Editing American Motors Corporation (section)

== Legacy of products ==

=== Passenger automobiles ===
[[File:1992 Eagle Premier ES Limited.jpg|alt=|thumb|Eagle Premier]]

Chrysler revived the "Spirit" name, which was discontinued by AMC after 1983 for use on one of its [[Chrysler A platform|A platform]] cars (the [[Dodge Spirit]]) from 1989 until 1995. The planned [[Renault Medallion]] was sold as the [[Eagle Medallion]] in 1988 and 1989. The planned all-new 1988 Renault Premier, a joint development effort between American Motors and Renault, and for which the [[Brampton Assembly]] plant ([[Brampton]], Ontario — originally called the Bramalea Plant) was built, was sold by Chrysler as the 1988–1992 [[Eagle Premier]], with a rebadged [[Dodge Monaco]] variant available from 1990 through 1992. The [[Full-size car|full-sized]] Premier's platform was far more advanced than anything Chrysler was building. After some re-engineering and a re-designation to Chrysler [[Chrysler LH platform|code LH]], the Eagle Premier went on to form the backbone of Chrysler's passenger car lineup during the 1990s as the [[Chrysler Concorde]] (a revived model name that was briefly used by [[Plymouth Concord|Plymouth]] in 1951 and 1952—and AMC itself only a decade before), [[Chrysler New Yorker]], [[Chrysler LHS]], [[Dodge Intrepid]], and [[Eagle Vision]].<ref>{{cite magazine|first=John A. |last=Hailig |title=To the Edge and Back: Re-Emergence in the Eighties |magazine=Automobile Quarterly |volume=32 |issue=4 |page=104}}</ref> Plymouth almost received their rendition of the LH platform, which was to be called the Accolade. Still, Chrysler decided to drop this version just before LH production started. The [[Chrysler 300M]] was likewise a Premier/LH-derived car and was initially to have been the next-generation Eagle Vision until the [[Eagle (automobile)|Eagle]] brand was dropped after 1998. The LH Platform was subsequently re-engineered, using [[Mercedes-Benz]] components, into the [[Chrysler LX Platform]], which was the basis for the [[Chrysler 300]], [[Dodge Charger (LX)|Dodge Charger]], and [[Dodge Challenger]]. Chrysler's successor [[Stellantis]] later revived the Hornet name in 2023 for [[Dodge]] as a [[Rebadging|rebadged]] variant of the [[Alfa Romeo Tonale]].

=== Jeep vehicles ===
[[File:Jeep Comanche Chief.jpg|thumb|Jeep Comanche]]

Chrysler marketed the SJ [[Jeep Wagoneer (SJ)|Jeep Grand Wagoneer]] until 1991, leaving it almost entirely unaltered from the final American Motors rendition before the buyout. The [[Jeep Comanche]] pickup truck remained until 1992, while the Cherokee remained until 2001 in the United States. The XJ Cherokee was produced in China through 2006 as the Cherokee 2500<ref>{{cite magazine |url= http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/content/nov2007/gb2007112_737100.htm |last=Dunne |first=Timothy |title=Can Chrysler Rebound in China?|magazine=Business Week |date=November 2, 2007 |access-date=September 22, 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071105074509/http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/content/nov2007/gb2007112_737100.htm |archive-date=November 5, 2007}}</ref> (2.5L) and Cherokee 4000 (4.0L). Although it was not introduced until 1993, the [[Jeep Grand Cherokee]] was initially an American Motors-developed vehicle.

Traces of American Motors remained within. American Motors' Toledo, Ohio, plants continued to manufacture the Jeep Wrangler and [[Jeep Liberty|Liberty]], as well as parts and components for Chrysler, Dodge, and Jeep vehicles (although Toledo Machining and Forge were closed in 2005). Although heavily downsized, American Motors' main plant in Wisconsin operated as the [[Kenosha Engine]] Plant, producing engines for several Chrysler Group products, including the Wrangler. The plant was closed as part of the post-bailout restructuring of Chrysler in October 2010. The {{convert|242|cuin|L|1|order=flip|abbr=on}} engine was used until the 2006 model year by [[DaimlerChrysler]] in the [[Jeep Wrangler]]. American Motors' technologically advanced Bramalea Assembly and Stamping Plants in [[Brampton]], Ontario, later produced the [[Chrysler LX platform|LX-cars]] – the [[Chrysler 300]], [[Dodge Challenger]], [[Dodge Charger (LX)|Dodge Charger]], and the now discontinued [[Dodge Magnum]].

In terms of American Motors-related parts, some were used as late as 2006, when the [[Jeep Wrangler]] (the last new product introduced by American Motors before the Chrysler deal) was still using the [[AMC Straight-6 engine]] in some models, as well as the recessed "paddle" door handles that were used since the 1968 model year by American Motors. Both were retired when the Wrangler was completely redesigned for the 2007 model year.

[[AM General]], sold by American Motors in 1983, is still in business building the American Motors-designed [[Humvee]] for American and allied militaries. AM General also built the now-discontinued civilian variant, the [[Hummer H1|H1]], and manufactured a [[Chevrolet Tahoe]]-derived companion, the [[Hummer H2|H2]], under contract to GM, who acquired the rights to the civilian [[Hummer]] brand in 1999. GM was forced to phase out the Hummer brand in early 2010 due to its bankruptcy restructuring after offering it for sale, but failing to find a suitable buyer.

Although Chrysler introduced new logos for its brands in the 1990s and again in 2010 after the [[Fiat S.p.A.|Fiat Group]] took control of the company, Jeep still uses the American Motors-era logo introduced shortly after American Motors purchased the brand in 1970. Until the Chrysler purchase, Jeep's logo also featured the American Motors emblem.