17 Facts About Eagle Premier

Eagle Premier is a full-size executive car that was developed by American Motors Corporation during the 1980s through its partnership with Renault.

The Eagle Premier's body was finished using a baked enamel clearcoat for all the available colors.

Eagle Premier featured new technology to improve luminous efficiency of its headlamp system, afford greater styling freedom, and having a rectangular frontal aspect.

The 1988 Eagle Premier was one of the first cars featuring Valeo headlamps with nonparabolic, complex-surface reflector headlamps with optic lenses.

The Eagle Premier's powertrains were covered by a 7-year, 70, 000-mile warranty, which was longer than offered by any of the competitors at the time.

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The Eagle Premier replaced the so-called "Liberty car" that Chrysler had been developing as the basis of its future cars for many years, but was experiencing problems with this major project.

Eagle Premier was described as "a world class car" by automotive journalists, in addition to its international origins with an Italian design and Canadian assembly.

The Eagle Premier was "final offspring of the AMC-Renault marriage" and the new car entered the marketplace "well endowed in just about every department.

Eagle Premier was launched in January 1988, with the first production models rolling off the assembly line on September 28, 1987.

Eagle Premier was highlighted in Chrysler's broad product line as being "shaped right" in its being the most aerodynamic sedan built in North America and offering "an American car with European sophistication and handling.

Second model year the Eagle Premier saw almost no other changes except for the addition of cruise control and the mid-year introduction of an ES Limited model featuring monochromatic paint and body-colored trim.

Badge engineered version of the Eagle Premier was added using a familiar Chrysler name, the Dodge Monaco, a moniker that was first used by Dodge in 1965 and last used in 1978 on a full-size, rear-drive sedan.

At the beginning of the year, supplies of the Eagle Premier climbed up to 222 days and Chrysler gave a $1, 000 discount to dealers on the invoice price, a $1, 500 rebate to purchasers, and a $2, 000 incentive to the dealer per car after their fourth sale.

Eagle Premier brand targeted consumers that would not typically include purchasing an American sedan, "but would have instead sought out a Volvo or an Audi.

However, the Eagle Premier did not achieve its sales targets, with calendar year production for 1989 only reaching 32, 720 examples.

Eagle Premier carried many vestiges of AMC and Renault's engineering long after Chrysler acquired the car's design.

Francois Castaing, formerly AMC's Vice President of product engineering and development, became Chrysler's Vice President of vehicle engineering in 1988, and as a result, the Eagle Premier was the starting point for Chrysler's new LH sedans.