Re: Defunct Big-3 US Makes?

clare @ snyder.on .ca writes:

> On Wed, 27 Aug 2003 13:38:03 -0500, "chudwuh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> 
> >I'm compiling a list of defunct (or soon to be) Big-3 passenger car makes
> >that were made and/or sold in the US.  So far, I've come up with the
> >following - anybody know of any others?  Thanks.
> >
> >FoMoCo - Edsel
> >GM - LaSalle and Oldsmobile
> >MoPar - DeSoto and Plymouth
> >
> Sorry, Buick was Marquette. Lafayette was a Nash.
> There were Canada only brands too - as well as a whole horde of
> different Model names that were not their own division. 
> 
> Ford and Lincoln Mercury still co-exist on paper, I believe, but ther
> are no longer Lincoln Mercury dealers. Only Ford dealers now.

Then all those L-M dealers will be really sore that they shelled out
for those fancy new signs.

Lincoln-Mercury moved its headquarters to California some years ago,
and is still quite alive.

> Chev/Olds /Cadillac will be Chev/Cadillac, while Pontiac Buick still
> co-exists.

Huh? GM announced that Olds is being phased out, but all of those are
independent makes, and there are plenty of dealerships that sell only
one of them.

> Chrysler? I believe Chrysler/Dodge/Jeep are now all one division of
> Daimler Chrysler, with Plymouth out of the mix.

Try again. Chrysler/Jeep is one franchise, I think, and Dodge another.
I think there are still Jeep-only dealerships.

> In the early Sixties
> Valiant was it's own brand, not a model, as was the Imperial.
> 
> Model names that have dissapeared  include Neon,

Where exactly do you live? What does Dodge call their 4-door compact
sedan?

> Continental, New
> Yorker, Coronet, Charger, Satelite, Acadian, Beaumont, Canso, Polara,
> and hundreds more

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