In "American Motors Corporation: The Rise and Fall of America's Last Independent Automaker," author Patrick Foster provides the ultimate inside look into an American corporation that rose from the death throes of a once-thriving independent auto industry, putting up a valiant fight for nearly half a[...]
The definitive, fully illustrated celebration of an auto manufacturer that paved its own way by going off-road. Few American vehicles, or vehicles made anywhere else in the world for that matter, are as universally iconic as the Jeep. From olive drab WWII military relics to the beloved Wrangler with[...]
Formed in 1954 by the merger of The Hudson Motor Car Company and Nash-Kelvinator Corporation, American Motors Corporation was no ordinary company. It was the last, and the very best, of the great independent automakers. Highly regarded AMC historian and expert, Patrick Foster, gives us an in-depth l[...]
Documents the appealing, high-performance AMC cars. Starting with the 1951 Nash-Healey, then the Hudson Hornet, Nash Ambassador "Le Mans," the awesome 1957 Rambler Rebel, the 1966-1969 Rambler American Rogue, the Rebel Machine, AMX, 1969 Scrambler, 1971 Hornet SC360, 1972-1975 V8 Gremlin, Javelin, a[...]