The American Motors Corporation/Chrysler plant

Creator

American Motors Corporation

Date

• 1989

Summary

• A view of the AMC/Chrysler lakefront plant from Lake Michigan, after it had been closed in 1988. 1989.
• In 1954, Nash-Kelvinator Corporation joined with Hudson Motor Car Company to create the American Motors Corporation. Due to the drop in oil prices in the 1980s, the demand for AMC products was reduced and buyers went with foreign models that were less expensive. From the lack of income, AMC went downhill financially and was bought out by the Chrysler Corporation in 1987.