AMC Pacer Hatch - 1975
The Pacer is a bit of a conundrum - it has been seen by history as a joke car and a failure - a lemon. Yet it adopted many of the changes that the 'Big Three' Detroit makers said would be too difficult.
I was small on the outside (at least in length), and spacious on the inside. It had excellent all-round visibility, thanks to the greatest amount of glass of any car of the time.
It wasn't as slow as it may have looked either, as it also had an optional V8 engine.
In the end it was too much different, too fast, during an era of economic recession from a car maker who was always low on funding. AMC fell into the hands of French maker Renault in 1979, and then folded into Chrysler in 1987.
AMC Pacer Hatch - 1975
The Pacer is a bit of a conundrum - it has been seen by history as a joke car and a failure - a lemon. Yet it adopted many of the changes that the 'Big Three' Detroit makers said would be too difficult.
I was small on the outside (at least in length), and spacious on the inside. It had excellent all-round visibility, thanks to the greatest amount of glass of any car of the time.
It wasn't as slow as it may have looked either, as it also had an optional V8 engine.
In the end it was too much different, too fast, during an era of economic recession from a car maker who was always low on funding. AMC fell into the hands of French maker Renault in 1979, and then folded into Chrysler in 1987.