There has been much gnashing of teeth and tearing of garments over the loss of certain automakers from around the world over the last few years. Saab, Pontiac, Scion, and many others have been forced to call it quits in the last decade.
People dedicated to their brands have held rallies, protests, and have even begging Chinese companies to keep it alive even if it is just a 99-Cent-Store version like the new MG and Rover cars.
It is times like this we should learn from history and reflect on the bigger picture. Here in alphabetical order is a list of some of the automotive manufactures that have taken their final road trip, to that junkyard in sky, over the last hundred or so years.
- Abbott-Detroit
- ABC
- Able
- Acadian
- Ace
- Acme
- Acme
- Adams-Farwell
- Adria
- Aerocar
- Aerocar
- Airscoot
- Airway
- Ajax
- Ajax
- Ajax
- Aland
- Albany
- Alco
- Alena
- Allen
- Allen Kingston
- Allied
- Allstate
- All-Steel
- Alpena
- Alsace
- Alter
- Altham
- Altman
- Aluminum
- Amalgamated
- Ambassador
- Amco
- America
- American
- American Austin
- American Chocolate
- American Electric
- American Locomotive Company
- American Motors (1954-1988)
- American Populaire
- American Simplex
- American Steamer
- American Tri-Car
- American Underslung
- American Waltham
- Amherst
- Anahuac
- Anchor Buggy
- Anderson
- Anderson
- Anhut
- Ann Arbor
- Ansted
- Ansted-Lexington
- Apollo
- Apperson
- ArBenz (1911–1918)
- Ardsley (1905–1906)
- Argo (1914–1918)
- Argo Electric (1912–1916)
- Argonaut (1959–1963)
- Argonne (1919–1920)
- Ariel (1905–1906)
- Armstrong Electric (1901–1902)
- Arnolt (1953–1963)
- Arrow (1914)
- Asardo (1959–1960)
- Astra (1920)
- Asuna
- Atlas (1907–1911)
- Atlas-Knight (1912–1913)
- Auburn (1900–1936)
- Aultman (1901)
- Aurora (1957–1958)
- Auto Cub (1956)
- Auto Red Bug (1916–1920)
- Autocar (1901–1912)
- Autoette (1910–1913)
- Autoette (1948–1970)
- Automatic Electric (1921)
- Babcock Electric (1906–1912)
- Bailey Electric (1907–1916)
- Baker Electric (1899–1916)
- Balzer (1894–1900)
- Barley (1923–1924)
- Barrie
- Barrows Electric (1895–1899)
- Bates (1903–1905)
- Bay State (1922–1926)
- Beaver (1912)
- Beggs (1919–1923)
- Bell
- Bell (1916–1922)
- Belmont (1916)
- Bendix (1908–1909)
- Benham (1914–1917)
- Berg (1903–1905)
- Bergdoll (1910–1913)
- Berkshire (1905–1912)
- Berwick Electric (1904)
- Biddle (1916–1923)
- Biesel (1914)
- Binghamton Electric (1920)
- Binney & Burnham (1901–1902)
- Birch (1916–1923)
- Birmingham (1920–1923)
- Black (1896–1900)
- Black (1908–1910)
- Black Crow (1909–1911)
- Blackhawk (1929–1930)
- Blakely (c.1972–1987)
- Blenheim (1915)
- Blood (1902–1905)
- Bobbi-Kar (1945–1947)
- Borland Electric (1910–1916)
- Bourassa
- Bour-Davis (1915–1922)
- Brew-Hatcher (1904–1905)
- Brewster (1915–1925, 1934–1935)
- Bricklin (1974-1975)
- Briggs-Detroiter (1912–1917)
- Brintnell
- Briscoe (1914–1921)
- Broc Electric (1909–1916)
- Brock
- Brogan (1946–1952)[4]
- Brokville
- Brook (1920-1921)[5]
- Brooks
- Brush (1907–1912)
- Bryan (1918–1923)
- Buckmobile (1903–1905)
- Buffalo (1900–1902)
- Buffalo Electric (1901–1906, 1912–1915)
- Buffum (1901–1906)
- Burg (1910–1913)
- Bush (1916–1924)
- Cameron (1903–1920)
- Cannon (1902–1906)
- Car de Luxe (1906–1910)
- Carhartt (1910–1911)
- Car-Nation (c.1912–1915)
- Carter Twin-Engine (1907–1908)
- Case (1911–1927)
- Cavac (1910)
- Ceco (1914-15)
- Century Electric (1911–1915)
- Chadwick (1904–1916)
- Chalmers
- Chandler (1914–1929)
- Chapman Electric (1899–1901)
- Checker (1922–1982)
- Chevron (1991–1997)
- Chicago Electric (1913–1916)
- Christie (1904–1910)
- Church
- Church-Field (1912–1915)
- Citicar (1974–1983)
- Clenet (1976–1986)
- Cleveland (1919–1926)
- Cleveland Electric (1909–1910)
- Climber (1919–1924)
- Clipper (1955–1956)
- Coates-Goshen (1908–1910)
- Coats Steamer (1921–1923)
- Coey (1913–1917)
- Colby (1911–1914)[6]
- Cole (1909–1925)
- Colonial (1921–1922)
- Colonial Six (1917)
- Colt (1907)
- Columbia Electric (1897–1913)
- Columbia Six (1916–1924)
- Columbus Electric (1903–1915)
- Comet (1917–1922)
- Commerce (1922)
- Commonwealth (1917–1922)
- Consolidated (see Moyea)
- Continental (1907-1908)
- Continental (1910-1914)
- Continental (1914)
- Continental (1933–1934)
- Continental Roadster (1907)
- Corbin (1904–1912)
- Corbin (1999–2003)
- Cord (1929–1932, 1936–1937)
- Correja (1908–1915)
- Courier (1904–1905)
- Courier (1910–1912)
- Courier (1923)
- Covert (1902–1907)
- Coyote (1909–1910)
- Crane & Breed (1912–1917)
- Crane (1912–1914)
- Crane-Simplex (1922)
- Crawford (1905–1923)
- Crestmobile (1901–1905)
- Cricket (1914)
- Crofton (1959–1961)
- Crosley (1939–1952)
- Crow
- Crow-Elkhart (1911–1923)
- Crown (1905–1907)
- Croxton (1909–1910)
- Croxton-Keeton (1909–1910)
- Cunningham (1907–1936)
- Cunningham (1951–1955)
- Curtiss (1920–1921)
- Cutting (1909–1912)
- DAC (1922–1923)
- Dagmar (1922–1927)
- Danduran & Jennings
- Daniels (1916–1924)
- Darrin (1955–1958)
- Dart
- Davis (1908–1929)
- Davis (1914)
- Davis (1947–1949)
- Davis Steam (1921)
- Day (1911–1914)
- De Joux (1970)
- De Luxe (1910)
- De Mot (1910)
- De Schaum (1908–1909)
- De Tamble (1908–1913)
- De Vaux (1931)
- De Vaux Continental (1932)
- Deal (1905–1911)
- Del Mar (1949)
- Delling (1924–1927)
- Delorean Motor Company (1975-1983)
- Demotcar (1910–1911)
- Dennison (1900–1905)
- Desberon (1901–1904)
- DeSoto
- Detroit (1899–1902)
- Detroit (1904)
- Detroit Cyclecar (1913–1914)
- Detroit Electric (1907-circa 1939)
- Detroit Steam (1923)
- Detroit-Dearborn (1910–1911)
- Detroiter (1912–1917)
- Detroit-Oxford (1905–1906)
- DeWitt (c.1908–1910)
- Diamond T (1905–1911)
- Diana (1925–1928)
- Dile (1914–1916)
- Dingfelder (1903)
- Dispatch (1910)
- Dixie Flyer (1916–1923)
- Doble (1914–1918, 1923–1931)
- Dodge (1914–1915)
- Dodgeson (1926)
- Dolson (1904–1907)
- Dorris (1906–1925)
- Dort (1915–1924)
- Downing-Detroit (1913–1915)
- Dragon (1906–1908)
- Drexel (1916–1917)
- Driggs (1921–1923)
- Driggs-Seabury (1915)
- Dual-Ghia (1956–1962)
- Dudly Bug (1913–1915)
- Duesenberg (1920–1937)
- DuPont (1919–1931)
- Durant (1921–1932)
- Duryea (1893–1917)
- Dymaxion (1933–1934)
- Eagle
- Earl (1921–1923)
- Eastman (1898–1900)
- Edsel
- Edwards (1954–1955)
- Eisenhuth (1896–1900)
- Elcar (1915–1931)
- Eldredge (1903–1906)
- Electric Carriage (1896–1897)
- Electric Vehicle (1897–1899)
- Electricar (1950–1966)
- Electrobat (see Morris & Salom)
- Elgin (1916–1924)
- Elmore
- Emerson (1917)
- E-M-F (1909–1912)
- Empire (1901–1902)
- Empire (1910–1919)
- Empire Steamer (1899–1900)
- Endurance (1922–1924)
- Enger (1909–1927)
- Engler (1914–1915)
- Erskine (1927–1930)
- Eshelman (1953–1960)
- Essex (1919–1932)
- Etnyre (1910–1911)
- Eureka (1900)
- Eureka (1907–1909)
- Everitt (1909–1912)
- Ewing
- Excalibur (1965-1986)
- Excel (1914)
- Fal-Car (1909–1913)
- Falcon-Knight (1927–1929)
- Faulkner-Blanchard (1910)
- Ferris (1920–1922)
- Fiberfab (c.1964–1996)
- Fina-Sport (1953–1954)
- Firestone-Columbus (1909–1915)
- Fischer-Detroit (1914)
- Fisher
- Flanders Electric (1912–1914)
- Flint (1923–1927)
- Flyer (1913–1914)
- Foster (1901–1904)
- Fostoria (1915–1916)
- Fox (1921–1923)
- Franklin (1902–1934)
- Frayer-Miller (1904–1909)
- Frazen (1951–1962)
- Frazer (1947–1951)
- Fredonia (1902–1904)
- Friend (1920–1921)
- Fritchle Electric (1905–1920)
- Frontenac (1921–1925)
- FRP (1914–1916)
- FS (1911–1912)
- Fuller (1907–1909)
- Gadabout (1913–1915)
- Gaeth (1902–1911)
- Gale (1905–1907)
- Galt
- Gardner (1920–1931)
- Garford (1908, 1911–1913)
- Gas-au-Lec (1905–1906)
- Gasmobile (1899–1902)
- Gaylord (1911–1912)
- Gaylord (1955–1956)
- Gem (1917–1919)
- Geo (1989-1997)
- Geronimo (1917–1920)
- GJG (1909–1914)
- Glassic (1966–1976)
- Glasspar (1950–1954)
- Glide (1903–1920)
- Globe Four (1921–1922)
- Gordon (1947)
- Graham (1930–1941)
- Graham-Paige (1928–1930)
- Grant (1913–1922)
- Gray (1922–1926)
- Great Eagle (1910–1918)
- Great Smith (1907–1911)
- Great Southern (1912–1914)
- Great Western (1910–1916)
- Greenleaf (1902)
- Gregory (1920–1922)
- Grinnell (1910–1913)
- Griswold (1907)
- Grout (1900–1912)
- Guy
- Gyroscope (1908–1909)
- H.A.L. (1916–1918)
- Hackett (1916–1919)
- Halladay (1905–1922)
- Hammer (1905–1906)
- Hammer-Sommer (1902–1904)
- Handley-Knight (1921–1923)
- Hanson (1918–1925)
- Harding
- Harrison (1905–1906)
- Harroun (1917–1922)
- Harvard (1915–1921)
- Hatfield (1907–1908)
- Hatfield (1916–1924)
- Havers (1908–1914)
- Hawk (1914)
- Haynes (1905–1924)
- Haynes-Apperson (1896–1905)
- HCS (1920–1925)
- Heine-Velox (1905–1906, 1921–1923)
- Henney (1960–1964)
- Henry (1910–1912)
- Henry J (1951–1954)
- Herff-Brooks (1915–1916)
- Heron (1983–1990)
- Herreshoff (1909–1914)
- Hertz (1924–1927)
- Hewitt-Lindstrom (1900–1901)
- Hidley (1901)
- Hitchcock (1909)
- Hi-tech (1975-1998)
- H-M Free-Way (c.1977–1985)
- Hobbie Accessible (1908–1909)
- Hoffman (1901–1904)
- Hoffman (1931)
- Holley (1900–1904)
- Hollier (1915–1921)
- Holmes (1918–1923)
- Holsman (1903–1910)
- Hol-Tan (1908)
- Hoppenstand (1949–1950)
- Howard (1913–1914)
- Huber (1903–1907)
- Hudson (1901–1902)
- Hudson (1909–1957)
- Huffman (1920–1925)
- Hupmobile (1909–1941)
- Hupp-Yeats (1911–1916)
- Huselton (1911–1914)
- Imperial
- Imperial (1908–1916)
- International Harvester (1907–1911; 1956–1980)
- Inter-State (1909–1919)
- Jackson (1903–1923)
- Jacquet Flyer (1921)
- Jaeger (1932–1933)
- Janney (1907)
- Jeannin (1908)
- Jeffery (1914–1917)
- Jewett (1922–1927)
- Johnson (1905–1912)
- Jones (1914–1920)
- Jordan (1917–1931)
- JPL (1913)
- Kaiser (1947–1955)
- Kauffman (1909–1912)
- Kearns (1909–1916)
- Keeton (1912–1914)
- Keller (1948–1950)
- Kelsey (1920–1924)
- Kensington (1899–1904)
- Kent's Pacemaker (1899–1901)
- Kenworthy (1920–1921)
- Kermath (1907–1908)
- Kessler (1921–1922)
- Kess-Line 8 (1922)
- Keystone (1899–1900)
- Keystone (1914–1915)
- Kiblinger (1907–1909)
- Kimball Electric (1910–1912)
- King (1896, 1911–1923)
- King Midget (1947–1969)
- King-Remick (1910)
- Kissel (1907–1931)
- Kleiber (1924–1929)
- Kline Kar (1910–1923)
- Knox (1900–1914)
- Komet (1911)
- Koppin (1915)
- K-R-I-T (or Krit) (1910–1915)
- Kurtis Kraft (1949–1955)
- LaFayette (1921–1924)
- Lambert (1905–1917)
- Lane (1900–1911)
- Laurel (1916–1920)
- Leach (1920–1923)
- Lenawee (1903–1904)
- Lenox (1911–1917)
- Leon Rubay (1923)
- Lexington (1910–1927)
- Liberty (1916–1924)
- Light (1914)
- Lincoln (1912–1913)
- Lincoln Highway (1914)
- Lion (1909–1912)
- Liquid Air (1899–1902)
- Little (1911–1913)
- Little Detroit (1913–1914)
- Little Princess (1913–1914)
- Locomobile (1899–1929)
- Logan (1904–1908)
- Lone Star (1920–1922)
- Lorraine (1920–1922)
- Lozier (1898, 1901, 1905–1918)
- LuLu (1914)
- Luverne (1904–1917)
- Lyons Atlas (1913–1915)
- Madison (1915–1919)
- Maibohm (1916–1922)
- Majestic (1917)
- Malcolm Jones (1914–1915)
- Marathon (1908–1914)
- Marble-Swift (1903–1905)
- Marion (1904–1915)
- Marion Flyer (1910)
- Marion-Handley (1916–1919)
- Marlborough (1919–1922)
- Marmon (1902–1933)
- Marquette
- Marr (1903–1904)
- Martin (1928–1932)
- Marvel (1907)
- Maryland (1907–1910)
- Mason (1906–1914)
- Matheson (1903–1912)
- Maxwell
- McFarlan (1910–1928)
- McIntyre (1909–1915)
- McKay
- Mecca (1915–1916)
- Menominee (1915)
- Merkur (1985-1989)
- Mercer (1910–1926)
- Mercury (1914)
- Mercury (Ford) 1938-2011)
- Meteor (1915–1930)
- Metz (1909–1921)
- Metzger (see Everitt)
- Michigan (1903–1908)
- Michigan (1908–1911)
- Microbond (1957)
- Midland (1908–1913)
- Milburn Electric (1915–1923)
- Miller (1912–1913)
- Mitchell (1903–1923)
- Model (1903–1907)
- Mohs (1967–1979)
- Moline (1904–1913)
- Moline-Knight (1914–1919)
- Monarch
- Monarch (1914–1917)
- Monitor (1915–1922)
- Monroe (1914–1923)
- Moon (1905–1929)
- Moore (1916–1920)
- Moose Jaw Standard
- Mora (1906–1911)
- Morris & Salom (1894–1897)
- Morse (1910–1916)
- Motor Bob (1914)
- Moyea (1903–1904)
- Moyer (1911–1915)
- MPM (1914–1915)
- Munson (1896–1900)
- Muntz (1951–1954)
- Murray (1916–1921)
- Murray-Mac (1921–1929)
- Myers
- Nash (1917–1957)
- Nash-Healey (1951–1954)
- National
- National (1900–1924)
- Navajo (1953–1954)
- Nelson (1917–1921)
- New Parry (1911–1912)
- Niagara (1903–1905)
- Nielson (1907)
- Noma (1919–1923)
- Northern (1902–1908)
- Northway (1921–1922)
- Norwalk (1910–1922)
- Nu-Klea (1959–1960)
- Nyberg (1911–1914)
- Oakland
- Ogren (1915–1917, 1920–1923)
- Ohio (1909–1912)
- Ohio Electric (1910–1918)
- Oldmobile
- Olympian (1917–1921)
- Orient (1902–1908)
- Orlo (1904)
- Overland (1903–1926, 1939)
- O-We-Go (1914)
- Owen Magnetic (1915–1922)
- Oxford
- Packard (1899–1958)
- Paige (1911–1928)
- Paige-Detroit (1909–1912)
- Palm
- Palmer-Singer (1908–1914)
- Parry (1910)
- Partin (1913)
- Partin-Palmer (1913–1917)
- Paterson (1909–1923)
- Pathfinder (1912–1917)
- Peerless (1900–1931)
- Penn (1910–1913)
- Pennsylvania (1907–1911)
- Petrel (1909–1912)
- Phelps (1903–1905)
- Phianna (1917–1922)
- Piedmont (1917–1922)
- Pierce-Arrow (1901–1938)
- Pierce-Racine (1904–1911)
- Piggins (1909)
- Pilot (1909–1924)
- Pittsburgh Six (1908–1910)
- Plass (1897)
- Playboy (1947–1951)
- Plymouth (1923-2001)
- Pontiac (1926-2010)
- Pope-Hartford (1904–1914)
- Pope-Robinson (1902–1904)
- Pope-Toledo (1903–1909)
- Pope-Tribune (1904–1908)
- Pope-Waverley (1903–1908)
- Powell (1955–1956)
- Pratt (1911–1915)
- Premier (1902–1926)
- Princess (1914–1918)
- Publix (1947–1948)
- Pullman (1905–1917)
- Pungs Finch (1904–1908)
- Pup (1948–1949)
- Quantum (1959-1965)
- Queen (1904–1907)
- Quick (1899–1900)
- Quinby (1899)
- R&V Knight (1920–1924)
- Rainier
- Rambler (1902–1913)
- Rambler (1958–1968)
- Rauch & Lang (1905–1932)
- Rayfield (1911–1915)
- Reber (1902–1903)
- Regal (1908–1918)
- Reliable Dayton (1906–1909)
- Reliance (1904–1906)
- Reo (1905–1936)
- Republic (1910–1916)
- ReVere (1918–1926)
- Richelieu (1922–1923)
- Richmond (1904–1917)
- Rickenbacker (1922–1927)
- Riker (1897–1902)
- Riotte (1895; 1899)
- R-O (see Owen)
- Roader (1911–1912)
- Roamer (1916–1929)
- Robe (1914–1915)
- Robie (1914)
- Robinson (1900–1902)
- Robson (1909)
- Roche (1924–1925)
- Rochester (1901)
- Rochester (1901–1902)
- Rock Falls (1919–1925)
- Rockaway (1902–1903)
- Rockaway (1903–1904)
- Rocket (see Scripps-Booth)
- Rockne (1932–1933)
- Rockway (1910–1911)
- Rockwell (1910–1911)
- Rodgers (1921)[7]
- Roebling-Planche (1909)
- Rogers & Hanford (1899–1902)
- Rogers & Thatcher (1903)
- Rogers (1899–1900) (see also Steamobile)
- Rogers (1911–1912)[8]
- Rollin (1924–1925)
- Rolls-Royce (1921–1935)
- Romer (1921)[9]
- Roosevelt (1929–1930)
- Roper (1860–1896)
- Ross (1915–1918)
- Ross Steamer (1905–1909)
- Rotary (1903–1905)
- Rotary (1921–1923)
- Rovena (1926)
- Royal Six
- Royal Tourist (1904–1911)
- Rugby (1922–1928)
- Rutenber (1902)
- Ruxton (1929–1930)
- Sage
- Saleen[22] (1984–2009)
- Sampson (1911)
- Saxon (1913–1922)
- Sayers (1917–1924)
- Scarab (1958)
- Schacht (1904–1914)
- Schaum (1901–1905)
- Scion (2003-2016)
- Scripps Booth
- Searchmont (1900–1903)
- Sears (1908–1912)
- Selden (1909–1912)
- Severin (1920–1921)
- SGV (1911–1915)
- Shad-Wyck (1917–1923)
- Shawmobile (or Shaw) (1920–1930)
- Sheridan
- Simplex (1907–1919)
- Simplo (1908–1909)
- Sinclair-Scott (1904–1907)
- Singer (1914–1920)
- Single Center (1907–1908)
- Sintz (1899–1904)
- Skelton (1920–1922)
- Skene (1900–1901)
- Smith (1903–1907)
- Smith Flyer (1915–1919)
- Spacke (1919-1920)
- Spaulding (1910–1916)
- Speedwell (1907–1914)
- St. Louis (1899–1907)
- Standard (1904–1908)
- Standard (1912–1923)
- Standard (1915–1923)
- Standard Electric (or Standard Electrique) (1911–1915)
- Standard Six (1909–1910)
- Standard Steam (1920–1921)
- Stanley (1896–1924)
- Stanwood (1920–1922)
- Star (1922–1928)
- Staver (1907–1914)
- Steamobile (1900–1902)
- Stearns (1900–1911)
- Stearns-Knight (1912–1929)
- Stephens (1917–1924)
- Sterling-Knight (1920–1926)
- Stevens-Duryea (1901–1927)
- Stewart (1915–1916)
- Stewart-Coats (1922)
- Stoddard-Dayton (1904–1913)
- Stout-Scarab (1932–1936)
- Studebaker (1902–1966)
- Studebaker-Garford (1904–1911)
- Stutz (1911–1935)
- Success (1906–1909)
- Sultan (1908–1912)
- Sun (1916–1917)
- Sun (1921–1922)
- Templar (1917–1924)
- Terraplane (1932–1938)
- Texan (1920–1922)
- Thomas (1902–1919)
- Thomas-Detroit (1906–1908)
- Tincher (1903–1909)
- Totem (1921–1922)
- Tourist (1902–1910)
- Towne Shopper (1948)
- Trekka (1966–1973)
- Trihawk (1983-c.1987)
- Tucker (1948)
- Tulsa (1918–1922)
- Twombly (1910)
- Twombly (1913–1915)
- Union (1902–1905)
- US Automobile (1899–1901)
- Van Wagoner (1899–1900)
- Velie (1908–1929)
- Viking
- Virginian (1911–1912)
- Vulcan (1913–1915)
- Wagenhals (1910–1915)
- Walter (1902–1909)
- Waltham (1905–1908, 1922)
- Ware Steam Wagon (1861–1867)
- Warren-Detroit (1910–1913)
- Wasp (1919–1924)
- WaterCar
- Waverley Electric (1898–1903, 1909–1916)
- Wayne (1904–1908)
- Welch
- Westcott (1912–1925)
- Whippet (1927–1931)
- White (1900–1918)
- Wills Sainte Claire (1921–1927)
- Willys (1916–1918, 1930–1942, 1953–1963)
- Willys Knight (1914–1933)
- Wilson (1903–1905)
- Windsor (1929–1930)
- Winniped
- Winther (1921–1923)
- Winton (1896–1924)
- Wolverine (1927–1928)
- Woodill (1952–1956)
- Woods Electric (1899–1916)
- Xenia (1914)
- Yale (1902–1905)
- Yale (1916–1918)
- Yellow Cab (1915–1930)
- ZAP
- Zenn
- Zent (1900–1902, 1904–1906)
- Zimmerman (1908–1915)
- Zip (1913–1914)
- Zoe