| With the economy the way it is, it was no surprise that | | | | between Hudson (the maker of the Hornet) and |
| Chrysler announced that they would be going into | | | | Nash-Kelvinator. The carmaker really came into it's |
| bankruptcy, also the discontinuation of the Pontiac line, | | | | own when in the late 60s and early ‘70s with |
| and the imminent demise of GM's Saturn. So I was | | | | unforgettably cars like the Javelin, Gremlin, Pacer, and |
| thinking let's take a look back at some other American | | | | Eagle. Chrysler eventually bought out AMC. They |
| car brands that have gone belly up. | | | | stopped making cars in 1988. |
| Studebaker | | | | Duesenberg |
| Studebaker started out in 1852, as a family owned | | | | Duesenberg possibly made some of the finest cars |
| blacksmith business. It would later become the world's | | | | ever produced in America, Duesenberg was |
| largest wagon builder by the end of the 19th century. | | | | unfortunately a casualty of the Great Depression. |
| They successfully turned their wagon enterprise into a | | | | Even with celebrity owners like Clark Gable, and Phillip |
| horseless carriage enterprise, Studebaker turned out | | | | Wrigley (of chewing gum fame), the top-of-the-line and |
| unique and creative cars, including the bullet-nose Land | | | | top-priced cars simply couldn't survive. They made |
| Cruiser. Their last car rolled off the lot in 1966. | | | | their last production car in 1936. The few that are still |
| AMC | | | | around today rarely change hands, and when they do, |
| American Motors was created in a 1954 merger | | | | seven figures are typically at stake. |