Manufacturers & Their Brands

The world of auto manufacturers rivals that of European royalty in terms of confusing family trees. Car companies own bits and pieces of each other, while others frequently share parts, platforms and even entire cars. While a brand like Pontiac is 100 percent General Motors, a company like Suzuki is independent financially yet builds cars that are heavily based on GM products. On the flip side, Toyota owns a stake in Subaru but has nothing to do with its products...at least not yet. As we said, it's confusing. We've broken this list down into several main umbrella categories, with brands being associated through a combination of actual product relation and percentage of company ownership.

Aston Martin Aston Martin V8 Vantage Aston Martin Lagonda   BMW Rolls-Royce Phantom BMW Mini Riley Rolls-Royce Triumph   Daimler AG Mercedes-Benz CL550 Maybach Mercedes-Benz Smart Unimog   Fiat Auto Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano Abarth Alfa Romeo Autobianchi Chrysler De Soto Dodge Ferrari Fiat Hudson Imperial Innocenti Lancia Maserati Nash Oltre Plymouth Ford Ford Escape Hybrid Ford Lincoln Mazda Mercury Th!nk Volvo General Motors Chevrolet Avalanche Buick Cadillac Chevrolet Daewoo GMC Holden Hummer Maruti Oldsmobile Opel Pontiac Saturn Shanghai Auto Vauxhall   Honda Acura MDX Acura Honda   Hyundai Hyundai Elantra Asia Motors Hyundai Kia   Koenigsegg Koenigsegg Saab MG Rover Austin MG Morris Wolseley Peugeot-Citroën Citroën C6 Citroën Hillman Humber Panhard Peugeot Simca Singer Sunbeam Talbot Proton Proton Ecologic Lotus Proton

Porsche Porsche 911 GT3 Audi Auto Union Bentley Bugatti Cosworth DKW Horch Lamborghini Porsche NSU Seat Škoda Volkswagen Wanderer   Renault-Nissan Nissan Altima Coupe Alpine Dacia Datsun Infiniti Nissan Renault Renault Sport Samsung Motors   Tata Motors Jaguar XF Supercharged Daimler Jaguar Land Rover Lanchester Range Rover Rover Tata   Toyota Lexus GS 450h Daihatsu Lexus Scion Toyota Will   Independent SSC Ultimate Aero TT Ameritech McLaren F1 Ariel Austin-Healey Aro Beijing Auto Bertone Bristol Brabus Caterham Callaway Cars Changan Auto Connaught Dangel Diasio Car Company Dongfeng Motor Donkervoort Faralli & Mazzanti Fioravanti First Auto Works Fisker Coachbuild Giugiaro Great Wall Motors Heuliez Invicta Irmscher Isuzu Italdesign Jeep Jiangling Motors Co. Joss Karmann Lada Lotec Lucra Cars Mahindra Marcos McLaren Automotive Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution Mitsubishi Matra Miles Electric Vehicles Mitsuoka Morgan Mosler Pagani Panoz Auto Development Co. Perodua PGO Pininfarina Qvale Rinspeed Saleen Santana Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp. Shelby SuperCars Sivax Spyker SsangYong Subaru Suzuki Tata Tesla Motors TVR Ultima Sports Venturi Wiesmann Westfield Zagato Zhejiang Geely Automobile Zhonghua Zolfe   (Updated: 06/25/09 SV)