”Car Industry Explained“

The "Car Industry Explained" (describes the structure of the automotive industry), which shows the structure of car ownership around the world by parent companies and automotive groups under management at the time of this layout.

For simplicity of understanding, I would like to summarize and explain in detail the following groups:

1. Asian giants

• TOYOTA (Toyota): A major car camp from Japan with affiliated brands including:

• Toyota: The main brand that penetrates the public market.

• Daihatsu: Focus on small cars (Kei Cars) and low-cost cars

• Lexus: Luxury car brand challenges the European side

• HYUNDAI (Hyundai): The largest automotive capital group from South Korea. Includes:

• Hyundai and Kia, which share a common technology and production platform.

• HONDA (Honda): Another self-reliant-focused Japanese camp, with a sister luxury brand, Acura (focusing on the North American market).

• MARUTI SUZUKI (Maruti Suzuki): A joint venture in India, considered a small car market leader in South Asia.

• TATA MOTORS (Tata Motors): Indian Capital Group that created buzz with the acquisition of British luxury brands like Jaguar and Land-Rover.

• GEELY (Ji Li): A Chinese capital that has grown by leaps and bounds, owning a global safety brand like Volvo from Sweden.

2. Alliances & European Groups

• RENAULT NISSAN (Renault-Nissan): A multinational alliance between France and Japan, it has subsidiary brands such as Renault, Nissan, Infiniti (Nissan luxury brand), Lada (Russian brand) and Datsun.

• DAIMLER (Daimler): The German Capital Group (now renamed Mercedes-Benz Group) oversees luxury brands like Mercedes-Benz, AMG strength customization brands and small city cars like Smart.

• BMW (BMW): A luxury car camp from Germany that owns icon-class British brands like Mini (fashion small car) and Rolls-Royce (king of luxury cars).

• FCA (Fiat Chrysler Automobiles): Merger between Italian and American Capital. It has brands like Fiat, Chrysler, Jeep, Dodge, Maserati and Ferrari. (Note: FCA has now merged with PSA, becoming the Stellantis Group).

• PSA GROUPE (PSA): French Capital Group that owns Peugeot, Citroen and has acquired the Opel brand from GM.

3. United States States

• GM (General Motors / General Motors): Former number one in the world, with major brands Chevrolet, GMC, Buick, Cadillac, as well as local brands like Holden in Australia (Holden has now ended its role).

• FORD (Ford): America's Blue Chip Car Camp. It has subsidiary brands, Ford, luxury brand Lincoln and Brazilian off-road brand Troller.

4.Biggest empire: VOLKSWAGEN GROUP

Volkswagen Group (Volkswagen), from Germany, is the most versatile and market-spanning automotive group on this chart, from motor homes to hypercars:

• Market cars and general use cars: Volkswagen, Skoda, Seat

• Premium and Sport Cars: Audi, Porsche (not on the logo but on the main brand)

• Luxury cars and supercars: Bentley, Lamborghini and Bugatti (hypercar class)

💡 Additional remarks (Context Update)

This picture is a reflection of the structure of the automotive industry in recent years. However, the industry is constantly changing. Currently, there are significant changes, such as:

1.FCA and PSA have officially merged, becoming a new automotive giant called Stellantis.

2.Brands like Bugatti currently have a new joint venture with the Rimac Company (electric hypercar brand).

3. The current trend is focused on electric vehicles (EVs). This structure is starting to have new electric vehicles (such as Tesla, BYD) become more important in the global market.