ANNOUNCER: The AMC Pacer, the first wide small car. GUY: ... FOSTER: I went to the Concept 80 show and I met Roy Chapin Jr. there and Dick Teague and several other people.

This greatly influenced the Pacer's design architecture, with AMC set to purchase GM's RC2-206, their 206 cubic-inch two-rotor powerplant, for use in the Pacer.

This peculiar feature meant the car wasn’t even symmetrical when viewed from above. Adding to its oddity was the Pacer’s width it was as wide as full-sized American cars of the era despite being much ...

The AMC AMX, built from 1968 through 1970, was one of the only two-seat sports cars made in the U.S. when introduced.

Launched almost 50 years ago, the AMC Pacer remains one of the ugliest and most controversial cars on the road, despite having a clever design. Express. Home of the Daily and Sunday Express.

Styled to look like the AMC Pacer, this van was one of seven vehicles created for the Concept 80 tour created by AMC to showcase its ideas about future small, fuel-efficient products.

AMC was founded on May 1, 1954, when Hudson Motor Car Company and Nash-Kelvinator Corporation merged to better compete and survive against the Big Three. The plan worked, to an extent: AMC outlived ...

The Marlin began as the Rambler Tarpon, a concept car AMC seen for the first time at the 1964 Chicago Auto Show. The Marlin was put into production for the 1965 model year and built based on the ...

From the Archive: A small car for people who don't think they like small cars. Search. Cars By Category; ... 1975 AMC Pacer D/L Vehicle Type: front-engine, rear-wheel-drive, ...

American Motors Corporation (AMC) produced the Pacer from model year 1975 through 1980. Reviews described the car as “futuristic, bold, and unique” yet only 280,000 units were built over the ...