1971 AMC Gremlin
Photograph
By: American Motors Corporation
Date: 1971
Source: AP/Wide World Photos.
About the Organization: The American Motors Corporation (AMC) was an independent car manufacturer formed by the merger of Hudson Motors and Nash-Kelvinator in 1954. The merger, with a price tag of $197,793,366, was the largest corporate merger in history at that time. AMC was in business for thirty-four years and produced a wide variety of makes and models of automobiles. It went out of business in 1987.
Introduction
On April 1, 1970, the first American subcompact car, the Gremlin, was introduced by AMC. The car's designer, Richard Teague, is said to have come up with his idea for the Gremlin while on a plane trip, sketching it out on the back of an airsick bag. In his design, Teague combined many of the rear-end styling features from other models. Much of the body was similar to...
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