Editing AM General (section)

=== American Motors ===
In 1970, [[American Motors|American Motors Corporation]] (AMC) purchased the Jeep Corporation from Kaiser, when Kaiser decided to leave the auto business.<ref>{{cite book|last=Statham |first=Steve |title=Jeep Color History |year=2002 |publisher=MotorBooks International |isbn=978-0-7603-0636-9 |pages=97–100 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=dR3wmKlfnrMC&q=Kaiser+sold+the+Jeep+division+to+American+Motors&pg=PA99 |access-date=17 May 2015}}</ref>

In 1971, AMC made the General Products Division of [[Jeep]] (producing military trucks as well as contract and non-commercial vehicles) a [[wholly owned subsidiary]] and renamed it "AM General Corporation".<ref name=hyde1>{{cite book |last=Hyde|first=Charles K. |title=Storied Independent Automakers: Nash, Hudson, and American Motors |publisher=Wayne State University Press |year=2009 |page=194 |isbn=978-0-8143-3446-1}}</ref>

In 1982, American Motors ceased to function as an independent [[automaker]], when [[Renault]] purchased a controlling interest.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Foster |first=Patrick |title=Biography: Roy Chapin, Jr. |journal=Automobile Quarterly |year=2002 |volume=42 |issue=3 |page=109}}</ref>

US government regulations at that time forbade ownership of [[defense contractor]]s by foreign governments—and Renault was partially owned by the French government.<ref>{{cite book |first1=Byron |last1=Olsen |first2=Joseph P. |last2=Cabadas |first3=Joseph |last3=Cabadas |title=The American Auto Factory|year=2002|publisher=MotorBooks International|isbn=978-0-7603-1059-5|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=iZJzb91qsE4C&q=the+Pentagon+didn't+want+a+French-+controlled+company+making+American+military+equipment&pg=PA127 |page=127 |quote=The Pentagon didn't want a French-controlled company making American military equipment |access-date=21 September 2010}}</ref>