The AMC Gremlin has been the butt of many automotive jokes throughout the years, often appearing on lists of the worst cars in automotive history. It joined the Pacer as a strangely styled anomaly in ...

This 1974 AMC Gremlin got a V8 engine swap to ape the special-edition Randall-built XRs of the day. This 1974 AMC Gremlin got a V8 engine swap to ape the special-edition Randall-built XRs of the day.

To fight the growing wave of imported cars, AMC launches a quirky new subcompact car: the Gremlin. And despite his colleague's protest, CEO Roy Chapin Jr. the Jeep Corp., bringing AMC to the 4WD ...

Nelson Ireson October 4, 2007 Comment Now! The 1970s was a wild and revolutionary period for America. The cultural tsunami of the Summer of Love was sweeping across the nation. Concepts such as ...

AMC never built cars for the faint of heart. Whether you called it weird, bold, or ahead of its time, the Gremlin was a shot across the bow of Detroit's subcompact scene. And in 1973, the Gremlin X ...

The AMC Gremlin, a fast and colorful Jolly Rancher of a car, was the result of reduced gasoline supplies in the late 1960s (which played a role in the 1973 oil crisis), and the nation’s sudden ...

Chad has been a muscle car and classic truck lover since he could walk. The classic vehicles from the '60s and '70s are the best in his eyes, but he is more than willing to give the new technology a ...

The AMC Gremlin is possibly the most oddball car of the late 20th century. To some, it has a face only a mother could love, and, to others, it is endlessly endearing. Regardless of which side of that ...

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The AMC Gremlin goes on sale in the U.S. April 1, 1970, competing against imports such as the Volkswagen Beetle and Toyota Corona, and beating the Chevrolet Vega and Ford Pinto to market by five ...

Just in case anyone reminisces of the 1970s Malaise-era cars, there is always an abundance of ugly-styled and poorly performing vehicles still available on the used car market. This one, though, has a ...