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=== AMC Eagle === [[File:AMC Eagle wagon.jpg|right|thumb|1981 AMC Eagle Wagon]] [[File:1981 AMC Concord 4-door beige PAfr.jpg|thumb|right|1981 AMC Concord]] In August 1979, for the 1980 model year, American Motors introduced four-wheel-drive versions of the [[AMC Spirit|Spirit]] and [[AMC Concord|Concord]], calling the collective line the [[AMC Eagle]]. Eagles rapidly became one of the company's best-known products and are considered one of the first "[[crossover SUV]]s".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Gold |first1=Aaron |title=AMC Eagle: No, Seriously, This Was the First Crossover SUV |url= https://www.autotrader.com/car-news/amc-eagle-no-seriously-was-first-crossover-suv-265257 |work=Autotrader |date=May 8, 2017 |access-date=October 10, 2022 |archive-date=October 10, 2022 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20221010024251/https://www.autotrader.com/car-news/amc-eagle-no-seriously-was-first-crossover-suv-265257 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Hunting |first1=Benjamin |title=The AMC Eagle Invented the Crossover 20 Years Too Soon |url= https://www.insidehook.com/article/vehicles/amc-eagle-invented-crossover-too-soon |work=InsideHook |date=November 22, 2021 |access-date=October 10, 2022 |archive-date=October 10, 2022 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20221010024252/https://www.insidehook.com/article/vehicles/amc-eagle-invented-crossover-too-soon |url-status=live }}</ref> Eagles used the 2-wheel drive body shells mounted on an all-new platform developed by American Motors in the late 1970s. Featuring an innovative full-time four-wheel-drive system, it sold best in snow-prone areas. Sales started strongly but declined over time. While the two-wheel drive Spirit and Concord were discontinued after 1983 as the company concentrated on its new [[Renault Alliance]], the Eagle survived for five years longer, albeit only in station wagon form, into the 1988 model year. This meant the four-wheel-drive Eagle was the lone representative of the American Motors brand from 1984 until the 1988 model year. All the company's remaining output was branded Renault or Jeep. The last AMC Eagle was built on December 14, 1987.
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