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 DBS Volante Aston Martin Lagonda   BMW Mini Cooper BMW Mini Riley Rolls-Royce Triumph   Daimler AG Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Maybach Mercedes-Benz Smart Unimog   Fiat Auto Jeep Lower Forty Abarth Alfa Romeo Autobianchi Chrysler De Soto Dodge Ferrari Fiat Hudson Imperial Innocenti Jeep Lancia Maserati Nash Oltre Plymouth Ford Ford Focus Ford Lincoln Mazda Mercury Th!nk Volvo General Motors Chevrolet Camaro Buick Cadillac Chevrolet Daewoo GMC Holden Hummer Maruti Oldsmobile Opel Pontiac Saturn Saab Shanghai Auto Vauxhall   Honda Honda Crosstour Acura Honda   Hyundai Hyundai Sorrento Asia Motors Hyundai Kia MG Rover Austin MG Morris Wolseley Miles Electric Vehicles Coda Miles Electric Vehicles Peugeot-Citroën Citroën C6 Citroën Hillman Humber Panhard Peugeot Simca Singer Sunbeam Talbot Proton Lotus Elise Lotus Proton

Renault-Nissan Nissan Maxima 3.5 SV Alpine Dacia Datsun Infiniti Nissan Renault Renault Sport Samsung Motors   Tata Motors Jaguar XJ Daimler Jaguar Land Rover Lanchester Range Rover Rover Tata   Toyota Lexus LFA Daihatsu Lexus Scion Toyota Will   Volkswagen Audi E-tron Audi Auto Union Bentley Bugatti Cosworth DKW Horch Lamborghini Porsche NSU Seat Škoda Volkswagen Wanderer   Independent Ariel Ascari Austin-Healey Aro Beijing Auto Bertone Bristol Brabus Caterham Callaway Cars Chana Connaught Dangel Diasio Car Company Dongfeng Motor Donkervoort Faralli & Mazzanti Fioravanti First Auto Works Fisker Coachbuild Fisker Karma Giugiaro Great Wall Motors Heuliez Invicta Irmscher Isuzu Italdesign Jiangling Motors Co. Joss Karmann Koenigsegg Lada Lotec Lucra Cars Mahindra Marcos McLaren Automotive Mitsubishi Matra Mitsuoka Morgan Mosler Pagani Panoz Auto Development Co. Perodua PGO Pininfarina Qvale Rinspeed Rossion Saleen Santana Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp. Shelby Shelby SuperCars SSC Ultimate Aero TT Sivax Spyker SsangYong Subaru Suzuki SV Motor Company Tesla Motors TVR Ultima Sports Venturi Wiesmann Westfield Zagato Zhejiang Geely Automobile Zhonghua Zolfe   (Updated: 01/20/10 AR)