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Old Aug 1, 2006 | 01:11 PM
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BMW owns:
-BMW
-Mini
-Rolls Royce

Daimler/Chrysler owns:
-AMC (brand discontinued -- Chrysler bought AMC primarily for the Jeep brand which was owned by AMC)
-Chrysler
-Dodge
-Eagle (brand discontinued)
-Hyundai (Daimler/Chrysler only owns 10% --13 May 04 changes!)
-Jeep
-Maybach
-Mercedes-Benz
-Plymouth (brand discontinued)
-Smart

Fiat owns:
-Alfa Romeo
-Ferrari
-Fiat
-Lancia
-Maserati

Ford owns:
-Aston Martin
-Ford
-Jaguar
-Land Rover (bought from BMW)
-Lincoln
-Mazda (Ford owns 33% of Mazda)
-Mercury
-Volvo cars

Fuji Heavy Industries owns:
-Subaru

General Motors owns:
-Buick
-Cadillac
-Chevrolet
-Daewoo (GM owns 44%)
-Fiat (GM has decided to divorce itself from Fiat as of Feb '05, but will retain 10% ownership.)
-GMC
-Holden
-Hummer
-Oldsmobile (brand discontinued)
-Opel
-Pontiac
-Saab
-Saturn
-Suzuki (2.5%, from 20%)
-Vauxhall

Honda owns:
-Acura
-Honda

Hyundai owns:
-Hyundai
-Kia

Isuzu owns:
-Isuzu
(Mitsubishi Corp., Itochu Corp. and Mizuho Corporate Bank owns part of Isuzu.)

Nissan owns:
-Infiniti
-Nissan
-Renault (Nissan owns 15%)

PSA Peugeot Citroen owns:
-Citroen
-Peugeot

Porsche owns:
-Porsche
-VW (20%)

Renault owns:
-Nissan (Renault owns 44%)

Toyota owns:
-Daihatsu (~51%)
-Fuji Heavy Industries -- Subaru (Toyota owns ~20%. Toyota bought this from GM in late 2005. )
-Lexus
-Scion
-Toyota

Volkswagen owns:
-Audi
-Bentley
-Bugatti
-Lamborghini
-SEAT
-Skoda
-Volkswagen


These are correct up to April 2006 some changes may have occured like the talks of GM buying Nissan
 
Old Aug 1, 2006 | 02:23 PM
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HONDA PWNS ALL!!!!!!! lol thanks for the update
 
Old Aug 1, 2006 | 02:35 PM
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why does everyone say PWNs now? What is that from?
 
Old Aug 1, 2006 | 02:50 PM
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BTW I got a good idea where you got this info from
 
Old Aug 1, 2006 | 03:14 PM
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i got it from a local forum, are u on marylandstreetscene.com marty???? lol just thought u guys would like to see all the makes and junk.
 
Old Aug 1, 2006 | 03:58 PM
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yeah i was looking for that chart marty. i have it somewhere on my computer but i guess youb eat me to it.
 
Old Aug 1, 2006 | 07:44 PM
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good thing to know honda hasn't sold out to anyone....yet
 
Old Aug 1, 2006 | 07:52 PM
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very cool I always wondered that.
 
Old Aug 1, 2006 | 11:00 PM
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There is actually a good little story on how the word pwnd got out, you can find it on the internet I remember it had something to do with an rpg game and some misspelling, then all of a sudden everyone used it.
 
Old Aug 4, 2006 | 09:47 PM
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Chuck Norris owns all of those guys, he did one roundhouse kick and they just forked over all the keys.
 



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