The Sunset Ride of the AMC Die-cast Cars

Here my collection of Johnny Lightning AMC cars roars off into the sunset.  Led by an AMX, flanked by two AMC Javelins, and a couple of Ramblers, this collection is a reminder of the long-gone car company.  

Johnny Lightning AMC Car Collection

AMC was created in 1954 when the Nash-Kelvinator company merged with the Hudson car company.  They initially focused on compact cars that were a little smaller and more economical than the big American cars of the 1950s.  As the company matured, they introduced larger cars and more performance oriented cars.  The AMC Javelin and AMC AMX muscle cars were well respected in their times.

Unfortunately, the company made big cars during the mid-1970s oil crisis and small cars during the 1980s recovery.  Eventually, it was saved by a merger with the French automaker, Renault.  The result was the Renault Alliance.

Renault Alliance - photo by IFCAR (Own work) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

Still Renault made many moves to help save the company.  But, the prime champion for AMC within Renault, Georges Besse was assassinated by leftist terrorist in late 1986.  You can read the whole sad history here on Jalopnik.