Did you know that the AMC Pacer was originally designed around a GM engine? The mill in today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Pacer wagon is from the General, but not the Wankel originally envisioned.

When my co-producers and I first announced that we were making a documentary about the history of American Motors Corporation, a few of our fellow AMC enthusiasts voiced a surprising complaint: Once ...

Pacer is a name used by both Edsel and American Motors, which is probably why it hasn't been used again. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe wagon harkens back to the days when AMC was still a going ...

Steve Bashford decided that maybe a Pacer, dorky as it is, could be more than merely a running gag in the Wayne's World movies. He saw potential. Starting with a pristine '78 wagon with only 9,000 ...

Others, like the AMC Pacer, virtually forced drivers to accept it. It wasn’t necessarily that wood paneling died out. It was that the station wagon collapsed and took out everything associated ...

There's no rule that says a car has to be beautiful to be eligible for Collectible Classic status. The AMC Pacer isn't beautiful. It's definitely different, though, and people notice it.

This article is more than 5 years old. My father, a WW2 bombardier, proudly owned and drove a 1976 AMC Hornet Wagon, passing it onto me when I was old enough to drive. Wagons aren’t not selling ...

A compact station wagon won't surprise anyone these days, but when it debuted the AMC Concord ticked a lot of the right boxes. Released at the height of the Malaise era, the Concord lineup ...

I'm hoping that some Colorado AMC fancier will come rescue the nice parts before The Crusher eats this Pacer. Murilee Martin This car has the optional 258-cubic-inch straight-six, rated at 95 ...