General Motors is the largest automobile manufacturer in the world. 1908 was founded in Detroit, USA. Its founder is william durant, who merged the then Oldsmobile Motor Company, Cadillac Motor Company, Oakland Motor Company, Chevrolet Motor Company and Buick Motor Company to form the General Motors Company.

Due to the scattered investment and neglect of management, the company quickly fell into crisis. 1923 After Durant's successor Alfred Si Long Jr. took over the company, he carried out a comprehensive reorganization and rectification of the company, and established a management system that separated decision-making from administrative management and combined decentralized operation with coordinated control, making the whole General Motors Company a unified command and an organic whole with dynamic departments.

Under the leadership of Si Long, the market share of GM increased from 65,438+09,265,438+02% in 0 to 49% in 65,438+09,465,438+0. Since then, it has been ranked first among all automobile manufacturing companies in the world, producing more than 8 million vehicles in 65,438+09,997, accounting for 6% of global automobile production. Now GM has launched more than 150 different types of cars around the world, including four GM brands: Opel, Cadillac, Buick and Chevrolet.

At present, GM has six departments and two subsidiaries, Opel and vauxhall, which own half of Swedish Saab Automobile Company. Six branches have been established in the United States. They are:

Cadillac) 1902 was founded by henry martynleland, an American, and named Cadillac in memory of Anthony Cadillac, the French founder of Detroit. 1909 Cadillac was merged into GM and became a department of GM to produce luxury cars and sports cars. The products are the highest grade of GM. The main products are Seville, DeVille and catra.

Buick Branch (1903) was founded by david buick and sold to Durant, the founder of General Motors. The main products are Century, Regal and Electra/Park Avenue.

Chevrolet Branch (19 1 1) After leaving GM, Durant co-founded Chevrolet with Swiss racing driver Louis Chevrolet. 19 18 After Durant returned to GM, the company merged into GM. Since then, it has been the largest branch of GM, mainly producing economical cars and high-end sports cars. The main products are Lumina, LuminaAPV, Astro, Camaro, Corvette, Malibu, Wan Cheng, TransSport and so on.

Pontiac Branch (Pontiac) 1907 In Pontiac, Oakland County, near Terry, a carriage dealer established the Oakland Automobile Company, which was merged into General Motors in 1908. 1925, because the Pontiac brand cars produced were popular, Auckland branch was renamed Pontiac branch in 1932 to produce mid-range cars. The main products are Sunfire, Bonneville, granda, Firebird, TransSport and so on.

Oldsmobile was founded in 1897 by one of the pioneers of American automobile industry, and merged into General Motors in 1908. Oldsmobile is the first enterprise in the United States to produce and sell cars on a large scale, mainly producing mid-range cars. The main products are Alero, Aurora, Cutlass, Enthusiasm, 88 (88), Regency, Silhouette, etc.

Saturn division (Saturn division)1985 GM decided to set up a new Saturn division, trying to develop advanced Saturn cars to prevent foreign cars from entering the American market on a large scale. Located in Spring Mountain, Tennessee, this branch is the only GM company established internally. The main products are divided into luxury car SL, station wagon SW and sports car SC.

In addition, GM also has a famous GMC company, which mainly produces pickup trucks.

2. DaimlerChrysler (USA/Germany)

The company was formed by the merger of German Mercedes-Benz Company and American Chrysler Automobile Company. Chrysler is the third largest automobile industry company in the United States, founded by walter chrysler in 1925. The company has subsidiaries in many countries around the world and is a multinational automobile company. The company is headquartered in Detroit, USA.

1924, walter chrysler left General Motors to join Williams & Ovland Company and began to produce Chrysler cars. 1925 He bought the bankrupt Maxwell Company and set up his own company. With his own technology and financial resources, he successively acquired Dodge, Briggs and Plymouth, and gradually developed into the third largest automobile company in the United States.

Mercedes-Benz was founded by Karl Benz and gottlieb daimler in 1926. Its predecessor was 1886, which established Mercedes-Benz Automobile Factory and Daimler Automobile Factory. 1926 after the merger of the two factories, it was called Daimler-Benz Automobile Company. Now Mercedes-Benz is not only famous for its high-quality and high-performance luxury cars, but also the most famous bus and heavy truck manufacturer in the world.

1998 Germany's Mercedes-Benz merged with Chrysler, so it was renamed Daimler-Chrysler for short. So far, it has surpassed Ford to become the second in the world. This mega-company merger can be said to be the largest in the world. However, they did not reach the goal of becoming the world's number one. It also includes Jeep and Maibakh.

3.toyota (japan)

After more than 20 years of development, several Japanese cars have become the top ten companies in the world today. Toyota once surpassed GM Ford in the United States to become the world's number one, and has been in a profitable state. Toyota is a big threat to American car companies.

Japan's earliest automobile company, founded in 1933, has now developed into an automobile production company; A huge industrial group whose business involves machinery, electronics, finance and other industries.

In the early days, Toyota mainly made textile machinery, and its founder, Yoshiichiro Toyoda, set up the automobile department in the textile machinery factory on 1933, thus starting the automobile manufacturing history of Toyota Motor Corporation. 1935, Toyota AI automobile was successfully trial-produced, and the automobile industry company was formally established the following year. However, the company developed slowly throughout the thirties and forties, and it was not until after World War II that Toyota Motor Corporation accelerated its development. By introducing European and American technologies and under the guidance of American automobile technical experts and management experts, they quickly mastered advanced automobile production and management technologies, and created a famous Toyota production management model according to the characteristics of the Japanese nation, which was continuously improved and greatly improved the factory students.

Production efficiency and product cars flooded into the North American market in the late 1960s. 1972, the company produced a total of100000 vehicles.

The 1970s was the golden age for the rapid development of Toyota Motor Corporation. It took only four years from the expiration of 1972 to 1976, and the company produced10 million vehicles with an annual output of over 2 million vehicles. In the 1980s, the production and sales of Toyota Motor Corporation continued to soar. By the early 1990s, the annual output of automobiles had exceeded 4 million, approaching 5 million, beating Ford Motor Company and ranking second in the world. The sixties and seventies of the 20th century was a period of self-growth in Japan, and after the eighties, it began an international strategy of going global in an all-round way. It has successively established wholly-owned or joint ventures in the United States, Britain and Southeast Asia, and jointly established an automobile R&D center in the local area to implement the internationalization strategy of local R&D, design and production.

Its most famous brands are Toyota and Lexus.

4. Ford (USA)

Ford Motor Company, founded by Henry Ford in 1903, is one of the largest automobile companies in the world. 1908, Ford Motor Company produced the world's first car belonging to ordinary people-Model T, and the world automobile industry revolution began. 19 13, Ford Motor Company developed the world's first assembly line, which made the number of T-cars reach150,000, creating an unbroken world record. For this reason, Mr. Ford is honored as the man who put wheels on the world.

Ford Motor Company owns eight automobile brands, including aston martin, Ford, Jaguar, Land Rover, Lincoln, Mazda, Mercury and Volvo. In addition, Ford Motor Company also owns Ford Motor Credit, the world's largest car loan company, Hertz, the world's largest car rental company, and the famous car service brand QualityCare. These world-famous brands are of great value to Ford and consumers all over the world.

5. Volkswagen (Germany)

One of the top ten automobile companies in the world, founded in Fort Worth 1938, Germany, was founded by Porsche, a world-famous automobile designer. Volkswagen mainly deals in automobile products, and it is a straddle-type automobile group with automobile activities in many countries around the world. Volkswagen, as its name implies, is a car produced for the public. /KOOC-0/934/KOOC-0/7/KOOC-0/0/7, Porsche submitted a proposal to the German government to design and produce cars for Volkswagen. Subsequently, the proposal was approved, and then Porsche established Volkswagen AG with 340,000 shareholders, with an annual output of 6,543,800+0,000 vehicles.

In the "Volkswagen City" in Fort Worth, the first batch of "Beetles" came out, but only 630 vehicles were produced and stopped production because of World War II. After World War II, Volkswagen was placed under the West German government, and automobile production gradually recovered. Because of its low price, Beetles quickly became popular in Germany and Europe. 1955, beetles were exported to more than 100 countries. When 198 1 stopped production, it had already produced 20 million vehicles, which broke the world record of Ford Model T. With the popularity of "Beetle", Volkswagen also grew into a powerful world automobile production group, and established automobile production factories and sales companies in Spain, Mexico and other countries.

Following the "Beetle", Volkswagen realized the mass production of four-wheel continuous drive water bus in 1980, and launched the world's best-selling golf cart in 1980s, thus becoming the largest automobile manufacturer in Europe.

Its subsidiaries include Volkswagen, Audi, Bentley, Lamborghini, Skoda and Bugatti.

6.honda (japan)

Honda is the largest motorcycle manufacturer in the world, and its automobile output and scale are among the top ten automobile manufacturers in the world. Founded in 1948, the founder is the legendary Honda Ichiro. The company is headquartered in Tokyo and has about 1 10000 employees. Now, Honda is a multinational automobile and motorcycle production and sales group. Its products are not only automobiles and motorcycles, but also power machinery products such as generators and agricultural machinery.

Honda's management method is very flexible. Honda, a subsidiary established in the United States, surpassed Chrysler to rank third in the American market with 199 1. Honda's Accord and Civic have been rated as the best and most popular cars by users over the years. In Europe, Honda also set up a branch in Britain. Honda has produced about 3 million cars.

The company is known as the pioneer of Japanese automobile technology development. In technology development and research, founder Fukuichiro Honda is willing to spend a lot of money, so he has made many scientific and technological achievements. Honda's electronic navigator is the first navigation device used in cars in the world. It can display maps and driving routes on the screen, and can also determine the location of cars. Four-wheel anti-skid electronic controller, electronic device for automatically controlling the height of car body, and compound eddy current regulating internal combustion engine are all leading achievements of world automobile high technology. At the same time, Honda is also the first Japanese car company to meet American standards.

The company has two brands: Honda and Acura.

7. Nissan (Japan)

One of the top ten automobile industry companies in the world and the second largest automobile company in Japan. Founded in 1933, it was formerly an automobile manufacturing company merged by a foundry company and a Japanese industrial company. 1934 began to use the current Nissan motor company. At present, the company not only produces all kinds of cars, but also dabbles in machine tools, construction machinery, shipbuilding, aerospace technology and other fields. It is a huge multinational group company.

The earliest Nissan car was called datsun, but there was only a van. 1952, Nissan introduced A40 passenger car manufacturing technology from Austin, England, and started a difficult technology introduction and absorption business. In 1960s, Nissan Motor Company has digested and absorbed British technology, designed its own datsun car and entered the American market. Throughout the 1960s, Nissan devoted itself to product quality and new technology development, not only won the authoritative Deming Quality Award, but also established the first branch factory in Mexico overseas. At this time, Nissan's automobile products have reached a considerable technical quality level. In 1970s, Nissan entered the American market, and entered a period of rapid development. In 1970s and early 1980s, Nissan became one of the top ten automobile companies in the world.

Nissan's headquarters is now located in Tokyo, Japan, and the total number of employees is nearly 6.5438+0.3 million. The current chairman is Ji. The company can produce 3.2 million cars every year. Its brand also includes Unlimited.

8. Peugeot Citroen (France)

Peugeot Automobile Company is one of the top ten automobile companies in the world and the largest automobile group company in France. Founded in 1890, the founder is armand Peugeot. 1 976, Peugeot annexed the French Citroen company with a long history, thus becoming a multinational industrial group in the world, which mainly produces automobiles and also runs machinery processing, transportation, finance and service industries. Peugeot Automobile Company is headquartered in Paris, France, and its automobile factories are mostly in Funan Xiuquinti province. The total number of employees is about 1 10,000, with an annual output of 2.2 million vehicles.

At the beginning of its establishment, Peugeot mainly produced bicycles and tricycles, and 189 1 began to set foot in the automobile field and achieved success. Due to the continuous adoption of new technology, the company's output is increasing day by day. By the time of World War I, the output had surpassed all French automobile manufacturers, reaching 12000 vehicles. During World War I, armand Peugeot adjusted its business strategy in time, which enabled Peugeot to develop in the war, with an annual output of 48,000 cars from 65,438 to 0939. Peugeot's second great development was achieved in the 1950s and 1960s after World War II. In 20 years, its automobile output has soared tenfold, making it the second largest automobile company in France.

During the period of 1976, Peugeot acquired 60% of the shares of the poorly managed Citroen company by virtue of its own economic strength, thus strengthening its own strength. The total output of automobiles surpassed Renault, ranking first in France. Peugeot has 92 domestic companies and 84 overseas companies. Overseas companies are mainly commercial companies, and there are not many industrial companies. The largest overseas industrial companies are British Talbert Company and Spanish Talbert Company.

9. BMW (Germany)

BMW is a world-famous automobile enterprise, and is also considered as the forerunner of high-end automobile production. BMW was founded in 19 16, and its headquarters is in Munich. In the past 80 years, it has developed from the initial aircraft engine factory to a world-famous enterprise group that mainly produces luxury cars, aircraft engines, off-road vehicles and motorcycles, and ranks among the top 20 automobile enterprises in the world. BMW is also translated as "Bayer". The full name of BMW is Bayer Motor Enwerhe AG, and BMW is the initials of these three words.

As an important member of the international automobile market, BMW is quite active, and its business covers 120 countries around the world. 1997 production1.2000 vehicles. BMW cars mainly include 3, 5, 7 and 8 series cars and two-seater roadsters. At present, BMW's career is booming: Opel and Ford Motor Company buy their 6-cylinder diesel engines; Rolls royce Group not only uses its 12 cylinder engine and electronic equipment, but also uses it to research and produce new aero-engines. 1994, BMW group acquired rover group. 1998, BMW Group buys Rolls-Royce brand; BMW's new plant in South Carolina has also been completed and put into operation, which is the first foreign high-end automobile production plant in the United States.

BMW has always been famous for attaching importance to technological innovation and constantly setting new standards for high-performance and high-end cars. At the same time, BMW attaches great importance to safety and environmental protection. BMW's research on "active safety performance" and "passive safety performance" and its initiative (integrated road safety system) have won the company a reputation.

It owns BMW, Rolls Royce and mini brands.

10, Fiat (Italy)

Fiat Auto Company, one of the top ten auto companies in the world, was established in Turin on July 1899, and its founder was giovanni agnelli. It is the first automobile manufacturer in the world to produce mini cars. The full name of this company is Turin Automobile Factory, Italy. Fiat is a transliteration of its abbreviation, and Fiat is also a trademark of its products. Fiat Group is headquartered in Turin, Italy. The current chairman is the founder's grandson, with the same name as him, also known as giovanni agnelli. The automotive sector has 270,000 employees and subsidiaries and sales organizations in more than 65,438+000 countries. Its automotive sector mainly includes Fiat, Ferrari, Alfa and Lancia. The construction vehicle company has Iveco. Fiat Auto Group is the largest comprehensive industrial and commercial financial enterprise group in Italy, and the largest auto group involved in other fields among all auto companies. In Italy, it almost monopolized many technical production fields such as automobiles, tractors, construction machinery, aircraft manufacturing, bioengineering, civil engineering, energy engineering and so on, and opened many branches all over the world.

The company owns brands such as Fiat, Ferrari, Maserati and Alfa Romeo.