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[Mikros]

Ok, Fiat owns nowadays Fiat, Alfa Romeo, Lancia, Ferrari, Maserati, Autobianchi, Iveco and I think Ducatti as well. Hence the cars share a few bits and pieces, like engines gearboxes etc. From time to time Fiat had cooperations with other makes for specific projects, like Alfa 164/Saab 9000/Opel Omega, and MPVs as well. Lately there were discussions to have a very close cooperation with General Motors, have thankfully GM went away, but the current agreement is for GM to use Fiat's small engines (below 2000cc), and Fiat use the GMS's big V6 engines. As an example the 1.9 diesel engine is used by Alfa 147/156/159, Fiat Punto/Grande Punto/Stilo, Lancia, Saab 9-3, Opel/Vauxhall Vectra /Astra... A bit confusing, eh? These days every company has cooperations sharing car bits and pieces and technology as well. There is no single manufacturer not sharing things.

BTW, Porsche is not owned by VW although they always had agreements, like Porsche 924/Audi Coupe, VW Touareg/Porsche Cayenne.

Ford owns Ford, Mazda, Volvo, Jaguar...

Any more info needed???

[VEX8]

Nope, think that pretty much clears it up thanks.

[Kenneth]

ok... found this it a year old or so.. maybe there are some changes

BMW owns:
-BMW
-Mini
-Rolls Royce

Daimler/Chrysler owns:
-AMC (brand discontinued -- Chrysler bought AMC primarily for the Jeep brand which was owned by AMC)
-Chrysler
-Dodge
-Eagle (brand discontinued)
-Hyundai (Daimler/Chrysler only owns 10% --13 May 04 changes!)
-Jeep
-Maybach
-Mercedes-Benz
-Mitsubishi (Daimler/Chrysler owns 37%)
-Plymouth (brand discontinued)
-Smart

Fiat owns:
-Alfa Romeo
-Ferrari
-Fiat
-Lancia
-Maserati

Ford owns:
-Aston Martin
-Ford
-Jaguar
-Land Rover (bought from BMW)
-Lincoln
-Mazda (Ford owns 33% of Mazda)
-Mercury
-Volvo cars

Fuji Heavy Industries owns:
-Subaru

General Motors owns:
-Buick
-Cadillac
-Chevrolet
-Daewoo (GM owns 44%)
-Fiat (GM owns ~20%)
-GMC
-Holden
-Hummer
-Isuzu (GM only owns a percentage)
-Oldsmobile (brand discontinued)
-Opel
-Pontiac
-Saab
-Saturn
-Subaru (GM owns 20%)
-Suzuki (GM only owns a small percentage)
-Vauxhall

Honda owns:
-Acura
-Honda

Hyundai owns:
-Hyundai
-Kia

Nissan owns:
-Infiniti
-Nissan
-Renault (Nissan owns 15%)

PSA Peugeot Citroen owns:
-Citroen
-Peugeot

Porsche is an independent company (they do work very closely with VW, however)

Renault owns:
-Nissan (Renault owns 44%)

Toyota owns:
-Lexus
-Scion
-Toyota

Volkswagen owns:
-Audi
-Bentley
-Bugatti
-Lamborghini
-SEAT
-Skoda
-Volkswagen



Ken

[Mikros]

Ok some small changes since last year and more additions...

Fiat owns Autobianchi, and has shares in GM as well. (Mutual agreement). There was a also a restructure of the company, Alfa and Maserati in one group as a sports executive division (Alfas have already been classified as sports executive, see Alfa 159, new 149, new 169 which will compete with BMW 5 and 7 terrotories) and Alfa 8C Competizone which will hit the Porsche territotories... Fiat cars in one people's group and Lancia in another executive group and Ferrari in their own group since it is the only division that has made good money lately, see Formula 1.

The Daimler ownership of Mitsubishi is so correct.... Mercedes A150 and Smart four use a Mitsubishi engine....

PSA owns Matra and Talbot as well

Ford owns more than 50% now (if my memory is ok, they have 100% of Mazda now)

[Svetlana]

I believe Mercedes has now split from Chrysler and Porsche have taken a 20% share in VW.

lana

[Mikros]

Have to check about this Lana.... and come back to you!