American Motors Corporation, better known as AMC, was one of the true underdogs of the American car industry in the 1960s and 1970s. The company, formed in 1954 after a merger between Nash-Kelvinator ...

American Motors Corporation never had the budget or marketing muscle of its Detroit rivals, yet it managed to field some of the most deceptively light V8 performance cars of the late 1960s and early ...

AMC gets a bad rap from just about everyone. Sloppy build quality, controversial styling, a hodgepodge of parts from other manufacturers, perpetual chassis carryover—you name it, AMC has caught hell ...

The AMC Javelin SST 401 has quietly shifted from quirky outlier to serious contender in the classic muscle market, driven by a mix of rarity, racing heritage, and usable performance. Collectors who ...

I can’t really talk about this 6.6-liter V8, four-speed tribute 1974 AMC Gremlin 401-XR without talking about the original, and we can’t talk about the original without talking about the basic compact ...

A handful of Gremlins received the 401 V8 in 1972, a conversion meant to promote a dealership rom Arizona; this example is so ...

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.

AMC motors have always been stuck in an alternate universe by virtue of their physical stature. The 290 V-8 is externally the same size as the 390 and a full 100 ci smaller. Even the 401 shares the ...

In 1971, the state of Alabama had two issues to solve: the officials had to buy new cars for the state troopers, and they didn’t have heaps of money to make ends meet. Since the Big Three offers were ...

Underrated AMC cars include the 1970 AMX/3, 1971 Hornet SC/360, 1972 to 1974 Gremlin Randall 401XR, 1965 to 1967 Rambler Marlin, and 1971 Javelin AMX 401.