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Eagle Company Overview
The Eagle brand was created by the now defunct American Motors Corporation (AMC) in 1980 and, later, was part of the Jeep/Eagle brand when AMC's assets were absorbed by the Chrysler Corporation. The brand was discontinued in 1998.
The AMC Eagles were innovative as the first American vehicles to have all-wheel drive. AMC accomplished this by merging Jeep's 4-wheel-drive to the AMC Concord body. (AMC had obtained Jeep from Kaiser-Jeep.) Both sedan and wagon versions were sold by AMC. While the Eagle Medallion and Premier had been designed and sold by AMC and—later--partner Renault, future Eagles, such as the Summit, Vista, and Talon, were
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The Eagle brand was created by the now defunct American Motors Corporation (AMC) in 1980 and, later, was part of the Jeep/Eagle brand when AMC's assets were absorbed by the Chrysler Corporation. The brand was discontinued in 1998.
The AMC Eagles were innovative as the first American vehicles to have all-wheel drive. AMC accomplished this by merging Jeep's 4-wheel-drive to the AMC Concord body. (AMC had obtained Jeep from Kaiser-Jeep.) Both sedan and wagon versions were sold by AMC. While the Eagle Medallion and Premier had been designed and sold by AMC and—later--partner Renault, future Eagles, such as the Summit, Vista, and Talon, were primarily rebadged vehicles from Chrysler partner Mitsubishi Motors Corp. The Eagle Summit, for example, was a rebadged Mitsubishi Mirage while the Eagle Talon was based on the Mitsubishi Eclipse.
Analysts accredit the brand's failure due to Chrysler's rebadge strategies and focus on the Jeep brand. They also pointed out that the Eagle brand competed more with other Chrysler products such as Dodge and, especially, Jeep, than competitors such as Ford, (GM) Pontiac, or Toyota. The lack of an Eagle SUV during the so-called "SUV craze" in the '90s worsened the situation as consumers flocked into Jeep/Eagle dealerships to take a gander at then all-new Jeep Grand Cherokee.
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