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The Last Independent Automaker
The Odd Couple
Season 1
Episode 103
American Motors’ unlikely management team launches a quirky new car to fight the growing wave of foreign imports in the U.S. Despite his colleague’s protests, CEO Roy Chapin Jr. buys the lackluster Jeep Corporation, leading AMC into the burgeoning four-wheel-drive market. A sudden oil shortage rocks the industry but boosts small car sales.
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American Motors struggles to make a profit and the alliance with France becomes strained.
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American Motors aligns with a French company to build a nw fuel-efficient car.
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American Motors changes its public image and turns to sportier "muscle cars."
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The American Motors Corporation is created as a merger between two independent car companies.