automaker
nounEtymology From auto + maker.
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A person or company that manufactures automobiles; usually used to refer to a large corporation such as General Motors, Toyota, and so on.
- Near-synonyms: carmaker, truckmaker
- With such competition looming, one might suppose that U.S. automakers would embrace tighter domestic efficiency requirements to help them gird for the challenge.2004, Amory B. Lovins, E. Kyle Datta, Odd-Even Bustnes, Jonathan G. Koomey, Nathan J. Glasgow, Winning the Oil Endgame: Innovation for Profits, Jobs and Security, page 136:
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- By overpaying these engineers, the expenses of the domestic automakers went up as well.2008, Brian Munroe, Car Buying Revealed: How to Buy a Car and Not Get Taken for a Ride, page 9:
- Becoming president of the UAW when he did, Bieber inherited the task of organizing the plants that Japanese automakers and suppliers had begun building in America in the early 1980s to circumvent the “voluntary quotas” the Japanese government had placed on exports to the United States.2008, Joseph J. Fucini, Working for the Japanese, page 14:
- If Trump wants American automakers to sell more cars across the Atlantic, slapping tariffs on German cars wouldn't help get that done, experts say.2018 May 31, Jackie Wattles, Charles Riley, “Why President Trump's obsession with German cars is misplaced”, in CNN Business, archived from the original on 04 Jun 2018:
- For the whole year, the exotic automaker sold 7,430 cars and SUVs, down 9.5% compared to 2019. But the last quarter of 2020 was the best in the Italian supercar maker’s history and its order banks are already filled for the first nine months of 2021, Lamborghini CEO Stephan Winkelmann said.2021 April 1, Peter Valdes-Dapena, “Sales of Bentleys and Lamborghinis are booming because rich people are bored”, in CNN, archived from the original on 24 Sep 2024:
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