Ok but when is Stellantis gonna revive this banger?
Joe Ligo
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Producer/Director of "The Last Independent Automaker," a documentary series about American Motors Corporation: https://gofund.me/97f00c2b ◤▍
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Was planning a vacation and almost managed to rent a Cadillac ELR on Turo, but somebody sniped me.
So disappointed that I won't be spending a week in one of these:
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Again, thanks to @theautopian.bsky.social for letting me share some of the silly AMC stories that didn't make it into our final documentary:
www.theautopian.com/peeing-pacer...
Peeing Pacers, Fuel Fires, and Other Funny Stories We Cut from 'The Last Independent Automaker' - The Autopian
I love cars, but after finishing the final episode of The Last Independent Automaker I was so sick of them that I immediately dove into whatever non-automotive TV I could find. That turned out to be t...
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Should have used a dusting of Dorito crumbs instead.
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Ok maybe we're getting a little too literal.
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It's symbolism. Countries that isolate their markets with protectionist trade measures ultimately end up with stagnant, uncompetitive industries and worse products for their citizens.
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It's possible, had the contract between Chrysler-Renault-AMC-Wisconsin-UAW to build the Jeep Grand Cherokee in Kenosha been approved before the Chrysler buyout, AMC would have built a new plant in Kenosha, but we'll never know.
It's sad things ended the way they did, but it is fun to wonder...
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It possible the pair could have been profitable into the 1990s, but Renault would have likely grown tired of owning 46.1% of AMC and either would have bought it outright, or sold it.
As for Kenosha, those plants were ancient, and AMC/Renault would have dumped them if they could afforded it.
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Things would have certainly been different if Besse had survived. But there's no guarantee that AMC would have survived forever.
The Alliance/Encore models were basically dead, and the upcoming Renault Premiere was a good car, but arriving 2 years late to the market's hottest segment.
