Auto Mega Mergers

Topic

A predicted major business trend for 2025, where traditional car manufacturers will be forced into large-scale consolidation to survive the competitive pressure from Tesla and Chinese OEMs.


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Summary

Auto Mega Mergers refers to a predicted significant increase in mergers and acquisitions within the automotive sector, anticipated for 2025. This surge is primarily driven by rapid advancements in autonomous hardware and robotics, including the mainstream adoption of technologies like Full Self-Driving (FSD). These large-scale deals are expected to particularly benefit companies such as Waymo, Tesla, and Google, as businesses adapt to the evolving technological landscape. The prediction of these mergers is part of a broader set of 2025 forecasts that also include a potential banking crisis, a rise in socialist movements, and a strategic focus on onshoring manufacturing to enhance global competitiveness.

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Extracted Attributes
  • Nature

    Predicted surge in mergers and acquisitions

  • Expected Scale

    Large-scale deals, blockbuster deals

  • Primary Sector

    Automotive

  • Anticipated Year

    2025

  • Driving Technologies

    Autonomous Hardware and Robotics, Full Self-Driving (FSD)

  • Source of Prediction

    All-In Podcast (2025 Predictions episode)

Timeline
  • Anticipated surge in M&A and IPOs, fueling Auto Mega Mergers, as predicted in the All-In Podcast. (Source: Related Documents)

    2025

  • CarUX acquired Pioneer Corporation for $1.1 billion in an automotive M&A deal. (Source: usearch.com)

    2025-06-27

  • Dana Inc.'s off-highway unit expected to acquire Allison Transmission for $2.7 billion. (Source: usearch.com)

    2025-06-13

  • Toyota Motor Corporation and Toyota Industries merger for $33.0 billion. (Source: Wikipedia)

    2025

  • Alphabet Inc. and Wiz, Inc. merger for $32.0 billion (a large tech merger in the same predicted year, involving a company relevant to the broader tech landscape impacting auto). (Source: Wikipedia)

    2025

List of largest mergers and acquisitions

The following tables list the largest mergers and acquisitions by decade of transaction. Transaction values are given in the US dollar value for the year of the merger, adjusted for inflation. As of February 2024, the largest ever acquisition was the 1999 takeover of Mannesmann by Vodafone Airtouch plc at $183 billion ($345.4 billion adjusted for inflation). AT&T appears in these lists the most times with five entries, for a combined transaction value of $311.4 billion. Mergers and acquisitions are notated with the year the transaction was initiated, not necessarily completed. Mergers are shown as the market value of the combined entities.

Web Search Results
  • M&A activity in the automotive industry decreased in 2024 - Just Auto

    In the global automotive industry, there were 107 M&A deals announced in Q2 2024, worth a total value of $3.6bn, according to GlobalData’s Deals Database. The $923m majority acquisition of Motional by Hyundai Mobis, Hyundai Motor, Hyundai Motor Group and Kia was the industry’s largest disclosed deal. GlobalData’s _Automotive Industry Mergers And Acquisitions Deals By Top Themes In Q2 2024 report_ provides an overview of merger and acquisition activity globally and identifies the themes driving [...] For further understanding of GlobalData's Automotive Industry Mergers And Acquisitions Deals By Top Themes In Q2 2024 – Thematic Intelligence, buy the report here. This content was updated on 24 July 2026 Data Insights ============= From Image 4 ### The gold standard of business intelligence. [...] Buy the Report ##### Data Insights The gold standard of business intelligence. Find out more In value terms, M&A activity decreased by 25% in Q2 2024 compared with the previous quarter’s total of $4.8bn and rose by 122% as compared to Q2 2023. Related deal volume decreased by 12% in Q2 2024 versus the previous quarter and was 7% higher than in Q2 2023.

  • Complete List of Recent Automotive Mergers And Acquisitions

    | 15 | 06/27/2025 | Read Full Article | Pioneer Corporation | CarUX | $1.1 billion | Full Acquisition | Completed | $1.1 billion | Automotive | CarUX, a subsidiary of Taiwan's Innolux, has acquired Pioneer Corporation for $1.1 billion to enhance its automotive sound systems and HMI software expertise in a rapidly evolving tech landscape. | CarUX, a smart cockpit solutions provider and a subsidiary of Taiwan's display maker Innolux Corp, has acquired Japan's Pioneer Corporation in a deal valued [...] Usearch found 2726 recent M&A deals involving automotive companies. The most recent M&A deals within the automotive industry are: • Bharat Forge is acquiring AAM India Manufacturing. • Dash Car Wash is acquiring Fast & Friendly Car Washes. • Cary Group AB is acquiring Autoscreens Direct Limited. Below, you can browse through all the latest automotive M&A deals from 2025: Sign Up to Download Full Dataset Showing page 1/55 (total of 2726 records) Previous Next [...] | 39 | 06/13/2025 | Read Full Article | Dana Inc.'s off-highway unit | Allison Transmission | $2.7B | Full Acquisition | Expected to close by Q4 | - | Automotive | Dana focuses on heavy-duty vehicles for various industries | Allison aims to expand its commercial powertrain offerings globally | - | - | - | - | - | - | www.allisontransmission.com | Transportation Equipment Manufacturing (336) | 1 Allison Way, Indianapolis, Indiana, 46222, United States | $3.2 Billion | 4000 | |

  • List of largest mergers and acquisitions - Wikipedia

    | 20 | 1997 | Image 252: SwitzerlandZurich Insurance Group( | Image 253: United KingdomBritish American Tobacco (Financial Division) | 38.0 | 74.4 | | 21 | 1998 | Image 254: GermanyDaimler-Benz( | Image 255: United StatesChrysler | 38.0 | 73.3 | | 22 | 1997 | Image 256: United StatesWorldcom( | Image 257: United StatesMCI Communications | 37.0 | 72.5 | | 23 | 1999 | Image 258: GermanyMannesmann( | Image 259: United KingdomOrange UK | 36.0 | 68 | [...] | 25 | 2016 | Image 526: GermanyBayer | Image 527: United StatesMonsanto | 54.5 — 63.5 | 71.4 — 83.2 | ( | | 26 | 2018 | Image 528: United StatesCigna | Image 529: United StatesExpress Scripts | 54.0 — 67.0 | 67.6 — 83.9 | ( | | 27 | 2019 | Image 530: FranceGroupe PSA | Image 531: United KingdomFiat Chrysler | 50.0 | 61.5 | ( | | 28 | 2014 | Image 532: United StatesAT&T | Image 533: United StatesDirecTV | 49.0 — 67.1 | 65.1 — 89.1 | ( | [...] | 23 † | 2025 | Image 741: JapanToyota Motor Corporation | Image 742: JapanToyota Industries | 33.0 | 33 | ( | | 24 † | 2025 | Image 743: United StatesAlphabet Inc. | Image 744: United StatesWiz, Inc. | 32.0 | 32 | ( | | 25 | 2021 | Image 745: CanadaCanadian Pacific Railway | Image 746: United StatesKansas City Southern "Kansas City Southern (company)") | 31.0 | 36 | ( |

  • Auto Supply Chain: Merge or Miss Out? - S&P Global

    In a fast-evolving automotive market where suppliers’ products are increasingly commoditized and revenue growth patterns are bleak, pressure is ratcheting up. M&As have always been a part of the automotive suppliers’ toolkit to transform their product offerings and business models. But the types of deals seen with AAM-Dowlais, ABC-TI Fluid and Schaeffler-Vitesco could set the hares running. [...] The merger between Schaeffler and Vitesco Technologies(opens in a new tab), completed in October 2024, was also aimed at combining their strengths in powertrain technologies and electrification solutions, positioning the combined entity as one of the top suppliers of motion technology. [...] Some of the recent M&A deals such as American Axle & Manufacturing’s (AAM) acquisition of Dowlais Group(opens in a new tab)—which owns GKN Automotive and GKN Powder Metallurgy—and ABC Technologies’ acquisition of TI Fluid Systems(opens in a new tab) are driven by these unprecedented challenges the industry is facing. Both AAM and TI Automotive expect the acquisitions will allow them to expand their expertise and provide their customers with a diverse and powertrain-agnostic product range,

  • M&A in Automotive and Mobility | Bain & Company

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