Top 5 Car Companies
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Honda's not up there?!
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is this on their cars only or other stuff too?....I have a mitsubishi big screen 
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Originally posted by Famine
Now I come to think of it, neither is Chrysler... Daimler-Chrysler on the other hand (Mercedes, Dodge, Chrysler, Daimler, Maybach, a finger in Mitsubishi, Plymouth...)
You forgot Jeep
...[EDIT] I think he meant Chrysler as in the manufacturer instead of Diamler-Chrysler. I dunno, I like the five he picked anyway
...[EDITx2] No actually they are all companies/manufacturers as each one of them owns a few other's.
GM - Cheverolet, Buik, Caddilac, Oldsmobile, Saab, Pontiac, etc..
Ford - Ford (of coarse), Aston Martin, etc...
Diamler-Chrysler (formally just Chrysler) - Dodge, Chrysler, Plymoth, Jeep, etc (but also Eagle when they were still in business)...
VW - I forgot ATM...
Toyota - same as above...
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VW is a manufacturer, VAG is the company...
You'd be amazed when you work out all the links... it turns out that almost all of the world's cars are made by 6 companies - Daimler-Chrysler, VAG, PSA (Peugeot/Citroen), Ford, GM and Toyota.
Ford own things like Saab, Volvo, Aston Martin, Jaguar and, astonishingly, Mazda in whom they have a controlling stake. Staggering once you work it all out. I've got a magazine somewhere with this massive web diagram... I'll try to dig it out.
You'd be amazed when you work out all the links... it turns out that almost all of the world's cars are made by 6 companies - Daimler-Chrysler, VAG, PSA (Peugeot/Citroen), Ford, GM and Toyota.
Ford own things like Saab, Volvo, Aston Martin, Jaguar and, astonishingly, Mazda in whom they have a controlling stake. Staggering once you work it all out. I've got a magazine somewhere with this massive web diagram... I'll try to dig it out.
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Originally posted by Frustrated Palm
You forgot Jeep
[EDIT] I think he meant Chrysler as in the manufacturer instead of Diamler-Chrysler. I dunno, I like the five he picked anyway
[EDITx2] No actually they are all companies/manufacturers as each one of them owns a few other's.
GM - Cheverolet, Buik, Caddilac, Oldsmobile, Saab, Pontiac, etc..
Ford - Ford (of coarse), Aston Martin, etc...
Diamler-Chrysler (formally just Chrysler) - Dodge, Chrysler, Plymoth, Jeep, etc (but also Eagle when they were still in business)...
VW - I forgot ATM...
Toyota - same as above...
Actually those are not picked: They are the Top five, in earnings and sales.
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No I was answering a different question. I think Famine or someone. Im confused...
It probably won't be long before it'd back to the big 3 again. They own everything just about now.Too bad. With all the different indipendent car companies that were out there it forced everyone to get better.
I hate to tell you this Mazkid but Ford will never let Mazda go.They will bleed the segment that is still making money to feed the segment that's not.At least that's what companies usually do.It's hard to tell US cars from any other cars anymore. They own so many of the other car companies that parts going into your cars are likely built somewhere else.
I hate to tell you this Mazkid but Ford will never let Mazda go.They will bleed the segment that is still making money to feed the segment that's not.At least that's what companies usually do.It's hard to tell US cars from any other cars anymore. They own so many of the other car companies that parts going into your cars are likely built somewhere else.
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Well it goes both ways. American Car companies own alot of foreign ones. BUT, our Trucking companies, (Mack, freightliner, etc) are owned by European companies ...
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I cant remember ATM but I will try to find out. I just remember that our trucking manufacturers like Mack Trucks and Freightliner, etc. are owned by companies over seas...
Ford is no longer questionable. Fueled by the closing of four long-time plants (one in Canada, three in the US) and major laying off of workers (about 17,000), they're back into the black for now. The test for Ford will be how well the upcoming F-series can sell; it's the only vehicle which can single-handedly bring them back into the kind of profits they enjoyed in the mid-1990's.
Chapter eleven and chapter nine are similar, excepting that chapter eleven is generally filed for by smaller companies. United Airlines, for instance, filed for chapter nine last year upon its "bankruptcy," as did Kmart. "Government backing" implies that these companies depend on government funds; this isn't true. Chapter nine and eleven simply mean that the companies cannot pay off their debts and continue running, so they seek government protection (for a limtied time period) so they don't have to pay said debts until they're back on their feet. They don't accept any government funds when in bankruptcy.
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