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Auto manufacturer family tree: Who owns what?

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Re: Auto manufacturer family tree: Who owns what?

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Post by RajT88 »

csours wrote: post #30

Disclosure: I work for GM. Anything here is solely my own opinion or experience. Fun fact: Chevrolet kind of bought GM. https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/gm-buys-chevrole... > "Still the owner of a considerable portion of GM stock, Durant began to purchase more shares in the company as his profits from Chevrolet allowed. In a final move to regain control, Durant offered GM stockholders five shares of Chevro…

> Chrysler partnered with Mitsubishi

The epic "Diamondstar Motors" as I recall. Responsible for generations of kickass cars under different names. Conquest/Starion, Laser/Talon/Eclipse, Stealth/3000GT.

Re: Auto manufacturer family tree: Who owns what?

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Post by sorenjan »

I only skimmed trough it, but the section about Polestar is wrong. It says that their racing division was renamed Lynk & Co. Lynk & Co is a different car brand focusing on a subscription sales model. Polestar's racing division was renamed Cyan Racing. Polestar is also partly owned by Geely, which of course also owns Volvo which owns part of Polestar...

Geely recently bought the mobile phone manufacturer Meizu.

Re: Auto manufacturer family tree: Who owns what?

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Post by rcMgD2BwE72F »

oboes wrote: post #25
belval wrote: post #16

I always wanted something like this but for all companies. I feel like it would be a great tool to help people understand how giant conglomerates are actually a big part of what we consume. My favorite are outdoor clothing companies which almost all tie-in to the same Chinese investment fund. Or how glasses companies all belong to that one French conglomerate.

The French newspaper "Le Monde diplomatique" made a very interesting family tree for media ownership in France: https://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/cartes/PPA

Published on Github too https://github.com/mdiplo/Medias_francais

Re: Auto manufacturer family tree: Who owns what?

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Post by gpderetta »

PinguTS wrote: post #65
gpderetta wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's after it bought DeLorean for their time machine business I assume. edit: "after it will have brought" I guess

Sorry, wrong key pressed. Thanks. Fixed it.

Nooo now my comment is not funny anymore :)

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Post by arethuza »

sgt wrote: post #60

Even though Volkswagen (VW) owns cars like Porsche and others, it should be mentioned that Porsche SE controls and owns majority in VW.

Porsche SE is a holding company though - it doesn't directly make cars.

Porsche cars are made by Porsche AG which is a subsidiary of Volkswagen AG - Porsche SE then holding a controlling stake in Volkswagen AG.

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Post by arethuza »

helij wrote: post #79
ZWoz wrote: post #75

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I found Škoda description lacking. Being one of few historic Czech car manufacturers is mention worthy.

Also, one of the oldest car manufacturers in the world.

And a maker of great value practical cars - my last 3 cars (and my wife's last 2 cars) have all been Škodas.

However, I was disappointed that they stopped making the Yeti.

Re: Auto manufacturer family tree: Who owns what?

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Post by flyinghamster »

RajT88 wrote: post #81
csours wrote: post #30

Disclosure: I work for GM. Anything here is solely my own opinion or experience. Fun fact: Chevrolet kind of bought GM. https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/gm-buys-chevrole... > "Still the owner of a considerable portion of GM stock, Durant began to purchase more shares in the company as his profits from Chevrolet allowed. In a final move to regain control, Durant offered GM stockholders five shares of Chevro…

> Chrysler partnered with Mitsubishi The epic "Diamondstar Motors" as I recall. Responsible for generations of kickass cars under different names. Conquest/Starion, Laser/Talon/Eclipse, Stealth/3000GT.

In addition, Chrysler had captive imports from Mitsubishi at least as far back as the 1971 Dodge Colt. The GM/Isuzu and Ford/Mazda relationships went back to the 1970s as well.
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