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What we compareBrockwayAMC
Country in archiveUnited StatesUnited States
Founded1912May 1, 1954
FounderGeorge A. BrockwayGeorge W. Mason
HeadquartersCortland, New York, United StatesSouthfield, Michigan, United States
Name originThe 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.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.
Selected modelsBrockway B666, Brockway 257, Brockway 361Rambler, AMX, Javelin, Gremlin, Pacer, Eagle
Earliest archived brand logo—1954
Latest archived logo19091969
Archived logo assets13

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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