Big Three (automobile manufacturers)
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In the United States automotive industry, the term Big Three is used for the country's three largest motor vehicle manufacturers, especially indicating companies that sell under multiple brand names.
The term originated in the United States, where General Motors was the first to form a large, multi-brand, motor-vehicle corporation (in the 1910s), followed by the Ford Motor Company, and the Chrysler Corporation, all before World War II.
The term Big Three has since been sometimes used to refer to the following automakers:
- United States — General Motors, Ford and Stellantis (historically Chrysler)
- Japan — Toyota, Honda and Nissan[1]
- Germany — the Volkswagen Group, the Mercedes-Benz Group, and BMW[2]