Total Matador Coupe production was around 62,000 units, of which the Brougham trim accounted for 21,000. Of those, the 360-powered cars numbered only one-third of the volume (6,483, to be accurate).

AMC made reasonably priced domestically made alternatives to cars from the Big Three automakers, and the ones with the 360 V8 ...

In order to enhance its appeal, AMC turned to a famous name from the fashion design world, Oleg Cassini, and the Matador seen here is a result of that collaboration. It's up for auction until July ...

It happened in 1974 when the Matador was redesigned and AMC decided that the rather uninspired hard-top needs a sportier replacement. The standard coupe was immediately joined by the Matador X ...

AMC sold the Matador in coupe form from 1974 to 1978. It came with a range of inline-6 and V8 engines. The top powerplant was a 401-cubic inch V8 with dual exhausts producing 315-horsepower ...

That means that while you can expect to pay real money for a restorable late-1960s Buick Skylark or Plymouth Satellite hardtop coupe with factory V-8, their AMC Rebel counterpart doesn’t have ...

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.

Speaking of shakedown runs, we spied a 74 AMC Matador at the kickoff show in Arlington but never got to meet the owners. ... 2004 HOT ROD Power Tour Day Two: 1974 Amc Matador Coupe Video.

With the 1974 Matador X coupe, AMC entered the personal-luxury two-door fray with a look all its own. The Matador coupe's swoopy sheet metal and lack of adornment stood in contrast to the formal look ...

AMC's Matador coupe was a prime example of the brand's go-your-own-way design ethos/ Its funhouse styling was pretty out there compared to rivals like the Buick Regal and Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme.

Q: Greg, I owned a 1974 AMC Ambassador Custom Brougham four-door sedan back in the 1970s with the 304-V8 engine. What is this car worth today? I read your column in the Cape Cod newspaper and I ...