Originally posted by Jared:
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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Oh, too cool. I haven't even been that active on the 'Jet lately, yet people remember me as one of the resident Richard Teague fans (AMC VP of Styling '63-'83).
Yep, still on here, yep, still looking for a nice early Pacer or a '78 Gremlin.
I'm convinced the people at Nissan/Infiniti have been doing a LOT of homework in the old AMC archives Renault toted along with them (Renault owned AMC from '79 to '87). This all started with Renault, though- the reverse-angle C-pillar found on Gremlin/'70 Rebel & '71-'73 Matador 2-dr/AMX GT concept popped up on a whole slew of late '90's Renault designs from the Avantime through the new Megane (which, incidentally, is the platform for the next Sentra). By the way, as far as a reverse-angle rear pillar is concerned, Nissan really nailed it with the Murano. The Murano has one of the most elegantly contoured rear 3/4 views I've ever seen on a production vehicle (no wonder Lancia ripped off the Murano wholesale for their latest GT concept...)
Now, if you want to go WAY back in AMC history regarding the reverse-angle C-pillar, that's traceable straight to the 1950's Nashes! The new Nissan Pathfinder Armada references quite strongly the C-pillar and dipped roofline of '50's AMC larger wagons, like, say a 1958 Rambler Ambassador. Of course, AMC's rationale for it was of course cost-savings; the odd roofline meant they could use the same roof stamping for both sedans and wagons.