AMC Eagle

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Based on the AMC Concord, the 1980 AMC Eagle was available as a four-door sedan and station wagon, as well as a coupe. The Eagle came base and upscale Limited trims, both of which carried the same features as the Concord DL and Limited, respectively. A Sport package was available only on the 2-door and wagon models featuring in addition to "Sport" emblems the following items: Durham Plaid fabric seat trim, leather wrapped sport steering wheel, sport fog lamps, halogen highbeam headlamps, dual... Read Full Story

The Eagle, revolutionary when it debuted, came about when Jeep's chief engineer, Roy Lunn, joined an AMC Concord body with a Jeep-like 4-wheel-drive driveline.[1] Such a vehicle was a logical step for AMC, according to then-AMC CEO Gerald C. Meyers, as a second energy crisis had hit in 1979, and sales of AMC's highly profitable truck-based Jeep line, which was not famous for good fuel mileage, plummeted, leaving AMC in a precarious financial position. Because of this, the Eagle provided a low... Read Full Story

Changes to the standard (Series 30) Eagle lineup for 1981 were notable. The GM 2.5 L Iron Duke I4 became standard equipment, as the 4.2 L I6 became optional. All Eagles took on a new plastic eggcrate-style grille divided into 24 squares at the front. The Eagle name moved to the grille header bar. Bumpers were updated so that their end caps flowed smoothly into the Krayton plastic wheelcarches and rocker panel trim. The Sport package, carried over from 1980 on all three body styles, used the... Read Full Story

The sedan and Limited wagon were dropped after the 1987 model year, leaving the base wagon as the only available Eagle in 1988, its final season. Chrysler purchased American Motors in August 1987. The car's name was officially changed from "AMC Eagle" to "Eagle Wagon", however, all of the AMC badges, build sheets, and door plaques were carried over. The VIN was no different under the new Chrysler ownership, other than the digit for the year. Although the paperwork that came with the 1988... Read Full Story