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The automotive industry designs, develops, manufactures, markets, and sells the world's motor vehicle

Motor vehicle

A motor vehicle is a machine which incorporates a wikt:motor , and which is used for transportation. The internal combustion engine is the most common motor choice, although electric motors or other types are sometimes used....
s. In 2007, more than 73 million motor vehicles, including cars and commercial vehicle

Commercial vehicle

A commercial vehicles is a type of vehicle that is used for carrying goods or passengers.Examples of commercial vehicles include:* Truck* Semi truck...
s were produced worldwide.

In 2007, a total of 71.9 million new automobiles were sold worldwide: 22.9 million in Europe

Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
, 21.4 million in Asia-Pacific

Asia-Pacific

Asia-Pacific or APAC is the area generally regarded as encompassing littoral East Asia, Southeast Asia and Australasia near the Pacific Ocean, plus the states in the ocean itself ....
, 19.4 million in USA and Canada, 4.4 million in Latin America

Latin America

Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages ? particularly Spanish language and Portuguese language, and variably French language ? are primarily spoken....
, 2.4 million in the Middle East

Middle East

File:GreaterMiddleEast1.pngThe Middle East is a region that spans southwestern Asia, western Asia, and northeastern Africa. It has no clear boundaries, often used as a synonym to Near East, in opposition to Far East....
and 1.4 million in Africa

Africa

Africa is the world's second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km? including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area....
. The markets in North America

North America

North America is the northern continent of the Americas, situated in the Earth's northern hemisphere and almost totally in the western hemisphere....
and Japan

Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
were stagnant, while those in South America

South America

South America is the southern continent of the Americas, situated entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere....
and Asia

Asia

Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent. It covers 8.6% of the Earth's total surface area and, with over 4 billion people, it contains more than 60% of the world's current human population....
grew strongly.

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The automotive industry designs, develops, manufactures, markets, and sells the world's motor vehicle

Motor vehicle

Commercial vehicle

Europe

Asia-Pacific

Latin America

Middle East

Africa

North America

North America is the northern continent of the Americas, situated in the Earth's northern hemisphere and almost totally in the western hemisphere....
and Japan

Japan

South America

Asia

Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
, Brazil

Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is a country in South America. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, occupying nearly half of South America, the List of countries by population country, and the fourth most populous democracy in the world....
, India

India

India, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, the List of countries by population country, and the most populous liberal democracy in the world....
and China

China

China is a Culture of China, an ancient civilization, and, depending on perspective, a national or multinational entity extending over a large area in East Asia....
saw the most rapid growth.

About 250 million vehicles are in the United States. Around the world, there were about 806 million cars and light trucks on the road in 2007; they burn over 260 billion gallons of gasoline and diesel fuel yearly. The numbers are increasing rapidly, especially in China and India.

In 2008, with rapidly rising oil prices, industries such as the automotive industry, are experiencing a combination of pricing pressures from raw material costs and changes in consumer buying habits. The industry is also facing increasing external competition from the public transport sector, as consumers re-evaluate their private vehicle usage.

History

Brazil

The Brazilian automotive industry produced almost 3 million vehicles in 2007. Most of large global companies are present in Brazil, such as Ford, GM

GM may refer to:...
(Chevrolet

Chevrolet

Chevrolet is a brand of automobile, produced by General Motors . It is the top selling GM marque, with "Chevrolet" or "Chevy" being at times synonymous with GM....
), Volkswagen

Volkswagen

Fiat

Fiat S.p.A. Fiat based cars are constructed all around the world?the largest concern outside Italy is in Brazil . It also has factories in Argentina and Poland....
, Toyota, Mercedes-Benz

Mercedes-Benz

Mercedes-Benz is a German manufacturer of automobiles, buses, coach es, and trucks. It is currently a division of the parent company, Daimler AG , after previously being owned by Daimler-Benz....
, Renault

Renault

Renault S.A. is a French automaker producing cars, vans, buses, tractors, and trucks. Due to its alliance with Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., it is currently the world's 4th largest automaker.It owns the Romanian automaker Dacia and the Korean automaker Renault Samsung Motors....
etc, and also the emerging national companies such as Troller, Marcopolo S.A.

Marcopolo S.A.

Marcopolo S.A. is a bus manufacturer founded on August 6, 1949, in the southern Brazilian city of Caxias do Sul, state of Rio Grande do Sul. The company manufactures the bodies for a whole range of coaches, e.g....
, Agrale

Agrale

Agrale is a Brazil manufacturer of off-road vehicles, motorcycles, scooters, commercial vehicles, engines and agricultural tractors. It is based in Caxias do Sul, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul....
, Randon among others.

The Brazilian industry in regulated by the Associação Nacional dos Fabricantes de Veículos Automotores (Anfavea), created in 1956, which includes Auto makers (automobiles, light vehicles, trucks and buses)and Agriculture machines with factories in Brazil.

Anfavea is part of the Organisation Internationale des Constructeurs d'Automobiles (OICA), based in Paris.

Britain

final assembly line

Assembly line

An assembly line is a manufacturing process in which parts are added to a product in a sequential manner using optimally planned logistics to create a finished product much faster than with handcrafting-type methods....
]] The British motor industry has always been export oriented. Today it employs about 850,000 people and produces about 1.5 million cars and 216,000 commercial vehicle

Commercial vehicle

A commercial vehicles is a type of vehicle that is used for carrying goods or passengers.Examples of commercial vehicles include:* Truck* Semi truck...
s per year, 75% of which are exported. The top five UK car producers are Nissan, Toyota, Honda

Honda

Mini

The Mini is a small Automobile that was produced by the British Motor Corporation and its successors from 1959 until 2000. The original is considered an icon of the 1960s, and its space-saving front-wheel-drive layout influenced a generation of car-makers....
and Land Rover

Land Rover

Land Rover is an all-terrain vehicle and Multi Purpose Vehicle manufacturer, based in Solihull, West Midlands , England, now operated as part of the Jaguar Land Rover business owned by Tata Motors of India....
. However, international competitiveness of UK cars have declined consistently since the 1990s and the country became unable to sustain production on par with Germany or France. Since 2000, motor vehicle production fell from 1,813,894 to 1,750,253. The country was overtaken by fast industrializing economies such as Brazil, India and Mexico. The UK is the 12th largest automobile producer in the world but Russia is poised to overtake it in 2008.

China

Germany

assembly line

Assembly line

Daimler-Benz

Daimler-Benz AG was a German manufacturer of automobiles, motor vehicles, and engines which was founded in 1926. An Agreement of Mutual Interest?which was valid until year 2000?was signed on May 1 1924 between Karl Benz's Benz & Cie....
is the industry's oldest firm, building automobiles since the late 1880s; its current structure dates from 1926. In 1998 it bought the American automobile manufacturer Chrysler

Chrysler

Chrysler LLC is an American automobile manufacturer that has manufactured automobiles since 1925. From 1998 to 2007, Chrysler and its subsidiaries were part of the German based DaimlerChrysler ....
, then sold out in 2007 at a heavy loss as it never managed bring the division to long term profitability.

In the popular market, Opel

Opel

Adam Opel Gesellschaft mit beschr?nkter Haftung is a Germany automaker, part of General Motors.The company was founded on 21 January, 1863, and began making automobiles in 1899....
and Volkswagen

Volkswagen

Volkswagen Passenger Cars, also known as VW, is an automobile manufacturer based in Wolfsburg, Germany and is the original as well as the largest brand by sales volume within the Volkswagen Group....
are most well known. Opel was a bicycle company that started making cars in 1898; General Motors bought it out in 1929, but the Nazi government took control and GM wrote off its entire investment. In 1948 GM returned and restored the Opel brand.

Volkswagen is dominant in the popular market; it purchased Audi

Audi

AUDI AG, is a Germany car manufacturer which produces cars under the Audi brand, . The name Audi is based on a latin translation of the last name of the founder August "Horch", itself the German word for ?hear." Another explanation for the origin of the name is as an acronym for ?Auto Union Deutschland Ingolstadt."...
in 1964. VW's most famous car was the small, beetle-shaped economical "people's car" with a rear-mounted, air-cooled engine. It was designed in the 1930s by Ferdinand Porsche

Ferdinand Porsche

Prof. Dr. Ing h.c. Ferdinand Porsche was an Austria-Hungary automotive engineering. He is best known for creating the Volkswagen Beetle as well as the first of many Porsche automobiles, and for his contributions to advanced German tank designs: Tiger I, Tiger II and the Elefant....
upon orders from Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler was an Austrian-born Germany politician and the leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party , popularly known as the Nazi Party....
, who was himself a car enthusiast. However production models appeared only after the war; until then only rich Germans had automobiles. By 1950 Volkswagen was the largest German automobile producer.

Germany is famous for its upscale sedans. They feature well-designed suspension systems that provide both a soft ride and good handling characteristics. Many manufacturers limit their automobiles electronically to driving speeds of 250 km/h (155 mph) for safety reasons.

Daimler-Benz

Daimler-Benz

Mercedes-Benz

BMW

, is an independent German automotive industry founded in 1916. It also produces BMW Motorrad, is the owner of the MINI brand and is the parent company of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars....
(founded 1916), Audi and Porsche

Porsche

Porsche SE or Porsche is a Germany automotive industry of luxury vehicle automobiles, which is majority-owned by the Porsche family and Pi?ch families....
are major factors in the luxury market. Porsche formed his own company, which today produces expensive, high-quality sports cars.. In 2008 the Porsche company sought control of the much larger Volkswagen company; Porsche cornered the market for Volkswagen stock and made profits of tens of billions of Euros, while apparently gaining control of the bigger company.

India

India is one of the fastest growing automobile industries in the world. After 1960, the automobile industry saw rapid growth and many automotive manufacturers started production. In 1920 one of the first companies was Hindustan Motors which produced the Ambassador; later, Fiat entered a collaboration with Premier. Chrysler entered India in the early 1960's. After 1990 Mercedes-Benz, Tata Motors, Ford, General Motors, Hyundai, Toyota, and Maruti (owned jointly by the Government of India and Suzuki) grew to be major forces in the country's economy. Honda came up in 1996 with the Honda City, then the Civic, CR-V, and the Accord. Also BMW started production for the local market due to import duty. Tata purchased Jaguar and Land Rover from Ford Motor Company in 2008.

Japan

Japan, with its large population squeezed into very high density cities with good public transit, has limited roadways that carry very heavy traffic. Hence most automobiles are small in terms of size and weight. From a humble beginning, Japan is now the biggest auto manufacturing country in the world. Nissan began making trucks in 1914, and sold cars under the Datsun

Datsun

Datsun was an automobile marque. There never was an actual "Datsun" company, as the brand name was used in production only by DAT Motors and its successor, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd....
brand until it switched to Nissan in the 1980s. It opened its first U.S. plant in Tennessee in the early 1980s and a U.K. plant in 1986. Its luxury models carry the brand Infiniti

Infiniti

Infiniti is the Luxury vehicle division of Japanese automaker Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. Infiniti sales officially started in November 8, 1989 in North America and its global operations have since grown to include Mexico, the Middle East, South Korea, Taiwan, Russia, Switzerland, China and Ukraine....
. Honda

Honda

Acura

Acura is the luxury vehicle division of Japanese automaker Honda Motor Company. It primarily competes with Buick, Lexus and Infiniti among others in the luxury vehicle segment....
brand. Toyota began making cars in the 1930s and is now the world's largest producer. Its luxury models carry the Lexus

Lexus

is the luxury vehicle division of Japanese automaker Toyota. First introduced in 1989 in the United States, where Lexus has become the highest-selling make of luxury car, today Lexus vehicles are available throughout the world....
brand. Toyota is famous for its innovative, quality-conscious management style, and its hybrid gas-electric vehicles, especially the Prius, which was launched in 1997. Other major companies include Subaru

Subaru

is the automaker division of Japanese transportation conglomerate Fuji Heavy Industries .Subaru is internationally known for their use of flat engine in most of their vehicles....
, Mitsubishi

Mitsubishi

The , Mitsubishi Group of Companies, or Mitsubishi Companies is a Japanese Conglomerate consisting of a range of autonomous businesses which share the Mitsubishi brand, trademark and legacy....
, Mazda

Mazda

is a Japanese automaker based in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. It is part owned by the Ford Motor Company.During 2007, Mazda produced almost 1.3 million vehicles for global sales....
, Suzuki

Suzuki

is a multinational corporation headquartered in Hamamatsu, Japan that specializes in manufacturing compact automobiles, a full range of motorcycles, All-terrain vehicle, outboard motor, wheelchairs and a variety of other small internal combustion engines....
, and Isuzu

Isuzu

, is a Japanese car, commercial vehicle and heavy truck manufacturing corporation, headquartered in Tokyo. In 2005, Isuzu became the world's largest manufacturer of medium to heavy duty trucks....
. Japan became the world's leading auto maker in 1980, the first year since 1905 that the United States had been outproduced by any other nation.

South Korea

at Hyundai Motor Company

Hyundai Motor Company

The Hyundai Motor Company, a division of the Hyundai Kia Automotive Group, is South Korea?s largest and the world?s fifth largest automaker in terms of units sold per year....
car factory in Ulsan

Ulsan

Ulsan is a Special cities of Korea in the south-east of South Korea, facing the Sea of Japan . It is located 70km north of Busan.The city forms the heart of the country's industrial area called the Ulsan Industrial District....
, South Korea

South Korea

South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea , ), often referred to as Korea and the "names of Korea#Revival of the names", is a Semi-presidential system republic in East Asia, located in the southern half of the Korean Peninsula....
.]] The South Korean automobile industry is today the fifth largest in the world in terms of production volume and the sixth largest in terms of export volume. 50 years ago, its initial operations were merely the assembling of parts imported from Japan

Japan

United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
.. The Hyundai Kia Automotive Group

Hyundai Kia Automotive Group

File:HyundaiGenesisConcept.jpgFile:Eyes on Design 014.jpgFile:07-08 Hyundai Tiburon.jpgFile:Kia Soul Concept .jpgFile:2nd Hyundai Santa Fe.jpgFile:Hyundai Concept Red 2.jpeg...
is today the third largest automaker in Asia, after Toyota and Honda

Honda

is a multinational corporation headquartered in Japan.The company manufactures automobiles, motorcycles, trucks, scooter , robots, jet aircrafts and jet engines, all-terrain vehicle, water craft, electrical generators, marine engines, lawn and garden equipment, and aeronautical and other mobile technologies....
. South Korean car marques have grown to compete with top established European brands. Annual domestic output exceeded one million units in 1988. In the 1990s, the industry manufactured numerous in-house models, demonstrating not only its capabilities, and signalling its coming of age thanks to the heavy investment to infrastructure in the country over the decades.

United States

Crisis in the auto industry

World motor vehicle production

Company relationships

It is common for automobile manufacturers to hold stakes in other automobile manufacturers. These ownerships can be explored under the detail for the individual companies.

Notable current relationships include:

Chrysler
Chrysler

Chrysler LLC is an American automobile manufacturer that has manufactured automobiles since 1925. From 1998 to 2007, Chrysler and its subsidiaries were part of the German based DaimlerChrysler ....
is currently engaged in negotiations with Fiat
Fiat

Fiat S.p.A. Fiat based cars are constructed all around the world?the largest concern outside Italy is in Brazil . It also has factories in Argentina and Poland....
that would have Fiat take a 35% stake in Chrysler.
Daimler AG holds a 19.9% stake in Chrysler
Chrysler

Chrysler LLC is an American automobile manufacturer that has manufactured automobiles since 1925. From 1998 to 2007, Chrysler and its subsidiaries were part of the German based DaimlerChrysler ....
.
Ford
Ford Motor Company

The Ford Motor Company is an United States multinational corporation and the world's List of automobile manufacturers#World Motor Vehicle Production by Manufacturer based on worldwide vehicle sales, following Toyota, General Motors, and Volkswagen Group....
holds a 13.4% stake in Mazda
Mazda

is a Japanese automaker based in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. It is part owned by the Ford Motor Company.During 2007, Mazda produced almost 1.3 million vehicles for global sales....
and an 8.3% share in Aston Martin
Aston Martin

Aston Martin Lagonda Limited is a British manufacturer of luxury sports cars, based in Gaydon, Warwickshire. The company name is derived from the name of one of the company's founders, Lionel Martin, and from the Aston Hill hillclimbing near Aston Clinton in Buckinghamshire...
.
General Motors
General Motors

General Motors Corporation , founded in 1908, is the world's second-largest automaker after Toyota, ranked by 2008 global unit sales. GM was the global sales leader for 77 consecutive calendar years from 1931 to 2008....
and SAIC
Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation

The Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation is a People's Republic of China automobile manufacturer which ranks the third among the "Big Five" Chinese automakers ....
have two joint ventures in Shanghai General Motors
Shanghai GM

Shanghai General Motors Company Limited is a joint venture between General Motors Corporation and Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation . Shanghai GM manufactures and sells automobiles in mainland China....
and SAIC-GM-Wuling Automobile
SAIC-GM-Wuling Automobile

SAIC-GM-Wuling Automobile is a joint venture between General Motors Corporation and Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation of China and Wuling Automobile Co., Ltd....
.
General Motors
General Motors

General Motors Corporation , founded in 1908, is the world's second-largest automaker after Toyota, ranked by 2008 global unit sales. GM was the global sales leader for 77 consecutive calendar years from 1931 to 2008....
still holds a 3% stake in Suzuki
Suzuki

is a multinational corporation headquartered in Hamamatsu, Japan that specializes in manufacturing compact automobiles, a full range of motorcycles, All-terrain vehicle, outboard motor, wheelchairs and a variety of other small internal combustion engines....
. GM is currently in the process of selling the 3% stake back to Suzuki for $230 million. Suzuki is also partner with GM in GMDAT and CAMI
CAMI Automotive

CAMI Automotive is an independently Incorporation joint venture of automobile manufacturing in Ingersoll, Ontario, Canada and formed the third step of GM's three-pronged initiative of the mid-1980s to capture and practice the Japanese mystique of automotive management....
.
GM
General Motors

General Motors Corporation , founded in 1908, is the world's second-largest automaker after Toyota, ranked by 2008 global unit sales. GM was the global sales leader for 77 consecutive calendar years from 1931 to 2008....
and Toyota
Toyota Motor Corporation

is a multinational corporation headquartered in Japan, and currently the world's largest automaker. Toyota employs approximately 316,000 people around the world....
have a joint venture in New United Motor Manufacturing, Inc
NUMMI

New United Motor Manufacturing, Inc. is an automobile manufacturing factory in Fremont, California. The factory was an old General Motors Corporation plant originally opened in 1962 and is now a joint venture between GM and Toyota....
, an automobile plant in Fremont, California
Fremont, California

Fremont is a city in Alameda County, California, California; it was incorporated on January 23, 1956, from the merger of five smaller communities: #Centerville, #Irvington, #Mission San Jose, #Niles, and #Warm Springs....
.
Porsche Automobil Holding SE
Porsche

Porsche SE or Porsche is a Germany automotive industry of luxury vehicle automobiles, which is majority-owned by the Porsche family and Pi?ch families....
announced on January 6, 2009 that its stake in Volkswagen now exceeds 50.76%, making Volkswagen Group (and its associated marques) its subsidiary
The Renault
Renault

Renault S.A. is a French automaker producing cars, vans, buses, tractors, and trucks. Due to its alliance with Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., it is currently the world's 4th largest automaker.It owns the Romanian automaker Dacia and the Korean automaker Renault Samsung Motors....
-Nissan
Nissan Motors

, shortened to Nissan is a multinational corporation automaker headquartered in Japan. It was formerly a core member of the Nissan Group, but has become more independent after its restructuring under Carlos Ghosn ....
alliance involves two global companies linked by cross-shareholding, with Renault holding 44.3% of Nissan shares, and Nissan holding 15% of (non-voting) Renault shares.
Renault
Renault

Renault S.A. is a French automaker producing cars, vans, buses, tractors, and trucks. Due to its alliance with Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., it is currently the world's 4th largest automaker.It owns the Romanian automaker Dacia and the Korean automaker Renault Samsung Motors....
holds 20.5% of the voting stakes in Volvo Group.
Toyota holds a 51% stake in Daihatsu hence having a controlling interest in the company, and 16.5% in Fuji Heavy Industries
Fuji Heavy Industries

, or FHI, is a Japanese company which traces its origins to the Nakajima Aircraft Company , which was the leader in aircraft manufacture for the Japanese military during WWII....
, parent company of Subaru
Subaru

is the automaker division of Japanese transportation conglomerate Fuji Heavy Industries .Subaru is internationally known for their use of flat engine in most of their vehicles....
.
The Volkswagen Group
Volkswagen Group

Volkswagen Group, or Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft , is a German automotive industry group, currently the automotive industry#World's largest vehicle manufacturing groups , and the largest in Europe....
holds a 37.73% stake in Scania (68.6% voting rights), and a 29% stake in MAN
MAN AG

MAN Aktiengesellschaft is a German language mechanical engineering company based in Munich.MAN is one of the world's leading manufacturers of engineering equipment and commercial vehicles....
.
Volkswagen Group
Volkswagen Group

Volkswagen Group, or Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft , is a German automotive industry group, currently the automotive industry#World's largest vehicle manufacturing groups , and the largest in Europe....
and SAIC
Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation

The Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation is a People's Republic of China automobile manufacturer which ranks the third among the "Big Five" Chinese automakers ....
have a joint venture in Shanghai Volkswagen Automotive
Shanghai Volkswagen Automotive

Shanghai Volkswagen Automotive Co., Ltd. is a joint venture company between Volkswagen Group and Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation established in 1984....
.

Top vehicle manufacturing groups (by volume)

The table below shows the world's largest motor vehicle manufacturing groups, along with the marque

Marque

A marque is a brand name, especially in the automobile industry. For example, Chevrolet and Pontiac are marques of their maker, General Motors Corporation ....
s produced by each one. The table is ranked by the latest production figures from OICA 2007 for the parent group, and then alphabetically by marque.

Marque Marque A marque is a brand name, especially in the automobile industry. For example, Chevrolet and Pontiac are marques of their maker, General Motors Corporation ....	Ownership	Markets
1. Toyota Motor Corporation Toyota Motor Corporation is a multinational corporation headquartered in Japan, and currently the world's largest automaker. Toyota employs approximately 316,000 people around the world.... ()
Daihatsu*	Subsidiary	Global, except North America and Australia
Hino Hino Motors Hino Motors, Ltd. , commonly known as simply Hino, is a manufacturer of diesel trucks, buses, and other vehicles based in Tokyo, Japan. Since 1973 the company has been the leading producer of medium and heavy-duty diesel trucks in Japan.... *	Subsidiary	Asia Pacific, Canada and South America
Lexus Lexus is the luxury vehicle division of Japanese automaker Toyota. First introduced in 1989 in the United States, where Lexus has become the highest-selling make of luxury car, today Lexus vehicles are available throughout the world....	Division	Global
Scion Scion (car) Scion is a marque of vehicles produced by Toyota founded in 2003. Scion's long-term goal is to appeal to Generation Y consumers. Scion grew from Toyota Project Genesis, a failed effort to bring younger buyers to the Toyota marque in the United States....	Division	United States and Canada
Toyota	Division	Global
2. General Motors Corporation
Buick Buick Buick is a marque of automobile sold in the United States, Canada, China, Taiwan, Qatar, Kuwait, and Israel by General Motors Corporation. Since the demise of Oldsmobile in 2004, it is GM's only North America-based entry-level luxury brand....	Division	United States, Canada, China, Israel, Taiwan
Cadillac Cadillac Cadillac is a luxury vehicle marque owned by General Motors. Cadillac vehicles are sold in over 50 countries and territories, mainly in the United States, Canada, and Mexico....	Division	Global
Chevrolet Chevrolet Chevrolet is a brand of automobile, produced by General Motors . It is the top selling GM marque, with "Chevrolet" or "Chevy" being at times synonymous with GM....	Division	Global
Daewoo GM Daewoo GM Daewoo Auto & Technology was first established as National Motor in 1937 in Bupyeong-gu, Incheon, South Korea. After changing its name to Saenara Motor in 1962, Saenara Motor was bought by Shinjin Industrial in 1965, which changed its name to Shinjin Motor after establishing collaborations with Toyota....	Subsidiary	Asia, Europe, South America, South Africa
GMC	Division	North America, Middle East
Holden Holden GM Holden Ltd is an Australian Automotive industry based in Port Melbourne, Victoria. The company was originally independent, but since 1931 has been a subsidiary of General Motors ....	Subsidiary	Australia, New Zealand, Middle East
Hummer Hummer Hummer is a brand of off-road vehicles sold by General Motors . The original H1 was based on the military High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle .... **	Division	Global
Opel Opel Adam Opel Gesellschaft mit beschr?nkter Haftung is a Germany automaker, part of General Motors.The company was founded on 21 January, 1863, and began making automobiles in 1899.... **	Division	Europe (except UK), South Africa
Pontiac Pontiac Pontiac is a brand of automobiles, produced by General Motors Corporation that has been sold in the United States, Canada and Mexico since 1926....	Division	United States, Canada and Mexico
Saab Saab Automobile Saab Automobile AB, better known as Saab, is a Swedish automaker and currently a wholly-owned subsidiary of General Motors. It is the exclusive automobile royal warrant holder as appointed by Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden.... **	Subsidiary	Global
Saturn	Division	United States, Canada, Japan, Taiwan
Vauxhall Vauxhall Motors Vauxhall Motors is a UK automobile company. It is a subsidiary of General Motors , and is part of GM Europe. Most current Vauxhall models are right-hand drive derivatives of GM's Opel brand....	Subsidiary	United Kingdom
3. Porsche Automobil Holding SE ()
Audi Audi AUDI AG, is a Germany car manufacturer which produces cars under the Audi brand, . The name Audi is based on a latin translation of the last name of the founder August "Horch", itself the German word for ?hear." Another explanation for the origin of the name is as an acronym for ?Auto Union Deutschland Ingolstadt."...	Subsidiary	Global
Bentley Bentley Bentley Motors Limited is an English manufacturer of automobiles founded on 18 January 1919 by Walter Owen Bentley . Mr. Bentley had been previously known for his range of Rotary engine aircraft engines in World War I, the most famous being the Bentley BR1 as used in later versions of the Sopwith Camel....	Subsidiary	Global
Bugatti Bugatti Automobiles SAS Bugatti Automobiles S.A.S. is an automobile manufacturer located in the French town of Molsheim, Alsace, France. It is owned by Volkswagen Group as a subsidiary of Volkswagen France....	Subsidiary	Global
Lamborghini Lamborghini Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A., commonly referred to as Lamborghini, is an Italy manufacturer of sports cars, based in the small Italian village of Sant'Agata Bolognese, near Bologna....	Subsidiary	Global
Porsche Porsche Porsche SE or Porsche is a Germany automotive industry of luxury vehicle automobiles, which is majority-owned by the Porsche family and Pi?ch families....	Subsidiary	Global
Scania	Subsidiary	Global
SEAT Seat Seat can refer to:A place to sit, particularly the area one sits upon , See:* Chair* Car seat* Airline seat* Saddle, a type of seat used on the backs of animals, bicycles , etc....	Subsidiary	Europe, Latin America, South Africa
Škoda Škoda Auto ?koda Auto is an automotive industry in the Czech Republic. In 1991, it became a subsidiary of the Volkswagen Group....	Subsidiary	Global, except North America
Volkswagen Volkswagen Volkswagen Passenger Cars, also known as VW, is an automobile manufacturer based in Wolfsburg, Germany and is the original as well as the largest brand by sales volume within the Volkswagen Group....	Subsidiary	Global
4. Ford Motor Company Ford Motor Company The Ford Motor Company is an United States multinational corporation and the world's List of automobile manufacturers#World Motor Vehicle Production by Manufacturer based on worldwide vehicle sales, following Toyota, General Motors, and Volkswagen Group....
Ford Ford Motor Company The Ford Motor Company is an United States multinational corporation and the world's List of automobile manufacturers#World Motor Vehicle Production by Manufacturer based on worldwide vehicle sales, following Toyota, General Motors, and Volkswagen Group....	Division	Global
Lincoln Lincoln (automobile) Lincoln is a brand of Ford Motor Company. Founded in 1917 by Henry M. Leland and acquired by Ford in 1922, Lincoln has manufactured vehicles since the 1920s....	Division	United States, Canada, Middle East
Mercury Mercury (automobile) Mercury is an automobile marque of the Ford Motor Company founded in 1939 by Edsel Ford, son of Henry Ford, to market entry-level-luxury cars slotted between Ford-branded regular models and Lincoln -branded luxury vehicles, similar to General Motors Corporation' Buick brand and Chrysler's Chrysler brand....	Division	United States, Canada, Middle East
Troller	Subsidiary	South America and Africa
Volvo (cars) Volvo Cars Volvo Cars, or Volvo Personvagnar AB, is a Swedish automaker founded in 1927 in the city of Gothenburg, Sweden — and currently owned by Ford Motor Company....	Subsidiary	Global
5. Hyundai Kia Automotive Group Hyundai Kia Automotive Group File:HyundaiGenesisConcept.jpgFile:Eyes on Design 014.jpgFile:07-08 Hyundai Tiburon.jpgFile:Kia Soul Concept .jpgFile:2nd Hyundai Santa Fe.jpgFile:Hyundai Concept Red 2.jpeg... ()
Hyundai Hyundai Motor Company The Hyundai Motor Company, a division of the Hyundai Kia Automotive Group, is South Korea?s largest and the world?s fifth largest automaker in terms of units sold per year....	Division	Global
Kia KIA Kia may refer to:* Kia, Kia is a persian name for men with meaning of "The Great King" or somewhere it has been used to name the ruler of Tabarestan , one of the ancient northern Persia's states...	Subsidiary	Global
6. Honda Motor Company ()
Acura Acura Acura is the luxury vehicle division of Japanese automaker Honda Motor Company. It primarily competes with Buick, Lexus and Infiniti among others in the luxury vehicle segment....	Division	United States, Canada, China, Russia
Honda Honda is a multinational corporation headquartered in Japan.The company manufactures automobiles, motorcycles, trucks, scooter , robots, jet aircrafts and jet engines, all-terrain vehicle, water craft, electrical generators, marine engines, lawn and garden equipment, and aeronautical and other mobile technologies....	Division	Global
7. PSA Peugeot Citroën S.A. PSA Peugeot Citroën PSA Peugeot Citro?n is a France automobile and motorcycle automobile manufacturer; these are sold under the Peugeot and Citro?n marques. The PSA Peugeot Citro?n is owned by Peugeot S.A.... ()
Citroën Citroën Citro?n is a France automobile manufacturer, founded in 1919 by Andr? Citro?n, it was the world's first mass-production car company outside of the USA....	Subsidiary	Global, except North America
Peugeot Peugeot Peugeot is a major France automobile brand, part of PSA Peugeot Citro?n. Its parent company PSA Peugeot Citro?n is the second largest carmaker in Europe, behind Volkswagen....	Subsidiary	Global, except North America
8. Nissan Motor Company Nissan Motors , shortened to Nissan is a multinational corporation automaker headquartered in Japan. It was formerly a core member of the Nissan Group, but has become more independent after its restructuring under Carlos Ghosn .... ()
Infiniti Infiniti Infiniti is the Luxury vehicle division of Japanese automaker Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. Infiniti sales officially started in November 8, 1989 in North America and its global operations have since grown to include Mexico, the Middle East, South Korea, Taiwan, Russia, Switzerland, China and Ukraine....	Division	United States, Canada, Middle East, Taiwan, Korea, Russia, Europe
Nissan Nissan Motors , shortened to Nissan is a multinational corporation automaker headquartered in Japan. It was formerly a core member of the Nissan Group, but has become more independent after its restructuring under Carlos Ghosn ....	Division	Global
9. Fiat S.p.A. ()
Abarth Abarth Abarth is an Italy racing car maker founded by Italian-Austrian Carlo Abarth in Turin in 1949....	Subsidiary	Global, except North America
Alfa Romeo Alfa Romeo Alfa Romeo Automobiles S.p.A. is an Italian automaker founded on 24 June 1910 in Milan. Alfa Romeo has been a part of the Fiat Group since 1986....	Subsidiary	Global
Ferrari Ferrari Ferrari S.p.A. is an Italian sports car manufacturer based in Maranello, Italy. Founded by Enzo Ferrari in 1928 as Scuderia Ferrari, the company sponsored drivers and manufactured race cars before moving into production of street-legal vehicles in 1947 as Ferrari Joint stock company....	Subsidiary	Global
Fiat Fiat Automobiles Fiat Automobiles S.p.A. is an Italy automaker which produces Fiat branded carsand is part of the Fiat Group Automobiles S.p.A., which in turn is a part of the largest automobile manufacturer in Italy, Fiat Group....	Subsidiary	Global, except North America
Iveco Iveco Iveco is an Italy truck, bus, and diesel engine manufacturer, based in Turin, Italy. It is a subsidiary of the Fiat Group, and produces around 200,000 commercial vehicles and 460,000 diesel engines annually, and for the year ended 2007 the company had Euro11,196 million in sales ....	Subsidiary	Global, except North America
Lancia Lancia Lancia Automobiles S.p.A. is an Italy automobile manufacturer founded in 1906 by Vincenzo Lancia and which became part of the Fiat in 1969. The company has a long history of producing distinctive cars and also has a strong rally heritage....	Subsidiary	Global, except North America
Maserati Maserati Maserati is an Italy manufacturer of automobile racing and sports cars, established on December 1, 1914, in Bologna. The company's headquarters are now in Modena, and its emblem is a trident....	Subsidiary	Global
10. Renault S.A. ()
Dacia Dacia (car) Dacia is a Romanian automobile manufacturer, named for Dacia that constitutes much of present-day Romania. It is now a subsidiary of the French carmaker Renault....	Subsidiary	Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa
Renault (cars) Renault Renault S.A. is a French automaker producing cars, vans, buses, tractors, and trucks. Due to its alliance with Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., it is currently the world's 4th largest automaker.It owns the Romanian automaker Dacia and the Korean automaker Renault Samsung Motors....	Division	Global, except North America
Renault Samsung Renault Samsung Motors Renault Samsung Motors is a South Korean automobile manufacturer. It was first established as Samsung Motors in 1994 and started selling cars in 1998, just before South Korea was hit by the Asian financial crisis....	Subsidiary	Asia, South America
11. Suzuki Motor Corporation ()
Maruti Suzuki	Subsidiary	India, Middle East, South America
Suzuki Suzuki is a multinational corporation headquartered in Hamamatsu, Japan that specializes in manufacturing compact automobiles, a full range of motorcycles, All-terrain vehicle, outboard motor, wheelchairs and a variety of other small internal combustion engines....	Division	Global
12. Chrysler LLC Chrysler Chrysler LLC is an American automobile manufacturer that has manufactured automobiles since 1925. From 1998 to 2007, Chrysler and its subsidiaries were part of the German based DaimlerChrysler ....
Chrysler Chrysler (division) Chrysler is the flagship brand of Chrysler, named after founder Walter Chrysler. It is a near-luxury brand that competes with brands such as Buick....	Division	Global
Dodge Dodge Dodge is a United States-based brand of automobiles, minivans, sport utility vehicles, and trucks, manufactured and marketed by Chrysler LLC in more than 60 different countries and territories worldwide....	Division	Global
Jeep Jeep Jeep is an automobile marque of Chrysler. It is the oldest off-road vehicle brand, with Land Rover coming in second. The original vehicle which first appeared as the prototype Bantam GP became the primary light 4-wheel-drive vehicle of the US Army and allies during the World War II and postwar period....	Division	Global
13. Daimler AG ()
AMG Mercedes-AMG Mercedes-AMG GmbH, commonly known as AMG , is the high performance division of the Mercedes-Benz car company. Mercedes-Benz acquired majority interest in AMG in 1999....	Division	Global
Freightliner Freightliner LLC Freightliner Trucks is a manufacturer of heavy duty trucks, chassis and semi-trailer trucks in the United States. The company was founded as Freightliner LLC in 1942 and is now a division of Daimler Trucks North America, a subsidiary of Daimler AG....	Subsidiary	North America, South Africa
Maybach	Division	Global
Mercedes-Benz Mercedes-Benz Mercedes-Benz is a German manufacturer of automobiles, buses, coach es, and trucks. It is currently a division of the parent company, Daimler AG , after previously being owned by Daimler-Benz....	Division	Global
Mitsubishi Fuso Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation The Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation is a Germany-owned, Japan-based manufacturer of trucks and buses. It is headquartered in Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan....	Subsidiary	Global
Orion	Subsidiary	North America
Setra Setra Setra is an Neu-Ulm-based manufacturer of commercial buses and touring coaches, and recently a subsidiary of Daimler AG.The name 'Setra' comes from "Selbsttragend" ....	Subsidiary	Europe
Smart Smart (automobile) smart, formerly smart GmbH , an automotive brand of Daimler AG, is a manufacturer of microcars and supermini car based in B?blingen, Germany, produced in Hambach, Moselle ....	Division	North America, Western Europe, Southeast Asia, South Africa
Sterling Sterling Sterling may refer to:* Sterling College , a college in Sterling, Kansas, USA* Sterling College , a small college in northern Vermont, USA* Sterling silver, a grade of silver...	Subsidiary	North America, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand
Thomas Thomas Built Buses Thomas Built Buses, Inc. is a bus manufacturer based in High Point, North Carolina, United States and a subsidiary of Daimler AG.Perley A....	Subsidiary	North America
Western Star Western Star Western Star Trucks is a Redford Township, Michigan, United States based manufacturer of Class 8 Commerce trucks....	Subsidiary	North America
14. BMW AG ()
BMW BMW , is an independent German automotive industry founded in 1916. It also produces BMW Motorrad, is the owner of the MINI brand and is the parent company of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars....	Division	Global
MINI MINI (BMW) Mini is a British automotive brand owned by the BMW that has produced the successor of the original Mini in Oxford, England since April 2001. three body variants are available: Hatchback, Convertible, Pickup Truck and Clubman ....	Division	Global
Rolls-Royce Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Rolls-Royce Motor Cars is an English manufacturer of luxury automobiles based in Goodwood, England. It is the current producer of Rolls-Royce branded automobiles, whose historical production dates back to 1904....	Subsidiary	Global
15. Mitsubishi Motors Corporation ()
Mitsubishi Mitsubishi Motors is the fifth largest automaker in Japan and the fifteenth largest in the world by global unit sales. It is part of the Mitsubishi keiretsu, formerly the biggest industrial group in Japan, and was formed in 1970 from the automotive division of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries....	Division	Global
16. Mazda Motor Corporation Mazda is a Japanese automaker based in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. It is part owned by the Ford Motor Company.During 2007, Mazda produced almost 1.3 million vehicles for global sales.... ()
Mazda Mazda is a Japanese automaker based in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. It is part owned by the Ford Motor Company.During 2007, Mazda produced almost 1.3 million vehicles for global sales....	Division	Global
17. AvtoVAZ AvtoVAZ AvtoVAZ is a Russian automobile manufacturer, also known as VAZ, Volzhsky Automobilny Zavod , and better known to the world as Lada, was set up in the late 1960s in collaboration with Fiat.... ()
Lada Lada Lada is the trademark of AvtoVAZ, a Russian car manufacturer in Togliatti, Russia, Samara Oblast. All the manufacturer's vehicles sold nowadays are of the Lada brand but this has not always been so....	Division	Russia, Europe
VAZ Vaz VAZ is a Russia automobile manufacturer, Volzhsky Automobilny Zavod - AutoVAZ.Vaz also may refer to:...	Division	Russia, Eastern Europe
18. FAW Group
Besturn FAW Besturn FAW Besturn , also known as Benteng, is a sedan series of First Automobile Works.The Besturn B50 model is developed from the Ford CD3 platform ....	Division	China
Haima	Subsidiary	China
Hongqi FAW Hongqi File:Hongqi HQD concept.jpgFile:HK Central Chater Road Classic Car Club of HK Sunday Red Flag FAW Group Hongqi Vehicle 6.JPGFile:Another Chinese copy of an Audi 100 seen near People's Square in Shanghai.jpg...	Division	China
19. Tata Motors Limited ()
Hispano Hispano Carrocera Hispano Carrocera SA, based in Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain, is one of the largest manufacturers of bus and coach cabins in Europe. In 2005, India's Tata Motors acquired a 21% stake of Hispano's capital, giving it controlling rights of the company....	Subsidiary	Europe
Jaguar	Subsidiary	Global
Land Rover Land Rover Land Rover is an all-terrain vehicle and Multi Purpose Vehicle manufacturer, based in Solihull, West Midlands , England, now operated as part of the Jaguar Land Rover business owned by Tata Motors of India....	Subsidiary	Global
Tata Tata Motors Tata Motors Limited, formerly known as TELCO , is a multinational corporation headquartered in Mumbai, India. It is India's largest passenger automobile and commercial vehicle manufacturing company....	Division	India, South Africa
Tata Daewoo Tata Daewoo Commercial Vehicle Tata Daewoo Commercial Vehicle is the 2nd largest heavy commercial vehicle manufacturer in Gunsan, Jeollabuk-do, South Korea It was established in 2002 as Daewoo Commercial Vehicle Co....	Subsidiary	South Korea
20. Fuji Heavy Industries Fuji Heavy Industries , or FHI, is a Japanese company which traces its origins to the Nakajima Aircraft Company , which was the leader in aircraft manufacture for the Japanese military during WWII.... ()
Subaru Subaru is the automaker division of Japanese transportation conglomerate Fuji Heavy Industries .Subaru is internationally known for their use of flat engine in most of their vehicles....	Division	Global
21. Chang'an Automobile Company Chang'an Motors Chang'an Automobile Co., Ltd. is an industrial manufacturer in Chongqing, China. The company has three joint ventures to build automobiles with Chinese, Japanese, and Western auto companies, and plans to build self-designed models for export in the near future....
Chang'an Chang'an Motors Chang'an Automobile Co., Ltd. is an industrial manufacturer in Chongqing, China. The company has three joint ventures to build automobiles with Chinese, Japanese, and Western auto companies, and plans to build self-designed models for export in the near future....	Division	China, South Africa
22. Isuzu Motors ()
Isuzu Isuzu , is a Japanese car, commercial vehicle and heavy truck manufacturing corporation, headquartered in Tokyo. In 2005, Isuzu became the world's largest manufacturer of medium to heavy duty trucks....	Division	Global, except North America
23. Beijing Automobile Works Beijing Automobile Works Beijing Automobile Works, sometimes abbreviated as BAW, is a Chinese car manufacture based in Beijing. BAW produces light off-road vehicles and trucks....
BAW Beijing Automobile Works Beijing Automobile Works, sometimes abbreviated as BAW, is a Chinese car manufacture based in Beijing. BAW produces light off-road vehicles and trucks....	Division	China
Beijing Jeep	Subsidiary	China
Foton Foton (company) Beiqi Foton Motor Co., Ltd. , shorten to Foton, was founded on August 28, 1996. It is a China holding company with different types of ownership and a company listed in the stock exchange market....	Subsidiary	China
Haice	Subsidiary	China
Luba Luba Luba may refer to:Luba, Equatorial GuineaLuba, Abra, a municipality in the Philippines*Lub?, a village and municipality in the Nitra region of south-west Slovakia...	Subsidiary	China
Luling Luling Luling may refer to either one of two locations in the United States:* Luling, Texas* Luling, Louisiana...	Subsidiary	China
Qishi Qishi Qishi is a Town under the jurisdiction of Dongguan prefecture-level city in Guangdong province, southern China. It is a city by many standards, because of it's population, which was last estimated at 513,982 in 2005....	Subsidiary	China
24. Dongfeng Motor Corporation Dongfeng Motor Corporation Dongfeng Motor Corporation is a People's Republic of China automobile manufacturer, which ranks second among the "Big Five" Chinese automakers ....
Dongfeng Dongfeng Motor Corporation Dongfeng Motor Corporation is a People's Republic of China automobile manufacturer, which ranks second among the "Big Five" Chinese automakers ....	Division	China
25. Chery Automobile Chery Automobile Chery Automobile is an automobile manufacturer in People's Republic of China.It is owned by the local government of Wuhu , and sold about 381,000 vehicles in 2007....
Chery Chery Automobile Chery Automobile is an automobile manufacturer in People's Republic of China.It is owned by the local government of Wuhu , and sold about 381,000 vehicles in 2007....	Division	China, South Africa, Southeast Asia
26. Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation The Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation is a People's Republic of China automobile manufacturer which ranks the third among the "Big Five" Chinese automakers ....
MG	Subsidiary	UK
Roewe	Division	China
Soyat	Division	China
SsangYong SsangYong Motor Company SsangYong Motor Company is the fourth largest South Korean automobile manufacturer. It was founded as Hadonghwan Motor Company in 1954 and started by building Jeep#history for the United States Army....	Subsidiary	South Korea, South Africa, Europe, Australia
Yuejin	Division	China
27. Brilliance China Automotive Holding Brilliance China Auto Brilliance China Auto, also known as Huachen , is an automobile manufacturer based in Shenyang, Liaoning in the People's Republic of China.China Automotive Company Ltd....
Brilliance Brilliance China Auto Brilliance China Auto, also known as Huachen , is an automobile manufacturer based in Shenyang, Liaoning in the People's Republic of China.China Automotive Company Ltd....	Division	China
Jinbei Jinbei (car) Jinbei is a car brand name of Brilliance Jinbei Automobile Co., Ltd., in Shenyang/Liaoning China, it is a subsidiary of Brilliance China Auto....	Subsidiary	China
28. GAZ GAZ GAZ or Gorkovsky Avtomobilny Zavod , translated as Gorky Automobile Plant , started in 1929 as NNAZ, a cooperation between Ford Motor Company and the Soviet Union.... ()
GAZ GAZ GAZ or Gorkovsky Avtomobilny Zavod , translated as Gorky Automobile Plant , started in 1929 as NNAZ, a cooperation between Ford Motor Company and the Soviet Union....	Division	Russia
LDV LDV Limited For other uses see LDVLDV Group Limited, formerly Leyland DAF Vans, is a UK van manufacturer, based in the Ward End area of Birmingham, and is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Russian GAZ group....	Subsidiary	Europe
LiAZ LiAZ (Russia) LiAZ - is a Russian bus manufacturing factory located in Likino, Russia....	Subsidiary	Russia
29. AB Volvo ()
Mack Mack Trucks Mack Trucks is one of the world's leading truck-manufacturing company . It is currently a subsidiary of AB Volvo. The company's headquarters are located in Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States, in the Lehigh Valley....	Subsidiary	Global
Renault (trucks) Renault Trucks Renault Trucks is a France truck manufacturer with its corporate headquarters at Saint-Priest, Rh?ne near Lyon.Since 2001 it has been owned by Volvo Group....	Subsidiary	Global
Nissan Diesel	Subsidiary	Global
NovaBus Nova Bus Nova Bus is a bus manufacturing company based in Saint-Eustache, Quebec, Canada. The company is now owned by Volvo Buses....	Subsidiary	North America
Prevost Prevost Car Prevost is a Quebec, Canada-based manufacturer of touring coach and bus shells for high-end motorhomes and specialty conversions.The company now owns Nova Bus and in turn is owned by Volvo Buses....	Subsidiary	North America
Volvo (trucks) Volvo Trucks Volvo Trucks , a Sweden truck manufacturer, owned by Volvo, is the Truck#Heavy truck market worldwide.Founded in 1928, in 2008 Volvo Trucks employed about 22,000 people around the world....	Division	Global
30. Harbin Hafei Automobile Industry Group Hafei Motor The Harbin Hafei Automobile Industry Group Co., Ltd. , shortened to Hafei Automobile or Hafei Motor, is a subsidiary of Harbin Aircraft Manufacturing Corporation, is a leading minivan maker and a national small motor vehicles source in China....
Hafei Hafei Motor The Harbin Hafei Automobile Industry Group Co., Ltd. , shortened to Hafei Automobile or Hafei Motor, is a subsidiary of Harbin Aircraft Manufacturing Corporation, is a leading minivan maker and a national small motor vehicles source in China....	Division	China
31. Geely Automobile Geely Automobile Geely Automobile is a China automaker and is the first independent automobile manufacturer in the People's Republic of China. The parent company is Geely Holding Group ....
Geely	Division	China
Maple Maple *Acer* is a genus of trees or shrubs commonly known as Maple. Maples are variously classified in a family of their own, the Aceraceae, or included in the family Sapindaceae....	Division	China
32. Anhui Jianghuai Automobile Company Anhui Jianghuai Automobile Anhui Jianghuai Automobile Co., Ltd. , also known as JAC, is an automobile manufacturer based in Hefei, Anhui Province, China. The company was founded on 30 September 1999....
JAC Anhui Jianghuai Automobile Anhui Jianghuai Automobile Co., Ltd. , also known as JAC, is an automobile manufacturer based in Hefei, Anhui Province, China. The company was founded on 30 September 1999....	Division	China
33. Mahindra Mahindra & Mahindra Limited Mahindra & Mahindra Limited is part of the US $6.7 billion Mahindra Group, an automotive, farm equipment, financial services, trade and logistics, automotive components, after-market, IT and infrastructure conglomerate.... ()
Mahindra Mahindra Mahindra can refer to:In PeopleMahinda, the son of Emperor Ashoka the Great and proponent of Buddha's teachings in Sri LankaAnand Mahindra...	Division	India, South Africa
34. Paccar Inc
DAF DAF Trucks DAF Trucks NV is a Netherlands truck manufacturing company and a division of PACCAR. Its headquarters and main plant are in Eindhoven. Cabs and axle assembly are produced at its Westerlo plant in Belgium....	Subsidiary	Global, except North America
Kenworth Kenworth Kenworth is a manufacturer of medium-duty and heavy-duty Class 8 trucks based in Kirkland, Washington, United States, a suburb in Seattle, Washington....	Division	North America
Leyland Leyland Trucks Leyland Trucks is the UK's leading medium & heavy duty truck manufacturer and is based in the town of Leyland, Lancashire, Lancashire. It emerged from the bankruptcy of DAF NV as the result of a management buy-out in 1993, and was acquired by PACCAR in 1998, of which it is now a subsidiary....	Subsidiary	Europe
Peterbilt Peterbilt Peterbilt Motors Company is a manufacturer of medium- and heavy-duty Truck_classification#Class_5 through Class 8 trucks headquartered in Denton, Texas....	Division	North America
35. Great Wall Motor Company
Great Wall	Division	China, South Africa
36. Changhe Changhe Changhe is a car company based in Jingdezhen City, Jiangxi Province, China. The company is currently engaged in a joint venture with Suzuki Motor Corporation of Japan to form the Jiangxi Changhe Suzuki Automobile Company....
Changhe Changhe Changhe is a car company based in Jingdezhen City, Jiangxi Province, China. The company is currently engaged in a joint venture with Suzuki Motor Corporation of Japan to form the Jiangxi Changhe Suzuki Automobile Company....	Division	China
37. BYD Auto BYD Auto BYD Auto is a Chinese automobile manufacturer based in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China. The firm was founded in 2003 and it is a part of the BYD Company....
BYD BYD Auto BYD Auto is a Chinese automobile manufacturer based in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China. The firm was founded in 2003 and it is a part of the BYD Company....	Division	China
38. China National Heavy Duty Truck Group Company China National Heavy Duty Truck Group China National Heavy Duty Truck Group Company Limited , CNHTC or Sinotruk Group is a truck manufacturing state-owned enterprise headquartered in Jinan, Shandong, China....
Huanghe	Division	China
Sinotruk Sinotruk Sinotruk may represent the following:China National Heavy Duty Truck Group: or Sinotruk Group*, a state-owned enterprise trunk manufacturing enterprise in the People's Republic of China....	Division	China
39. MAN AG MAN AG MAN Aktiengesellschaft is a German language mechanical engineering company based in Munich.MAN is one of the world's leading manufacturers of engineering equipment and commercial vehicles.... ()
MAN MAN AG MAN Aktiengesellschaft is a German language mechanical engineering company based in Munich.MAN is one of the world's leading manufacturers of engineering equipment and commercial vehicles....	Division	Europe
40. Navistar International Navistar International Navistar International Corporation is a manufacturer of International brand commercial trucks, MaxxForce brand diesel engines, IC Corporation brand school buses, Workhorse Custom Chassis brand chassis for motor homes and step vans, and is a private label designer and manufacturer of diesel engines for the pickup truck, van and SUV markets....
IC Corporation IC Corporation IC Corporation is a builder of school buses in the United States which was established in 1933. It now produces its own chassis and bodies and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Navistar International Corporation....	Subsidiary	North America
International Navistar International Navistar International Corporation is a manufacturer of International brand commercial trucks, MaxxForce brand diesel engines, IC Corporation brand school buses, Workhorse Custom Chassis brand chassis for motor homes and step vans, and is a private label designer and manufacturer of diesel engines for the pickup truck, van and SUV markets....	Division	North America

Notes * The OICA statistics rank the Toyota subsidiary companies Daihatsu and Hino separately, and Porsche separately from the Volkswagen Group and Hyundai separately from Kia; in this table they are included with Toyota and Porsche and Hyundai Kia respectively.

** GM

General Motors

General Motors Corporation , founded in 1908, is the world's second-largest automaker after Toyota, ranked by 2008 global unit sales. GM was the global sales leader for 77 consecutive calendar years from 1931 to 2008....
is in the process of selling Hummer

Hummer

Hummer is a brand of off-road vehicles sold by General Motors . The original H1 was based on the military High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle ....
, Opel

Opel

Adam Opel Gesellschaft mit beschr?nkter Haftung is a Germany automaker, part of General Motors.The company was founded on 21 January, 1863, and began making automobiles in 1899....
and Saab

Saab Automobile

Saab Automobile AB, better known as Saab, is a Swedish automaker and currently a wholly-owned subsidiary of General Motors. It is the exclusive automobile royal warrant holder as appointed by Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden....
. GM is also considering closure or sale of Saturn after 2011.

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