The years active figures are meant to represent the years cars were produced with the brand name, and not necessarily when the company started or went bankrupt. AMC is known mainly for being the steward of the Jeep brand from , when it acquired Kaiser-Jeep, until Chrysler bought and absorbed it in Many people still associate the heavy, big yellow Checker taxi car with New York City of the '60s and '70s, but are unlikely aware the car was actually produced in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
One estimate from concluded that 35, of the nation's , taxis were Checkers, used primarily in Chicago and New York but also in smaller cities. The company went defunct 13 years after the death of founder Morris Markin due to greater demand for fuel economy in the taxi business. Often confused with Ford's Lincoln Continental, the Continental Mark II was actually the sole product of a separate Ford division and an expensive pet project of the company's namesake family.
Elegant but overpriced, the Mark II resembled some of the finer European luxury sedans of the time. Celebrities and politicians alike, including Barry Goldwater and Elvis, forked out twice the price of a Cadillac to be seen in a Mark II. Widely viewed as the car with the quirkiest back story, the DMC will be forever seared into s pop culture for its role in the Robert Zemeckis feel-good sci-fi film "Back to the Future.
As flawed as it was iconic, the DMC was the only car ever built by Delorean before it went under in Chrysler's DeSoto division plowed through the Great Depression, selling its low-priced Airflow cars that featured what at the time would have been considered futuristic, a distinct fastback rear profile. By the '50s, DeSoto was well entrenched in the Atomic Age aesthetic, with large fins and rocket-like body styles. But a combination of spotty quality control, an industry pivot towards smaller cars, and two lengthy recessions in the '50s compelled Chrysler to shut down the DeSoto operations.
Backed primarily by Detroit department store owner Joseph L. The low-price Essex introduced in helped the company become briefly the third largest U. Hudson was the first to introduce engine warning lights to the dashboard. AMC stopped using the Hudson nameplate in The M and H1 were the only two Hummers that actually closely resembled the military version.
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Investopedia does not include all offers available in the marketplace. Eight of the 10 top dead brand searches were for assorted Holden vehicles. Of those, Commodore is the winner scoring more than the next nine Holdens combined. Curious about the s the folks at Budget also broke down dead car brands from that decade.
It was never a huge seller even at its peak and was absorbed into American Motors in the mids. American was absorbed by Chrysler in the s which is how it ended up with the Jeep brand. At number two is the Saab 93, that buggy-looking sedan from Sweden. Next is the Plymouth Fury, though there were many years of them starting in But if you see something that doesn't look right, click here to contact us!
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