American Motors Corporation, better known as AMC, was one of the true underdogs of the American car industry in the 1960s and 1970s. The company, formed in 1954 after a merger between Nash-Kelvinator ...

AMC gets a bad rap from just about everyone. Sloppy build quality, controversial styling, a hodgepodge of parts from other manufacturers, perpetual chassis carryover—you name it, AMC has caught hell ...

I can’t really talk about this 6.6-liter V8, four-speed tribute 1974 AMC Gremlin 401-XR without talking about the original, and we can’t talk about the original without talking about the basic compact ...

Want sick power from a basically stock engine? Try a 401. Using factoryheads on the portly 4.170-inch bore, you can build torque where itcounts and still make good power on top with a reasonable cam, ...

This 1974 AMC Gremlin got a V8 engine swap to ape the special-edition Randall-built XRs of the day. This 1974 AMC Gremlin got a V8 engine swap to ape the special-edition Randall-built XRs of the day.

In 1971, the state of Alabama had two issues to solve: the officials had to buy new cars for the state troopers, and they didn’t have heaps of money to make ends meet. Since the Big Three offers were ...

American Motors Corporation spent the muscle car era fighting with fewer resources than its Detroit rivals, yet it managed to put some of the lightest V8 performance cars of the period on the street.

Does your Jeep’s factory V-8 pack the same punch as a neutered monkey? Missing that certain something? Do you get the feeling your AMC V-8 would rather sit on the couch with a box of bon-bons than get ...

Although it ceased being an independent carmaker 35 years ago, AMC lives on in muscle car enthusiasts' hearts for building impressive rides that offered more bang for the buck than any of Detroit's ...