The Hyperlogos

Unsurprisingly enough, automakers are the companies that actually make the cars. Charting who belongs to who can be quite a challenge, as they have a certain tendency to shift. In fact, while there are literally dozens of automakers around the world, ownership of all of the significant names falls to just a handful of corporations. Complicating this issue is the fact that besides mergers and acquisitions, companies also developed alternate marques for differentiating their product lines, so that even back in the "good old days" we had Ford-Lincoln-Mercury, GM-Chevrolet-Pontiac-Cadillac, and Chrysler-Dodge-Plymouth. These days, GM owns everything under the sun, and Ford has most of what's left, with DaimlerChrysler picking up the stragglers - but there's numerous other mergers as well, like Renault and Nissan, or the Volkswagen group that even includes Lamborghini these days.

Below is a list of the automakers for whom I have web links.