Automotive groups - What, where, when (1)

My previous blog contained the word Automotive groups. Let's get into details about what these automotive groups are made up of-

Volkswagen AG (pronounced [ˈfɔlksˌvaːgən]), known internationally as Volkswagen Group, is a German multinational automotive manufacturing company, founded in 1937 and headquartered in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony, Germany.  It has maintained the largest market share in Europe for over two decades. It owns some of the big names in the market today.

Volkswagen Group sells passenger cars under the Audi, Bentley, Bugatti, Lamborghini, Porsche, SEAT, Škoda and Volkswagen marques; motorcycles under the Ducati brand; and commercial vehicles under the marques MAN, Scania, and Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles. It is divided into two primary divisions, the Automotive Division and the Financial Services Division, and has approximately 340 subsidiary companies. VW also has two major joint-ventures in China (FAW-Volkswagen and SAIC Volkswagen). The company has operations in approximately 150 countries and operates 100 production facilities across 27 countries.

Renault–Nissan Alliance is a Franco-Japanese strategic partnership between automobile manufacturers Renault, founded by Louis Schweitzer and based in Paris, France, and Nissan, founded by Yoshikazu Hanahan and based in Yokohama, Japan, which together sell more than 1 in 10 cars worldwide. The companies, which have been strategic partners since 1999, have nearly 450,000 employees and control nine major brands: Nissan, Renault, Infiniti, Renault Samsung Motors, Dacia, Datsun, Venucia, Lada and Mitsubishi.

Groupe PSA (informally PSA; known as PSA Peugeot Citroën from 1991 to 2016) is a French multinational manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles sold under the Peugeot, Citroën, DS Automobiles, Opel and Vauxhall Motors brands.

Honda Motor Co., Ltd. is a Japanese public multinational conglomerate corporation, founded by  Soichiro Honda and primarily known as a manufacturer of automobiles, aircraft, motorcycles, and power equipment.

Honda has been the world's largest motorcycle manufacturer since 1959, as well as the world's largest manufacturer of internal combustion engines measured by volume, producing more than 14 million internal combustion engines each year. It was the first Japanese automobile manufacturer to release a dedicated luxury brand, Acura, in 1986. Aside from their core automobile and motorcycle businesses, Honda also manufactures garden equipment, marine engines, personal watercraft and power generators, and other products.