carmaker

English

Etymology

From car +‎ maker.

Noun

carmaker (plural carmakers)

  1. A manufacturer of automobiles.
    • 2008, Thomas H. Klier, James M. Rubenstein, Who Really Made Your Car?, page 24:
      Helper and Sako (1995) did detect some convergence in the way U.S. and Japanese carmakers work with suppliers.
    • 2025 February 13, Juliana Liu and Junko Ogura, “Carmakers Nissan and Honda call off merger talks”, in CNN‎[1]:
      Nissan has struggled since the collapse of its long-standing alliance with French carmaker Renault. […] EV development costs have created a powerful incentive for carmakers to explore mergers as a way to share the financial burden, according to analysts.

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