Defunct Big-3 US Makes?

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

"chudwuh" > writes:

> 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

Also Continental. The '50s Continental Mark II was actually a separate
brand. And Merkur...

> GM - LaSalle and Oldsmobile

Marquette, Oakland. In the '20s, each GM brand got a partner: Buick
and Marquette, Cadillac and LaSalle, Oakland and Pontiac. Come to
think of it, did Chevrolet get a little brother? Anyway, Pontiac was
the only nameplate that survived, cannibalizing its elder sibling
Oakland. Also Yellow Cab and Scripps-Booth. Rapid was the predecessor
to GMC. Oops, you said passenger cars.

> MoPar - DeSoto and Plymouth

Imperial. A separate brand from Chrysler. If you include the American
Motors heritage, there are Hudson, Essex, Terraplane, Rambler, and
Nash. Not to mention Willys and Overland.

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GM - Viking cars and trucks, McLaughlin Buick, Maple Leaf trucks

Ford - Frontenac, Meteor, 40's & 50's Monarch - different than the American
Mercury

Chrysler - Fargo trucks

These were Canadian produced
..

GM- Oakland

GM- Marquette

GM-Viking





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Acadian, it was a Canadian division of GM in the 60s separate from
Pontiac.

chudwuh 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

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Should mention that the Acadian models were the Canso and later in the
70s, after the division was closed, Pontiac took the model name and
ended up with the Pontiac Acadian which fueled a lot of confusion.

Eugene Blanchard wrote:
>
> Acadian, it was a Canadian division of GM in the 60s separate from
> Pontiac.
>
> chudwuh 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
>
> --
> Eugene Blanchard
> DIY Kustom Hot Rod website http://www.therockies.ca/~blanchas/54pontiac
> Collecting Automotive Chrome website
> http://www.geocities.com/hood_ornaments
> Fiber optic PC motherboard website http://www.geocities.com/fibermother
> Using MOSFETs for H bridge website
> http://www.geocities.com/fet_h_bridge/
> Introduction to networking online book
> http://www.thelinuxreview.com/howto/...to_networking/
> Psycho Pathetic Bunny website
> http://www.geocities.com/frustration_bunny/

--
Eugene Blanchard
DIY Kustom Hot Rod website http://www.therockies.ca/~blanchas/54pontiac
Collecting Automotive Chrome website
http://www.geocities.com/hood_ornaments
Fiber optic PC motherboard website http://www.geocities.com/fibermother
Using MOSFETs for H bridge website
http://www.geocities.com/fet_h_bridge/
Introduction to networking online book
http://www.thelinuxreview.com/howto/...to_networking/
Psycho Pathetic Bunny website
http://www.geocities.com/frustration_bunny/

On Wed, 27 Aug 2003 13:38:03 -0500, "chudwuh" >
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
>
GM- Lafayette.(part of buick, like Lasalle was part of Caddy)
GM Oakland (Pontiac was the "companion" of Oakland, like Lasalle was
of Caddy, but in this case the "companion" lived and the major brand
died)
Chrysler Valiant (became part of Plymouth)

clare, @, snyder.on, .ca wrote:
>
> On Wed, 27 Aug 2003 13:38:03 -0500, "chudwuh" >
> 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
> >
> GM- Lafayette.(part of buick, like Lasalle was part of Caddy)
> GM Oakland (Pontiac was the "companion" of Oakland, like Lasalle was
> of Caddy, but in this case the "companion" lived and the major brand
> died)
> Chrysler Valiant (became part of Plymouth)

In Australia, where Valiants developed separately, they were always
known/badged as Chryslers.

<< GM- Lafayette.(part of buick, like Lasalle was part of Caddy) >>
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Nope, he Lafayette was a Nash!

On Wed, 27 Aug 2003 13:38:03 -0500, "chudwuh" >
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.

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

Chrysler? I believe Chrysler/Dodge/Jeep are now all one division of
Daimler Chrysler, with Plymouth out of the mix. In the early Sixties
Valiant was it's own brand, not a model, as was the Imperial.

Model names that have dissapeared include Neon, Continental, New
Yorker, Coronet, Charger, Satelite, Acadian, Beaumont, Canso, Polara,
and hundreds more