In 1970, two very different American compact cars tried to answer the same question: how to keep drivers from defecting to small imports without asking them to give up Detroit comfort and attitude.

For those who want something a little different from the usual Detroit Three muscle-car fare, this 1970 AMC Javelin SST Trans Am Edition will be part of an upcoming Mecum auction in Dallas, scheduled ...

The AMC Javelin doesn't get the same amount of attention as its pony car contemporaries, but this 1970 AMC Javelin Mark Donohue Edition recently featured on Jay Leno's Garage shows why it should. The ...

American Motors Corp. was formed in 1954 by the merger of Rambler, Nash and Hudson. By the 1960s Nash and Hudson were gone, and to most American buyers Rambler meant dowdy, compact cars. In the ...

The late 1960s and early 1970s significantly impacted American performance car history. It was the muscle car era. Every automaker worked hard to reel in the benefits of the market’s hunger for fast ...

That Trans-Am racing coincided in growth with the exploding muscle car business was no accident. The series provided auto manufacturers their best chance to showcase the handling and acceleration of ...

Before the Javelin trophies and the Jeep bet rewired Detroit, American Motors built a family sedan with a chip on its shoulder—the Rebel. Born of thrift and stubborn engineering, it became AMC’s ...

Delving into the annals of AMC history, the company is credited with developing the first full-time all-wheel-drive system offered in a passenger car with the1980 Eagle, complete with a viscous center ...

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Chad has been a muscle car and classic truck lover since he could walk. The classic vehicles from the '60s and '70s are the best in his eyes, but he is more than willing to give the new technology a ...