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Latest archived mark · 1969

AMC

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Latest archived mark · 1909

Brockway

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What we compare	AMC	Brockway
Country in archive	United States	United States
Founded	May 1, 1954	1912
Founder	George W. Mason	George A. Brockway
Headquarters	Southfield, Michigan, United States	Cortland, New York, United States
Name origin	American Motors Corporation took its name directly from its own description: a newly combined, all-American automaker formed on May 1, 1954, when Nash-Kelvinator Corporation and the Hudson Motor Car Company merged. Unlike brands named for a founder's surname, "American Motors" was a descriptive, patriotic corporate name chosen for the merged company itself, and "AMC" is simply the initials the public and the company came to use for it. No more elaborate origin story for the specific wording appears to be documented.	The company carries the Brockway family surname. William Brockway founded Brockway Carriage Works in Cortland, New York, in 1875, and his son George Brockway later turned the business into a truck maker, carrying the family name onto the truck badge as many early American vehicle makers did.
Selected models	Rambler, AMX, Javelin, Gremlin, Pacer, Eagle	Brockway B666, Brockway 257, Brockway 361
Earliest archived brand logo	1954	—
Latest archived logo	1969	1909
Archived logo assets	3	1

Logo dates are archive labels; symbols dated before a brand's founding are excluded from its earliest-logo date. Asset counts include all archived variants, not just redesigns. A dash means a value is unavailable.

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