We have something similar in Australia. From 2005 until 2017 I think, we had a Ford station wagon called the Ford Territory. It came in either two wheel drive or all wheel drive. Obviously you can’t go doing stuff like you can in a land cruiser but it will get you on the beach to do a bit of fishing and up on the dirt tracks. I bought myself one two weeks ago to set up as a weekend camper. I have a ambulance camper, but it’s too much to take out on overnight trips and can’t get down on the beach.
I still have my 1985 Eagle wagon. In excellent shape with only 56,000 miles, I love that rod...One of my classic rods along with my 1975 K5 Blazer...Both are in rare excellent condition....Both my Eagle wagon and K5 Blazer are always a hit at the local car shows. Have BFG All Terrain tires on my Lovely Eagle Beast...and had performangce upgrades to the factory engine....giving it eye opening performance...Had the engine upgraded to a compression Ratio of 10:1, new cam and Holly electronic fuel injection to replace the carb....What a transformation. The Eagle wagon was truly a transformational rod and I have one of the originals...Cinnamon Brown, She's a beauty and looks like a new vehicle...took good care of her...This 4x4 vehicle is superior to anything made today.... Shago, Northern Michigan
My friends father had one. Yes, it was amazing, and we loved it. Off road was no problem for it. We took it deer hunting for years. No problems from it. Too
I had one, AMC eagle wagon, brown with wood panel loved those lower orbital air vents. I got it when I was young 90s thought of it as an old man car only had it about a year, kick myself to this day for selling it.
In my opinion the AMC Eagle was the first true Crossover vehicle produce by an automaker. It was based on the old Hornet and Concord platform. In fact my very first car was a 1971 AMC Hornet station wagon I bought right after graduating from high school back in 1988. I only paid $300 for it.
The Eagle was based on the AMC Hornet and Concord platforms. Before Chrysler acquired AMC back in 1987 they didn't have much capital. So they used an existing platform to produce the Eagle. The Eagle wagon's style is similar to my 1971 Hornet wagon I owned back in the late 80's.
AMC Eagle and Spirit were awesome vehicles. When you say revolutionary , that is putting it lightly. When I look at the photos, it appears to have a conglomeration of Ford and Chevrolet parts..best of both worlds.
Another different station wagon was the '61-'62 Chevy Corvair wagon. Rear engined, still has the trunk in the front, and a normal wagon area in back, but a few inches taller floor.
I had a 1983 AMC Eagle was all leather interior. I loved this car. The 4x4 was okay in town and in fields but I wouldn't take it out for serious 4 wheeling.
First 4wd SUV - 1963 Jeep Wagoneer, a wagon with car like comforts. First Luxury SUV - 1970 Land Rover Range Rover, luxury ride (4 coils) and appointments. First Crossover - 1972 Subaru AWD wagon, take a stationwagon, raise it and add on the fly 4wd. First 4wd GT - Jeep in 1946, International Harvester and Land Rover in 1956 sold 4wd station wagons but not with car like levels of handling and comfort. The Eagle was brilliant, timely and well executed but it cant claim to be the first SUV.
Had an Eagle wagon. You couldn't kill that 258 with a stick! It just ran and ran! No issues and more reliable than a timex. My SIL proved that it didn't do so well against guardrails and trees when driven DUI. 😢
Stop to lock in hubs? Lol. Nope. Lock them in Before you hit the trail, or bad weather. Then just shift into 4 hi. It's actually part of routine maintenance to engage the hubs and drive a few miles in 2 hi to keep the front axle internals properly lubricated. Yes. I've owned several older trucks and SUVs with manual hubs, and my wife and I used to remove the old auto ones, and swap out to manual. More durable. And we both miss her Eagle. Had it when we met. Loved that car. Had the t from 01 to 06, then used it for a camp car. The Waldorf Nomad, we've seen one at a show, and worked on a clone at our shop. Cool car.
I live in Canada and when i was in my late teens i worked with a girl whose father was obsessed with the Amc Eagle because they lived out in the country and their family had 3 of them at one point.
I ioved the idea of American Moters. Everything was wonderful. They just lacked money. The AMX, the Javelin, The Eagles. I loved them all as ideas. They all fell apart as cars. Came apart often in your hand. They all had such promise. So much sorrow. Suppose there was today a 1000 hp hemi AMX. A 2 seater mid engined beast. I'd move to that alternate world in a minute. Or just drive a Gremlin. Naw. No Gremlin.
First 4wd Grand Tourer - 1966 Jensen Interceptor FF1 predated the Audi Quatro by 14 years. Sorry 1 was trying to write this in my previous comment, but it published mid edit. Again as stated, these facts take nothing away from how excellent the Eagle was, its just IMHO ingenious to state it was the first SUV.
Later the CX were used for exactly the same reasons... Even the DS were decades ahead of their time - both the weakness and their strength at the same time. Being cutting edge is an invitation to gremlins and ghosts. Citroens had more than their fair share of them. Many didn't age well and became virtual money pits - especially the advanced suspension always were a concern. Even being classics in their own right prices are picking up but being low compared to just about anything else. The suspension is still a great concern. At times I could be tempted myself to be buying a DS or a CX - but I know the suspension could prove to be costly. The heart says yes - but the brain says not before Hell freezes cold... I might be wrong. I like oldschool vehicles because of their ease of maintenance - The Citroens aren't exactly in that segment. They're still very advanced and beyond my skills. Probably why the prices have exploded on old mrk 1 and 2 Ford Escorts and even on the Anglia. They're far less advanced and manageable for the vast majority. I Knew a lot people driving Citroens but the costs of spare parts made them buy other cars. Just as an example. A replacement of a Citroen head lamp were as expensive as a well used fartcan in road legal condition... Most people are on a budget and have priorities. It just were more important than the love of the cars. I do think it's the reason why Citroens aren't getting the attention and the love they deserve - there's still a vivid memory of spare parts being expensive....As in paying a lot of money - there just are a lot of options - some might even be a good investment. A Citroen just has the aura of being a moneypit.
Where is the Studebaker Wagonaire? Studebaker was struggling when president Sherwood Egbert hired industrial designer Brooks Stevens to re-skin the Lark and Hawk lines, and Raymond Loewy to head the design team for an all-new fiberglass sport car, the Avanti. Stevens was famous for pulling very frisky rabbits from very shabby hats, and his shoestring budget redesign of Studebaker's family car line included a four-door wagon with a retracting roof section over the cargo bay. It could haul a refrigerator standing upright or a sliding board or a motion picture camera and its operator, or whatever other tall load the driver needed to transport.
4:56 AMC did not "merge" with Chrysler. Chrysler bought them outright and AMC ceased to exist. Chrysler created the Eagle marque to sell the few AMC vehicles that they were contractually obligated to keep making for Mitsubishi and Renault.
Like a lot of other things. Dodge was first to run the full time four wheel drive system in the 1970's. AMC system was not so revolutionary as it may seam However, the ds safari was capable of driving on three wheels and or no jack needed for spare changes. -which was increadible revolutionary
The nomad wagon was the swiss army knife of cars. There was a huge catalog of aftermarket parts and accessories that allowed it to do anything. Literally anything.
The SAAB 95 never had a split tailgate design . see at 14:05 and 18:19 . The Citroen was called Commerciale/Familiale/Break in France, depending on the seats configuration inside. It was called Safari in other countries like the UK. Most of them were ID, not DS, with less assisted hydraulic systems : Only suspensions. Nothing for the brakes, the steering or the gearbox. The DS was available with these bodies at the end of its career il the late 60's, while the ID were becoming more and more close to the technology of the DS.
12:15 SAAB built the '60 Plymouth? 24:00 I don't recall ever seeing a four-barrel V8 on any Citroen options list, or a firewall-mounted power brake booster and master cylinder. Who edited this shit?
Screw the Holden Overlander, Subaru Leone 4wd wagon; eh???? I've noticed US based car youtubers tend to speak very confidently about first this or that and don't really research beyond their own backyard, no hate but it's a reoccuring and kind of annoying theme as a car history interested human being that has a broader view of it all when looking at such things.
@erp2000 exactly!!! I was gonna type that if nobody else did. The Suburban goes waaaay waaay way back to what, the early 40's? The title of "First Modern SUV" goes to the Jeep Grand Wagoneer/Cherokee Chief. Also an AMC creation. That's at least the consensus from the auto industry, and petrol/gear-head communities by and large.
I love the AMC Eagle. My uncle had a wagon. That thing was a beast. Took it hunting, fishing, camping. It would go anywhere.
We have something similar in Australia. From 2005 until 2017 I think, we had a Ford station wagon called the Ford Territory. It came in either two wheel drive or all wheel drive. Obviously you can’t go doing stuff like you can in a land cruiser but it will get you on the beach to do a bit of fishing and up on the dirt tracks. I bought myself one two weeks ago to set up as a weekend camper. I have a ambulance camper, but it’s too much to take out on overnight trips and can’t get down on the beach.
I had an AMC Eagle sedan when I was a teenager. Loved that car. The seats were super comfortable, and it would go anywhere.
I still have my 1985 Eagle wagon. In excellent shape with only 56,000 miles, I love that rod...One of my classic rods along with my 1975 K5 Blazer...Both are in rare excellent condition....Both my Eagle wagon and K5 Blazer are always a hit at the local car shows. Have BFG All Terrain tires on my Lovely Eagle Beast...and had performangce upgrades to the factory engine....giving it eye opening performance...Had the engine upgraded to a compression Ratio of 10:1, new cam and Holly electronic fuel injection to replace the carb....What a transformation. The Eagle wagon was truly a transformational rod and I have one of the originals...Cinnamon Brown, She's a beauty and looks like a new vehicle...took good care of her...This 4x4 vehicle is superior to anything made today....
Shago, Northern Michigan
Right on...&...thanks for sharing.
My friends father had one.
Yes, it was amazing, and we loved it.
Off road was no problem for it.
We took it deer hunting for years.
No problems from it. Too
I had one, AMC eagle wagon, brown with wood panel loved those lower orbital air vents. I got it when I was young 90s thought of it as an old man car only had it about a year, kick myself to this day for selling it.
In my opinion the AMC Eagle was the first true Crossover vehicle produce by an automaker. It was based on the old Hornet and Concord platform. In fact my very first car was a 1971 AMC Hornet station wagon I bought right after graduating from high school back in 1988. I only paid $300 for it.
Wheres the 1972 Subaru awd wagon?
The Eagle's DNA can definitely be found in the Subaru Outback.
It rusted away like all Japanese cars do, in 2 years
No!!! The Subaru DL and GL DNA is found in almost all current Subies except BRZ and all AWD CUV’S and car based SUV’s including most Jeeps
Also Audi Quattro? Not a wagon, but silly tribalism has people ignoring that there were 3 significant 4wd cars, not 1.
Good one@@curtiscriscoe367
Thanks for giving credit where credit is due. Great, really well written video. The modern crossover all started with the Eagle Wagon.
Forgetting the Subaru Leone wagon, the 4WD variant was around pre-Eagle Wagon?
The Eagle Wagon looks so good really love that design
The Eagle was based on the AMC Hornet and Concord platforms. Before Chrysler acquired AMC back in 1987 they didn't have much capital. So they used an existing platform to produce the Eagle. The Eagle wagon's style is similar to my 1971 Hornet wagon I owned back in the late 80's.
AMC Eagle and Spirit were awesome vehicles. When you say revolutionary , that is putting it lightly. When I look at the photos, it appears to have a conglomeration of Ford and Chevrolet parts..best of both worlds.
I remember these everywhere in minnesnowta when I was a kid.
I'll bet... options being few if you wanted to seat more than two
Another different station wagon was the '61-'62 Chevy Corvair wagon. Rear engined, still has the trunk in the front, and a normal wagon area in back, but a few inches taller floor.
I had a 1983 AMC Eagle was all leather interior. I loved this car. The 4x4 was okay in town and in fields but I wouldn't take it out for serious 4 wheeling.
How did people survived without todays $afety electronics? Guess they knew how to drive.
I agree with the first, third and forth ones on the list.
Number 5: Audi RS2 Avant = Power station wagon.
Subaru had a production Awd sedan and wagon in 1972, aka the Leone.
My sister had the Eagle Woody Wagon and I had the Eagle Khamback - stripper, my only option was a FM radio and AC, but had the 4 banger with a stick
These old wagons look like my 2007Santa Fe…….I have 3 row seating,4 doors roof rack and great visibility. Point being it’s compact wagon .
Yes. And not bad looking for it's time
Even today, you can see the Eagle styling cues in some much younger cars - see the rear side windows .
The Holden 4x4 Overlander came out in 1976.
Wasn't it a production car, all I can find was a handful built by Arthur Haywood.
First 4wd SUV - 1963 Jeep Wagoneer, a wagon with car like comforts. First Luxury SUV - 1970 Land Rover Range Rover, luxury ride (4 coils) and appointments. First Crossover - 1972 Subaru AWD wagon, take a stationwagon, raise it and add on the fly 4wd. First 4wd GT - Jeep in 1946, International Harvester and Land Rover in 1956 sold 4wd station wagons but not with car like levels of handling and comfort. The Eagle was brilliant, timely and well executed but it cant claim to be the first SUV.
Some were ahead of their time
Should do a part two. And included the International Harvester Travelall. It was sold & marketed as a Station Wagon like no other.
It is similar to a Chevy Suburban
Had an Eagle wagon. You couldn't kill that 258 with a stick! It just ran and ran! No issues and more reliable than a timex.
My SIL proved that it didn't do so well against guardrails and trees when driven DUI. 😢
forgot the jeep wagoneer , the 68-72 chevelle wagon base model was the nomad , next trim up was greenbrier
I saw one on the road in Montreal rusted but still driving that was two years ago
Stop to lock in hubs? Lol. Nope.
Lock them in Before you hit the trail, or bad weather. Then just shift into 4 hi.
It's actually part of routine maintenance to engage the hubs and drive a few miles in 2 hi to keep the front axle internals properly lubricated.
Yes. I've owned several older trucks and SUVs with manual hubs, and my wife and I used to remove the old auto ones, and swap out to manual. More durable.
And we both miss her Eagle. Had it when we met. Loved that car. Had the t from 01 to 06, then used it for a camp car.
The Waldorf Nomad, we've seen one at a show, and worked on a clone at our shop. Cool car.
I live in Canada and when i was in my late teens i worked with a girl whose father was obsessed with the Amc Eagle because they lived out in the country and their family had 3 of them at one point.
I ioved the idea of American Moters.
Everything was wonderful.
They just lacked money.
The AMX, the Javelin, The Eagles.
I loved them all as ideas.
They all fell apart as cars.
Came apart often in your hand.
They all had such promise.
So much sorrow.
Suppose there was today a 1000 hp
hemi AMX.
A 2 seater mid engined beast.
I'd move to that alternate world
in a minute.
Or just drive a Gremlin. Naw.
No Gremlin.
First 4wd Grand Tourer - 1966 Jensen Interceptor FF1 predated the Audi Quatro by 14 years. Sorry 1 was trying to write this in my previous comment, but it published mid edit. Again as stated, these facts take nothing away from how excellent the Eagle was, its just IMHO ingenious to state it was the first SUV.
DS Safari's were used to film horse racing, as the suspension kept car level on uneven fields.
Later the CX were used for exactly the same reasons... Even the DS were decades ahead of their time - both the weakness and their strength at the same time. Being cutting edge is an invitation to gremlins and ghosts. Citroens had more than their fair share of them. Many didn't age well and became virtual money pits - especially the advanced suspension always were a concern. Even being classics in their own right prices are picking up but being low compared to just about anything else. The suspension is still a great concern. At times I could be tempted myself to be buying a DS or a CX - but I know the suspension could prove to be costly. The heart says yes - but the brain says not before Hell freezes cold... I might be wrong. I like oldschool vehicles because of their ease of maintenance - The Citroens aren't exactly in that segment. They're still very advanced and beyond my skills. Probably why the prices have exploded on old mrk 1 and 2 Ford Escorts and even on the Anglia. They're far less advanced and manageable for the vast majority. I Knew a lot people driving Citroens but the costs of spare parts made them buy other cars. Just as an example. A replacement of a Citroen head lamp were as expensive as a well used fartcan in road legal condition... Most people are on a budget and have priorities. It just were more important than the love of the cars. I do think it's the reason why Citroens aren't getting the attention and the love they deserve - there's still a vivid memory of spare parts being expensive....As in paying a lot of money - there just are a lot of options - some might even be a good investment. A Citroen just has the aura of being a moneypit.
The DS and DS Safari, where ahead of it's time.
I owned one, stepped up to a Wagoneer.
According to insurance and state licensing/titles SUV’s aren’t listed they are considered wagons as they did back in the day of station wagons
Volvo built some succesvol wagons. I like the 850 Turbo R.
AMC also had the AMC Spirit which was the Sportier 2 Dr. Model...
Where is the Studebaker Wagonaire?
Studebaker was struggling when president Sherwood Egbert hired industrial designer Brooks Stevens to re-skin the Lark and Hawk lines, and Raymond Loewy to head the design team for an all-new fiberglass sport car, the Avanti.
Stevens was famous for pulling very frisky rabbits from very shabby hats, and his shoestring budget redesign of Studebaker's family car line included a four-door wagon with a retracting roof section over the cargo bay. It could haul a refrigerator standing upright or a sliding board or a motion picture camera and its operator, or whatever other tall load the driver needed to transport.
Forgot to mention the Avanti-spec normally aspirated and supercharged 289 V8s.
Owned a 90s xj for a while, but at only 6ft tall, my head was right on the roof and the seats didn’t go back far enough. Is the eagle any roomier?
4:56 AMC did not "merge" with Chrysler. Chrysler bought them outright and AMC ceased to exist. Chrysler created the Eagle marque to sell the few AMC vehicles that they were contractually obligated to keep making for Mitsubishi and Renault.
Like a lot of other things. Dodge was first to run the full time four wheel drive system in the 1970's. AMC system was not so revolutionary as it may seam
However, the ds safari was capable of driving on three wheels and or no jack needed for spare changes. -which was increadible revolutionary
The nomad wagon was the swiss army knife of cars. There was a huge catalog of aftermarket parts and accessories that allowed it to do anything. Literally anything.
1955 Chevy Nomad two door high performance station wagon
The SAAB 95 never had a split tailgate design . see at 14:05 and 18:19 .
The Citroen was called Commerciale/Familiale/Break in France, depending on the seats configuration inside. It was called Safari in other countries like the UK. Most of them were ID, not DS, with less assisted hydraulic systems : Only suspensions. Nothing for the brakes, the steering or the gearbox. The DS was available with these bodies at the end of its career il the late 60's, while the ID were becoming more and more close to the technology of the DS.
I had one. I wish I didn't sell it.
They weren't bad if you didn't mind a plastic valve cover and 25 dollars for the gasket.
Does anyone on here have experience with Modding the 258ci inline 6 motor??.
👍👍👍👍👍.
Subaru made a 4wd wagon before the AMC Eagle.
The Nomad's two door " practicality " ?
Not heard of Range Rovers then... The first prototypes were named Road Rovers ans were mde in the 1950s.
12:15 SAAB built the '60 Plymouth?
24:00 I don't recall ever seeing a four-barrel V8 on any Citroen options list, or a firewall-mounted power brake booster and master cylinder.
Who edited this shit?
First modern SUV to come out since the Willys Overland. After the popularity of the Eagle, all the copycats started making their own versions.
Neighbor bought a brand New 4wd Eagle. It quickly proved to be Shoddily assembled JUNK.
Why such limited towing ability and ground clearance?
Screw the Holden Overlander, Subaru Leone 4wd wagon; eh???? I've noticed US based car youtubers tend to speak very confidently about first this or that and don't really research beyond their own backyard, no hate but it's a reoccuring and kind of annoying theme as a car history interested human being that has a broader view of it all when looking at such things.
The World's first SUV, if you forgot the Range Rover Circa 1970!
Or, if you prefer to reference a car-based alternative, Subaru wagons were doing this well before AMC.
1st cross over not SUV
Nope that's the chevy Suburban
@erp2000 exactly!!! I was gonna type that if nobody else did. The Suburban goes waaaay waaay way back to what, the early 40's? The title of "First Modern SUV" goes to the Jeep Grand Wagoneer/Cherokee Chief. Also an AMC creation. That's at least the consensus from the auto industry, and petrol/gear-head communities by and large.
🎯🎯🎯
The concept Nomad looked way better than the production model with those big ass fins and that blockhead frontend.
Audi Quattro
Actually Jeep did it first with the Wagoneer...
Subaru was the best…..still is.
A 2 doors station wagon is a whim. It cannot attract too many customers. Jeep Wrangler sales exploded only after introduction of 5 door variant.
Modern low profile wheels and tires uglify everything they are put on !
My parents had an AMC Eagle and it was total POS.