If you decide to purchase new car, then you should pay attention not only to its characteristics, but also to study the information about the manufacturer. Nowadays, the overwhelming majority of enterprises are part of concerns, and do not work alone.

The term "concern" has German-English roots, but it was possible to find its origin in Latin, where the word meant "to mix". The first concern in the world was founded during the reign of the Florentine leader Cosimo Medici, who was actively involved in the transportation of goods to countries in Africa and Asia. Once Lee Yaccoca, the famous American manager, said that in the twenty-first century, the global auto market would be controlled by only a couple of companies. In his judgments, he relied exclusively on world trends, so his prediction came true with the highest accuracy, although many think that it works in our world a large number of independent machine manufacturers. In reality, there are certain alliances, which include car manufacturers.

According to the results of the past 2015, the top 3 world concerns include the American group of companies General Motors, the German alliance Volkswagen Konzern and the largest Japanese automotive association - Toyota Motor Corporation. The GM brand was able to boast of a record level of sales, which sold about ten million cars of its "wards" brands. Let's consider which brands belong to which concerns for 2016.

General Motors: leader or bankrupt

General Motors has come a long and thorny path of its formation. For seventy-seven long years, no other automaker could surpass its sales level, although in 2009 the management filed for bankruptcy. Much has changed since then. General Motors currently includes such brands as Daewoo Alpheon, Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, GMC, Holden, Opel and Vauxhall Vauxhall). GM also maintains constant cooperation with such brands as Fiat, Alfa Romeo, Lancia, Ferrari, Maserati, Subaru, Isuzu and Suzuki. ... The company, whose main shareholders are the Department of the Treasury and the United Trade Union of the United States of America, is confidently moving forward, developing its production and creating new, more advanced car models. The production facilities of the corporation are located in thirty-five countries, while cars are in demand in nearly two hundred countries.

One of the latest developments from General Motors is the GMC Terrain. The debut display of the updated car was carried out in the spring of 2015. However, there were no changes on the technical side, restaling only affected the external and internal designs. Also recently, the world saw the second generation of pickups GMC Canyon Extended Cab and GMC Canyon Crew Cab. In 2016, the next modernization of the car is expected to be released.




Volkswagen AG: development in spite of everything

Another world famous association car companies is the Volkswagen concern. Few people know that the founder of the company is the German designer Ferdinand Porsche. At the end of World War II, the management of the factories passed into the hands of the British administration, and then Lower Saxony began to head the limited liability company, thanks to which the production of food products, as well as the provision of financial and logistics services, began under the well-known brand. The concern owes its current success to the excellent crisis manager Ferdinand Piëch. As of today, there are 342 Volkswagen Konzern companies, among which Volkswagen, Audi, Seat, Škoda, Bentley, Bugatti, Lamborghini can be distinguished , Scania (Scania), Man (MAN), Porsche (Porsche), Ducati (Ducati) and so on. Despite the global crisis, in 2009 the company managed to increase its profits by selling over six million vehicles. Forty-six factories of Volkswagen produce about twenty six and a half thousand vehicles every day.




The corporation has always been distinguished by very capacious slogans, the main of which is “Das Auto” (“This is a car”), which is both simple and provocative enough, suggesting that other vehicles cannot bear the proud title of “car”.

Spring 2015 was very fruitful for the company - in March the updated station wagon was presented Volkswagen passat Alltrack of the eighth generation, equipped with protective plates of the units, an adapted chassis with off-road modes appeared, and the towing ability increased. Improvements were also made in the electronic part - the picture received from the rear-view camera is displayed on the screen, along with tips about changing the trajectory of movement. If necessary, the system itself can adjust the steering section.




Have not been upgraded and past Volkswagen jetta Hybrid - the car's aerodynamics have been significantly improved, the drag coefficient has decreased.

Toyota Motor Corporation: Drive the Dream

Among the three leaders in automobile concerns, Toyota Motor Corporation was founded the latest. Initially, the company produced looms using a patented technology, according to which, in the event of problems, the equipment had a self-shutdown function. After the sale of the patent, Sakichi Toyoda received the start-up capital for a new business. Having visited Europe and America, the Japanese were determined to develop the automotive industry in their country. The company was initially destined to succeed. Even her name was slightly corrected so that when writing in katakana, the word consisted of eight lines, and eight, as you know, is considered a lucky number. The production developed very dynamically. In 1962, the world saw the millionth car, and only ten years later - the ten millionth. By 1992, every second Sakura resident in the country had a branded car in the garage. In 2009, Toyota ended the year at a loss for the first time in fifty-nine years. Now all the difficulties are in the distant past. The cars of the brand are distinguished by ergonomics, reliability and unique design.

Toyota can brag of a collection of brands, among which Subaru and Lexus can be distinguished.

Among the largest corporations, Toyota has completed the largest amount of car restyling work in the past year. Such models as Toyota Auris, Toyota Auris Touring Sports, Toyota Auris Touring Sports Hybrid, Toyota Avensis, Toyota Avensis Wagon, Toyota Prius +, Toyota Land cruiser 200, Toyota Alphard. The premiere of the production version was the Toyota RAV4 Hybrid with the impeccable quality of the technical part of the power plants.

It's no secret that most of the very well-known car brands are not independent participants in the car market. Every year, the picture of ownership of one brand by another, one way or another, changes: someone completely leaves the market due to low profitability, someone is absorbed by stronger competitors, someone joins forces and creates an alliance. We have tried to collect for you up-to-date information on associations of automakers for the middle of 2018.

Volkswagen Group is a German automobile concern, which includes more than 300 companies, in one way or another, related to the automotive industry and services related to it. Volkswagen Group is the leader among car manufacturers in Europe and the world in the first quarter of 2018.

Similarly, Volkswagen AG and Ford Motor Company have a mutual understanding that heralds the creation of a strategic alliance. We are not talking about a takeover or even an exchange of shares - both concerns will remain independent, but will work together on a number of projects, which will allow sharing costs and reducing costs. It can be assumed that we are talking about the development of electric vehicles and drones.

FCA (Fiat Chrysler Automobiles) is an Italian-American automaker, whose parent company is registered in the Netherlands. The alliance is headquartered in London. FCA arose in 2014 as a result of the purchase of the American company Chrysler by the Italian holding Fiat. Until the end of 2014, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V. included the Ferrari company, but later its shares were distributed among the ultimate shareholders of FCA.

The American company General Motors (GM), which sold Opel to the PSA alliance, directly has only four brands in its "piggy bank": Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet and GMC. In the Australian market, Chevrolet owns the Holden brand, a modern the lineup which consists of models of the American manufacturer. GM is also actively working with the Chinese market as part of SAIC-GM-Wuling Automobile and is involved in the creation of cars under the Baojun and Wuling brands. Do not forget about the Russian market, where the Americans own part of the shares of the GM-AVTOVAZ plant and produce the Chevrolet Niva SUV at the facilities of the Togliatti plant.

The leader of the Asian automotive market, the Nissan-Renault alliance, at the end of 2016 completed the acquisition of a 34% stake in Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC), which allows us to state with confidence that the newly formed Nissan-Renault-Mitsubishi will become one of the largest automakers in the world for many years to come. ... In addition to "own" brands, the alliance is working with the Chinese manufacturer Dongfeng Venucia Motor Company and is directly related to the Venucia brand.
On the Russian market, the alliance includes the AVTOVAZ Group, which manufactures cars under the LADA, Nissan, Renault and Datsun brands.

Groupe PSA (Peugeot Citroën Automobiles) is a French car manufacturer formerly known as PSA Peugeot Citroën. In March 2017, the PSA group of companies acquired the Vauxhall and Opel car brands for $ 2.3 billion, making them one of the leading car manufacturers in Europe. Such a merger could probably bring Opel back to russian market.

At BMW AG (Bayerische Motoren Werke AG, with German - "Bavarian Motor Plants"), everything has been stable since 2003 (acquisition of the Rolls-Royce brand). All three brands, which are part of the holding, periodically undergo planned modernization of the model range, display new cars (for example, BMW X7).

The concern, founded as Daimler-Benz AG in 1926 as a result of the merger of two companies - Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft and Benz & Cie., Is now called a little shorter - Daimler AG - and produces cars of two brands - Mercedes-Benz and Smart.

In 1960, the concern acquired the Maybach brand in its "kit", which existed as a separate car brand up to 2012. In 2015 mercedes-Benz "Revived" the brand as a subclass by starting production of premium cars based on the S-Klasse.

Hyundai's recently established separate premium brand, Genesis, has expanded to the Korean Automobile Alliance. Hyundai KIA Automotive Group ".

In addition to Toyota and Lexus, popular in the Russian market, Toyota Motor Corporation has cars under the Daihatsu brand. The Scion brand, which also belonged to Toyota, ceased to exist in mid-2016, giving the Russian market the Scion FR-S, now known as the Toyota GT86.

Geely Automobile Holdings Limited, one of the largest Chinese car manufacturers, was established just 22 years ago. In 2010, the company completed the acquisition of Volvo for nearly $ 2 billion. Despite the pragmatism of many automotive experts, the "takeover" did not harm Volvo, and, moreover, its model range is currently being updated.

In 2016, the Chinese-Swedish tandem created a completely new car brand Lynk and Co, the model range of which currently includes 2 crossovers and 1 sedan (concept). The company representatives promise to bring the brand to the Russian market already in 2019.

In 2017, Geely Automobile Holdings acquired 49% of the shares of Proton (Malaysia), 51% of the shares of the Lotus brand (England), and also owns the British company The London Taxi Company, which produces cars for London taxis.

Tata Motors is the largest Indian auto manufacturer, part of the Tata Group. In 2008, the company acquires the luxury car brands Jaguar and Land Rover. The Indians, which are part of Jaguar Daimler Motor Company (not to be confused with Daimler AG), are planning to use the "top" cars competing with Rolls-Royse on the world market.

This information will always help you to stand out favorably in the circle of motorists and make right choice when buying a car. You can save car brands and a list of all manufacturers on your computer or gadget so that you can always refresh the necessary information in your memory. The list of car brands is structured so that the logo and country of manufacture of this company are present.

Logo	car model	The country of manufacture	Year of foundation	Popularity rating
	Japan	28 August 1937
	Ford	America	June 16, 1903
	America	November 3, 1911
	Japan	December 26, 1933
	Korea	December 29, 1967
	KIA	Korea	June 9, 1957
	Germany	June 28, 1926
	Bmw	Germany	March 7, 1916
	Opel	Germany	January 21, 1862
	Mazda	Japan	January 1920
	Acura	Japan	1986 year
	Germany	May 28, 1937
	France	1919 year
	Volvo	Sweden	1927 year
	Skoda	Czech	1895 year
	Land rover	Great Britain	1948 year
	France	February 25, 1899
	Honda	Japan	September 24, 1948
	Japan	1911 year
	Japan	May 13, 1870
	Audi	Germany	July 16, 1909
	Jeep	USA	1941 year
	LADA	Russia	1966 year
	UAZ	Russia	1992 year
	France	1882 year
	Korea	March 22, 1967
	SsangYong	Korea	1954 year
	Lexus	Japan	1989 year
	Japan	1954 year
	Japan	October 1909
	Japan	1989 year
	Fiat	Italy	July 11, 1899
	Chery	China	1997 year
	Haima	China	1988 year
	Lifan	China	1992 year
	Brilliance	China	1992 year
	Geely	China	1986 year
	Great wall	China	1976 year

Rating of the best cars in Russia

Knowledge best carsmobiles of our time are important for every motorist or car enthusiast. Many beginners often confuse car brands and badges with names, the country of manufacture, and not everyone is familiar with the popularity rating of cars. Today you have a unique opportunity to get acquainted with a short, but very useful information about global car brands, with their ratings and manufacturers.

Prospective car buyers most often start selection with the brand of a further car. For this reason, we have compiled our table for you, here even a rating is available for each brand name of the manufacturers of the automotive industry.

Countries - producers and their creations

Germany has long established itself on the international market as an excellent manufacturer of modern multifunctional vehicles. The Germans know exactly how to create powerful car with all the amenities and the best technical characteristics... Many experts consider Germany to be the first car manufacturer in Europe, today the Germans have presented the world with the following list of car brands:

• Mercedes-Benz. It has the highest rating in the global auto industry, and has been holding the best positions in terms of sales for a long time. Is different highest quality, excellent technical characteristics, reliability and excellent design.
• Opel. Also received maximum amount stars in the world ranking of the most famous machines... This car brand combines practicality and speed, comfort and simplicity. Produced since 1862, this great experience is a huge plus for the brand image.
• Audi. This brand brilliantly entered the world market in 1909 and quickly won the hearts of many motorists. Under its name, this machine hides reliability and durability, unrivaled style and design. This car brand is universal, it is loved by all categories of motorists. This brainchild of the Germans has all five stars in the world ranking.

• Toyota. The name of this brand has been heard around the world since 1937. The manufacturer immediately established itself in the best light in the automotive industry market. Having been top rated for many years, the brand continues to evolve and improve.
• Mazda. This is the perfection of practicality and accessibility. The brand has the highest rating in the global automotive industry table, showing all the best sales results every year since 1920.
• Honda. This brand combines incredible elegance and power, affordable price and excellent quality. Has five stars in the world car rating since 1948.

Korea distinguished itself by the release of budget, but fairly high-quality cars, the car brands and icons of which are given below:

• KIA. This car brand is the embodiment of elegance and good taste. The brand has enjoyed good sales since 1957. Throughout its existence, the brand has managed to earn four out of five stars in the international rating of the automotive industry.
• Hyundai. The manufacturers of this car put a lot of emphasis on safety, they wanted to create the perfect car for family life and leisure. As a result, their brainchild received four out of five stars in the rating of the best cars of our time.
• Daewoo. Great car for city trips, which honestly earned only two stars on the international rating scale. Despite this, the company has been ranked first in terms of sales every year since 1967.

Car brands and the list of American car manufacturers deserve special attention, because it was in the United States that the mass production of the first cars began. America can be proud of these car brands:

• Ford. This brand has been produced for more than a hundred years, such a huge experience, probably, brought four stars to the manufacturer. In terms of sales, Ford has no equal!
• Chevrolet. It has been produced since 1911, but still occupies a good position in the ranking. Maintaining optimal sales volumes, the brand honorably wins three stars out of five.

A new buyer first looks at all brands of cars, and only then makes a selection of some cars based on the rating. Not every country makes car makers very popular, some because of their price, others because of the constant investment in car repairs. Russian roads create huge problems for cars, based on poor quality of roads and infrequent repairs.

How not to say about Chinese cars, which are so in demand all over the world. China excelled in the production of such beautiful cars:

• Chery. Not only girls like this car brand, guys also feel confident behind the wheel of this car. In 1997, the release of the first model of this brand became a real sensation, which eventually brought the manufacturer four stars in the international ranking.
• Lifan. A relatively young but successfully developing brand. For its versatility and practicality, the car receives as many as four stars!

The table is presented which country makes which cars

Is it easy to show the car brands of the country of manufacture in one table, of course it is possible. As you may have noticed, there is a very large list of car brands in a convenient information panel, where not only the names and logo of the brand are indicated, but also the year of foundation and even who is the ideological inspirer. Statistics or, more correctly, the rating indicates the brands of cars that are in high demand in the CIS countries.

Now you know what are the most popular cars and brands in the world, their list will always be at your fingertips if you save our site in bookmarks.

Drive you trips and good luck on the road!

Almost thirty years ago, the legendary Lee Iacocca predicted that by the beginning of the 21st century, only a few car manufacturers would remain in the world. The former president of Ford and Chrysler perfectly saw the trends in the development of the global auto industry, and therefore it is not surprising that his predictions were almost completely confirmed.

It only seems that there are many independent car manufacturers in the world. In fact, the vast majority of car firms are part of various groups and alliances. To be more precise, Lee Iacocca turned out to be right in everything - at present there are really only a few large car manufacturers left in the world, which actually divided the world car market among themselves.

As for Lee Iacocchi's former place of work - Ford and Chrysler, these pillars of the American auto industry, along with General Motors, suffered the most serious losses during the economic crisis, and they have not known such losses in their entire history. General Motors and Chrysler went bankrupt, and Ford only miraculously survived. However, a very high price was paid for survival. Ford has lost the premium division of the Premiere Automotive Group, which included Jaguar, Volvo and Land Rover. In addition, Ford was forced to sell the British supercar manufacturer Aston Martin, get rid of Mazda's controlling stake and liquidate the Mercury brand. Currently, only two brands remain from the once huge Ford empire - Ford itself and Lincoln.

General Motors suffered no less serious losses. The Americans lost SAAB, Hummer, Saturn, but despite bankruptcy, they were able to defend Opel and the most valuable brand - Daewoo. General Motors currently includes Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, GMC, Holden and Vauxhall. Plus, the American concern has a Russian joint venture GM-AvtoVAZ, which produces Chevrolet Niva SUVs.

As for Chrysler, the American concern is from now on a strategic partner of Fiat, which has already gathered under its wing such brands as Alfa Romeo, Ferrari, Maserati, Lancia. Now Chrysler, Jeep, Dodge and Ram have been added to them.

Things are completely different from America in Europe. The crisis also made adjustments to the alignment of forces, but this did not affect the position of the giants of the European car industry. Volkswagen continues to expand its brand collection by acquiring Porsche in 2009. The Volkswagen Group now includes nine brands - Volkswagen, Audi, Porsche, Bentley, Bugatti, Lamborghini, Skoda, Seat and truck manufacturer Scania. It is possible that soon this company will be supplemented by Suzuki - in 2009 the Volkswagen Group bought out 20% of the shares of Suzuki Motor.

The other two largest German automakers, Daimler AG and BMW, cannot boast of such an abundance of brands. Daimler AG produces cars under the brands Mercedes, Maybach and Smart, and BMW, in addition to the brand of the same name, also owns Rolls-Royce and Mini.

Another major global automaker is the Renault-Nissan alliance, which owns brands such as Renault, Dacia, Nissan, Infiniti, Samsung. In addition, Renault owns 25% of AvtoVAZ shares, so from now on the Lada brand is also included in the orbit of influence of the French-Japanese alliance.

Another major French car manufacturer, PSA, owns by Citroen brands and Peugeot.

Of all the Japanese automakers, only Toyota has a good collection of brands - Lexus, Scion, Daihatsu and Subaru. In addition, the truck manufacturer Hino is part of Toyota Motor.

Honda's achievement is much more modest. Apart from the premium brand Acura and the motorcycle department, the Japanese have nothing more to brag about.
In recent years, the Hyundai-Kia alliance has been rapidly breaking out into the ranks of the leaders of the global automotive industry. The alliance currently produces cars under the Hyundai and Kia brands, but the Koreans are planning to create a premium brand in the near future. According to unconfirmed information, it will be called Genesis.

From mergers and acquisitions recent years I would like to note the transfer of the Volvo brand under the control of the Chinese Geely and the purchase of the English premium brands - Jaguar and Land Rover - by the Indian Tata Motor. The most curious of this series is the acquisition of the Swedish brand SAAB by the tiny Dutch supercar manufacturer Spyker.

From the once powerful British car industry, there are now only memories. The most famous British automakers lost their independence long ago, but even small English firms went over to foreign owners. The legendary company Lotus belongs to Malaysian Proton, and MG was bought by the Chinese company SAIC. At the same time, SAIC sold Korean SsangYong Motor to Indian automaker Mahindra & Mahindra.

All these acquisitions, mergers, alliances and strategic partnerships once again prove Lee Iacocchi is right. IN modern world single firms will no longer survive. There are, of course, exceptions such as the English Morgan, the Japanese Mitsuoka, or the same Malaysian Proton. But these firms are independent in the full sense of the word. Absolutely nothing depends on them in the global automotive industry. But in order to sell cars in hundreds of thousands a year, not to mention millions, you need to have very strong "rear". Which is provided either by partners, as in the case of the Renault-Nissan alliance, or by a whole brood of brands, as the Volkswagen Group practices. But such firms as Mazda or Mitsubishi will experience more and more difficulties in the future. And if Mitsubishi partners from PSA are ready to provide all possible help, then Mazda has to fight alone with all the hardships. And in the modern world it becomes more and more difficult to do it every day. What did Lee Iacocca warn about thirty years ago?

Alexander Plekhanov

Moscow, October 18 - “Vesti. Economy". In 2017, more than 80 million passenger cars were produced worldwide. Below we list the 10 countries that produce the most cars.

Car production in 2017: 23,554,031 Car production in China increased, but not significantly, by just 4.4% in 2017.

Overall, the production volume reached 23.6 million vehicles.

However, China remains the leader in passenger car production in the global market.

Cars produced in 2017: 16,957,230 Last year, almost 17 million passenger vehicles were produced in the EU. For the first time since the 2007 crisis, the European auto industry reached pre-crisis levels.

The European Union remained in second place in terms of passenger car production, with European countries accounting for 21% of the global volume in 2017.

The high quality of Japanese cars is famous all over the world. Due to their reliability and quality, Japanese vehicles are considered among the best. 4. USA Cars produced in 2017: 8,081,623 Last year, production in the United States fell significantly, by 11.5%. The total number of cars produced exceeded 8 million, which is almost 1 million less than in 2016.

The US auto industry is dominated by the Detroit Big Three - the three largest American auto makers based in Detroit, Michigan, or in its immediate vicinity - General Motors, Ford Motor Company and FCA. 5. India

Cars produced in 2017: 3,886,293 India's automotive industry accounts for 7.1% of the country's gross domestic product (GDP).

At the same time, India is an exporter of passenger cars and has strong export growth expectations for the near future.

India supplanted South Korea from fifth place to become the fifth largest car manufacturer in the world. 6. South Korea

Number of cars produced in 2017: 3,783,030 South Korea is today one of the most advanced car-making countries in the world.

From the very beginning, South Korean car manufacturers have focused on competing with German, Japanese and American car brands.

Number of cars produced in 2017: 2,936,509 The main determining factor in the development of the Mexican automotive industry is the presence of the powerful northern neighbor of the United States.

It should be noted that a Mexican car is not some kind of national product that is interesting only to tourists as a colorful means of transportation.

In this part of the North American continent, cars of famous world brands are produced.

At the moment, such monsters of the automobile market as DaimlerChrisyler AG, General Motors, Volkswagen AG, Ford Motor and Nissan have their own production facilities in the country. 8. Brazil

Number of cars produced in 2017: 2,277,604 The automotive industry in Brazil is today one of the world's leading car manufacturers.

Despite the fact that the active development of the Brazilian car industry began only in the 1960s, measures of strict protection of the domestic market from imports allow Brazil to maintain significant volumes of domestic production and outstrip many countries with a long history of the development of the automotive industry, in particular the UK, Russia and France. ...

Another feature of the Brazilian auto industry is the long-term production of outdated models of both the national and the global auto industry in a modern version. 9. Canada

Number of cars produced in 2017: 2,165,740 There are also a large number of such large factories located in Canada (mainly in Ontario). car manufacturerslike Ford and Toyota.

The automotive market in Canada is characterized by high production volumes.

Basically, its growth is due to overseas branches and subsidiaries of Japanese and American companies. 10.Iran

Car production in 2017: 1,408,398 Iran's automotive industry is the third most active industrial sector in the country, after oil and gas, accounting for 10% of Iran's GDP.

Iranian manufacturers currently produce six different types vehicleincluding cars, SUVs, trucks, buses, minibuses and pickups.

The auto sector directly employs about 500,000 people (approximately 2.3% of the workforce).

About 75% of local production is passenger cars, and pickup production is about 15%.