1. General Motors is the world's largest automobile company, with an annual industrial output value of more than 100 billion US dollars. 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. General Motors ranks first among the 500 largest companies in the United States and second among the world's largest industrial companies. It employs 800,000 people in the United States and around the world, distributed in 40 countries and regions around the world. The GM family's total annual automobile production reaches 9 million vehicles. General Motors is one of the earliest large-scale enterprises in the United States to implement joint-stock systems and expert group management. The cars produced by General Motors typically display the characteristics of American cars such as luxury, spaciousness, comfortable interior, fast speed, and large power reserve. And General Motors pays special attention to quality and the adoption of new technologies. Therefore, General Motors' products have always enjoyed a high reputation in the minds of users. General Motors formed partnerships with Fiat, Suzuki, Isuzu and Fuji Heavy Industries Motor Corporation. 2. Ford Ford Motor Company was founded in 1903 by Mr. Henry Ford and 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. It operates in more than 200 regional markets on six continents, with 325,000 employees and 110 factories spread across the country. worldwide. 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." Ford Motor Company owns eight major automobile brands, including Aston Martin, Ford, Jaguar, Land Rover, Lincoln, and Mazda. (Mazda), Mercury and Volvo. In addition, Ford Motor Company also owns Ford Motor Credit, the world's largest auto credit company, Hertz, the world's largest car rental company, and the famous car service brand QualityCare. These world-famous brands contain extraordinary value to Ford and consumers around the world. 3. DaimlerChrysler Chrysler Motor Company is the third largest automobile industry company in the United States. It was founded in 1925 by Walter Chrysler. The company has subsidiaries in many countries around the world and is a multinational automotive company. The company is headquartered in Detroit, USA. In 1924, Walter Chrysler left General Motors to join the Williams Overland Company and began producing Chrysler brand cars. In 1925, he bought the bankrupt Maxwell Company and formed his own company. With his own technology and financial resources, he successively bought Dodge, Brigg and Plymouth companies, and gradually developed into the third largest automobile company in the United States. With the expansion of its operations, Chrysler began to expand overseas. It successively built factories in Australia, France, the United Kingdom, and Brazil, acquired equity interests in local automobile companies, and purchased Maserati and Lamborghini in Italy, thus making the company a multinational company. car companies. In its golden period in the 1930s, it once surpassed Ford. In the 1970s, the company was on the verge of bankruptcy due to poor management, and the famous entrepreneur Lee Iacocca took over the company.

After taking office, Jacocca boldly hired new people, laid off employees, sought government funding, and devoted his main energy to market research and product development, and surprisingly succeeded in product advertising. In the early 1980s, Chrysler miraculously survived again and continued to rank among the top five automobile companies in the world. In the 1990s, due to the attacks of Japanese car companies, Chrysler was once again in trouble. It fell again and again in the ranking of car companies, even falling below Nissan's American branch (U.S. market). Chrysler Automobile Company has Dodge, Shunfeng, Chrysler sedan departments as well as Dodge trucks and parts departments. Current new automobile products include "Xingdao" light truck, "Sundance" car, "Ghost", "Dodge 600", "Tailwind Clipper" and other automobile products. At the 6th Beijing International Automobile Industry Exhibition, DaimlerChrysler will exhibit the new Mercedes-Benz C-class car that will debut in China. This car is a comprehensively innovative new model that was just launched in Europe in May this year. At the same time, various S, E, and M-class Mercedes-Benz models were carefully selected to meet the Chinese audience. In addition, a rail-type CDI engine will also be exhibited. 4. Toyota, one of the top ten automobile industry companies in the world and the most popular automobile company in Japan, was founded in 1933 and has now developed into a huge industrial group focusing on automobile production; its business involves machinery, electronics, finance and other industries. In its early days, Toyota focused on manufacturing textile machinery. Founder Kiichiro Toyoda established the Automobile Department at the Textile Machinery Manufacturing Works in 1933, thus beginning the history of Toyota Motor Company manufacturing automobiles. In 1935, Toyota AI model car was successfully trial-produced, and the Automobile Industry Company was officially established the next year. But the company developed slowly throughout the 1930s and 1940s, and it was only after World War II that Toyota Motor Company accelerated its pace of development. By introducing European and American technology, and under the guidance of American automotive technology experts and management experts, they quickly mastered advanced automotive production and management technology, and based on the characteristics of the Japanese nation, they created the famous Toyota production management model and continued to improve it. Improvement and improvement greatly improved factory production efficiency and product cars flooded into the North American market in large numbers in the late 1960s. In 1972, the company produced a total of 10 million cars. The 1970s was a golden period for Toyota Motor Company's rapid development. In just four years from 1972 to 1976, the company produced 10 million vehicles, with an annual output of more than 2 million vehicles. In the 1980s, Toyota Motor Company's production and sales continued to rise sharply. By the early 1990s, its annual automobile production had exceeded 4 million and was close to 5 million, beating Ford Motor Company and ranking second in the world in automobile production. The 1960s and 1970s of Toyota Motor Corporation was a period of self-growth in Japan. After the 1980s, it began its international strategy of comprehensively going global. It has established wholly-owned or joint ventures in the United States, the United Kingdom and Southeast Asia, and jointly built automobile research and development centers locally to implement an international strategy of local research, development, design and production. Toyota Motor Company has strong technology development capabilities and attaches great importance to studying customer needs for cars. Therefore, it has created different famous brand products at different historical stages of its development, and defeated American and European competitors with rapid product changes. The early Toyota, Crown, Crown and Corolla cars were famous for a while, and the recent Cressida and Lexus luxury cars are also very famous. Toyota Motor Corporation is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, and its current president is Shoichiro Toyoda. The annual output of cars is nearly 5 million, and the export ratio is close to 50%. Toyota Motor Corp. has formed a partnership with South Korea's Hyundai Motor Co. 5. Volkswagen, one of the top ten automobile companies in the world, was founded in 1938 in Volsburg, Germany. The founder is the world-famous automobile design master Porsche. Volkswagen plays a major role in automobile products and is a cross-car automobile group with automobile activities in many countries around the world. Volkswagen, as its name suggests, produces cars for the masses. On January 17, 1934, Porsche submitted a proposal to the German government to design and produce cars for Volkswagen. Subsequently, the proposal was approved, and later Porsche established a Volkswagen AG with 340,000 shareholders, with an annual output of 1 million vehicles. In the "Volkswagen City" in Fort Worth, 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, and automobile production gradually resumed.

Due to the low price of the "Beetle", this car quickly became popular in Germany and Europe. In 1955, the "Beetle" was exported to more than 100 countries. When the "Beetle" was discontinued in 1981, a total of 20 million units had been produced, breaking the Ford Model T. world record. With the sales of "Beetle", Volkswagen has also grown into a powerful world automobile production group. It has established automobile production plants and sales companies in Spain, Mexico and many other countries. Following the "Beetle", Volkswagen achieved mass production of four-wheel continuous drive water buses in 1980 and launched the world's best-selling golf car in the 1980s, thus becoming the largest car manufacturer in Europe. Volkswagen's headquarters has been moved to Berlin and is still in Voorburg, with 265,000 employees. There are 13 production subsidiaries around the world, 7 sales companies overseas, and 23 other companies. The domestic subsidiaries are mainly Volkswagen and Audi, and the foreign subsidiaries include Spain, Mexico, Skoda, Santana, Passat, Corrado, Audi, Audi Cobe, etc. The entire automobile group's production and sales capacity is around 3 million vehicles. 6. 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 approach to business is 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. The company is known as the vanguard of Japanese automotive technology development. In terms of technology development and research, the founder Soichiro Honda was willing to spend a lot of money, so he had many scientific and technological achievements. Honda's electronic navigation system is the world's first navigation device used in cars. It can display maps and driving directions on a fluorescent screen, and can also determine the location of the car. The four-wheel anti-skid electronic controller, the electronic device for automatically controlling the body height and the compound vortex-adjusted combustion engine are all leading achievements in automotive high technology in the world. At the same time, Honda Motor is also the first Japanese car company to meet American standards. Honda has a wide range of motorcycle products, with sports bikes, racing cars and ordinary cars occupying an absolute advantage in the world motorcycle market, with a total output of about 10 million units. accounting for approximately one-third of the global market. The Honda team is also a strong sports team on the field. Whether in the car racing field or the motorcycle racing field, the Honda team wins several world championships every year. Honda's main automobile products include Accord, Civic, Civic, City, Honda NSX, S2000, etc. Motorcycle products include products with various displacements and levels from 50cc to 1800cc. At the same time, power machinery products include generators, general engines, cultivators, outboard motors, lawn mowers, snow blowers and other products in various fields. 7. Nissan Founded in 1933, Nissan Motor Company is one of Japan's three major automakers and the first to start manufacturing small Datsun sedans and auto parts. For decades, Nissan Motor Company's technologies and products have been loved by consumers around the world. Since the first Duke appeared on the streets of Beijing in 1972, Nissan Motor Company and its products have been part of the history of the development of the Chinese automobile industry. Nissan Motor Company established a joint venture in Zhengzhou to produce pickup trucks and cooperated with Fengshen Motors to complete the market introduction of Fengshen Bluebird II. In addition to its manufacturing and production business in China, Nissan Motor Company also imports popular cars such as Fengdu and Sunshine from Japan to China. In 1998, "Fengdu 2000CC" was the first imported car to obtain the Beijing exhaust emission standard certificate, winning the favor and love of many consumers. Nissan Motor Company is committed to designing and manufacturing cars that meet customer needs and is actively committed to solving relevant issues in the automotive society, from traffic safety to environmental protection. At present, hybrid fuel vehicles and electric vehicles equipped with the automatic lane keeping assist system developed by Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. have been put on the market, and fuel cell vehicles are also undergoing road trials.

Through global operations, Nissan Motor Company has 21 manufacturing centers in 17 countries around the world, with a total annual output of approximately 2.4 million vehicles, and sells vehicles in 191 countries and regions around the world. In March 1999, Nissan Motor Company and France's Renault Automobile Company signed a comprehensive alliance agreement aimed at strengthening Nissan Motor Company's financial position while achieving win-win development. This alliance between the parties allows for optimal and complementary output in various operations critical to the global business strategy, including sales, product and production activities. Nissan Motor Co. and France's Renault SA have been working closely together as global partners while maintaining their respective identities and corporate strategies. This alliance is designed to strengthen brand awareness so that these brands have distinct capabilities and characteristics and can compete effectively in the global market of the 21st century. 8. Peugeot-Citroen Peugeot Motor 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. Most of its automobile factories are in the province of Fernando Quinti. 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. Its 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 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. It is the world's first automobile manufacturer to produce minicars. The full name of this company is Turin Automobile Factory, Italy. Fiat (FIAT) is the transliteration of the company's abbreviation, and FIAT is also the trademark of the company's products. Fiat Group is headquartered in Turin, Italy. The current chairman is the eldest grandson of the founder and his namesake, also named Giovanni Agnelli. The Automotive Division employs approximately 270,000 people and has subsidiaries and sales organizations in more than 100 countries. Its car division mainly includes companies such as Fiat, Ferrari, Alfa and Lancia. Construction vehicle companies include Iveco. Fiat Automobile Group is Italy's largest comprehensive industrial and commercial financial enterprise group. It is the automobile group with the most involvement in other fields among all automobile companies. In Italy, it almost monopolizes many technical production fields such as automobiles, tractors, construction machinery, aircraft manufacturing, bioengineering and civil engineering, energy engineering, etc., and has opened many branches around the world. 10. BMW 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 80 years, it has developed from an original aircraft engine production plant to today's enterprise group dominated by luxury cars and producing world-renowned aircraft engines, off-road vehicles and motorcycles, ranking among the top 20 automobile companies in the world. BMW is also translated as "Bail". The full name of BMW is "Bayerische Motor en Werhe AG", and BMW is the abbreviation of these three words.

BMW is very active as an important player in the international automobile market, with operations in 120 countries around the world. In 1997, 1.2 million vehicles of various types were produced. BMW cars mainly include 3, 5, 7, and 8 series cars and two-seat convertible sports cars. Currently, BMW is in a prosperous period: Opel and Ford Motor Company purchase 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. ; In 1994, the BMW Group acquired the British Land Rover Automobile Company (RoverGroup); in 1998, the BMW Group acquired the Rolls-Royce automobile brand; BMW's new factory in South Carolina, USA, was also completed and put into production. The first foreign high-end automobile production plant. BMW has always been known for its emphasis on technological innovation and continues to set new standards for high-performance premium cars. At the same time, BMW attaches great importance to safety and environmental issues. BMW's research in "active safety performance" and "passive safety performance" and its FIRST (Integral Road Safety System) have earned the company a reputation. BMW is committed to promoting the development of China's automobile industry in high-tech applications. In April 1994, BMW established a representative office in Beijing.