How to Use carmaker in a Sentence

carmaker

noun
  • Kia had the most wins of any carmaker.
    — Sasha Lekach, Forbes.com, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Most carmakers are ending the year with lots of cash and lots of worries.
    — Stephen Wilmot, WSJ, 29 Dec. 2023
  • So why is the head of one of the world's second-largest carmaker leaving?
    — Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 22 July 2022
  • Europe's largest carmaker was nobody's idea of a trendy stock a week ago.
    — Charles Riley, CNN, 21 Mar. 2021
  • Not many carmakers can pull off stunts like these … but Bugatti can.
    — New Atlas, 11 Aug. 2025
  • Or, a startup that mined a carmaker’s blueprints and claimed fair use.
    — Gerard Scimeca, Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2025
  • The carmaker is aiming to have positive free cash flow by next year.
    — Alex Harring, CNBC, 22 May 2026
  • China’s carmakers are reigniting a fraught price war in a bid to reverse a slump in sales.
    — J.d. Capelouto, semafor.com, 1 Mar. 2026
  • Will disruptive tech firms eclipse carmakers and banks?
    — Adam Gale, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Hyundai is one of them and sells a full lineup of sedans, along with its sibling carmaker Kia.
    — Sue Mead, Houston Chronicle, 15 Nov. 2019
  • The first threat is Chinese carmakers.
    — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 24 Apr. 2026
  • The carmaker was in a good position.
    — Jeremy Lott, The Washington Examiner, 14 Nov. 2025
  • American carmakers hold the worst end of this ugly stick.
    — Jamie Lincoln Kitman, Rolling Stone, 24 Apr. 2026
  • The new Volante and its gluttonous power set a new legacy for the carmaker.
    — James Raia, Mercury News, 10 Mar. 2026
  • And maybe that’s all the German carmaker was seeking.
    — James Raia, Mercury News, 31 Aug. 2025
  • That hasn't stopped carmakers from racing to get in on the sponsorships of stock car racing.
    — Keith Laing, USA Today, 23 May 2026
  • While the carmaker’s specs detail the ID.
    — James Raia, Mercury News, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Still, the data hasn’t yet persuaded carmakers enough to give up control of the dash.
    — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2025
  • The industry's decline is felt in carmakers' share prices, too.
    — Sam Meredith,joseph Wilkins, CNBC, 5 Apr. 2026
  • The electric carmaker led by Elon Musk doesn’t break down its sales by region.
    — Laura He, CNN, 5 July 2023
  • But the group said carmakers should still do more to increase passenger safety.
    — Keith Laing, USA Today, 24 Mar. 2026
  • For a hundred years, a carmaker sold you a vehicle once and made its money at the moment of sale.
    — Sarwant Singh, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
  • Japan’s No 1 carmaker has been in scandals before and come out clean on the other side.
    — Peter Lyon, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024
  • Last month, the carmaker’s sales in Germany and Britain fell to their lowest point in more than two years.
    — Melissa Eddy, New York Times, 22 May 2025
  • The carmaker often didn't even own the software running inside it.
    — Sarwant Singh, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
  • No fancy carmaker worth its stock certificates would dare not offer a high-end two-door model.
    — Will Sabel Courtney, Robb Report, 10 Oct. 2025
  • In other words, Musk’s carmaker’s first-mover advantage has long dried up.
    — Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Which carmaker can be the next Hyundai for EVs in India?
    — Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Volvo is owned by Geely, the Chinese carmaker.
    — Kamal Ahmed, Fortune, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Stellantis’ results come as carmakers across the globe look to walk back their EV plans.
    — Sam Meredith,michael Wayland, CNBC, 26 Feb. 2026

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