A ball and socket joint is provided for a vehicle. The ball and socket joint includes a housing (9), with a joint inner part (2), which is seated in the housing (9), extends from this and is mounted movably in the housing (9) with a bearing area (4) having a spherical surface or partial spherical surface (7) via the intermediary of a bearing shell (8). The housing has two housing parts (10, 12) meshing with one another, which are firmly connected to one another by means of at least one welded connection (19, 20), wherein the two housing parts (10, 12) are braced against one another in the radial direction to form a press fit.