The auto industry has a very confusing family tree. The past few years have seen partnerships, sales, separations, bankruptcies and entire divisions killed off, making it difficult to keep up with who owns which car brands.

As automakers slim down to become more profitable and efficient, a number of changes have been made in recent years. We have seen storied names, such as Hummer, Saturn and Pontiac fade away into the history books. We have seen others, such as Chrysler, Jaguar, and Volvo find new parents.

The lists below will give you a better idea about what brands the world's largest automakers currently control.

1)Volkswagen Group
Volkswagen has its roots in Nazi-era Germany's desire to have a "people's car" to mobilize the population.

Volkswagen Group controls: Volkswagen - Audi - Bentley - Bugatti - Lamborghini - Porsche - SEAT - Skoda - MAN - Scania - Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles - Ducati

2)Daimler-AG
Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft (DMG) was founded in 1899. In 1926, it merged with Benz & Cie. to become Daimler-Benz AG.

Daimler AG runs: Mercedes-Benz - Smart - Mercedes-Benz Trucks - Freightliner - Fuso - Western Star - Bharatbenz - Mercedes-Benz Vans - Mercedes-Benz Buses - Setra - Thomas Built

3)BMW Group
The BMW(Bayerische Motoren Werke in German, or Bavarian Motor Works in English) Group keeps its structure fairly simple.

BMW owns: BMW - Mini - Rolls-Royce - BMW Motorrad

4)General Motors
Once the owner of many well known U.S. brands, the company's bankruptcy in 2009 resulted in the closing of brands like Oldsmobile, Pontiac, Saturn, and Hummer.

General Motors now controls:
Autobaojun - Buick - Cadillac - Chevrolet - GMC - Holden - Jiefang - Wuling

5)Fiat Chrysler Automobiles
Italy's Fiat and America's Chrysler officially completed their merger to become Fiat Chrysler Automobiles in October 2014.

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles controls:
Chrysler - Dodge - Jeep - Ram - Fiat - Alfa Romeo - Fiat Professional - Lancia - Maserati

6)Ford Motor Company
While it once controlled brands like Aston Martin and Volvo,Ford Motor Company's current structure is rather simple.

Ford Motor Company controls:Ford - Lincoln

7)Honda Motor Company
The Honda Motor Company controls: Honda - Acura - Honda Powersports

8 )Hyundai Motor Company
Hyundai started as a construction company in 1947 while Kia started in 1944 and specialized in making bicycle parts. Kia went bankrupt in 1997 and merged with Hyundai in 1998.

The Hyundai Motor Company owns: Hyundai - Kia - Genesis

9)PSA Group
PSA Group formed in 1976 with the merger of Peugeot and Citroên. In March 2017, the firm acquired Opel and Vauxhall from General Motors for $2.3 billion.

PSA Group controls: Peugeot - Citroën - DS - Opel - Vauxhall

10)Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi
Renault-Nissan acquired Mitsubishi in a $2.3 billion deal in October 2016.

Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi operates: Renault - Nissan - Mitsubishi - Dacia - Alpine, a performance automaker - Infiniti - Datsun - Lada - Renault-Samsung - Venucia

11)Tata Group
Tata Motors emerged in 1945.It acquired Jaguar and Land Rover in 2008.

Tata Group controls: Tata - Land-Rover - Jaguar - Tata Daewoo

12)Toyota Group
Toyota Motor Company was formed in 1937 and has its headquarters in Toyota City, Japan.

Toyota Group controls: Toyota - Lexus - Hino - Daihatsu

13)Zhejiang Geely
Zhejiang Geely controls: Geely Auto - Volvo - Lotus - Proton - London EV Company - Polestar - Lynk & Co - Yuan Cheng Auto - Terrafugia

Source https://autojosh.com/owns-worlds-largest-automakers-car-brands-currently-control/

Quite interesting

Volkswagen controls the super cars section.

But still BENZ or nothing.

Innoson ..no follow for automobile?

Volkswagen na still boss

Benzzzzzz! BMWwwww!

Toyota Rocks in the term of fuel.

The list is incomplete with Innoson Group.

Repping ford with my ford raptor truck

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Automobile world is a small world and interrelated...

Once upon a time,
Time, time, time....

Each brand started on its own....
But now......it's history.

Volkswagen - Bugatti X Lamborghini

And I dey here dey shout Benz Benz..

If I drive golf 2, no reason am oo,

Na Bugatti cousin brother you dey see so.

Where innoson abeg

This list is incomplete without Innoson brand

Its always benz or bmw for mua

here is the piechart

what of Tesla?

Quite educative.. thank you

Make peugeot sha do new version of 504. Na that one consign me.

Informative

So who controls Keke Napep?

OP

Ford actually need to close down its a useless company

But na who com dey direct?

which group controls molue, keke maruwa, kabu kabu, danfo, and okada

Sometimes I used to wonder how a parent company that actually produces a very rugged, sturdy and lovely vehicle brand would still be the one producing the opposite of that. For instance ; Land Rover & Tata, Volvo & Geely, Chrysler & Fiat. Dem nor follow at all.

I'm not sure I saw Mazda in your post?

Please what about Bajaj? Or is that "thing" most people dey use shuttle within street nor qualify enough as motor? Forget say e get 3 tyres o.

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So who controls Keke Napep?

India Tricycle maker- Bajaj

Kia and Hyundai de always look alike i know say dem be brothers

Also HOLDEN for those in Australia

Nice to know