Show me your favorite models that became standalone makes.

"AMC/Renauledge" (n2skylark) 11/03/2015 at 13:59 • Filed to: None

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In response to today’s news that Hyundai is making Genesis its standalone luxury marque, I’ve found myself once again thinking about all the marques out there that used to be models under their originators’ marques. One such example is this 1956 Clipper Custom Constellation.

The Packard Clipper debuted in 1941 and it denoted a particular Packard-badged model in the Packard range from 1941-42, 46-47, 53-55, and 1957. But in 1956, Studebaker-Packard, in an attempt to leave Packard free to push back upmarket, broke the mid-priced, higher-volume Clipper line off as its own separate make of car. Dealers hated it, so Packard reversed their decision for the 1957 line of Studebaker-derived cars. Not that it actually mattered by then.

I can think of at least 10 other existing models besides Genesis and Clipper that eventually became makes in their own right:

1. Avanti - Studebaker model from 1963-64. Separate make from 1965-92.

2. Continental - Lincoln model from 1940-48. Separate Make from 1956-60. Lincoln again from 1961-2002.

3. Eagle - AMC model from 1980-87. Separate make from 1988-98.

4. Hummer - AM General model from 1992-97. Separate make from 1998-2010.

5. Imperial - Chrysler model from 1927-54, 81-83, and 90-93. Separate make from 1955-75.

6. Jaguar - SS models from 1936-40. Separate make from 1945-date.

7. Jeep - Willys models from 1950-63. Separate make from 1964-date.

8. Metropolitan - Nash/Hudson models from 1954-56. Separate make from 1957-62.

9. Mini - Austin/Morris models from 1959-68. Separate make from 1969-date.

10. Rambler - Nash/Hudson model from 1950-56. Separate make from 1957-68 (it was also the original make of the company from 1902-14, before they were renamed Jeffrey, and eventually Nash took over).

Can you think of any others? What are your favorites?

It has to have been a model first and then a separate make of cars.

TheHondaBro > AMC/Renauledge 11/03/2015 at 14:03

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AMC/Renauledge > TheHondaBro 11/03/2015 at 14:13

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Oh right! I forgot about SRT and Ram!!

DancesWithRotors - Driving Insightfully > AMC/Renauledge 11/03/2015 at 14:19

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Imperial, by far, is my favorite.

not for canada - australian in disguise > AMC/Renauledge 11/03/2015 at 14:19

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TECHNICALLY not a full on seperate brand, but there’s several models, all referred to as Range Rovers, and not really as Land Rovers.

AMC/Renauledge > not for canada - australian in disguise 11/03/2015 at 14:32

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Mmmm... that’s in a tricky gray area, I’ll admit. It's no more a separate brand than it was in 1970. But it's close enough, I guess.

AMC/Renauledge > DancesWithRotors - Driving Insightfully 11/03/2015 at 14:32

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Show me!

JR1 > AMC/Renauledge 11/03/2015 at 14:59

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Differently the MKII Continental

AMC/Renauledge > JR1 11/03/2015 at 15:00

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Show me!

JR1 > AMC/Renauledge 11/03/2015 at 15:02

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Bengal55 > AMC/Renauledge 11/03/2015 at 15:54

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Imperial:

CaptDale - is secretly British > AMC/Renauledge 11/03/2015 at 16:48

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Avanti

Was technically Studebaker, but wasn’t

AMC/Renauledge > CaptDale - is secretly British 11/03/2015 at 16:51

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The 1963-64 was branded a Studebaker. After that, it was just branded “Avanti” after Studebaker sold the tooling to cottage-industry builders.

CaptDale - is secretly British > AMC/Renauledge 11/03/2015 at 16:56

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Yup, that why I said technically, but also its a stand alone

DancesWithRotors - Driving Insightfully > AMC/Renauledge 11/03/2015 at 17:07

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From my post, a couple of days ago:

ranwhenparked > not for canada - australian in disguise 11/03/2015 at 21:43

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Land Rover itself definitely qualifies though - it started out in the ‘40s as a sub-brand of Rover, before eventually being split off under British Leyland as its own marque.

ranwhenparked > AMC/Renauledge 11/03/2015 at 21:47

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There was also Terraplane - originally an Essex model, but eventually it replaced the Essex name entirely and became its own brand.

Montego and Maestro are a sort of- after the Austin name was discontinued, they were never officially absorbed into Rover the way the Metro was, so they kind of became no-name cars.

Also, Scimitar started out as a Reliant model but was eventually positioned as its own brand with a separate dealer network and no Reliant badging anywhere on it.

AMC/Renauledge > ranwhenparked 11/04/2015 at 05:41

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YES! All of these are true. And Terraplane is a name that needs to make a comeback!