Renault Premier
| Eagle Premier | |
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1992 Eagle Premier ES Limited
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| Overview | |
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| Production | September 1987–December 17, 1991 |
| Model years | 1988–1992 |
| Assembly | Brampton Assembly, Brampton, Ontario, Canada |
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| Body and chassis | |
| Class | Full-size luxury car |
| Body style | 4-door sedan |
| Layout | Longitudinal front-engine, front-wheel drive |
| Platform | Chrysler B-body |
| Related | Dodge Monaco |
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| Dimensions | |
| Wheelbase | 106.0 in (2,692 mm) |
| Length | 192.8 in (4,897 mm) |
| Width | 70.0 in (1,778 mm) |
| Height | 53.3 in (1,354 mm) |
| Curb weight | 2,991–3,068 lb (1,357–1,392 kg) |
| Chronology | |
| Predecessor | AMC Matador/Ambassador |
| Successor | Eagle Vision |
The Eagle Premier is a full-size luxury car that was developed by American Motors Corporation (AMC) during the 1980s through its partnership with Renault. This model was manufactured in the brand-new Brampton Assembly in Canada. Chrysler Corporation bought the rights to the Premier when it acquired Renault's outstanding shares in AMC in 1987, and began selling the car under the new Eagle marque.
The four-door sedan was manufactured from September 1987 (for the 1988 model year) until December 1991 (for the 1992 model year). A rebadged variant was also marketed as the Dodge Monaco from 1990 to 1992.
In 1982 American Motors and Renault, a major shareholder in AMC since 1979, began work on a new downsized full-size front-drive passenger car, code named X-58, for introduction in late 1986. A companion two-door coupe, code named X-59, was to debut for the 1988 model year. These two body styles were to be the first mid-size cars sold by AMC since the 1978 AMC Matador in order to re-position the automaker with a broader product offering in the marketplace.
Rather than engineer a completely new chassis for the Premier the then-new Renault 25's monocoque underpinnings were used as a basis and adapted for the new product. Using the Renault 25 chassis the suspension was derived from the Renault Medallion (Renault 21). The suspension featured a four-wheel independent system with MacPherson struts at the front wheels and two torsion bars at each rear wheel, with stabilizer bars in both front and rear.
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