Eagle Premier
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Production period: | 1987 to 1992 |
Class : | motor car |
Body versions : | saloon |
Engines: | Gasoline :2.5-3.0 liters (78-100 kW) |
Length: | 4897 mm |
Width: | 1778 mm |
Height: | 1389 mm |
Wheelbase : | 2692 mm |
Curb weight : | 1356-1392 kg |
The Eagle Premier is a car developed by the American car manufacturer American Motors Corporation together with the French car manufacturer Renault for the American market.
History
After Chrysler AMC took over in 1987, the model was released in 1988 and sold until 1992. The Dodge Monaco was produced as an identical model from 1990 to 1992. The Premier and Monaco were designed to be a sporty and noble sedan. Giorgetto Giugiaro created the body of the Premier, which was a four-door sedan. The underbody was sourced from the Renault 25. After the AMC Ambassador was recruited in 1974, the Premier was the company's first big automobile. This was the room with the most space in his class. The AMC design team, lead by Richard A. Teague, was in charge of the interior design. The cars had equipment that was cutting-edge at the time.A two-door version Allure was planned by AMC, but was not realized.
The wheels were suspended individually, in front of MacPherson struts and wishbones, with rack and pinion steering , but on the rear swing arms with torsion springs. These suspensions had been designed by engineers at AMC under Bob Batchelor. The Premier was available as LX (with 2.5-liter four-cylinder in-line AMC engine by the end of model year 1989) and as ES and Limited Premier ES Limited offers a wide range of standard features, including air conditioning, leather interior, and premium audio system. (with 3.0-liter V6 engine, a variant of the PRV V6 engine , the as a joint venture of Renault, Volvo and Peugeothad been developed jointly). Very few LX models have been ordered, mainly for vehicle fleets. Thanks to its French design and individually suspended wheels, the car was considered a sporty sedan on the American market. The quality of the construction was considered the best that AMC or Chrysler had ever delivered. However, cars of the first years of construction had to contend with electronics problems.
For the Premier's production, the new Bramalea Assembly plant in Bramalea was built near Brampton's existing AMC plant and opened in 1986. Not least because of this modern factory, Chrysler was interested in buying AMC. After the acquisition, she was renamed Brampton Assembly .
The car was originally intended to be sold as a Renault Premier . The first copies left the factory in early 1988 actually under this name, the chassis numbers of all 1988 models correspond to the AMC pattern. On many parts of the vehicle, the AMC emblem was imprinted until 1992. Until the facelift in 1990, the vehicles carried signs saying "Design Giugiaro".
The launch of the identical Dodge Monaco was the result of the commitment made in the takeover agreement to purchase 260,000 PRV V6 engines from Renault in the first five years. Chrysler tried in vain to compete with the Eagle Premier and Dodge Monaco for the Ford Taurus and similar models from Acura and Volvoto establish. The Premier and Monaco competed in the market with other Chrysler and Dodge models of the same class. So the sales of the Eagle and the Monaco fell short of expectations. The production was discontinued in 1992. In Bramalea 139,051 Eagle Premier and Dodge Monaco had been built. Chrysler paid a penalty for each of the 120,949 PRV V6 engines that were no longer purchased by Renault.
The Brampton Assembly was converted after the end of this series for the production of Chrysler LH vehicles, which came in the fall of 1992 on the market. The Premier can be considered a forerunner of the LH platform. François Castaing , formerly AMC Product Development Director, joined Chrysler in 1988 as Head of Vehicle Design. The Eagle Vision became the slightly larger direct successor to the Premier. The "cab-forward design" of the LH cars was very different from that of the Premier, the engines were in this series, however, also mounted longitudinally - unlike all other front-wheel drive cars from Chrysler. The automatic transmission of the LH cars, the A606, was the electronic gearbox from the AudiProduction, which had been used in the four-cylinder Premier, very similar. The body of the Premier was used for the LH "development mulis" used for road testing of the new LH mechanics. After two generations, Chrysler adapted the rear-wheel drive concept from Daimler-Benz for this platform .
