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AMC Eagle

AMC Eagle

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Sep 12, 2026

Dave HumphreysHOST
30:12
Yeah, that's a fair point.
Dave HumphreysHOST
30:13
The AMC Eagle.
Dave HumphreysHOST
30:14
Sorry, you're gone.
Dave HumphreysHOST
30:16
Yeah.
Grace PotterGUEST
50:46
I'm being chased by the FBI.
Grace PotterGUEST
50:48
I'm also chasing after a Bonnie and Clyde type couple that has stolen my AMC Eagle, um, a car that I bought for the movie, by the way, and have been fixing up myself and driving around the country one putt, putt, putt at a time.
Grace PotterGUEST
51:03
It's a 1985 AMC Eagle that I found on the side of the road, uh, in New Mexico while I was on one of my many road trip location scouting moments.
Grace PotterGUEST
51:13
So I'm taking all the found experiences of my life, including the actors, and I'm evolving these storylines through some very creative editing, where if it's really crappy footage that's just, like, quick iPhone shots, we, we turn it into security footage, you know? And, um, and now it's getting even more immersive because we're having fans that are getting into the series call in on a actual real tip line, and they can call in sightings of me.
Grace PotterGUEST
51:43
And then we are creating those sightings, some of which we're shooting right now, some of which we shoot on tour, and some of which we take and we just see if there's any of the found footage that we can align with that particular account.
JonHOST
4:43
In 1974, the first-generation Cherokee had used the term sport utility vehicle in an advertisement.
JonHOST
4:57
While many can see the RAV4 as the spiritual predecessor of the car-based CUVs of today, or the Cherokee as being the vehicle to prove unibody construction in an SUV shape to replace cars and wagons, they both yield to yet another car, the 1980 AMC Eagle.
JonHOST
5:13
Based on American Motors' Concorde model, the Eagle debuted for the 1980 model year as a coupe, sedan, and wagon with, quote, passenger car comfort plus foul weather capabilities, nearly the definition of the modern CUV.
JonHOST
5:28
In 1981, AMC offered the SX4 and cam back models based on the Spirit.
JonHOST
8:37
Gelden Sportwagen off-road racing car could be added here.
JonHOST
8:42
So what was the first crossover? Well, it all depends on how you define it and where you want to draw the line.
JonHOST
8:47
For most Americans, it's obviously the AMC Eagle with a car-like body and robust four-wheel drive, all-wheel drive option.
JonHOST
8:57
later continued by Subaru, and then made popular and in its modern form by the Toyota.

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