Definition of automaker
:a manufacturer of automobiles
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Dozens of automakers issued recalls, including Nissan, which, when all was said and done, recalled 4.4 million cars because of faulty Takata air bag inflators.
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Just how quiet is the new 2018 Ford Mustang GT’s quiet start, the feature the automaker invented so the muscle car wouldn’t disturb the neighbors with loud early morning starts?
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Tesla, which is essentially a creation of the stimulus, is rolling out its Tesla 3 model and building massive new factories, while every domestic automaker is frantically competing in the electric car market, which all see as the future.
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German automaker Volkswagen AG is storing thousands of returned diesel vehicles in lots near Port of Baltimore.
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The Associated Press reports that the U.S. automaker has issued a recall on about 117,000 vehicles.
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The automaker even broke a partnership with Tesla to develop an all-electric RAV4 in 2014 and declared the fuel cell vehicle the way of the future.
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Nissan builds more cars in Mexico than any other automaker, and about a quarter of the vehicles the company sells in the U.S. are made south of the border.
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An Audi commercial that aired in theaters and online in China is drawing ire for comparing women to used cars - another bump in the road for the German automaker, which once enjoyed nearly limitless growth in the country.
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First Known Use of automaker
1899
AUTOMAKER Defined for English Language Learners
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Definition of automaker for English Language Learners
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: a company that makes and sells cars : an automobile manufacturer
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