A Documentary Series on Independent Carmaker AMC Is Coming in 2024

When it comes to American carmaking, the tradition has been to refer to the Big Three American automakers: Ford, General Motors and Chrysler. Of course, the term doesn't have the same meaning today, with the latter brand now part of multinational auto giant Stellantis. Still, all three of the companies did or continue to dominate the North American industry.

And yet, American auto history has been dotted with various smaller firms that fought the good fight for more or less long periods of time. Today we can almost refer to Tesla as the fourth big guy in the ring. But there was another fourth big guy a few decades back, which went by the name American Motors Corporation (AMC). Formed from the merger of Nash-Kelvinator and Hudson in 1954, AMC was the only independent U.S. auto company to enjoy any degree of success over a long period of time after World War II.

And its story is absolutely incredible. Unfortunately, because that story played out between 1954 and 1987, fewer and fewer people today know about it; its vehicles are also increasingly rare.

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Now, we learn that a documentary series about the history of AMC is in the works that will allow younger generations to learn about this unique piece of American automotive history. “The Last Independent Automaker” will retrace the entire history of AMC by looking at the models they produced, their conception and their design, the economic environment of the 50s, 60s and 70s and union activities of the time.

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