carmaker
nounEtymology From car + maker.
1
A manufacturer of automobiles.
- Helper and Sako (1995) did detect some convergence in the way U.S. and Japanese carmakers work with suppliers.2008, Thomas H. Klier, James M. Rubenstein, Who Really Made Your Car?, page 24:
- 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.2025 February 13, Juliana Liu and Junko Ogura, “Carmakers Nissan and Honda call off merger talks”, in CNN:
- Hypernyms
- automaker