A person or company that designs and constructs cars, especially railcars or custom automobiles.
Simple compound of 'car' + 'builder,' referring to craftspeople who construct vehicles. Used since the rise of the automobile industry in the early 1900s.
In the early 1900s, carbuilders were artisans who custom-built individual vehicles—Henry Ford revolutionized the industry by making carbuilders obsolete with assembly lines.
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