1980 AMC Eagle Matchbox

El AMC Eagle es un vehículo de pasajeros compacto con tracción en las cuatro ruedas que fue fabricado y comercializado por American Motors Corporation (AMC) entre los años 1980 y 1987; y por Chrysler en 1988, tras la adquisición de AMC en 1987.

Introducidos en agosto de 1979 para el año del modelo de 1980, las variantes cupé, sedán y familiar se basaron en el AMC Concord. En 1981, los modelos de dos puertas basados en el AMC Spirit de tamaño subcompacto, el SX/4 y el Kammback, se unieron a la línea Eagle destinada tanto a primeros compradores como a ventas de flotas.

Una conversión convertible Sundancer del modelo Eagle de dos puertas más grande estuvo disponible durante 1981 y 1982. En 1984, solo estuvieron a la venta las versiones sedán y familiar. Para 1988, su último año, solo se ofreció un familiar, que se comercializó como "Eagle Wagon". Sin embargo, Chrysler Corporation siguió utilizando el nombre como la marca de automóviles Eagle hasta 1998.

Los AMC Eagle eran los únicos automóviles de pasajeros con tracción en las cuatro ruedas producidos en los EE. UU. en ese momento. Todos los modelos presentaban "la comodidad de un automóvil de pasajeros, más la seguridad brindada en todo tipo de clima por la tracción 4x4". Aunque la denominación todavía no se empleaba en ese momento, el AMC Eagle se reconoce como uno de los primeros vehículos crossover (es decir, un modelo directamente derivado de otro vehículo de serie).

1980 Chevrolet El Camino SS Hot Wheels 1:64

The Chevrolet El Camino is a coupé utility vehicle that was produced by Chevrolet between 1959–60 and 1964–1987. Unlike a standard pickup truck, the El Camino was adapted from the standard two-door Chevrolet station wagon platform and integrated the cab and cargo bed into the body.

Introduced in the 1959 model year in response to the success of the Ford Ranchero coupé utility, its first run, based on the Biscayne's B-body, lasted only two years. Production resumed for the 1964–1977 model years based on the Chevelle platform, and continued for the 1978–1987 model years based on the GM G-body platform.

Although based on corresponding General Motors car lines, the vehicle is classified in the United States as a pickup. GMC's badge engineered El Camino variant, the Sprint, was introduced for the 1971 model year. Renamed Caballero in 1978, it was also produced through the 1987 model year.

The concept of a two-door vehicle based on a passenger car chassis with a tray at the rear began in the United States in the 1920s with the roadster utility (also called "roadster pickup" or "light delivery") models.

Ford Australia was the first company to produce a coupé utility as a result of a 1932 letter from the wife of a farmer in Victoria, Australia, asking for "a vehicle to go to church in on a Sunday and which can carry our pigs to market on Mondays". Ford designer Lew Bandt developed a suitable solution, and the first coupé utility model was released in 1934. Bandt went on to manage Ford's Advanced Design Department, being responsible for the body engineering of the XP, XT, XW, and XA series Ford Falcon utilities. General Motors’ Australian subsidiary Holden also produced a Chevrolet coupé utility in 1935, and Studebaker produced the Coupé Express from 1937 to 1939. The body style did not reappear on the American market until the release of the 1957 Ford Ranchero.

Both the coupé utility and the similar open-topped roadster utility continued in production, but the improving economy of the mid- to late-1930s and the desire for improved comfort saw coupé utility sales climb at the expense of the roadster utility until, by 1939, the latter was all but a fading memory.

In 1957, Ford introduced the Ranchero, and established a new market segment in the U.S. of an automobile platform based coupé utility. In 1959, Chevrolet responded with the El Camino to compete with Ford's full-sized Ranchero. The original El Camino and Ranchero would compete directly only in the 1959 model year.

1980 Mini Cooper 1:24 Sunnyside

 

El Mini es un pequeño automóvil del segmento A producido por la British Motor Company y sus empresas sucesoras entre los años 1959 y 2000. Este automóvil, el más popular de los fabricados en Gran Bretaña, fue entonces remplazado por el nuevo MINI, lanzado en 2001. El original está considerado como un icono de los años 1960, y su distribución ahorradora de espacio con tracción delantera influyó sobre una generación de fabricantes de automóviles. En la encuesta internacional para determinar el automóvil del siglo más influyente en todo el mundo, el Mini quedó segundo, solo detrás del Ford T.

1980 Chevrolet Corvette C3 Stingray Hot Wheels Mattel Inc. Hong Kong 1:64

The Chevrolet Corvette (C3) is a sports car that was produced from 1967 to 1982 by Chevrolet for the 1968 to 1982 model years. Engines and chassis components were mostly carried over from the previous generation, but the body and interior were new. It set new sales records with 53,807 produced for the 1979 model year.[4] The C3 is the third generation of the Chevrolet Corvette, and marks the second time the Corvette would carry the Stingray name, though only for the 1969 - 1976 model years. This time it was a single word as opposed to Sting Ray as used for the 1963 - 1967 C2 generation. The name would then be retired until 2014 when it returned with the release of the C7.