When it was first announced in 1952, Hudson officials thought the compact Jet would be a renaissance for the venerable automaker. Today, many historians will tell you it was Hudson's fatal mistake. This ...
The AMC Javelin was American Motors' only foray into the popular "pony car" market, and the model that almost single-handedly transformed American from a peddler of Scotsman-like economy to a two-time ...
... history of the AMC Matador and its midsize predecessors, the Rambler Classic and Rambler/AMC Rebel. Click here to read more about the Rambler Classic, AMC Rebel, and 1974-1978 Matador coupe
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Every ten years or so, the American market rediscovers the compact economy car. This "discovery" is inevitably treated by both company PR flacks and credulous journalists as a revelation, as is the idea ...
... More than that, it helped to make the career of a former Mormon missionary named George Romney, and to transform Nash Motors into the American Motors Corporation (AMC ). Click to read more about the Nash ...
If you remember the American Motors Corporation -- and we recognize that some of our younger readers may not -- you probably don't associate it with muscle cars. Indeed, for much of its existence, AMC 's ...
Even when the compact Gremlin bowed in 1970, AMC knew it would not be enough to stem the tide of imported subcompact cars. By the beginning of 1971, the company was already at work on a follow-up. When ...
... new. Some people call them the ugliest cars of the 1970s -- a title for which there are many contenders -- but nobody would ever mistake them for anything else. We're referring of course, to the AMC ...
... badge. "Do you know what it is?" Nat asked. "I do indeed," I said. In the mid-70s AMC ran a memorable ad campaign for its generally unmemorable intermediate -- "What's a Matador?" A far more interesting ...
