Not a car company, but International trucks were pretty cool.

 

The Scouts were pretty cool.

 

Too many to list but Packard has my vote as a legitimate contender in this poll. They were a phenomenal engineering company.

On the other hand my heart goes with Pierce Arrow and Cunningham & Sons from Rochester. Those of course because they were two prestigious carmakers in Western New York.

 

Good call Hank. I added Packard to the poll.

 

You forgot Saturn on your list.

 

5 second LS / turbo

 

Cord and Duesenberg were great cars too.

 

Yupp im in with those two👍

 

AMC, Nash and Rambler are all the same thing. Hudson was even a part of them at one point.

 

Also, Kaiser (Willy's) - Jeep was in the family.

 

Studebaker of course.

 

Bring back the original GM, the new one they replaced it with sucks!

 

 

Which American automobile company / brand that went out of business do you wish were still making cars / trucks.

Poll includes the better known, obvious brands, way too many dead brands to list them all. If a brand you think deserves consideration example: “Pierce Arrow” isn’t listed in the poll, throw it in the comments.

You can vote for up to three.

Gm

 

So you want Olds / Pontiac back. 👍

 

You forgot henry J .

 

Love Henry’s. Henry J added!

 

Mercury cougar return and cyclones would be nice. Kinda partial to pontiac Parisienne and trans am pre78.

 

Hmmmm……I would nominate Ford as the US carmaker I would like to see go out of business……wait, what? 🤣🤣🤣

 

oooops…..wrong thread……hope I didn’t make any spelling errors 😉

 

Then what would gm have to copy? Vw?
No spelling mistakes but you certainly made a ass of yourself!!

 

First fish is flapping on the deck of the boat!

 

You are that. You came seeking attention and im here to give that undivided attention!!

 

Holden. Oh, not American? Then how about Holden?

 

All the car manufacturers operating in Australia shut up shop when the cash subsidies from the government ran out…..Holden, Ford, Mitsubishi, Toyota

 

This has a 288” “straight 8” Packard. The engine is hooked to a GM Hydramatic. This 1950 model is like driving your living room down the highway. I can sort of understand why they didn’t have a chance against the “Big 3” in the 1950’s as they couldn’t quite keep up.

For example they were marketing that smooth running straight 8 against GM’s Kettering V8’s the Chrysler hemi and the Lincoln Y-block. It was a tough sell.

Packard did eventually have a V8 of course and it was good but late to the party.

That being said you don’t ever get the feeling while driving this car that the engine is inadequate. It’s a completely different ride for example from a Flathead Ford. Where the Ford is snappy and they growl, the Packard purrs and has a linear torquey feel. Definitely a doctor or lawyer’s type of car.

I rebuilt the carburetor on this car among many other things and I have to tell you some thought went into designing the thing.

A very cool change of pace from what I’m used to.

 

My mom drove a rambler when I was around 5-6. It was birds egg blue.

 

Stutz Had some pretty good innovations.

 

Hudson Hornet was an early NASCAR monster.

 

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Former Piston Cup Winner

 

My top three.

1, Pontiac
2, Duesenberg
3, Packard

 

In all seriousness,I cannot see how anyone would even think to put Studebaker on the list, maybe hoping for one vote.... My experience in having to change a master cylinder on a 1959 Studebaker Silver Hawk makes me feel this way. This was back in 2002, I still remember details of what I went thru to this day, I will never forget it.

 

Most people don’t understand how tough working on really old cars can be. Many times every piece in the process of doing an otherwise simple job has to be restored including the very nuts and bolts fasteners used to hold them together.

 

a modern day willys or a delorean with v8s yup sign me up

 

^^^To the guys that like them, your opinion would change if you had to work on them.^^^^^

 

Ive heard studey had piss poor wiring also.

 

Studes have a big road racing presence go this day in La Carrera Pan Americana.

 

Why the hell isn’t Kaiser on that list???

 

I am laughing at people saying "I wish a car company that hasn't been in business for a 60, 80 100 years was still in business." What would a 2025 Packard, Studebaker or Stanley Steamer look like? Yeah, bring them all back, they'd look and work exactly the same as they did when they folded, I guess? Stupid question. The real question that retard postaholic OP is too dumb to ask is simply What defunct car company are you fond of?

 

The poll says you’re out voted Marv.

Your girlfriend DBT is back, go smack dicks with him.