Who makes your car?...
You might be reading this and thinking, I know that.
Well done. Medal is in the post (Only kidding, we don't have any budget).
There will be people who will read this post and think "Ooooooo, I didn't know that".
As of right this very moment and we're talking (Checking calendar) today (21st April 2021), these were the top ten largest car companies in the world.
This is by group and not by individual manufacturer, so before you message us telling us we're wrong. We're not ;)
01: Volkswagen
02: Toyota
03: Renault / Nissan Alliance
04: Stellantis
05: Hyundai
06: General Motors
07: Honda
08: Suzuki
09: Geely
10: BMW
We're not about to use "Dazzle Science" in order to tell you why, but in laymans terms, its to do with volume. Not by turning up your telly, but by how many they've sold collectively as a group. Incidentally, the more companies they take over, the bigger the volume, the more they climb the ladder towards number one. Some may be surprising considering, but remember, this is a "World" chart, so takes volume figures worldwide and some markets sell more of one brand than another and vice versa. Got it?
The next part of this post concentrates on the car companies who own, or are owned by others. For the purpose of this post, we're only going to concentrate on brands that are available for sale in the UK.
Alfa Romeo:
Italian manufacturer
under the Stellantis group.
Alpine:
French manufacturer
under the Renault group.
Ariel:
British independent manufacturer.
Aston Martin:
British independent manufacturer.
Audi:
German manufacturer
under the Volkswagen group.
BMW:
German independent manufacturer.
Bentley:
British manufacturer
under the Volkswagen group.
Bugatti:
French manufacturer
under the Volkswagen group.
Caterham:
British independent manufacturer.
Citroën:
French manufacturer
under the Stellantis group.
Cupra:
Spanish manufacturer owned by Seat,
under the Volkswagen group.
DS:
French manufacturer owned by Citroën,
under the Stellantis group.
Dacia:
Romanian manufacturer
under the Renault group.
Ferrari:
Italian independent manufacturer.
Fiat:
Italian manufacturer
under the Stellantis group.
Ford:
American independent manufacturer.
Honda:
Japanese independent manufacturer.
Hyundai:
South Korean independent manufacturer.
Isuzu:
Japanese independent manufacturer.
Jaguar:
British manufacturer
under the Tata group.
Jeep:
American manufacturer
under the Stellantis group.
KTM:
Austrian independent manufacturer.
Kia:
South Korean under Hyundai Motor Group.
Koenigsegg:
Swedish independent manufacturer.
Lamborghini:
Italian manufacturer under Audi,
part of the Volkswagen group.
Land Rover:
British manufacturer
under the Tata group.
Lexus:
Japanese manufacturer
under the Toyota group.
Lotus:
British manufacturer
under the Geely group.
MG:
British manufacturer
under the Nanjing group.
Maserati:
Italian manufacturer
under the Stellantis group.
Mazda:
Japanese independent company
Part invested by Toyota group.
Mclaren:
British independent manufacturer.
Mercedes-Benz:
German manufacturer
under the Daimler AG group.
Mini:
British manufacturer
under BMW group.
Mitsubishi:
Japanese manufacturer
under the Renault group.
Morgan:
British independent manufacturer.
Nissan:
Japanese manufacturer
under the Renault group.
Pagani:
Italian independent manufacturer.
Peugeot:
French manufacturer
under the Stellantis group.
Polestar:
Swedish manufacturer owned by Volvo
under the Geely group.
Porsche:
German manufacturer
under the Volkswagen group.
Renault:
French independent manufacturer.
Rolls Royce:
British manufacturer
under the BMW group.
SEAT:
Spanish manufacturer
under the Volkswagen group.
Skoda:
Czech Republic manufacturer
under the Volkswagen group.
SMART:
German manufacturer owned
by Mercedes-Benz
under the Daimler AG group.
Ssangyong:
South Korean manufacturer
under the Mahindra group.
Subaru:
Japanese independent manufacturer.
Suzuki:
Japanese independent manufacturer.
TVR:
British independent manufacturer.
Tesla:
American independent manufacturer.
Toyota:
Japanese independent manufacturer.
Vauxhall:
British manufacturer
under the Stellantis group.
Volkswagen:
German independent manufacturer.
Volvo:
Swedish manufacturer
under the Geely group.
The world of cars is constantly changing. Only a few years ago, one of our mother in laws was hell bent on buying British and like most relatives, don't listen. Didn't want any of that "Foreign rubbish" she proclaimed. Ended up buying a Vauxhall, which model was a rebadged American car based on a model from South Korea.
Nothing wrong with the car, just the perception.
So there you have it...
-Will B ;)
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