Of course, for the survival of our species as we need to take care of the environment as our basic philosophy. We can not continue to release into the atmosphere of tons of toxic gases into the atmosphere and wait that the Earth just to digest it. This leads to disastrous results that we understood about the middle of the last century. As a result, most industrialized countries have begun to contribute to the fight against global warming by implementing software reuse and composting, tax credits to those who reduce their carbon footprint, and gradually bringing in the culture of the value of "green" attitude to nature and rejection of excessive pollution and total disregard for the environment.
Given all this, even the most "green" environmental campaigners avert their eyes when it comes to not to use the car. For people living deep in the urban centers, owning a car is not a necessity, and is regarded as a luxury. For the rest of the population living in the suburbs or rural areas, their car is the key to their whole life. Without it, they just could not perform most of their daily tasks. We have built our cities and infrastructure around the car, and whether you like it or not, we are inextricably linked to the machine at least the next few decades.
However, things are not so bad. Electric cars are already on the horizon and if we are able to change their infrastructure to support their widespread use, ecology goes uphill. Hype around electric cars is connected not only with the technology - the company that will be at the forefront of electric vehicles, will be the first who will go into whole new automobile industry. The rise of the electric car is due, as with most things, the revenues. "Tesla" sees itself as a leading automotive brand in the future, where consumers are abandoning traditional vehicles with internal combustion engines. This ambitious strategy, and if they want to change the auto industry, they will have to compete with larger companies. In the automotive industry, spinning a lot of money, and these 10 companies are the richest organizations that hold the most expensive brands, according to consumers and experts.
10. Renault - 9,01 billion
French carmaker Renault was founded in 1899 and is one of the most famous French international corporations in the world. They mainly produce cars for the European market, but expanded into other parts of the world such as the Middle East and Asia. They have created an alliance with Nissan and own 43.4 percent of the Japanese company, which in turn have a 15 percent stake in Renault. In 2013, the company sold about 2.6 million vehicles to customers worldwide. Brand companies valued at 9.01 billion dollars.
9. Porsche - 11,37 billion
German automaker Porsche needs no introduction to fans of high-quality sports cars. Founded in 1931, the Porsche company has become known worldwide in the 1960s after they began to participate in road racing and untwist your brand. The company is based in Stuttgart, Germany, the same city where it was founded 80 years ago. They are well known by their marks 911, Boxster, Spyder, Panamera and Cayenne and is the most successful automobile brand in the history of motor racing with 28,000 victories on their account. The brand is estimated at 11.37 billion dollars in 2014.
8. Hyundai - 18,83 billion
Hyundai is one of the few companies that develop the entire economy of South Korea. Hyundai, together with the company Samsung virtually alone create the international image of South Korea. Initially, Hyundai was founded as an engineering company in 1947, but 20 years later, in 1967, changed the direction of the manufacture of automobiles. Headquartered in Seoul, as well as at the time the company was founded, and currently Hyundai is the fourth car manufacturer in the world. They are the owners of 32.8 percent of the shares and Kia Motors last year issued 4,721,156 cars for the world market. The brand itself is estimated at 18.83 billion dollars.
7. Ford - 20,24 billion
Ford Motors is the most famous automobile company in America, as they were the driving force of the industry in the United States in the early 20th century. Henry Ford was actually pioneered the manufacturing process due to his car assembly line process, which focused on the division of labor in order to achieve maximum efficiency. Today, the company occupies the fifth place among automotive companies around the world and has the expensive brand is estimated at 20.24 billion dollars. The company's headquarters is located in Dearborn, MI and operates around the world (although the North American market remains the main activity).
6. Nissan - 21,19 billion
Japanese carmaker Nissan has got on the sixth line of our list with the evaluation of the brand in 21.19 billion. As we mentioned earlier, Nissan and Renault have entered into a strategic alliance, having a portion of the shares of each other, but Reno has a large percentage of shares. Interestingly, the Nissan brand is estimated much more expensive than Reno, probably due to increased presence in the international market. Nissan is the second automobile company in the world and its headquarters is located in Yokohama, Japan.
5. Honda - 22,15 billion
Honda is another example of the rule of Japan in the international automobile market. Honda, whose headquarters is located in Tokyo, Japan, is the seventh car manufacturer in the world in terms of volume of production, but is located on the fifth place in terms of the price of the brand, which is 22.15 billion. Honda is working in the other categories, in addition to cars, including engines, robots, airplanes, solar batteries, motorcycles and ATVs. They also own the line of cars of class "luxury" Acura, which is a competitor to the Toyota Lexus and European leading brands such as BMW and Mercedes-Benz.
4. Mercedes-Benz - 24.17 billion dollars
Since I started talking about the Mercedes, it is located on the fourth line of our list with the evaluation of the brand in 24.17 billion dollars, which will not be surprising to most people. Brands of class "luxury" are working with a large margin of profit compared to cars that are designed for mass use. German carmaker Daimler is the owner of the brand Mercedes-Benz, which is the 13th largest automobile company in the world. The company's headquarters is located Daimler in Stuttgart, Germany and Mercedes-Benz is proud of this empire.
3. Volkswagen - 27,06 billion
Volkswagen is one of the most recognizable automotive brands around the world, with a good presence in both Europe and North America, as well as part of the Asian market. Volkswagen released last year 8576964 cars, is the third volume car manufacturer in the world. Familiar brand Volkswagen is estimated at 27.06 billion dollars. The company is mainly known for its legendary consumer model Jetta, Golf and Passat, but also has a controlling stake in the company Audi. The headquarters is located in Wolfsburg, Volkswagen, Germany, and the company was founded in 1937.
2. BMW - 28.96 billion dollars
BMW is the most valuable German automobile brand in the world, estimated at 28.96 billion dollars. The headquarters of the company, founded in 1916, is located in Munich, Germany. The company owns the brand Rolls-Royce produces motorcycles, and is also involved in motorsport, including Formula 1. BMW is the 14th car manufacturer in the world by volume, releasing 2,065,216 vehicles last year. BMW brand is synonymous worldwide with premium cars, which helped the German company to become one of the most recognizable and sought after brands in the world.
1. Toyota - 34,9 billion
Toyota is the clear leader in the automotive industry. With the help of its own brand, and Lexus brands Cyane Japanese company conducts business in all classes of the automotive market. The company also manufactures trucks under the brand Hino and soon will produce electric cars under a new brand Ranz. With the evaluation of the brand in 34.9 billion dollars Toyota is the most expensive car brand in the world. The company is also the first in terms of volume of production, releasing 8381968 vehicles in 2013, almost 2 million more than the GM, took second place. Over the past few decades, Toyota has strengthened its dominance in the international automobile market. The headquarters of this giant is not going to stop anytime soon, located in the Toyota City, from where they took their name.