Who owns it?
Built and owned by CN China, 2020

IM Motors is owned by SAIC Motor, since 2020.

IM Motors was registered on 25 December 2020.

Where it sits

Two levels. A figure marks a company boundary crossed; a word means the figure was never published.

CN Shanghai SAIC Motor Corporation Limited 600104.SS the chain ends here
IM Motors
CN Shanghai 智己汽车科技有限公司
50.27%

Six years, one owner

The year is coloured by whoever held it at the time.

  1. 2020 IM Motors was registered on 25 December 2020. Its own published company information states "智己汽车科技有限公司于2020年12月25日完成注册,是由上汽集团、阿里巴巴、张江高科联合打造的用户型汽车科创公司" — "IM Motors Technology Co., Ltd completed its registration on 25 December 2020 and is a user-oriented automotive technology company jointly created by SAIC Motor, Alibaba and Zhangjiang Hi-Tech" — and gives 25 December 2020 as the single entry in its 历史沿革, its corporate history.
SAIC Motor 6 marques

No car is sold as an SAIC: the names it owns outright include MG, which stayed British in everything but ownership, while the joint ventures on its own subsidiary list build Volkswagens and Buicks for China. Shanghai's city government controls it through an unlisted parent company rather than holding the shares itself.

the United Kingdom 2
Maxus Shanghai MG a marque