AMC: Funky, Interesting and Unique

By David Castro | Apr 12, 2021

A model poses with the four-passenger 1970 AMC Gremlin with rear lift-gate and roof-top luggage rack, a two-door subcompact car measuring only a fraction more than 161 inches in overall length and boasting an unusually short turning radius of 32 feet, 8 inches, Detroit, Michigan, February 12, 1970. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images) /

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1972 AMC AMX. (Photo by National Motor Museum/Heritage Images/Getty Images) /

AMC AMX (1968-1970)

A two-door GT by AMC that is meant to compete with the Corvette?

Yup and the AMX was stout and the 1969 with the 390ci V8 and four-speed manual would go from 0-60 mph in 5.7-seconds and 1/4-mile in 14.4-seconds. For comparison’s sake a 1969 Corvette Stingray with a 350ci V8 could go from 0-60 mph in 6.0-seconds and a 1/4-mile in 14.6-seconds.

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