. Dodge
5. Ram
6. Fiat
7. Fiat Professional
8. Jeep
9. Iveco
10. Lancia
11. Maserati
12. SRT
13. Stellantis
14. Zastava (Bankruptcy 2017)

What brands belong to Ford Motor ?

1. Ford
2. Lincoln
3. Troller: Troller VeículosEspeciais is a Brazilian manufacturer of off-road vehicles. It was established in 1995 and is located in Horizonte, Ceara State. Troller T4 3.0 Turbodiesel is Troller's flagship product. It has successfully participated in several rallies around the world including the Dakar Rally.
4. Visteon

What brands belong to Geely ?

1. ​Geely
2. Lotus
3. Lynk & Co 
4. Maple
5. Polestar
6. Proton
7. Terrafugia
8. Volvo
9. Zhidou

What brands belong to Groupe PSA ?

1. Citroën
2. DS
3. Dongfeng-Peugeot-Citroën: It is a joint venture between Dongfeng Motor Corporation and French PSA Group. The company is headquartered in Wuhan, the capital of Hubei Province, and produces Peugeot and Citroen models and sells them in China.
4. Opel
5. Peugeot
6. Vauxhall 

What brands belong to GM - General Motors ?

1. Baojun: Joint venture by GM, SAIC and SAIC-GM-Wulling
2. Buick and SAIC-GM
3. Bringo - Mini electric hummer produces under General Motors license
4. Cadillac
5. Chevrolet
6. FAW-GM: 50:50 joint venture between FAW and GM
7. GMC
8. Hummer
9. Oreion -Mini electric hummer produces under General Motors license
10. Ravon/UzAuto Motors: OJSC UzAvtosanoat (75%) GM (25%) 
11. Shangai GM Dongyue:  Shangai GM (~50%), SAIC (~25%) GM China (~25%)
12. SGMW (Wulling): SAIC Motor (50,1%), General Motors (34%), and Wuling Motors (15,9%)
13. Shangai GM Dongyue

​Other joint ventures: Shangai GM / Pudong, Shangai GM Norsom (Beisheng )
​Foreign Partners: Soueast ( Dongnan)

What brands belong to Honda Motor ?

1. Acura
2. Guangqi Honda Automobile Co., Ltd. is a Chinese automobile manufacturing joint venture company betwen Honda Motor and GAC Group
3. Everus ( Li Nian ) -is the automobile brand of Guangqi Honda, a joint venture between Honda and Guangzhou Automobile Group (GAC Group).
4. Honda

​Other joint ventures: Dongfeng Honda, Guangzhou-Honda
Foreign partners: GAC ( Guangzhou Auto ), Dfmc (Dongfeng)

What brands belong to Hyundai ?

1. Genesis
2. Hyundai
3. Kia

Other Joint Ventures: Beijing Hyundai, DongFeng Yueda Kia, Beijing Hyundai

What brands belong to Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance ?

1. AvtoVAZ
2. Alpine
3. CMC: China Automobile Corporation (subsiduary's Yulon)
4. Bronto - Dedicated to the production of special vehicles. It's a subsidiary of AvtoVAZ, and this in turn is from Renault
5. ChechenAvto - Produces the Chaborz M-3 military buggy
6. Datsun
7. Dongfeng Nissan
8. Infiniti
9. Lada
10. Nissan
11. Mobilize
12. Mitsubishi
13. Super-Avto - It's a subsidiary of AvtoVAZ, and this in turn is from Renault - 
14. Samsung - Renault Samsung Motors is a South Korean car manufacturer headquartered in Busan. It was founded by the chaebol Samsung as Samsung Motors for the first time in 1994, and started selling cars in 1998 (when South Korea was hit by the Asian financial crisis). It has been a subsidiary of Renault since September 2000, although Samsung has a minority stake.
15. VIS Auto -AvtoVAZ's subsidiary
16. Yulon Motor: Yulon-Nissan (50%), Dongfeng Yulon and Yulon GM

​Joint Venture: Dongfeng Fengdu, ZNA ( Zhengzhou Nissan Automobile )
​Foreign Partners: Soueast ( Dongnan)

What brands belong to Suzuki-Maruti ?

1. ​Maruti
2. Suzuki 

Other Joint Venture: Changhe Automobile,  Changan-Suzuki, Changhe Suzuki

What brands belong to Tata ?

1. Jaguar
2. Land Rover
3. ​Tata
4. ​Tata Daewoo

Other Joint Ventures: Fiat-Tata

What brands belong to Toyota ?

1. ​Daihatsu
2. Faw Toyota
3. Hino
4. LeaHead
5. Lexus
6. Mazda (5,05%)
7. Toyota
8. Subaru (20%)
9. Suzuki (4,9%)
10. Scion
11. Yamaha Motor (2,8%)
    

​Other joint ventures: FAW Sichuan Fengyue, Tianjin-FAW-Toyota, Guangzhou-Toyota

What brands belong to Volkswagen Group ?

1. Audi
2. Bentley
3. Bugatti
4. BYD
5. Cupra
6. Italdesign
7. Lamborghini
8. Moia
9. Porsche
10. Seat
11. Volkswagen

Other Joint Ventures: FAW-Volkswagen, JAC-Volkswagen, FAW Volkswagen, Jilin Volkswagen-Audi FAW-VW,