1985 AMC Jeep Renault Commercial – Pointer Sisters
It’s time to get back to our patriotic roots! And nothing is more American than this: the AMC–Renault lineup from the mid-1980s. Wait, what?
During the last presidential debates, Mitt Romney mentioned (as he has many times on the stump) that his father was the head of American Motors. The elder Romney departed to focus on his political career in 1962.P
But by the late 1970s AMC was on life support, and one last defibrillator shock came in the form of an deal with Renault. This combination of French engineering and American malaise-era management led to one of the most schizophrenic lineups of all time.
On one hand, you had awesome products like the AMC Eagle and the Jeep Wagoneer and Cherokee; on the other, you have the Renault Alliance, which I wouldn’t sell to my worst enemy.
Don’t take my word for it: check out this promotional video set to the Pointer Sisters’ “I’m So Excited,” which gives us taste of everything the Francomerican car company had to offer in 1985. Some of those are considered classics today; others are hard to find even in a junkyard. At least Jeep survived into the modern day. Let’s be thankful for some small favors.
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The ancient and crude AMC Eagle, Wagoneer and full size Cherokee were a joke. You are kidding me, they were trying to sell those dinosaurs in 1985? When I saw them still peddling them on their lots I had to laugh! The Alliance and Encore was the better part of the line up. I bought a new 1985 Encore LS three door in June of that year. I loved it. Great gas mileage and it was fairly reliable. I got 134,000 miles before it was totaled by a 10 point buck collision. You have to love the 1980’s dancers with their make up, big hair and pantyhose. I sometimes wish that I could go back to then.