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.

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 ...

American Motors Corporation (AMC) produced the Pacer from model year ... V-8 engine and two-door station wagon model in 1977 didn’t generate enough interest. Sales continued to slide until ...

AMC gave the Hornet a sporty AMX model, and the Matador Coupe got some "opera-windowed gimmickry," to make its sleek shape more formal. But the big news was a new Pacer station wagon, and-after ...

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.

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 ...

the wood-paneled wagon version...a real chick magnet, I assure you). This British Top Gear clip takes the AMC Pacer on a test run where the driver confirms the strange handling of the vehicle due ...

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 ...