>> If the manufacturer stops making something, you can't buy it any more.
>
> Incorrect. Take a car that hasn't been in production for the last 10
> years to a garage and ask for a new part (specific to that car) -
> they'll likely have a new one in stock somewhere. Lots of companies
> specifically buy up lots of parts before production stops, exactly to be
> able to supply them to people at a later date.

Car manufacturers have to continue to make parts available for a certain 
number of years (in most countries, at least) after they redesigned the 
part, or stopped making said vehicle.

For example, GM will have to continue to make Hummer parts available for 
10 years.

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