# diagram of "who owns who" in the automotive world **URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/diagram-of-who-owns-who-in-the-automotive-world/25032 **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive **Created:** [February 24, 2007, 1:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/diagram-of-who-owns-who-in-the-automotive-world/25032 "2007-02-24T01:00:46Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 14
### Author: ![RedGoober4Life](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/redgoober4life/32/7610_2.png) [@RedGoober4Life](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RedGoober4Life) #### Post date: [February 24, 2007, 9:04am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/diagram-of-who-owns-who-in-the-automotive-world/25032/14 "2007-02-24T09:04:46Z")
[quote=“fairgentleman Z,post:9,topic:25032"”] Probably Samasung heavy industries, like trucks, semis, forklifts, buses… But then what about Fuji Heavy Industries… And if you are considering electronics what about Mistsubishi and Toshiba… [/quote] This is interesting that one of the biggest Nissan people on the forum doesn’t know this… Samsung was ready to start a promising car company, but a few years later the Japanese financial crisis happened and Renault bought control of the company. They sell rebranded Datsuns. Err. Nissans. It can be read in colorful detail here: > **[Renault Korea](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renault_Samsung_Motors)** > > Renault Korea (Korean: 르노코리아), is a South Korean car manufacturer headquartered in Busan where its single assembly site is also located, with additional facilities at Seoul (administration), Giheung (research and development) and Daegu (vehicle testing). > The company was first established as Samsung Motors in 1994 by the chaebol Samsung, with technical assistance from Nissan. It started selling cars in 1998, just before South Korea was hit by the East Asian financial crisis. In 2000, it became ... I don’t know how I came across Samsung Motors. I think I typed Samsung into Wiki one day and then it linked to Samsung Motors and I read it. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/diagram-of-who-owns-who-in-the-automotive-world/25032)._