WOMAN: Jump! ANNOUNCER: The AMC Pacer, the first wide small car. GUY: I didn't know it was that wide! NARRATOR: The Pacer went on sale in February and was immediately a hit.

Follow Harry's journey to acquire a vintage AMC Pacer, a unique classic car with a quirky charm and a colorful history.

Initially, there was some speculation that AMC didn't go to the effort of certi­fying a different engine in the Pacer be­cause they already were committed to mounting an Audi engine in the car ...

The company was not without its memorable models like the AMC Pacer, an expression of aesthetic oblivion that has since become a cult classic. (Squint your eyes and it’s a Porsche 928.) ...

Launched almost 50 years ago, the AMC Pacer remains one of the ugliest and most controversial cars on the road, despite having a clever design.

The 304 V8 was a special engine that AMC stuffed into very nearly everything the brand made during the 1970s.

The AMC 304, 360, and 401 cubic-inch V8 engines may be overlooked by some, but they remain a key piece of American automotive history.

Gerald Meyers, who sought to save the American Motors Corp (AMC) by introducing the unusual, bubble-like AMC Pacer, then arranged the struggling automaker’s takeover by France’s Renault, has ...

Gerald Meyers, who sought to save the American Motors Corp. by introducing the unusual, bubble-like AMC Pacer, then arranged the struggling automaker’s takeover by France’s Renault SA, has ...

Gerald C. Meyers, who went from top product engineer to CEO at American Motors Corp. during an era that produced the AMC Pacer and Gremlin vehicles, died on June 19. Meyers, 94, died of natural ...

The Pacer was supposedly designed from the inside out, the theory being that claustrophobic Americans who have thus far resisted small cars with small interiors will go along with a car that is ...