In Europe, the Spider is sold as a more affordable Fiat-badged version , but in Australia, only the most powerful Abarth is offered. You can also find high-performance versions of the wearing the same scorpion badge. However it had to be saved, primarily by Fiat, in , following the US automotive industry crisis.
Fiat then took full ownership of the American brand in Only one Chrysler model is currently sold in Australia - the large sedan. Under the Chrysler umbrella, Dodge became a subsidiary of the Fiat group in , having also previously been involved with Daimler. Jeep is perhaps best known for its small durable 4x4 vehicles built specifically for the US military.
Civilian models then became available in Among many company icons, the seven-slot grille is perhaps the most famous and is worn by every model. The Italian brand known for its sports cars and racing exploits was founded more than a century ago.
Despite being sold only in Italy in modern times, Lancia is still a well-known brand thanks to its highly successful motorsport endeavours, including famous rally cars like the Stratos, Delta and It came under the Fiat umbrella in Originally a coffee mill company, Peugeot switched to bicycles in before looking to cars in , and eventually becoming a highly successful mainstream vehicle producer.
In , the French Government and Dongfeng Motors both purchased 14 per cent stakes in the company. Citroen has made waves in the automotive world at various points during its lifetime, and today is best known for quirky small and mid-sized cars.
The brand was taken over by Peugeot in Opel was originally founded in to produce sewing machines. It then took on bicycles in and automobiles in GM would then move to take a majority stake in the German brand in and increased to full control from Vauxhall was founded in in the UK as a pump and marine engine manufacturer before turning its hand to cars in It was later acquired by GM in and from was rebadged, and sold largely the same product in the UK as Opel has in Germany and other parts of Europe.
It too joined PSA at the same time as Opel in Daimler is a German automaker which sells its vehicles under the world-renowned Mercedes-Benz brand. The company was formed with the merging of the Daimler and Benz auto companies, before purchasing Chrysler in and being named Daimler Chrysler AG.
Today the brand is best known for its wide range of luxury cars and its high-performance car division called AMG — as well as its participation in Formula 1, having won the Constructors Championship every year from to Smart is a Daimler AG brand which exclusively produces microcars and subcompacts.
Originally just an idea by head of Swiss timepiece manufacturer Swatch, the company and Mercedes came to an agreement the same year to build cars. In , Daimler and Geely announced a joint venture to produce Smart cars in China for global distribution. Maybach was acquired by Daimler in , becoming the company's ultra-luxury brand and in direct competition with Rolls Royce.
However poor sales meant the marque was put into stasis in Bavarian Motor Works celebrated its centenary in and has shareholders spanning most continents of the world. Strategic investors hold shares of around 47 per cent of the luxury brand, while institutional investors from North America, the UK, Ireland, Germany and other parts of Europe hold a combined 40 per cent share. Mini was originally introduced as a model, founded by the British Motor Corporation, before becoming a marque in its own right in Rolls-Royce is possibly the most highly regarded luxury car brand in the world.
It also produces engines for commercial airliners, albeit as a separately operated company. Rolls-Royce was nationalised in , then privatised in The seemingly unlikely alliance between Renault , Nissan and Mitsubishi was recently strengthened with a new framework ratified in early The company is part-owned by the French government 20 per cent , and itself has a 43 per cent controlling stake in Nissan.
The Japanese brand has been controlled by Renault since through the powerful Renault-Nissan Alliance, which sees Nissan hold a 15 per cent non-voting share in the French brand. Nissan, in turn, holds Mitsubishi Motors as a subsidiary of its own, and Nismo stands as its in-house tuning brand. Infiniti is the luxury division of Nissan, producing various impressive models for Australia. Despite offering direct competition to Lexus for a number of years, the brand has failed to attract as much interest Down Under and announced it would pull out of the Australian market in It was its second attempt on Australia's discerning tastes, highlighting just how difficult and challenging the local landscape is for new brands - even with big brand backing.
Mitsubishi was originally founded as a shipbuilder, with its dedicated motor division not emerging until The wider Mitsubishi brand still commands a 20 per cent stake in the company, but Nissan took a 34 per cent share in October Tata is an Indian brand and part of the wider Tata conglomerate. Between and , the brand enjoyed a collaboration with Daimler-Benz.
Land Rover was acquired by Tata Motors in , but is still revered as a British icon. Are they subsidiaries of bigger car brands?
It all gets a bit much to keep up with at some point. Thankfully, Consumer Reports followed the trail of bread crumbs for most of the major car brands and compiled a list of which car brands own whom.
Although this list is complicated as it is, it is also incomplete. Although this list is incomplete, it helps show the relationship between these different brands and how closely they can be related to each other. The corporation controls these assets:. The Mercedes brand, which was better known, dates all the way back to The success in competition eventually led to Mercedes being installed on the radiators of road cars from Daimler by Later on, it bought other automakers like Cadillac and Oldsmobile.
The brand was once the owner of many popular cars in the USA before it went bankrupt in which closed known brands such as Saturn, Hummer, Pontiac and Oldsmobile. At this time, General Motors controls:. Starting as a construction firm in , Hyundai quickly expanded and joined the auto business in They first started building a version of the Ford Cortina which was under license and revealed its own model the Pony back in The year saw the rise of Kia which was a firm that specialised in making parts for bicycles.
It officially entered the auto market by the year by creating the K, a small three-wheeled truck, which was under license.
Although Kia went bankrupt in , Hyundai took control of its reigns and merged the following year. Before that, the firm manufactured clip-on engines that were attached to bicycles. In , the company officially entered the auto business with a small T truck and an S sports car a few months later.
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