What is the nationality of Bugatti ?

[Samurai75007]

yes also with dodge and Jeep

[Stefanel1]

You can indeed consider this side of the problem. But personnaly, I consider Saab as Swedish, Chrysler group as American and Bugatti as French (historically).

[cds51494]

all those may be true but when ford bought jag, a jag became a ford.

[Stefanel1]

Cds : in fact, you (and some people) consider the capital of the company. And indeed, you can consider Jag as an American make, Jeep as German, Nissan as French, RollsRoyce as German, etc;
But personnaly, I prefer considering the automaker historically.

[Samurai75007]

Nissan = French? who owns them I thought thay wer jap... i dont follow thos auto makers much. this is actualy helping me bc I have been working on a project of a chart that shows who owns wich company within the community.

[Stefanel1]

Renault S.A owns 42% of the Nissan's capital.

[Samurai75007]

ahhh but usualy the cut off to owning is 51% of the company so that way you own more than anyone elce put together.

[Stefanel1]

Indeed, you're right. But in this case, Renault is the main shareholder in the Nissan Company. The current CEO of Nissan (Carlos Gohsn) worked by Renault and will be the new CEO of Renault/Nissan before 2008. They could buy 9% more, but they didn't want to do it. They may buy this percentage before 2010.

[Samurai75007]

ok then, sounds good

[Hudson]

In Japan, owning 1/3 of a company gives you "controlling interest" and veto power. So you don't need 50.1% to "own" or "control" a company. GM had this with Isuzu (but not currently), Ford has this with Mazda, DaimlerChrysler has this with Mitsubishi.

[davidbrown]

I guess Bugatti is French

[DollyRS]

Bugatti is founded in france. It is 100% french..

[13.5 Liter]

Look at the license plate!(ha-ha-ha) I think 80% of the people on A.F. would identify with the Volkswagen-owned V-16 grand touring car currently built. One of the finest luxury and racing cars in world history were built by the French firm in Alsace-Lorraine, primarily in the 1910s through 1930s. Try to buy either one today and you better have serious money and just not care how much they cost.

[StevenMelo]

Automobiles Ettore Bugatti was a German then French car manufacturer of high-performance automobiles, founded in 1909 in the then-German city of Molsheim