Volkswagen & Audi

[npoe1]

Thanks, great chart, but the image could be a Little bigger to me be able of Reading all the emblems.

 

[cheesehead]

Originally posted by: jhu

those brands you mention are actually wholly-owned subsidiaries. they operate rather independently from the rest of gm and ford.

Yeah...but it's the same NYSE stock, isn't it?

Originally posted by: Tommouse
Jalopnik made a car company Family Tree. Check it out, it should help to sort out some of the crazy partnerships/relationships between all the major players

That's only the beginning of it.

For example, engines from one manufacturer can end up in anothers' car. Much of the current Alfa Romeo lineup uses GM V6 engines, while FIAT (parent company of Alfa, ironically enough) builds diesel engines used in many other manufacturers' cars, including the Vauxhall Vectra - a GM product. While Isuzu only really makes one car, you can find their engines all over the place, and Lotus - despite being owned lock, stock, and barrel by Proton - uses nothing but engines from their competitor Toyota.

And then there's the mash-up of Italian build quality and Japanese blandness known as the Nissan Cherry Europe. We don't like to talk about that one.

 

[cheesehead]

oops...double post

 

[punjabiplaya]

It's almost as fun as the telecom tree!

 

[DivideBYZero]

Car companies making or selling parts to other competing companies is nothing new.

My 83 Austin Maestro had a VW manual trans and had both the VW and Audi logos stamped on it.

 

[PottedMeat]

Originally posted by: Tommouse
Jalopnik made a car company Family Tree. Check it out, it should help to sort out some of the crazy partnerships/relationships between all the major players

Very cool chart. Honda seems pretty isolated - weren't they selling engines to GM at some point?

Didn't know Daimler still held ~20% of Chrysler.
Didn't know Renault owned Mack trucks.
GM, VW, and Toyota seem to have their fingers in everything.

 

[cheesehead]

Originally posted by: PottedMeat

Very cool chart. Honda seems pretty isolated - weren't they selling engines to GM at some point?

Didn't know Daimler still held ~20% of Chrysler.
Didn't know Renault owned Mack trucks.
GM, VW, and Toyota seem to have their fingers in everything.

That's just an ownership chart - Honda has sold engines to anyone who will buy them.