Retired Automobile Nameplates

In the early 20th century a slew of start-ups emerged in the heady days of the automobile, as driverless carriages came to be called. Most didn’t make it past their fledgling years but others survived for a time or even a decade or two. Many dissolved into mergers and consolidations. Here is a list of defunct automobile nameplates. Some you may have heard of but most are totally forgotten.

Dusenberg

Cort

Lozier

Chalmers

Studebaker

Everett

Flanders

Paige

Nash

Porter

EMF

Regal

Carnation

Brush

Kaiser

Detroiter

Premier

Winton

Stevens-Duryea

Franklin

Babcock

Jackson

Jewett

Graham-Maxwell

Packard

Nash

Hudson

Tucker

Oakland

Metropolitan

Graham-Paige

LaSalle

REO

Pierce Arrow

Essex

Oldsmobile

Pontiac

Saturn

Hummer

Ram

Lincoln Mercury

Geo

Yugo