page_title: AMC Eagle
section_title: Model years
hierarchical_section_title: AMC Eagle / History / Model years
caption_attribution_description: English: Detail of the 4WD badge on the left rear panel on a 1985 AMC Eagle station wagon, an innovative automatic all wheel drive vehicle made by the American Motors Corporation (AMC).
context_page_description: The AMC Eagle is a compact four-wheel drive passenger vehicle manufactured and marketed by American Motors Corporation over a single generation, 1979–1987.
  Introduced in August 1979 for the 1980 model year, the coupe, sedan, and station wagon body styles were based on the AMC Concord.
  The AMC Eagles were the only four-wheel-drive passenger cars produced in the U.S. at the time. They were affordable cars offering a comfortable ride and handling on pavement together with superior traction in light off-road use through AMC's innovative engineering and packaging. Although the definition is not precise, the AMC Eagle is today known as one of the first crossover vehicles. All models featured "passenger-car comfort, plus 4wd security for all-weather security." Fuel-thirsty vehicles built for rugged off-road were on the market. Comparable sedan and compact station wagon models were not available from other manufacturers, especially at the Eagle's price point, and AMC "predicted that consumers would embrace a vehicle with the comfort of an automobile, but the ride height and foul-weather capabilities of a four-wheel-drive utility vehicle."
caption: All AMC Eagles featured four-wheel drive
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