american_motors | successor | eagle_(automobile) <tsp> amc_matador | manufacturer | american_motors <tsp> american_motors | fate | chrysler <tsp> american_motors | keyperson | roy_d_chapin_jr <sep> american motors corporation (amc; commonly referred to as american motors) was an american automobile manufacturing company formed by the merger of nash-kelvinator corporation and hudson motor car company on may 1, 1954 at the time, it was the largest corporate merger in us historyamerican motors' most similar competitors were those automakers that held similar annual sales levels such as studebaker, packard, kaiser motors, and willys-overland their largest competitors were the big three—ford, general motors, and chrysler american motors' production line included small cars - the rambler american, which began as the nash rambler in 1950, hornet, gremlin, and pacer; intermediate and full-sized cars, including the ambassador, rambler classic, rebel, and matador; muscle cars, including the marlin, amx, and javelin; and early four-wheel drive variants of the eagle and the jeep wagoneer, the first true crossovers in the us 
american motors was acquired by chrysler. it was succeed by eagle. and manufactures amc matador.eagle american motors chrysler d. was formed in 1954