Editing AMC Eagle (section)

{{short description|Compact car produced by American Motors Corporation}}
{{About|the car model|the division of Chrysler|Eagle (automobile)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2020}}
{{Use American English|date=July 2023}}

{{Infobox automobile
| name = AMC Eagle
| aka = Eagle Wagon (MY1988)
| image = 1981 AMC Eagle Sport Wagon in Medium Blue Metallic, front left.jpg
| caption = 1981 AMC Eagle Sport Wagon
| manufacturer = {{unbulleted list | [[American Motors Corporation]] (1980-1987) | [[Chrysler Corporation]] (1987-1988) }}
| production = August 1979 – December 1987
| model_years = 1980–1988
| class = [[Compact car]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=Segura |first1=Eleonor |title=This Minty 1987 AMC Eagle Limited Wagon Could Be Yours in 2022 |url= https://www.motortrend.com/news/1987-amc-eagle-limited-wagon-mecum-auctions/ |work=Motor Trend |date=27 December 2021 |quote=The small-town carmaker introduced the AMC Eagle in 1980, a rugged and well-appointed station wagon based on the AMC Concord. |access-date=6 January 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=AMC Eagle: American 4x4 Pioneer |url= https://www.allpar.com/threads/amc-eagle-american-4x4-pioneer.229789/ |website=allpar.com |date=16 November 2020 |quote=... upmarket version of the compact AMC Hornet. |access-date=6 January 2023}}</ref>
| layout = [[Front-engine, four-wheel-drive layout|Front engine]], [[four-wheel drive]]
| assembly = {{unbulleted list | [[United States]]: [[Kenosha, Wisconsin]] (1980–1983) | [[Canada]]: [[Brampton|Brampton, Ontario]] (1984–1988) }}
| related = {{unbulleted list | [[AMC Concord]] | [[AMC Gremlin]] | [[AMC Hornet]] | [[AMC Spirit]] }}
| body_style = {{unbulleted list | 2-door [[coupé]] | 2-door [[hatchback]] | 4-door [[sedan (car)|sedan]] | 4-door [[station wagon]] | 2-door [[convertible]] }}
| engine = {{unbulleted list
 | {{convert|150|CID|L|1|abbr=on}} [[AMC straight-4 engine|AMC I4]]
 | {{convert|151|CID|L|1|abbr=on}} [[GM Iron Duke engine|GM Iron Duke I4]]
 | {{convert|258|CID|L|1|abbr=on}} [[AMC Straight-6 engine|AMC I6]] }}
| transmission = {{unbulleted list | 4-speed [[Manual transmission|manual]] | 5-speed manual | 3-speed [[TorqueFlite]] [[Automatic transmission|automatic]] }}
| wheelbase = {{unbulleted list | {{convert|97.2|in|mm|0|abbr=on}} liftback/kammback | {{convert|109.3|in|mm|0|abbr=on}} coupe/sedan/wagon }}
| length = {{unbulleted list | {{convert|166.6|in|mm|0|abbr=on}} liftback/kammback | {{convert|186.2|in|mm|0|abbr=on}} coupe/sedan/wagon }}
| width = {{unbulleted list | {{convert|73.0|in|mm|0|abbr=on}} liftback/kammback | {{convert|72.3|in|mm|0|abbr=on}} coupe/sedan/wagon }}
| height = {{unbulleted list | {{convert|55.2|in|mm|0|abbr=on}} liftback/kammback | {{convert|54.4|in|mm|0|abbr=on}} coupe/sedan | {{convert|54.6|in|mm|0|abbr=on}} wagon }}
| successor = {{unbulleted list | [[Eagle Summit]] (for Kammback and liftback) | [[Eagle Talon]] (for liftback) | [[Eagle Medallion]] (for sedan, coupe and wagon) | [[Eagle Summit|Eagle Summit Wagon]] (for wagon) }}
| designer = [[Dick Teague]]
}}

The '''AMC Eagle''' is a compact [[four-wheel drive]] passenger vehicle manufactured and marketed in a single generation by [[American Motors Corporation]] (AMC) for model years 1980 through 1987 and continued by [[Chrysler|Chrysler Corporation]] following its acquisition of AMC in 1987, for the 1988 model year.

Introduced in August 1979 for the 1980 [[model year]], the coupe, sedan, and station wagon [[body style]]s were based on the [[AMC Concord]]. In 1981, the two-door subcompact-sized [[AMC Spirit]]-based models, the '''SX/4''' and '''Kammback''', joined the Eagle line aimed at both first-time buyers and fleet sales.<ref name="Ernst">{{cite web|url= https://www.hemmings.com/stories/2014/03/10/lost-cars-of-the-1980s-1981-1982-amc-eagle-series-50-kammback |title=Lost Cars of the 1980s – 1981–1982 AMC Eagle Series 50 Kammback |first=Kurt |last=Ernst |date=10 March 2014 |work=Hemmings Classic Car |access-date=24 April 2022}}</ref>

A '''Sundancer''' [[convertible (car)|convertible]] conversion for the larger Eagle two-door model was available during 1981 and 1982. By 1984, only sedan and station wagon versions were available. For 1988, its final model year, only a station wagon was offered, marketed as the "Eagle Wagon". However, the name continued to be used by Chrysler Corporation as the [[Eagle (automobile)|Eagle]] brand of cars through 1998.

The AMC Eagles were the only four-wheel drive passenger cars produced in the United States at the time.<ref name="Newsweek79">{{cite magazine |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=LzPkAAAAMAAJ |magazine=Newsweek |volume=94 |page=207 |year=1979 |title=AMC a longtime loser starts to roar |access-date=18 May 2017 |archive-date=May 28, 2022 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220528172200/https://books.google.com/books?id=LzPkAAAAMAAJ }}</ref> All models featured "passenger-car comfort, plus 4WD security for all-weather security."<ref name="Jacobs"/> Marketing materials of the time refer to the Eagle as a "vehicle," "automobile," "car," or “sport machine.”<ref name="Lombard">{{cite web |last1=Lombard |first1=Stefan |title=How the AMC Eagle blazed a trail through a giant government loophole |url= https://www.hagerty.com/media/automotive-history/how-the-amc-eagle-blazed-a-trail-through-a-giant-government-loophole/ |work=Hagerty |date=16 May 2023 |access-date=29 November 2023}}</ref> Although the description was not in use at the time, the AMC Eagle is widely recognized as the first [[Crossover (automobile)|crossover]] vehicle.<ref name="Padgett, pp. 242–243">Padgett, pp. 242–243.</ref><ref name="Carney 2013" /><ref>{{cite web|last1=Gold|first1=Aaron|date=May 2017|title=AMC Eagle: No, Seriously, This Was the First Crossover SUV |url= https://www.autotrader.com/car-news/amc-eagle-no-seriously-this-was-the-first-crossover-suv-265257 |access-date=15 September 2019 |website=autotrader.com |archive-date=22 April 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190422072115/https://www.autotrader.com/car-news/amc-eagle-no-seriously-this-was-the-first-crossover-suv-265257 |url-status=live}}</ref>