Kudala ngaphambi kokuba umhlaba wazi iVolvo V70 XC ne-Audi A6 Allroad, uhlobo oluncane lwaseMelika i-AMC lwabeka izisekelo zengxenye “yeveni yamabhulukwe egoqiwe” AMC Ukhozi ukuthi sikhulume nawe namuhla.
Eyethulwa ngo-1980, i-AMC Eagle kwakuwumzamo womkhiqizo - owasinika amamodeli afana ne-quirky Pacer ne-Gremlin - ukusebenzisa ulwazi oluzuzwe kumkhiqizo ophumelele kakhulu kuphothifoliyo yawo, i-Jeep (yayiphethwe ngaleso sikhathi). ) ukulisebenzisa kumamodeli engabhekana nawo “neBig Three of Detroit” (General Motors, Ford kanye neChrysler).
Umphumela waba uKhozi lwe-AMC, iveni elinemvume esezingeni eliphezulu kakhulu, elihlala linawo wonke amasondo elingavulwa ngenkinobho elula ku-centre console, kanye nokubukeka okumangalisayo okungenzeka kube intokozo emakethe namuhla.
ikhophi iyathengiswa
Hhayi-ke, uma ubunesithakazelo kuleli phayona “lamaveni amabhulukwe asongiwe” sinezindaba ezinhle. Ingabe kuwebhusayithi ethi Letha I-Trailer kukhona Ukhozi lwe-AMC lwango-1981 oluthengiswayo, olunebhidi ephezulu kakhulu okwamanje ngamadola angama-4000 (cishe ama-euro angama-3500).
Bhalisela iphephandaba lethu
Ngokusho komkhangisi, i-inline 4.2 l inline six-cylinder ephilisa lolu Khozi lwe-AMC seyakhiwe kabusha, kubalwa nje u-33 800 km. Ngaphezu kwalokhu, iveni yaseNyakatho Melika iphinde yathola izinto ezintsha zokudonsa umoya, ibhethri elisha futhi yapendwa eminyakeni eyishumi edlule.
Nakuba kungenasici - ama-wheel arch flares awenziwanga embonini; amathayi abukeka emakhulu kunawokuqala, futhi phakathi neminyaka yawo engama-40 abonakala ngokuningiliziwe - iqiniso liwukuthi, lolu Khozi lwe-AMC belusabonakala lukwazi ukumelana nesikhathi kahle.
Ngaphezu kwemodeli
Ngokuphambene nalokho ongase ukucabange, Ukhozi bekungeyona nje imodeli ye-AMC, kodwa uhla lonke. Ngaphandle kweveni, i-AMC yayine-sedan “enamabhulukwe agoqekile” kanye namasondo onke, i-kammback (imiqulu emibili, nezicabha ezintathu) kanye nama-coupes amabili (!), i-AMC Eagle Sport (amaMelika ayichaza njenge- i-sedan enezicabha ezimbili) kanye ne-AMC Eagle SX/4, uhlobo lukababa wesimanje "SUV-Coupé".
I-AMC Eagle SX/4, eyandulela i-"SUV-Coupé".
Ngeshwa, wonke lawa mamodeli kubonakala sengathi aqale ishumi leminyaka maduze nje - abe nempumelelo ethile eminyakeni yokuqala engu-2-3 yokumaketha, ikakhulukazi iveni, kodwa ukuthengisa kuzogcina kwehla ngokushesha phakathi neminyaka eyishumi.
Futhi ngo-1987, uhlobo lwe-AMC ngokwalo lwaluzonyamalala (olwalunobambiswano neRenault), ngemuva kokutholwa kwalo nguChrysler.