The 1968 AMC AMX arrived as a sharp rebuttal to Detroit convention, a short-wheelbase, two-seat muscle car that treated practicality as optional and personality as mandatory. At a time when big-block ...

Just as there was once an age of giant reptiles some 100-odd million years ago, there was once an age of American automotive giants. Although they may be dinosaurs today, the “Big Three”—General ...

A rare AMC-Hurst Super Stock program built a limited-run AMX-based racer that outpaced 1969 Corvette quarter-mile times.

Erik Sherman is an automotive journalist and motorcycle enthusiast. Although he has served and worked all over the world in different capacities, his passions belong to all things automotive. His love ...

Produced from 1968 to 1970, the AMC AMX is one of the most underrated muscle cars of the golden era. Based on the Javelin, which was also new for 1968, the AMX was unique thanks to its shorter ...

Classic American performance cars from the late 1970s often live in the shadow of their better-known rivals, yet every so ...

Though overshadowed by Detroit's Big Three, the AMC left its mark on the original muscle car era with some iconic tire-shredders. In 1954, the Hudson Motor Car Company joined forces with the ...

In the late '70s, even American Motors fell under the spell of the Pontiac Trans Am.

A red-orange 1966 AMC AMX prototype with a Rumble Seat - CZmarlin/Wikimedia Commons In the 1960s, AMC needed a big win with American customers who largely favored cars from the Big Three: GM, Chrysler ...

Back before Craigslist and The Paper Shop ads were replaced by Facebook Marketplace, life was a bit simpler. Muscle cars were much more obtainable, and you could easily find one for next to nothing.

AMC = not cool. At least that's what enthusiasts who follow any of the Big Three brands would like you to believe. Remember the Gremlin? Yeah, these people like to make fun of that poor thing. But ...