Some American performance cars are renowned for their subtle and restrained good looks, while others are as “in your face” as it is possible to be. The 1970 AMC Rebel “The Machine” falls firmly into the latter category. From its striking paint scheme to its distinctive wheels, this was...
The Nash-Kelvinator Corporation and Hudson Motor Car Company merged in 1954 to create the American Motors Corporation, AMC, which would be the fourth biggest car company in America until it was acquired by Chrysler in 1987. Over their 33 year run, AMC managed to create cars that if not bett...
With a large slice of the classic car community focusing on 1960’s pony cars like the Mustang, Camaro, and Firebird, the 1969 AMC AMX has flown under the radar for decades. However, that situation is changing, with values climbing over the past five years faster than the market average. ...
Welcome to the "American Motors Cars Magazine" website! The main editor and production manager is myself, Frank Swygert. I have been an AMC enthusiast since 1979. I have previously self-published two books on AMC ("The Unheralded Rambler", 1987, and "The Compact Chronicles", 1992, sold o...
Several scale model cars of the AMC Hornet have been made, for example by Corgi and Johnny Lightning. The car also was part of the James Bond Car Collection, issue 28.Find these models on eBay. Links: AMC Hornet fan page Product Code: au043 Tags AMCAMC Hornetcar Film The Man With...
Most of us have gotten used to unwashed masses thinking Mad Max cars were American Motors cars, they weren't but millions still think so. Well, this is a new take on a AMX as it sported a 70 Javelin grille, maybe they could not find a obsolete 70 AMX grille? But the Starsky & ...
Posted on June 28, 2019 by asifnyc 2 Comments Hoarding; definition: The act of a person who hoards… So, I was just minding my own business… NOT cruising craigslist looking for cars, NOT checking the AMC Forum For Sale section, NOT checking ebay motors… (ok, honestly I was doing ...
An original prop number plate used on Scaramanga's AMC Matador Coupe in James Bond’s The Man With... Tabasco The famous Tabasco pepper sauce is seen and mentioned in the consecutive movies The Man With... Golden Gun The Golden Gun used by Scaramanga in the movie The Man With The Gold...
“1980-looking,” resulting in a Javelin that was longer, lower, wider, and heavier than before. The pony car market was saturated by this point and the declining interest in muscle cars didn’t give Javelin sales a much-needed shot in the arm. Javelin’s production in 1973 would total ...
You have to hand it to American Motors. They were always willing to take a chance on doing some different in hopes of it catching on. In the late 1970s, they took the aging Concord (aka Hornet) and added four-wheel-drive to it to become the Eagle. That created a niche they would ...