W ho doesn’t love an underdog? American Motors Corporation, the amalgamation of Nash-Kelvinator and Hudson, was always in the shadow of America’s Big Three automakers. Yet the domestic ...

Formed in 1954 by the merger of Nash-Kelvinator and Hudson Motor Car Company, American Motors Corporation (AMC) was the country's fourth-largest automaker until it was purchased by Chrysler in 1988.

Back in 1954, the Nash-Kelvinator Corporation merged with the Hudson Motor Car Company to form the fourth-largest automobile company in the United States. Once all the Wall Street types did their ...