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Zombie car

Term · Industrial and trades · MLC-T-IND-006735

A car model that stays on sale new for years after its design has aged or its production has formally ended, usually because the maker keeps building a low-cost version or dealers still hold unsold stock. Because such cars were never titled to a first owner, they are still sold as new vehicles even when several model years old.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-IND-006735
FieldIndustrial and trades
SubjectShop talk and trade slang
TranslationsGerman: Zombie-Auto; Spanish: coche zombi; French: voiture zombie
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-IND-006735",
  "term": "Zombie car",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "A car model that stays on sale new for years after its design has aged or its production has formally ended, usually because the maker keeps building a low-cost version or dealers still hold unsold stock. Because such cars were never titled to a first owner, they are still sold as new vehicles even when several model years old.",
  "subject": "Shop talk and trade slang",
  "translations": {
    "de": "Zombie-Auto",
    "es": "coche zombi",
    "fr": "voiture zombie"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/zombie-car/"
}

Record 7,290 of 7,291 in Industrial and trades terminology (MLC-0113). Request the full dataset.