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A timeline of auto industry mergers
Last Updated: Wednesday, October 22, 2008 | 1:44 PM ET

WHO OWNS WHAT?
GM – Chevrolet, GMC, Pontiac, Buick, Cadillac, Saturn, Opel, Vauxhall, Holden, Saab, Hummer.
Ford – Ford, Volvo, Lincoln Mercury, Mazda.
Chrysler – Chrysler, Jeep, Dodge.
Toyota – Toyota, Daihatsu, Lexus, Scion.
Volkswagen – VW, Skoda, Seat, Audi, Lamborghini, Bentley.
Renault – Renault, Nissan, Dacia, Renault-Samsung, VAZ.
BMW – BMW, Rolls-Royce, Mini.
Tata Motors – Tata, Jaguar, Land Rover, Daewoo Trucks.
As speculation about a General Motors and Chrysler merger heats up, CBCNews.ca takes a look at a century of auto industry hookups and breakups.
1904: Ford starts manufacturing in Canada in partnership with carriage-maker Gordon McGregor.
1908: General Motors Company is organized in September, incorporating the Buick Motor Company. Oldsmobile becomes the second company to join General Motors when Olds Motor Works is sold to GM in November 1908. Fisher Body Company is incorporated in July 1908.
1954: American luxury carmaker Packard buys U.S. wagon and carmaker Studebaker, forming the Studebaker-Packard Corporation.
1958: The final Packard vehicle rolls off the production line.
1971: Chrysler buys stake in Japanese automaker Mitsubishi.
1976: French motorcycle manufacturer Citroën buys bankrupt French auto company Peugeot.
1979: Ford buys stake in Japanese carmaker Mazda. Ford increases its ownership stake in Mazda during the 1980s.
1979: French automaker Renault buys a stake in American Motors Corporation.
1987: Ford buys controlling stake in British luxury carmaker Aston Martin.
March 1987: Chrysler buys American Motors Corporation.
December 1989: GM announces it will buy half of Swedish automaker Saab. GM buys the remaining half in 2000.
February 1990: Ford buys British carmaker Jaguar.
1993: Chrysler sells off remaining stake in Mitsubishi.
June 1998: Volkswagen buys Rolls-Royce and Bentley.
November 1998: Chrysler and Daimler...