I will give you a reposted article: It is more detailed, but currently the mergers of major companies, the sales of sales, and the brand ownership will change, for reference only.

1. GM

Subsidiary brands: GM, Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, Oldsmobile, Pang PONTIAC, SATURN, Holden, GMC, Opel, Vauxhall, Hummer, Saab, Daewoo ), Isuzu, Suzuki, Subaru, Lotus, Fuji

Founded: August 1908

Company in China: Shanghai General Motors , Jinbei GM, Shanghai-GM-Wuling, and Pan-Asia Automotive Technology Center

In 1908, General Motors was established. It became the leader in the automobile industry in 1931; today, GM's automobile markets include North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, Latin America, Africa and the Middle East. Its logo GM is taken from the first letters of the first two words of its English name (General Motro Corporation). It was developed by William Durant on the basis of Buick Motor Company in September 1908 and was founded in Detroit, the automobile city of the United States. The current headquarters remains in Detroit. Buick, Pontiac, and Chevrolet are mid-range product brands owned by General Motors. Oldsmabile, originally established to cater to the high-end market, was discontinued in 2001 due to conflicts with Cadillac. Saturn is GM's best-selling brand in the United States, and GMC is responsible for producing special vehicles for GM. As part of its global strategy, GM has become strategic partners with Fiat, Fuji Heavy Industries, Japan's Suzuki, Japan's Isuzu and other companies. In addition, GM has also launched technical cooperation with Toyota and Honda.

2. FORD Ford

Subsidiary brands: Lincoln, Ford, Mercury, Volvo, Mazda. In addition, it has the world's largest Car rental company Hertz.

Foundation date: 1903

Companies in China: Changan Ford, Jiangling Transit

Ford is headquartered in Cologne, Mazda is headquartered in Hiroshima, Ford Motor Company Founded in 1903 by Henry Ford, it is one of the largest automobile companies in the world. In 1908, Ford Motor Company produced the world's first car for ordinary people, the Model T, and the world's automotive industrial revolution began. In 1913, Ford Motor Company developed the world's first assembly line. This pioneering effort brought the number of Model T cars to 15 million units in one go, setting a world record that has not yet been broken. For this reason, Mr. Ford is revered as the man who "put the wheels on the world." In 1999, Fortune magazine named him a "Business Giant of the Twentieth Century" in recognition of his and Ford Motor Company's outstanding contributions to the development of human industry. There is only one secret to Mr. Henry Ford's success: trying his best to understand people's inner needs, using the best materials and the best employees to create good cars for the public that everyone can afford.

Today Ford is the world's leading automobile manufacturer. It is headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan, USA, with operations in more than 200 regional markets on six continents and more than 325,000 customers. employees and 110 factories around the world. As a world-class automobile company, today's Ford still adheres to the corporate philosophy pioneered by Mr. Henry Ford: "Consumers are the center of our work. We must always think about our consumers when we work, and provide better services than our competitors." Better products and services. Since the company was founded more than a hundred years ago, Ford has been committed to manufacturing "low-priced cars suitable for the masses." Among local brands, Lincoln and Mercury are Ford's high-end products and enjoy a high reputation in the United States. .

Among the acquired brands, Jaguar is synonymous with expensive touring cars and high-performance supercars, and has been used by the British royal family several times. The "Swedish tank" Volvo sedan division, which produced the world's first three-point safety belt, also merged with Ford in 1999. under its banner. In 2000, Ford even owned Land Rover, known as the "Rolls-Royce of off-road vehicles". Now sold to Tata India. Although not the largest auto company, Ford is the most profitable auto group. Today, Ford has become the world's largest truck manufacturer and the world's second-largest car manufacturer. It has manufacturing plants in 27 countries on six continents. (In 2007, Ford Motor Company signed a ￡479 million ($925 million) agreement with a consortium led by former Benetton and BAR team boss David Richards to transfer its British Luxury car manufacturer Aston Martin was sold to the consortium. On March 26, 2008, Ford Motor Company announced that the company had signed a final agreement to sell Jaguar Land Rover business to Tata Motors, and Tata Motors would acquire Jaguar Land Rover. Business payment is approximately US$2.3 billion)

3. D-C Daimler-Chrysler

Subsidiary brands: Jeep, Chrysler, Maybach, Mercedes-Benz (Mercedes-Benz), Smart also known as Smart, Dodge, Plymouth also known as Plymouth, Mitsubishi, Powler

Time of establishment : 1924

Company in China: Beijing Jeep

Headquarters is in Stuttgart. It also owns Chrysler, which ranks among the top three in the United States, and Mercedes-Benz, which is the oldest in the world. Its strength cannot be underestimated. Chrysler built the factory in 1924 after leaving General Motors. With its technology and financial resources, the company bought Dodge, Plymouth, and Mistsubishi around the world, turning the company into a multinational automobile company. Mercedes-Benz was founded in 1926 by Karl Benz and Gottlieb Daimler, who are known as the "Fathers of the Automobile". Among the world's top ten automobile companies, Mercedes-Benz has the smallest output, with less than 1 million vehicles, but its profits and sales rank among the top five. Annual output of 600,000 cars. Mercedes-Benz's new car products include four series: Mercedes-Benz W201, W124, R129 and W126. Among them, the 560SEC of the W126 series and the 500SL of the R129 series are both very popular ultra-luxury cars. On May 14, 2007 local time in Germany, DaimlerChrysler Group announced that private equity fund Cerberus Capital Management would acquire 80.1% of Chrysler Group's shares for 5.5 billion euros (7.4 billion U.S. dollars, approximately 55 billion yuan). After Dyck Group sells its shares in Chrysler, the company will be renamed Daimler AG.

4. Toyota

Subsidiary brands: Toyota, Lexus, Daihatsu, Scion, ZeroCrown

Foundation date: August 1937

Enterprises in China: FAW Toyota (Tianjin Toyota, Sichuan Toyota)

In 1935, the company successfully developed the domestic A1 prototype sedan. Toyota developed slowly at the beginning. After World War II, Toyota introduced European and American technology, quickly mastered advanced automobile production and management technology, and created the famous Toyota production management model based on the characteristics of the Japanese nation. A large number of vehicles began to pour into the European and American markets in the late 1960s. The 1970s were the golden period of Toyota's rapid development. In just four years from 1972 to 1976, the company produced 10 million vehicles. In the 1980s, Toyota began a comprehensive The international strategy of going global is to establish wholly-owned or joint ventures in the United States, the United Kingdom and Southeast Asia, and jointly build automobile R&D centers locally to implement the international strategy of local research, development, design and production. Lexus is a luxury sedan series launched by Toyota Motor in the 1980s. Its logo takes the first letter "L" from the English name of the car.

5. Volkswagen

Subsidiary brands: Volkswagen, Audi, Seat, Skado, Bugatti, Bentley ), Lamborghini (Lamborghini) Porsche (porsche)

Foundation date: 1938

Companies in China: Shanghai Volkswagen, FAW-Volkswagen, Volkswagen (Shanghai) Transmission Factory

Headquartered in Wolfsburg, Germany, Volkswagen was founded by Porsche in 1938 in Wolfsburg, Germany. In 1934, Porsche submitted a proposal to the German government to design and produce cars for Volkswagen. After the proposal was approved, Porsche established a Volkswagen AG with 340,000 shareholders, with an annual output of 1 million vehicles. In Wolfsburg's "Volkswagen City", the first batch of "Beetles" came out, but only 630 units were produced before production was discontinued due to World War II. After World War II, Volkswagen was placed under the West German government's car production and gradually resumed. Due to the low price of the "Beetle", this car quickly became popular in Germany and Europe. When production was stopped in 1981, a total of 20 million units had been produced, breaking the world record for the Model T car. With the sales of "Beetle", Volkswagen has become a powerful world automobile production group. After Volkswagen held its first negotiation with the Chinese government in 1978, the two parties jointly established Shanghai Volkswagen Co., Ltd. in 1984 and began cooperation in China. Now through multi-party cooperation, Volkswagen has occupied more than 50% of the market share.

6. Honda

Subsidiary brands: HONDA, Acura

Foundation date: 1946

Enterprises in China: Guangzhou Honda, Dongfeng Honda

Honda is the world's largest motorcycle manufacturer, and its automobile output and scale are also among the top ten automobile manufacturers in the world. Founded in 1948, the founder is the legendary Soichiro Honda. The company is headquartered in Tokyo and has about 110,000 employees. Today, Honda is a multinational automobile and motorcycle production and sales group. In addition to cars and motorcycles, its products also include generators, agricultural machinery and other power machinery products.

Honda's business methods are very flexible. The Honda branch established in the United States surpassed Chrysler Automobile Company in sales in the U.S. market in 1991 and ranked third. Honda's Accord and Civic vehicles have been rated as the best quality and most popular vehicles by users over the years. In Europe, Honda has also established a branch in the UK. Honda's automobile production has reached approximately 3 million units.

Except Japan, Honda currently has more than 120 production bases in 29 countries around the world. Through motorcycles, automobiles and general products, it serves more than 17 million customers every year.

At the same time, Honda also actively fulfills its social obligations as a corporate citizen and actively explores environmental protection and safety solutions.

7. Renault-Nissan Renault-Nissan

Subsidiary brands: Renault, Nissan, Dacial, Nissan, Infiniti, also known as Infinity

Companies in China: Dongfeng Nissan, Sanjiang Group

Renault is the second largest automobile company in France. Founded in 1898, it is now state-owned and is the largest state-owned enterprise in France. Founded in 1933, Nissan is one of Japan's three major automakers and the first to start manufacturing small Datusun sedans and auto parts. In March 1999, Renault and Nissan reached a "global partnership agreement" and spent US$5.3 billion to acquire 36.8% of Nissan's shares, forming the world's fourth largest automobile manufacturing group. In April 2000, Renault announced its alliance with Volvo Cars and transferred the ownership of its Renault Industrial Vehicle Company to Volvo. In exchange, Volvo transferred 15% of its shares to Renault, and Renault purchased 5% of Volvo's shares. , becoming the company’s largest shareholder. After the implementation of this plan, the Volvo-Renault Group became the world's second largest heavy-duty truck manufacturer after the Dai-Ke Group.

8. PSA Group

Founded: 1976

Subsidiary brands: Peugeot, Citroen, Horizon, Samba

Enterprises in China: Dongfeng Citro?n

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. In 1976, Peugeot merged with the historic French company Citro?n, thus becoming a multinational industrial group in the world that mainly produces automobiles and also engages in mechanical processing, transportation, finance and service industries. Peugeot Automobile Company is headquartered in Paris, France, and its automobile factories are mostly in Fernandez-Quanti province. It has a total number of employees of about 11,000 and an annual output of 2.2 million cars.

When Peugeot was founded, it mainly produced bicycles and tricycles. In 1891, it began to get involved in the automotive field and achieved success. Due to the continuous adoption of new technologies, the company's output is increasing day by day. By World War I, production had exceeded all French automobile manufacturers, reaching 12,000 vehicles. During World War I, Armand Peugeot promptly adjusted his business strategy, allowing the Peugeot company to develop during the war. In 1939, its annual output reached 48,000 cars. Peugeot's second period of great development was in the 1950s and 1960s after World War II. Automobile production surged more than ten times in 20 years, becoming the second largest automobile company in France.

In 1976, Peugeot used its own economic strength to acquire 60% of the shares of the poorly managed Citro?n, thereby expanding its own strength. Total automobile production surpassed Renault Automobile Company and ranked first in France. Peugeot has 92 domestic companies and 84 overseas companies. The overseas companies are mainly commercial companies and there are not many industrial companies. Among them, the largest overseas industrial companies are British Talbot and Spanish Talbot Automobile Company.

In the 1980s, Peugeot cooperated with China to establish a joint venture in Guangzhou and imported Peugeot 504 and 505 cars to China. Peugeot car products range from mini to luxury, with the most popular being mid-size cars. Peugeot is characterized by long life and good quality. Its 205 and 309 cars have dominated the car rallies over the years

9. Fiat

Foundation date: July 1899 Month

Subsidiary brands: Alfa Romeo, Ferrari, Fiat, Lancia, Maserati, Iveco

Enterprises in China: Nanjing Fiat

One of the top ten automobile companies in the world, Fiat Automobile Company was founded in Turin, Italy in July 1899. The founder was Giovanni Agnelli. At that time, the company had 30 shareholders and had assets of 800,000 lire. The company's chairman is ludovico scarfiotti, vice chairman emanuele cacherano di bricherasio, and giovanni agnelli was elected as secretary-general. As a former Cavalier, Giovanni Agnelli stands out among the board members for his decisiveness and unique strategic vision. It is the world's first automobile manufacturer to produce minicars. The company's full name is Turin Automobile Manufacturing Plant, Italy. FIAT is the transliteration of the company's abbreviation, and FIAT is also the trademark of the company's products. The group is headquartered in Turin, Italy, and the current chairman is the eldest grandson of the founder. The Automotive Division employs approximately 270,000 people and has subsidiaries and sales organizations in more than 100 countries. Its car division mainly includes Fiat, Ferrari, Alfa and Lancia. Construction vehicle companies include Iveco.

Fiat's first factory was completed in Corso Dante in 1900. At that time, it had 150 workers and a 12,000 square meter factory building. Just that year, Fiat produced 30 3 1/2hp cars. In 1902, Fiat had its first racing car - a 24 hp corsa. Ridden by Vincenzo Lancia, he won the Sassi-Superga Hill Climb.

Giovanni Agnelli sets a new record in the second edition of the Giro d’Italia Automobilistico with a Fiat 8hp. In 1915, Fiat produced nearly 1,000 Fiat 501 models for the Royal Army. The car ditched Fiat's 'barca' engine design. The rear seat is widened and can accommodate 3 people. In 1919, under the management of Carlo Cavalli, the Fiat 501 small car was born. This model is very popular, with more than 45,000 units sold worldwide. In the same year, magneti marelli was founded. Back to the record, a motorcycle team consisting of 23 Fiat 15 ter lorries crossed the Sahara Desert for the first time, setting a record of 3,000 kilometers without mechanical problems.

The Italian Turin Automobile Factory (Fabbrica Italiana di Automobili Torino), born in 1899, is Italy's leading automobile manufacturing company.

At the beginning of the 20th century, a Turin painter separated the abbreviations of the company's name with a ".". Since then, the name F.I.A.T. (Fiat) has been resounding around the world along with its automobile products. Today, the Fiat Group is not only one of the top ten well-known automobile manufacturers in the world, but also the most important industrial group in the world. In addition to its main business of automobiles, the Group also operates commercial vehicles, agricultural machinery and construction machinery, metallurgy, parts, and production systems. , aviation, publishing communications, insurance and related services, covering ten major fields. In 2000, Fiat Group's turnover exceeded 57 billion euros, with 1,063 companies in 64 countries around the world and more than 223,000 employees, of which more than 111,000 were located outside Italy. The group has 242 production plants (of which 167 are abroad) and 131 research and development centers (of which 61 are abroad). About 39% of the output value is realized abroad, and overseas turnover accounts for 67% of the total turnover. Adhering to the three core values ??of creating value, customer satisfaction, and maximizing human value and respecting people, the Fiat Group has formulated its own development policies. These policies are the sum of the group's consistent rules, which constitute the framework of the group's shared ownership. Lay the foundation for independent business development. These policies are mainly reflected in: customer satisfaction, leadership monitoring and strategic development, partnerships, evaluation, financial management, human resources, notifications and external relations, risk management, corporate security and legal affairs, etc. In the century-old history of Fiat's development, it has always adhered to two strategic policies: diversification of production and commitment to the development of emerging markets with the greatest potential. At present, the group's business markets have spread all over the world, especially in emerging developing countries in South America, Eastern Europe and Asia, with rapid growth and rapid increase in market share.

10. BMW

Founded in 1916

Subsidiary brands: BMW, MINI, Rolls-Royce Royce)

Enterprises in China: Cooperation with Brilliance

Headquartered in Munich, Germany, BMW is a world-famous automobile company and is also considered the leader in the high-end automobile production industry. BMW was founded in 1916 and is headquartered in Munich. Over the past 90 years, it has developed from an original aircraft engine manufacturer to today's enterprise group that mainly produces high-end cars and produces world-renowned aircraft engines, off-road vehicles and motorcycles, ranking among the top 20 automobile companies in the world. The full name of BMW is "Bayerrische Motor En Werhe AG", and BMW is the abbreviation of these three words. As an important member of the international automobile market, BMW is very active, with operations in 120 countries around the world. It mainly produces 3, 5, 7, and 8 series cars and two-seat convertible sports cars. Currently, BMW is in its booming period; Opel and Ford purchased its 6-cylinder diesel engines; Rolls-Royce Group not only uses its 12-cylinder engines and electronic equipment, but also jointly researches and produces new aero engines; BMW's new plant in South Carolina, USA, has also been completed and put into production. This is the first foreign high-end automobile production plant in the United States.

Specific:

1: Nissan and Renault are only alliance agreements aimed at strengthening Nissan Motor Company's financial position and achieving win-win development, but maintaining their respective identities and corporate strategies. It's not the fourth largest, either.

Two: Daimler is a group, and Mercedes-Benz belongs to it. It is generally called "Daimler-Benz". Chrysler was taken over by Daimler in the 1990s. Daimler Group acquired it, but Chrysler suffered losses for many years. In 2006, Daimler Group sold more than 80% of Chrysler's shares. So now it is called "Daimler-Benz".

The full name of "Beijing Benz-DaimlerChrysler" has not changed. In addition to producing the Mercedes-Benz C-Class and E-Class, it also produces It also produced Chrysler's 300C and Platinum, but they seem to have been discontinued now.

Three: Porsche, a luxury sports car manufacturer with an output of 100,000 units, almost swallowed up Volkswagen with an annual output of 6 million units. Because they are both listed companies, and Volkswagen’s market value has shrunk due to poor performance, thus Porsche could be acquired at a low price, but was counter-acquired by Volkswagen due to the financial crisis.