National Motors Corporation (NMC) is a fictional United States

United States

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-based automobile

Automobile

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 manufacturer headquartered in Detroit which is featured in the 10-hour television mini series Wheels

Wheels (novel)

Wheels is a novel by Arthur Hailey, concerning the automobile industry and the day-to-day pressures involved in its operation.The plot lines follow many of the topical issues of the day, including race relations, corporate politics, and business ethics...

. The series chronicles the development of one of its models, a gullwing

Gull-wing door

Gull-wing door is an automotive industry term describing car doors that are hinged at the roof rather than the side, as pioneered by the 1952 Mercedes-Benz 300SL race car and its road-legal version introduced in 1954....

 door sports car aimed at young drivers called the Hawk, under the direction of NMC Vice President Adam Trenton (Rock Hudson

Rock Hudson

Roy Harold Scherer, Jr., later Roy Harold Fitzgerald , known professionally as Rock Hudson, was an American film and television actor, recognized as a romantic leading man during the 1950s and 1960s, most notably in several romantic comedies with Doris Day.Hudson was voted "Star of the Year",...

).

For the show, the prop artist, Curt Brubaker, had based the NMC Hawk on the body of a modified 1968 AMC Javelin.