American Motors Corporation was an absolute mess by the mid-1980s, and its financial problems in the U.S. market were compounded by infighting at its European corporate parent, Renault, where ...

The death of America’s not-so-big fourth automaker, AMC, is an oft-forgotten turning turning point for the U.S. car industry. Among other things, it handed Jeep to Chrysler, which wouldn’t be where it ...

Chrysler Corp. offered Monday to buy American Motors Corp. in a deal that could total $1.1 billion and save financially ailing AMC from extinction. ”Without this deal AMC would have died,” said Thomas ...

BERNARD HANON, chairman and chief executive officer of France`s state-owned Renault car group since 1981, will submit his resignation Tuesday. A successor will be named Wednesday, the company said.

Tom Glatch learned to drive in his dad’s 1961 Rambler Classic, and he still has fond memories. “They were really fantastic cars,” he told the Free Press recently. “Nothing flashy, but roomy, reliable ...