The Rebel’s replacement finally bowed for the 1971 model year. For the second time in five years, it had a new name: AMC Matador. The new moniker did not go over well in some Spanish-speaking export markets; while “Matador” usually implies a bullfighter, it more literally means “kill...
Others say that that is a load of rubbish and that the term “muscle car” didn’t plant its roots until the mid-1960s with the introduction of the Pontiac GTO and the 389 cid V8. Pontiac proudly brandished the muscle car title in advertisements for the GTO. The ad campaign certainly ...
in a road test of the Pontiac GTO, and how “Hurst puts American Motors into the Supercar club with the 390 Rogue”(the SC/Rambler) to fight in “the Supercar street racer gang” market segment. The “SC” in the model name stood for “Super...