AutoCar is still in business.
Yes & No
When did Autocar go out of business?
1986 brought more changes as Volvo White acquired the heavy-truck business from General Motors and became Volvo GM Heavy Truck Corporation. The last Autocar built with the legendary Autocar Driver Cab, first launched back in 1950, rolled off the line in
December, 1987.
The
Autocar Company is an American specialist manufacturer of
severe-duty,
Class 7 and
Class 8 vocational
trucks, with its headquarters in
Birmingham, Alabama. Started in 1897 in
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, as a manufacturer of
Brass Era automobiles, and trucks from 1899, Autocar is the oldest surviving
motor vehicle brand in the
Western Hemisphere.
Their last cars were produced in 1911; after that the company continued as a maker of severe-duty trucks. In 1953, Autocar was taken over by the
White Motor Company, which made Autocar their top-of-the-line brand. White was taken over in turn by
Volvo Trucks in 1981 with Autocar continuing as a division. In 2001, Autocar was acquired by
GVW Group, LLC, which revived Autocar as an independent company. Autocar now builds four models of custom-engineered
heavy-duty trucks and has regained leading positions in several vocational segments.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autocar_Company