A marque is a famous brand name, most often for cars, and most often when the name itself feels special or expensive — Ferrari, Rolls-Royce, Jaguar, that kind of name. In car writing it is the ordinary word for the maker’s name: people say “a Japanese marque” or “the history of the marque,” meaning the name and the company behind it, not one particular model.

A marque is a famous brand namemarque是知名品牌名稱, most often for cars最常用在汽車上, and most often when the name itself feels special or expensive而且通常是那種聽起來就很特別或很貴的名字 — Ferrari, Rolls-Royce, Jaguar, that kind of nameFerrari、Rolls-Royce、Jaguar那種。In car writing在汽車寫作裡, it is the ordinary word for the maker's name這是指製造商名稱的普通用詞: people say "a Japanese marque" or "the history of the marque,"大家會說"a Japanese marque"或"the history of the marque", meaning the name and the company behind it指的是這個名字和背後的公司, not one particular model而不是某一款特定車型。

Though actually it is not only for luxury cars. Trade magazines use it for quite ordinary makers too; the tidy idea “expensive brand” is the centre of the word, not the whole of it. Outside cars you will sometimes hear it for watches or motorbikes, but that already feels like stretching.

Though actually不過, it is not only for luxury cars它不是只用在豪華車上。Trade magazines use it for quite ordinary makers too業界雜誌也會拿它來講很普通的廠牌; the tidy idea "expensive brand"「昂貴品牌」這個乾淨的印象 is the centre of the word, not the whole of it只是這個詞的核心，不是全部。Outside cars除了汽車之外, you will sometimes hear it for watches or motorbikes你偶爾會聽到它用在手錶或機車上, but that already feels like stretching但那已經算是有點牽強了。

In everyday talk most people just say brand. Marque sounds British, a little posh, and at home in magazines rather than in the market.

In everyday talk日常說話 most people just say brand大部分人就直接說brand。Marque marque sounds British, a little posh聽起來很英國、有點高級, and at home in magazines rather than in the market比較適合出現在雜誌裡而不是市場上。

It is not the same as a mark on the paintwork, and it is not a marquee (the tent, or the sign above a theatre).

It is not the same as a mark on the paintwork它跟車漆上的mark（刮痕）不一樣, and it is not a marquee (the tent, or the sign above a theatre)也不是marquee（帳篷，或劇院上方的招牌）。