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# The Last Independent Automaker
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/the-last-independent-automaker/
- Published: 2025-04-29T20:10:08.000Z
- Updated: 2026-11-15T08:55:00.000Z
- Description: A look at the innovative and surprising history of the American Motors Corporation.
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: The Last Independent Automaker, #show, #ZZZ_Show_5522254a-c90e-4caa-a1b7-460381c93ccc, #showpage, #episodic_show, #geo-us, #v1.26

At half the size of its Big Three competitors, American Motors Corporation had to innovate throughout its 30 year history to survive. AMC factories provided new opportunities and a pathway to the middle class for thousands of minorities, women and immigrants. However, the perfect storm of economics, mismanagement, and betrayal would eventually bring everything crashing down.