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# The Odd Couple
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/the-last-independent-automaker/episode/the-odd-couple-dkzsrm/
- Published: 2025-04-29T20:10:21.000Z
- Updated: 2025-08-22T06:16:17.000Z
- Description: American Motors launches a quirky new car to fight imports and takes a gamble on Jeep.
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: The Last Independent Automaker, Season 1, Episode 103, #ZZZ_Episode_64f7fe18-4b1b-4f4e-9e74-bd6094fa82da, #episode, #ZZZ_Show_5522254a-c90e-4caa-a1b7-460381c93ccc, #geo-us, #v1.16

American Motors’ unlikely management team launches a quirky new car to fight the growing wave of foreign imports in the U.S. Despite his colleague’s protests, CEO Roy Chapin Jr. buys the lackluster Jeep Corporation, leading AMC into the burgeoning four-wheel-drive market. A sudden oil shortage rocks the industry but boosts small car sales.