American Car companies

So guys, tell me what the state of play is with your companies in the states, do you only have ford and Gm left? owning all the brands?

Just curious.

Daimler Chrysler, mopar (dodge) owns dodge, jeep, chrysler, Mercedes-Benz, and a few others. we also have all the imports from asia, and most from europe, my next door neighbor (where i work) has a garage where he stores he ferrari enzo, lamborghini murcielago, and my favorite, McClaren F1! the only McClaren F1 in texas, and think the same of the enzo

But isn't Daimler Chrysler a German company, as Daimler is the larger owner, and I think the shares are listed from the German stock exchange, rather than New York.

In the UK we have no true major volume manufacturer now, which is why I was wondering. how things are in the states.

We do have companies manufacturing though.

Nissan (owned by Renualt - France)
Toyota (Japan)
Honda (Japan)
Ford (USA)
Land Rover (Owned by Ford - USA)
Jaguar (Owned by Ford - USA)
Aston Martin (Owned by Ford - USA)
TVR (Owned by a Russian company)
Lotus (Owned by Kia - Asia)
Peugeot - (Part of the PSA Group - France)
Vauxhall (Owned by General Motors - USA)

Currently the car brands we have in the UK are as follows...

AC - (small British company)
Alfa Romeo - (Fiat - Italy)
Aston Martin - (Ford - USA)
Audi - (VAG - Germany)
Bentley - (VAG - Germany)
BMW - (Germany)
Catherham - (small British company)
Chrysler - (Daimler Chrysler - German?)
Citroen - (PSA Group - French)
Daewoo/Dodge - (General Motors - USA)
Daihatsu - (Toyota - Japan)
Ferrari - (Fiat - Italy)
Fiat - (Italy)
Ford - (USA)
Honda - (Japan)
Hyundai - (Korea)
Jaguar - (Ford - USA)
Jeep - (Daimler Chrysler - German?)
Kia - (Korea)
Lamborghini - (Italy)
Land Rover - (Ford - USA)
Lexus - (Toyota - Japan)
Lotus - (Kia - Korea)
Maserati - (Italy)
Maybach - (Daimler Chrysler - German?)
Mazda - (Ford - USA)
Mercedes Benz - (Daimler Chrysler - German?)
Mini - (BMW - Germany)
Mitsubishi - (was owned by Daimler Chrysler but currently free and independant, but needs a new partner - Japan)
Morgan - (small British company)
Nissan - (Renault - France)
Noble - (small British company)
Perodua - (Maylasia I think)
Peugeot - (PSA Group - France)
Porsche - (Germany)
Proton - (Kia - Korea)
Renault - (France)
Rolls Royce - (BMW - Germany)
SAAB - (General Motors - USA)
Santana - (Spain) (they build modified Series 3 Land Rovers)
Seat - (VAG - Germany)
Skoda - (VAG - Germany)
Smart - (Daimler Chrysler - German?)
Ssangyong - (Korea)
Subaru - (General Motors - USA)
Suzuki - (Not sure now who owns them - Japan?)
Tata - (India)
Toyota - (Japan)
TVR - (Russian comapny - Russia)
Vauxhall - (General Motors - USA)
Volkswagen - (VAG - Germany)
Volvo - (Ford - USA)
Westfield - (small British company)

Nice list, but now in the UK we only have very small car producers... i.e they are lucky to produce more than 500 cars a year..

chrysler is an american company, i'm sure they might manufacture some of their products over there, such as mercedes, however, they are an american company, they are more commonly known as mopar in the US. mopar=daimler chrysler

chrysler and benz merged..no one bought anyone. damiler chrysler also has a hand in mitsubishi and hyundai...

Suziki is owned by GM.

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ORIGINAL: 05LandRover

chrysler is an american company, i'm sure they might manufacture some of their products over there, such as mercedes, however, they are an american company, they are more commonly known as mopar in the US. mopar=daimler chrysler

Hmm, don't want to burst your bubble, but just a couple of things make me wonder about the company...
a) Chairman of the company is German. In fact nearly the whole board of directors are German.
b) Finacial results are quoted in Euro's with US dollar's in brackets.

http://www.daimlerchrysler.com/dccom/0,,0-5-7158-1-65184-1-0-0-0-0-0-8-7155-0-0-0-0-0-0-0,00.html

Seen plenty of mergers over time to actually see that there is no such thing, one company has bought the other, and in time that will show. When the times get tough and the company has to make savings, you know where tha savings will be made..

Please, dig around and let me know what you find, as I think the company is very clever in hiding it's true identity

back to what I really want to know, what manufacturers sell in the USA, and who owns them.. I am becoming convinced that we are now getting to a point actually having only four or five major manufactures carrying lots of brand names...

i dont exactly recall who had more involved in it..i do knwo that chrysler is in bed with lots of other companies, whereas MB has not been, other than maybach and chrysler corp.

damn, i am surprised, ha ha ha, maybe this means that next time some guys that drive a dodge talk crap on a ford, i can be like, well at least fords are american! (even though dodges are made in USA) ford corporate office= Dearborn, Michigan.

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ORIGINAL: Patrick

i dont exactly recall who had more involved in it..i do knwo that chrysler is in bed with lots of other companies, whereas MB has not been, other than maybach and chrysler corp.

I think it is a case of not how many manufacturers some company has under their corporate name, but who has the most money in the bank. MB has a lot of investors from the middle east.. which means they are cash rich..