QUOTE ""Interesting. Most still in business today""
Six of the brands are now owned by Stellantis, a Dutch registered company. These are: Opel, Peugeot, Citroen, Fiat, Lancia (Italian market only) and Alfa Romeo.
Renault was owned by the French government, now it's part of an alliance with Nissan and Mitsubishi.
Daf cars were taken over by Volvo and before long the brand disappeared.
Volvo Cars is now Chinese owned, by Geely.
VW - Audi is still independent but has grown, while Mercedes Benz is also independent.
The Truck manufacturing interests of some of these companies have fared differently. Volvo Trucks is still an independent Swedish company and it also owns Renault Trucks (confusing!). Daf Trucks is now US owned, by Paccar.
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