Price seems ridiculous, but...... http://www.ebay.com/itm/1977-AMC-Gremlin-/162542799377?_trksid=p2141725.m3641.l6368
What is the deal with all of the stupid, poorly framed pictures? I can think of a lot of other way more awesome cars that I would rather buy for $28k.
Nice Gremlin but that price is over the top. Found an interesting video on the history of the AMC Pacer and AMC in general. Didn't know AMC was originally going to put a GM built rotary engine into the Pacer until the General pulled the plug on them at the last minute:
Yup, it was also going to be FWD, so imagine the crash reengineering required to go from a light FWD powertrain with a flat floor boards to the I-6 & V-8 engines & RWD. It is why they weigh as much as a Grand Prix or Monte Carlo. No time to properly develop the suspension pieces just over engineer them and hope for the best. It also killed the interior space. Back to the Gremlin. yup nice, overpriced and some of the worst (but "artsy" ) photo's I have ever seen in an ad. As a reference on the price I paid $3000 less for my 18,000 mile 6.0 V8 Solstice. I bet its more fun than this Gremlin. If it was an early small bumper model maybe????? But it would still be a stretch
Yes a V8 in a Solstice especially that 6.0 ls engine would be a LOT more fun than this Gremlin. I'm guessing that dealer is trying to convince someone looking for their first classic car that this Gremlin is a bargain. I did watch that Jay Leno auto episode where one of the comedian guests loves Gremlins. Maybe he'll buy this one! http://autoweek.com/article/car-life/jay-lenos-garage-shows-comedian-jeff-dunhams-amc-gremlins
GM pulled the plug on themselves, first. They wouldn't produce a Wankel only for a competitor. It was a wise decision, anyway. Even today, Wankels still have sealing- and fuel economy issues. The rack and pinion steering was a good idea, though. With that, they could have stuffed a Renault/Peugeot/Volvo V-6 used in the DeLorean with an existing front-drive transaxle, instead of the line 6. The AMC Eagle offered it, as an option:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eagle_Premier It still would have been tighter than other models, for servicing. But, not so extreme. French, or better yet Swedish (German?), electronics were already developed. Therefore, more reliable. That glass added to weight. Keeping the wagon version while reducing glass space filling it with ordinary sheet metal, they could have curbed the fuel economy issue to acceptable levels.
