My dad had an Eagle SX/4, Gremlin X, Hornet, and an AMX. He never used the Eagle in the warmer months, but it was the car he used exclusively during the winter. I can remember a blizzard that dropped 3-4 feet of snow and totally shut Denver down, but the Eagle just ate that snow up and barreled right through it.
Nice!!! My aunt had a '79 Concord D/L 2 door in blue with the same color interior, it ended up dying on her way home from work and replaced by a '90 Hyundai Excel in 1993 with no a/c.
That is the exact description of what we thought in the 80s, too. We thought these things were the coolest things on 4 wheels. It definitely helped spark the fire of the SUV craze early on.
Yeah i dislile how ugly and stretched verticly they all are. Only Subaru still makes them lile lifted cars woth Crosstrek being lifted up Impreza and same for Outback. Ofcourse styling on its own is more questionable early 2010 models and early-mid 2000s models were better looking from over all for me but Outback is quite good looking from current lineup. Tho i would still stick to older cars they are just more fun to drive all the efficiency and emission regulations made automakers engineer out the fun from cars with even stick shift being mediocre feeling in operation in cars and on verge of extinction.....I take 90s cars that are still mechanical where it matters over this and some from early 2000s that stuck to mechanical throttles and the rest.....but its quite a short list with sports cars excluded.
I saw an Eagle wagon for the first time when I was 16. It was love at first sight. I thought it was the most amazing car I had ever seen, and I couldn't stop talking about it. My dad bought me one a year later. I wish I still had it. I still think they're the greatest cars ever made, and personally, I think they're beautiful.
I grew up in Alaska and began driving in the mid-90s. Used to see plenty of Eagle Wagons back in the day and I always wanted one. Mad respect for the AMC Eagle.
80s baby, here. I remember these things, and I rode around in one regularly.. as well as the gargantuan wagons with rear-facing seats where we'd wave to cars behind us lol!
My parents owned 2 of these. They were happy with both. Drove both for a long time. The first one got wrecked, not my parents fault, some one hit them. The second one finally got traded for a Jeep Grande Cherokee. I had driven both at one time or another. They were ok, no complaints.
My first two cars were both 1982 AMC Concords. That 4.2 liter straight six was indestructible. That second car moved my from Hartford, Connecticut to Washington, D.C. towing a 5x8 U-Haul trailer running on only five of it’s six cylinders!
When I was a child back in 1980s and early 90s the postal service worker which was a woman drove the station wagon version of this car. I remember that it had two steering wheels and chain connecting them so she could drive right hand drive. Pennsylvania USA
In the early 90’s I worked with a girl whose father was loved these because they lived on an acreage 30 minutes outside the city here in Canada, I think at one point they had 3 of these.
I don't know if that's typical of all cars by American Motors, but my parents had a Matador when I was little back in the 70s. I was way too young to drive a car at the time, but I remember my mother hated that car. It wouldn't make it up a hill if you floored it. According to her, trim pieces would fall off the car. So many things.
All of you have some great stories! I personally would love to own an AMC Eagle wagon (1984-1988)! Would have been a good car to have when we had the snow and ice storm this past February!!!
@@jasoncarpp7742 You are right! Subarus at that time were useless! If AMC was alive today, I believe the AMC Eagle would be around right now taking advantage of people's obsession with crossovers and SUVs!!!
I recent Bought A 1981 AMC Eagle SX4, i got it as my first classic car. i have a few things to do to get it back to road worthy. And thanks to talking to my dad we can get a bunch of parts to get it even more power, and due to the fact of AMC using parts of of other company's so you can make it, also the rarest out there is a diesel wagon with only 7 ever sold. I can't wait to get it running and drive it.
The Eagle era un SUV., de los de verdad, no como ahora que son un quiero y no puedo, solo tienen tracción delantera. Yo tengo un Renault Koleos 2 con 4 ruedas motrices y me recuerda al AMC Eagle en su versión ranchera, la que más me gustaba. From Spain for all.
I just bought an 85 Eagle wagon as a rolling project/daily driver. I'm getting tired of all the crap on new cars, and at 52, I'm leaning hard over to the side of simplicity.
The Eagle is the perfect example to show it's almost never good to be first to create a new segment. Jump forward in time to 1998 and voila: We got the Volvo V70XC and Subaru Legacy Outback, both huge successfully cars. Flash forward another 20 years, and there's AWD crossover sedans, coupes and hatchbacks from virtually every premium car brand.
i had an Eagle two door in the 80,s very reliable except for a starter failure. great for Ohio snow. I still believe that AMC,s straight six was one of the best engines produced at that time.
I think the AMC Eagle was super cool. Definitely a classic that has aged well in my opinion. I see them occasionally for sale and have thought that it would be cool to get one and swap a 4.0 head and efi system into one.
I liked them at the time and I think as far as style, they have aged much more gracefully than most cars of their time. Simply the fact that the wagon had a sloped back rather than squared off like the Ford and Chevy counterparts goes a long way in avoiding the stereotypical "80's look."
I worked for Northwood AMC in Barre, Vermont when the Eagle first came out. I do not care what people say, it was a great car. I got to test drive all the new cars that came into the dealership, The Eagle was a great-looking car and was fun to drive. It had excellent traction and handled very well. If I could find one in good condition, I certainly would consider buying it, especially if it was a standard.
My dad bought me a used 83 sx4 in 85 so I could drive to university. It cost 5k used. I enjoyed that car for a year until he deemed to sell it when I transferred to a university closer to home that I could take the bus to. I probably begged him not to do it, but, I had no choice. Then I started buying cheap cars for myself and started with a $400 1978 Mercury Capri that my friend sold me. Getting safeties back then was much easier. I only had to pay $100 for a phoney one from a mechanic he knew. Lol
I 😍 loved 😍 ❤️ ❤️ the Eagle cars. Never owned one but thought they were ahead of there time. Loved the AMC Hornet. So many great cars. 👍 love the javelin too.
My dad had an Light Steel blue AMC Concord w vinyl roof. Every time you would use the A/C the condensation would overflow into the passenger foot well. Though he took it back many times to have it fixed the dealer finally put up their hands & said it was a flaw in the design, they had made the drip pan too shallow so for the 15+ yrs they had it, my mother traveled w a towel over her shoes in summer. Our neighbors across the street only bought AMC, she had a cute little Light green wagon (Rambler, not sure...) it was smaller than an Olds or Ford station wagon. I remember a Matador (I think that was the name) for the Mr & she eventually downgraded to a Pacer (caramel/Dk Beige) but she luv’d it because of all the glass, car was very wide I remember. Nice memories.
I always liked the AMC Eagle wagon. I wish I had bought one in the 1990s when they were fully depreciated, but not too old and worn out and had not yet reached cult car status and prices.
Some of the Mitsubishi Eagles were great. I had a 1994 Eagle AWD Vista Wagon, which was an innovative design and a pretty crazy on-road machine. It was a super sporty powerful micro-van when mini-vans were still a new idea. The Nissan Multi and Axxess were similar design, but nowhere near the sports car ability. With the back seat taken out, my wife and I could sleep comfortably in the back - we did some amazing guerilla camping trips.
In addition to my comment above, I thought the same thing. Thought about doing an engine swap to a 304, but the main issue I saw was attaching the front diff to the engine. Didn't seem worth the effort.
@@61rampy65 There was a feature or a series in either Four Wheeler or 4 Wheel & Off Road back in the '90s by a guy who did just that -- swapped in a 304 and topped it with a Holley TBI system. I think he offset the engine to clear the diff.
This video is awesome, very important info in it. I knew some of it but you filled in all the blanks for me and that really meant something. thanks for this, keep it up!!
I always really liked the Eagle. A cousin of mine had one new when I was a kid. As I got older and more into cars, it became apparent that it was styling that killed that car. It was like going to your aunt's house in 1988 and her living room was decorated in 1974...and didn't change a bit. It was literally wood paneling and plaid furniture. Other auto makers were evolving and AMC wasn't. Granted, they didn't have resources to do so. It was a vicious circle. But they definitely made an impact. I'd love to get ahold of an SX4, personally. Great channel, by the way. Takes me back to a lot of cool childhood memories.
I bought a 6 year old 1980 Wagon. It was very luxurious and even had a factory CB radio. It wasn't that reliable, but was not difficult or complicated to repair.
My mother had an 81 4 door. She loved it. It was a really nice car. At the time, I had the 76 Hornet station wagon. I'd love to find a good condition Eagle wagon nowadays.
When the EAGLE came out I was a Senior in High School. He looks of this car was love at first site, including the Concord and Spirit. The AMC 4.2 was a great engine, linked to Chryslers 3 speed torque flight automatic. An AMC 4 speed stick and later Borg Warner 5 Speed Manual where available with the durable Pontiac/GM 2.5ltr "Iron Duke" 4 banger. This engine was used in the USPS LLV's (Long Life Vehicles) in early production before being replaced with the 2.2ltr. It is a shame AMC died.
The Eagle made a lot of sense here in Alaska, when the only other 4x4 car was the tiny first gen Subaru. I had an Eagle SX/4 and found it sure-footed and reliable.
My first car was a '78 Concord wagon (the RWD precursor to the Eagle). It was ex-phone company fleet model with a plastic interior, and didn't even have a radio or rear windows that could be lowered! Still, it was a great car and I got out of it way more than the $600 it cost to purchase. When it eventually died I found a used Eagle wagon at a Chevy lot and was stoked to buy it, but it broke down during my test drive and the dealer decided to sell it to a wholesaler as-is rather than take my $500 offer. It's 2021 and I still want an Eagle wagon.
I had one in 2005/2006 ... Funnest car I had ❤️❤️👏👏👏 My first car was Chevy S-10 Blazer Tahoe pack ( not a big blaze that Tahoe was small .... But 4x4 n fun as the AMC Eagle)
I like the Kammback style of the Eagle Kammback. I also like the station wagon. I also love the grille of the 1981 and later Spirit. If I were to buy an Eagle today, the only upgrade I'd give it are a Duramax LWN 2.8 litre Turbo Diesel engine and an automatic gearbox.
The AMC Spirit was a bullet proof car, with the Iron Duke 4 - easy to get parts and service. The Eagle Premier wasn't just a badge engineered, it was an Eagle, with Unique styling and interior, it was the last AMC 'worked' model.
Crossover as a vehicle description has become mostly an academic term, at least in America. Though it was popular to talk about crossovers from the end of the 90s until about 2010 or so, most people like to refer to their Honda CRVs and Subaru Forresters as SUVs. It is very cool to dig into the past with the AMC Eagle to discover early days of unibody all wheel drive hatchbacks that everyone is buying these days. Thanks for the video!
I love this channel for seeing cars that existed probably when I was just starting to form memories out the side window of my mom's villager van, yet I can't remember many of the cars on the road at that time. The one that I always remembered was the Mitsubishi Eclipse though, and I have NO IDEA why I remember that specific car.
Growing up in Anchorage, Alaska the main cars on the road were Eagles or Subarus. Everything else was a truck. 4-wheel drive was a winter necessity back then along with an engine block heater you plugged in every night if you didn't own a garage.
Grew up with AMC’s. My brother had a ‘68 Javelin then a 71 Gremlin. My father had a Rambler American, a Rebel and then a Matador and an Ambassador. I had a 1980 Spirit then an 85 Eagle. You have to give props to AMC they had great imagination were willing to take chances and were way ahead of their time with some revolutionary ideas and designs. It’s to bad they were always underfunded and seemed a little to far ahead of the general public to understand!
I wish AMC would’ve continued to have success as a company. Id love to have seen what they would’ve had in the 90s and today
I agree. Even if American Motors hadn't survived, it would've been something to see an Eagle Wagon or a 4 door sedan still churning along.
AMC engineering tainted future projects at Chrysler it would have been a very different landscape in the 90's without that new breath into Chrysler.
@Jason Carpp Sadly they’ve probably all been recycled by now
Blame Mitt Romney's dad George...he killed AMC.
I agree. They were probably the most innovative car company in America. Really ahead of its time.
My dad had an Eagle SX/4, Gremlin X, Hornet, and an AMX.
He never used the Eagle in the warmer months, but it was the car he used exclusively during the winter. I can remember a blizzard that dropped 3-4 feet of snow and totally shut Denver down, but the Eagle just ate that snow up and barreled right through it.
Nice!!! My aunt had a '79 Concord D/L 2 door in blue with the same color interior, it ended up dying on her way home from work and replaced by a '90 Hyundai Excel in 1993 with no a/c.
As a teenager of the 2010's I have to say I get a ridiculous need for one of these, I love the concept of a regular ol car on a utility chassis
Have you seen Jeremy Clarkson's The Excellent?
That is the exact description of what we thought in the 80s, too. We thought these things were the coolest things on 4 wheels. It definitely helped spark the fire of the SUV craze early on.
This old school Crossover looks a million times better than any modern Crossover you see on the road today.
Yeah i dislile how ugly and stretched verticly they all are. Only Subaru still makes them lile lifted cars woth Crosstrek being lifted up Impreza and same for Outback. Ofcourse styling on its own is more questionable early 2010 models and early-mid 2000s models were better looking from over all for me but Outback is quite good looking from current lineup. Tho i would still stick to older cars they are just more fun to drive all the efficiency and emission regulations made automakers engineer out the fun from cars with even stick shift being mediocre feeling in operation in cars and on verge of extinction.....I take 90s cars that are still mechanical where it matters over this and some from early 2000s that stuck to mechanical throttles and the rest.....but its quite a short list with sports cars excluded.
@@Kacpa2 Just like the EPA butchered the American Muscle cars in the 1970s.
Just slap a turbo charged diesel/5spd manual in it, a touchscreen deck,and, so sold wheel/tire pachage n you good!
The American eagle was the shit period
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I saw an Eagle wagon for the first time when I was 16. It was love at first sight. I thought it was the most amazing car I had ever seen, and I couldn't stop talking about it. My dad bought me one a year later. I wish I still had it. I still think they're the greatest cars ever made, and personally, I think they're beautiful.
They were indeed a work of art, way ahead of its time.
opposite for me - in my teens I thought they were the best looking cars ever. I still watch this in awe.
I grew up in Alaska and began driving in the mid-90s. Used to see plenty of Eagle Wagons back in the day and I always wanted one. Mad respect for the AMC Eagle.
80s baby, here. I remember these things, and I rode around in one regularly.. as well as the gargantuan wagons with rear-facing seats where we'd wave to cars behind us lol!
My great grandfather owned and drove this station wagon. Thanks for this!!! The wagon.
My parents owned 2 of these. They were happy with both. Drove both for a long time. The first one got wrecked, not my parents fault, some one hit them. The second one finally got traded for a Jeep Grande Cherokee. I had driven both at one time or another. They were ok, no complaints.
Such a bad ass looking wagon, that’s why I love my 2018 Subaru Outback, which could be considered like a modern eagle
AMC bring me good memories of my childhood, i really liked the Eagle!
So friggin badass! Can you imagine driving one of these things on the beach and pulling other trucks out?
I always loved how they were styled,and the car was reliable and very pleasent to drive.
I really like this channel, short stories on regular cars we seen in the 80s and 90s
I agree, all the other channels focus on 70’s and earlier, particularly muscle cars.
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I grew up in Wisconsin, live in Minnesota now. The eagle owned wintertime. If you brought them back people here would love you
I bought an SX4, little over 16,000 & I loved it, it took me where I wanted, that 83 Eagle was worth every penny 😍
These were wonderful cars way ahead of their time!
My first two cars were both 1982 AMC Concords. That 4.2 liter straight six was indestructible. That second car moved my from Hartford, Connecticut to Washington, D.C. towing a 5x8 U-Haul trailer running on only five of it’s six cylinders!
My first three cars were AMCs: a last-gen AMX, Concorde, and Spirit. They were abundant and reasonably priced in the used car classifieds back then :)
I was amazed recently when i witnessed an eagle in pristine condition driving down the road.
When I was a child back in 1980s and early 90s the postal service worker which was a woman drove the station wagon version of this car. I remember that it had two steering wheels and chain connecting them so she could drive right hand drive. Pennsylvania USA
A kid in high school had one of these 4x4 on a giant lift kit. Strange car but looked better than the wagons/crossovers today
I knew a guy that had one of these. He absolutely loved it.
You should be commended for giving a great history lesson.
In the early 90’s I worked with a girl whose father was loved these because they lived on an acreage 30 minutes outside the city here in Canada, I think at one point they had 3 of these.
My parents had a Concord and Eagle back in the 80’s. Good looking cars, but they broke down sometimes.
I don't know if that's typical of all cars by American Motors, but my parents had a Matador when I was little back in the 70s. I was way too young to drive a car at the time, but I remember my mother hated that car. It wouldn't make it up a hill if you floored it. According to her, trim pieces would fall off the car. So many things.
All of you have some great stories! I personally would love to own an AMC Eagle wagon (1984-1988)! Would have been a good car to have when we had the snow and ice storm this past February!!!
@@johnnymason3265 Same here. I would've preferred this any day over a Subaru 4wd of the same vintage.
@@jasoncarpp7742 You are right! Subarus at that time were useless! If AMC was alive today, I believe the AMC Eagle would be around right now taking advantage of people's obsession with crossovers and SUVs!!!
@@johnnymason3265 Were they? I was too young to drive at the time. What made Subaru 4wds "useless"?
I used to have a Eagle SX 4, I loved that car, It was totally awesome in the snow, and out in the woods.
I recent Bought A 1981 AMC Eagle SX4, i got it as my first classic car. i have a few things to do to get it back to road worthy. And thanks to talking to my dad we can get a bunch of parts to get it even more power, and due to the fact of AMC using parts of of other company's so you can make it, also the rarest out there is a diesel wagon with only 7 ever sold. I can't wait to get it running and drive it.
Sounds like a dream come true. Wish you all the best bringing that beauty back to the highways.
The original Eagle sedan was a really good car. My aunt had one for delivering mail on back roads
What a cool video! My parents had one in the mid 80s and I always liked it. Welcome to the community not competition crew!
God, this car was so ahead of it's time! The gas mileage was amazing plus AWD!
The Eagle era un SUV., de los de verdad, no como ahora que son un quiero y no puedo, solo tienen tracción delantera. Yo tengo un Renault Koleos 2 con 4 ruedas motrices y me recuerda al AMC Eagle en su versión ranchera, la que más me gustaba. From Spain for all.
I just bought an 85 Eagle wagon as a rolling project/daily driver. I'm getting tired of all the crap on new cars, and at 52, I'm leaning hard over to the side of simplicity.
Great car love to have one today
We had a 1982 concord. Comfortable car.
I would love to have an Eagle 4 x 4
A friend of mine had one and even her mother,too.
Love the Eagle wagons, always have always will.
I still own a 1988 Eagle Wagon, 92,000 mi, stock/air, 4X4, runs great.
I bought a 1983 Eagle wagon in 1989. Drove it and towed my boat for 10 years! Awesome vehicle!
My friend's dad had one of these while I was growing up. It was just old when I was little but it was a classic by graduation.
The Eagle is the perfect example to show it's almost never good to be first to create a new segment.
Jump forward in time to 1998 and voila: We got the Volvo V70XC and Subaru Legacy Outback, both huge successfully cars.
Flash forward another 20 years, and there's AWD crossover sedans, coupes and hatchbacks from virtually every premium car brand.
My parents had 3 AMC eagles they kept one to 1999 before trading it in. Also first car I drove
My uncle owned one for a time. Maybe a few over his lifetime.
My best friend had one of these in the middle 80s, it was a good little wagon and was really good on snow.
i had an Eagle two door in the 80,s very reliable except for a starter failure. great for Ohio snow. I still believe that AMC,s straight six was one of the best engines produced at that time.
I think the AMC Eagle was super cool. Definitely a classic that has aged well in my opinion. I see them occasionally for sale and have thought that it would be cool to get one and swap a 4.0 head and efi system into one.
I liked them at the time and I think as far as style, they have aged much more gracefully than most cars of their time. Simply the fact that the wagon had a sloped back rather than squared off like the Ford and Chevy counterparts goes a long way in avoiding the stereotypical "80's look."
I worked for Northwood AMC in Barre, Vermont when the Eagle first came out. I do not care what people say, it was a great car. I got to test drive all the new cars that came into the dealership, The Eagle was a great-looking car and was fun to drive. It had excellent traction and handled very well. If I could find one in good condition, I certainly would consider buying it, especially if it was a standard.
This was my first car as a 17 yo in 1998. Mine was a 1987 model. I still miss driving that beast!
Always wanted an SX/4 when I was a teen. Almost bought a rusty one, but couldn't get my parents to split the cost and I was too poor
My dad bought me a used 83 sx4 in 85 so I could drive to university. It cost 5k used. I enjoyed that car for a year until he deemed to sell it when I transferred to a university closer to home that I could take the bus to. I probably begged him not to do it, but, I had no choice. Then I started buying cheap cars for myself and started with a $400 1978 Mercury Capri that my friend sold me. Getting safeties back then was much easier. I only had to pay $100 for a phoney one from a mechanic he knew. Lol
Very thorough research for including the tidbits about Back To The Future.
Fantastic video, your research and time you put into your videos are well above par.
Above par is still bad, right?
@@TheCOZ below par is bad, above is good. Par = average. The only time below par is good is when you are playing golf.
I would like to see the Eagle Talon. I had a turbocharged 1993 Talon AWD, very fun little car.
We had 1 of every model. Kamback, SX/4, 2 door sedan and a wagon. Various years. I miss them so much.
I wish I still had my eagle
AMC was such a cool company. They are responsible for making suv/4x4 s being as dependable as they are today. That 4.0 Inline 6 was Jeeps best 6cy
I feel honored to be in the first 1k subscribers. You will be bigger than Hoovie or Sam Crack.
I 😍 loved 😍 ❤️ ❤️ the Eagle cars. Never owned one but thought they were ahead of there time. Loved the AMC Hornet. So many great cars. 👍 love the javelin too.
My dad had an Light Steel blue AMC Concord w vinyl roof. Every time you would use the A/C the condensation would overflow into the passenger foot well. Though he took it back many times to have it fixed the dealer finally put up their hands & said it was a flaw in the design, they had made the drip pan too shallow so for the 15+ yrs they had it, my mother traveled w a towel over her shoes in summer. Our neighbors across the street only bought AMC, she had a cute little Light green wagon (Rambler, not sure...) it was smaller than an Olds or Ford station wagon. I remember a Matador (I think that was the name) for the Mr & she eventually downgraded to a Pacer (caramel/Dk Beige) but she luv’d it because of all the glass, car was very wide I remember. Nice memories.
Great history and great video about AMC Eagle, really that was the first American crossover, like Wagoneer the first SUV. Memories about this AMC..
Chevrolet was making the suburban in 1935...
I always liked the AMC Eagle wagon. I wish I had bought one in the 1990s when they were fully depreciated, but not too old and worn out and had not yet reached cult car status and prices.
Wow so much info in a short period of time..... Am I the only only one playing it @ .75 ?
Some of the Mitsubishi Eagles were great. I had a 1994 Eagle AWD Vista Wagon, which was an innovative design and a pretty crazy on-road machine. It was a super sporty powerful micro-van when mini-vans were still a new idea. The Nissan Multi and Axxess were similar design, but nowhere near the sports car ability. With the back seat taken out, my wife and I could sleep comfortably in the back - we did some amazing guerilla camping trips.
AMC offering a factory V8 option would've taken these things to another level.
In addition to my comment above, I thought the same thing. Thought about doing an engine swap to a 304, but the main issue I saw was attaching the front diff to the engine. Didn't seem worth the effort.
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There was a feature or a series in either Four Wheeler or 4 Wheel & Off Road back in the '90s by a guy who did just that -- swapped in a 304 and topped it with a Holley TBI system. I think he offset the engine to clear the diff.
Yes but SUVs were growing in support early 1990s.
This video is awesome, very important info in it. I knew some of it but you filled in all the blanks for me and that really meant something. thanks for this, keep it up!!
I always really liked the Eagle. A cousin of mine had one new when I was a kid. As I got older and more into cars, it became apparent that it was styling that killed that car. It was like going to your aunt's house in 1988 and her living room was decorated in 1974...and didn't change a bit. It was literally wood paneling and plaid furniture. Other auto makers were evolving and AMC wasn't. Granted, they didn't have resources to do so. It was a vicious circle. But they definitely made an impact. I'd love to get ahold of an SX4, personally. Great channel, by the way. Takes me back to a lot of cool childhood memories.
I bought a 6 year old 1980 Wagon. It was very luxurious and even had a factory CB radio. It wasn't that reliable, but was not difficult or complicated to repair.
I remember they were brown, fake wood with spoke hubcaps. I couldn't drive yet, but I wanted a Subaru Brat👍
I remember Brats. They were marketed to 🎿 crowds. Winter areas. 4x4.
Just like the Aztek, it was a crossover ahead of it time which helped kill its manufacturer.
I've always wanted a AMC eagle my grandparents had one when I was a kid they are hard to find nowadays for a decent price
My mother had an 81 4 door. She loved it. It was a really nice car. At the time, I had the 76 Hornet station wagon. I'd love to find a good condition Eagle wagon nowadays.
I had an amc eagle wagon for my first car. Loved it
I'm now binge watching this channel
The AMC eagle is probably my favorite crossover ever.
My parents had the wagon when I was a kid and loved it. It was pretty rad.
Honestly I want an Eagle, either the SX4 or the Wagon
some of these eagles are just awesome looking
My first car was a used AMC Spirit that I bought for $350 back in 1986. I treated it like a rally car in the Mount Washington Valley of New Hampshire.
I remember seeing them as in kid in the 80's..(complete w/ wood trim). I knew they were something special
When the EAGLE came out I was a Senior in High School. He looks of this car was love at first site, including the Concord and Spirit. The AMC 4.2 was a great engine, linked to Chryslers 3 speed torque flight automatic. An AMC 4 speed stick and later Borg Warner 5 Speed Manual where available with the durable Pontiac/GM 2.5ltr "Iron Duke" 4 banger. This engine was used in the USPS LLV's (Long Life Vehicles) in early production before being replaced with the 2.2ltr. It is a shame AMC died.
My thoughts exactly, these vehicles were so ahead of their time and so cool!
Great spots from the Back to the Future films!
The original eagle cars were so far ahead of their time it was almost ridiculous.
The Eagle made a lot of sense here in Alaska, when the only other 4x4 car was the tiny first gen Subaru. I had an Eagle SX/4 and found it sure-footed and reliable.
My first car was a '78 Concord wagon (the RWD precursor to the Eagle). It was ex-phone company fleet model with a plastic interior, and didn't even have a radio or rear windows that could be lowered! Still, it was a great car and I got out of it way more than the $600 it cost to purchase.
When it eventually died I found a used Eagle wagon at a Chevy lot and was stoked to buy it, but it broke down during my test drive and the dealer decided to sell it to a wholesaler as-is rather than take my $500 offer.
It's 2021 and I still want an Eagle wagon.
I had one in 2005/2006 ... Funnest car I had ❤️❤️👏👏👏
My first car was Chevy S-10 Blazer Tahoe pack ( not a big blaze that Tahoe was small .... But 4x4 n fun as the AMC Eagle)
I like the Kammback style of the Eagle Kammback. I also like the station wagon. I also love the grille of the 1981 and later Spirit. If I were to buy an Eagle today, the only upgrade I'd give it are a Duramax LWN 2.8 litre Turbo Diesel engine and an automatic gearbox.
Definitely this car I wanted to own from USA especially western trim wagon. Awesome vid👍
The AMC Eagle reminded me so much of the ‘Stompers’ car toys that had the lifted wheels.
I've always loved these and the VW Golf Country.
You do such a nice job with your reviews. They are like little versions of Motor Week. Nicely done!!
The AMC Spirit was a bullet proof car, with the Iron Duke 4 - easy to get parts and service. The Eagle Premier wasn't just a badge engineered, it was an Eagle, with Unique styling and interior, it was the last AMC 'worked' model.
Crossover as a vehicle description has become mostly an academic term, at least in America. Though it was popular to talk about crossovers from the end of the 90s until about 2010 or so, most people like to refer to their Honda CRVs and Subaru Forresters as SUVs. It is very cool to dig into the past with the AMC Eagle to discover early days of unibody all wheel drive hatchbacks that everyone is buying these days. Thanks for the video!
I love this channel for seeing cars that existed probably when I was just starting to form memories out the side window of my mom's villager van, yet I can't remember many of the cars on the road at that time. The one that I always remembered was the Mitsubishi Eclipse though, and I have NO IDEA why I remember that specific car.
I owned 5 wagons; they were excellent snow cars in Colorado, The Aspen police and Pitkin County sheriff even use them way back in the day.
Growing up in Anchorage, Alaska the main cars on the road were Eagles or Subarus. Everything else was a truck. 4-wheel drive was a winter necessity back then along with an engine block heater you plugged in every night if you didn't own a garage.
I would love to see a video on the Chrysler K-car and all of the derivatives that were made!!!!
Grew up with AMC’s. My brother had a ‘68 Javelin then a 71 Gremlin. My father had a Rambler American, a Rebel and then a Matador and an Ambassador. I had a 1980 Spirit then an 85 Eagle. You have to give props to AMC they had great imagination were willing to take chances and were way ahead of their time with some revolutionary ideas and designs. It’s to bad they were always underfunded and seemed a little to far ahead of the general public to understand!
I used to see these on the car lot. That was the car for me! I was a bit too young to drive.