The name "American" as a standalone marque does not correspond to a single clearly documented manufacturer, but the models on record suggest connections to two distinct entities separated by decades. American Simplex was an early American automobile produced in the pioneering era of domestic car manufacturing, likely from the early 1900s. American Motors, separately, was a well-documented US automaker formed from the 1954 merger of Hudson and Nash-Kelvinator, known for compact and mid-size vehicles including the Rambler, Javelin, and AMC Gremlin, before being acquired by Chrysler in 1987. Given the ambiguity of "American" as a unified brand label, these two models are best understood as belonging to separate marques that share only a national identifier.
