Before the Pacer became a joke on Wayne's World, it was a serious attempt at a different kind of small car. Designed to be roomy but compact, it initially sold well. This one has been treated to an ...

When the AMC Pacer finally hit showrooms in 1975, it was a far cry from the rotary-powered vision AMC had once promised.

Unable to compete with the Big Three, Nash-Kelvinator and Hudson merged in 1954 to form American Motors Corporation (AMC). AMC became America's fourth-largest automaker and soldiered on until 1988, ...

When we look at lists of notoriously ugly cars, the fishbowl-shaped AMC Pacer usually comes in just behind the what-could-they-have-been-thinking Pontiac Aztek and the ...