1985 AMC Eagle

Here at the GR Auto Gallery, we love unique vehicles and this 1985 AMC Eagle certainly fits that bill. The AMC Eagle was created to in hopes of offering the comfort of a car with the off road capabilities of a SUV while conserving fuel mileage at the same time. The AMC Eagle came about when Jeep's chief engineer joined a Concord body with a four-wheel-drive system.6 Such a vehicle was a logical step for AMC, according to then CEO Gerald C. Meyers, as a second energy crisis had hit in 1979, and sales of AMC's highly profitable truck-based Jeep line dropped, due in part to their low fuel efficiency, leaving AMC in a precarious financial position.2 The Eagle provided a low-cost way of bridging the gap between AMC's solid and economical, but aging, passenger car line and its well-regarded, but decidedly off-road-focused, Jeep line, as the Eagle used the existing Concord (and later, Spirit) automobile platform.

This low mile example has new springs in the front and rear, new shocks, tilt steering wheel, roof rack, power brakes, air conditioning, power steering and LT? 215/75R15 mud tires. The body appears to be very solid and straight. The interior is neat and tidy and shows very well. It is powered by its 258 CID inline 6 cylinder engine paired with an automatic transmission.