From Avanti to Zimmer, every orphaned car brand has its armchair CEOs who argue that, if only they had been in charge, the company would still be making cars today. But most of these analyses are ...

When we look at lists of notoriously ugly cars, the fishbowl-shaped AMC Pacer usually comes in just behind the ...

American Motors Corporation (AMC) produced the Pacer from model year 1975 through 1980. Reviews described the car as “futuristic, bold, and unique” yet only 280,000 units were built over the ...

Today, though, the Pacer is regarded with great affection… though not enough affection for anyone to have rescued this '76 from its sad fate at the Aurora U-Pull-&-Pay.

The Pacer received its best, albeit late, publicity thanks to Mike Myers and Dana Carvey who rode around in Garth’s (played by Carvey) 1976 AMC Pacer in the 1992 hit movie “Wayne’s World.” ...

The AMC Pacer, meanwhile, was to be AMC’s breakout success all-new compact car, but it never happened. Produced from 1975 through 1980, the Pacer was built around a spacious, four-passenger ...

As for AMC ownership, I also owned a new 1974 Hornet X 258, a new 1976 Gremlin X 258, along with the aforementioned ’73 Matador and low-mileage ’79 Spirit. Again all of which I used for ...