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# The Betrayal
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/the-last-independent-automaker/episode/the-betrayal-by0cn9/
- Published: 2025-06-03T19:45:58.000Z
- Updated: 2025-08-22T06:16:22.000Z
- Description: American Motors struggles to make a profit and the alliance with France becomes strained.
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: The Last Independent Automaker, Season 1, Episode 106, #ZZZ_Episode_83ac2d70-9b38-48be-9b2c-3243cdab60d8, #episode, #ZZZ_Show_5522254a-c90e-4caa-a1b7-460381c93ccc, #geo-us, #v1.16

Despite award-winning new products, American Motors Corporation struggles to make a profit, frustrating its partnership with French automaker Renault. Rumors swirl as the French secretly negotiate to sell AMC to Chrysler Corporation. A terrorist assassination in France sparks a chain of events that leaves thousands of American workers betrayed. Yet, AMC lives on.