Outlook that is embodied by car manufacturer (4)
I believe the answer is:
view
'outlook' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'that is embodied by car manufacturer' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'that is' could be 'ie' ('i.e.' can be a synonym of 'that is') and 'ie' is found within the answer.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for view that I've seen before include "inspection" , "Judge" , "Opinion or aspect" , "Consider" , "Opinion; watch" .)