# The last independent automaker

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-last-independent-automaker/185543>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Tags:** amc\
**Created:** [July 30, 2022, 1:17pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-last-independent-automaker/185543 "2022-07-30T13:17:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2022, 1:17pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-last-independent-automaker/185543/1 "2022-07-30T13:17:30Z")

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A six-part documentary about AMC is in the works:

> **[A New Documentary Series Will Tell the Story of AMC: The Last Independent...](https://www.thedrive.com/news/a-new-documentary-series-will-tell-the-story-of-amc-the-last-independent-automaker)**
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> Once a scrappy rival to Ford and GM, AMC ended up in the dustbin of history. A new series will explore what happened to the iconic automaker.

And, for those who are hankering for a Nash or AMC vehicle to restore, there is a treasure trove of them sitting at this defunct dealership:

> **[The Clock Is Ticking for America's Last AMC Dealership](https://www.thedrive.com/news/39807/the-clock-is-ticking-for-americas-last-amc-dealership)**
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> Dozens, if not hundreds, of well-preserved AMCs on a lot in North Carolina are looking for homes. But they're running out of time.

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**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2022, 1:22pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-last-independent-automaker/185543/2 "2022-07-30T13:22:35Z")

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Should be interesting. I’ll have to email an AMC enthusiast buddy with this.

I take some issue with “independent” however. Independent of whom? Or what? The Big 3 were all public companies like AMC. It could be argued that AMC was the _ **de** _pendent car company seeing as how they used Chrysler transmissions, GM/Delco ignitions systems and a host of other products developed by other carmakers.