AMC

American Motors was formed by the merger of Nash-Kelvinator and Hudson Motor Car Company. Its range included small cars such as the Rambler American, Hornet, Gremlin and Pacer, intermediates and full-size cars including the Ambassador, Rambler Classic, Rebel and Matador, and the muscle cars Marlin, AMX and Javelin.

The company was known for the design work of chief stylist Dick Teague, who worked on a tighter budget than Detroit’s Big Three. Renault acquired a significant interest in 1979 and Chrysler took the company over in 1987; the Eagle and the Jeep Wagoneer were early four-wheel-drive crossovers.