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An orphan car is any marque of motor vehicle built by a manufacturer that has discontinued business entirely.
Contents
- Orphans
- Discontinued marques from existing manufacturers
- Chrysler Group
- Ford Motor Company
- General Motors
- Volkswagen Group
- Steam / Electric
- See also
- References
The term is sometimes confused with and inaccurately applied to a discontinued marque from a still-existing vehicle manufacturer (e.g. Oldsmobile, by General Motors) or a sub-marque (e.g. Thunderbird, by Ford Motors).
In the case of a revived marque, a discontinued one revived by a newer company (e.g. Maybach, by mercedes-Benz), only the original vehicles are accurately considered orphans.