Re: 1972 CAR AND DRIVER

["John W Rosa" <JohnRosa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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Subject: 1972 CAR AND DRIVER
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I recall that in the fall of 1972 Car and Driver called the then new Hornet Hatcback the best-styled car in America. I also recall
that they put it on the cover but may be wrong. If it was the cover car, could someone scan the cover and article for me? I'm
working on a Hornet story for one of my overseas publications and it would be great to have the scans. Scan at full-size, 200 DPI
and save as a low-compression, high-quality JPG.

Thanks,

Richard Truesdell

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Rich,

The Car & Driver quote is from the October 1972 'The 1973 New Cars'
preview where they just toss single photos of all the US car lines
into a multi-page collage. The caption was lifted by AMC for use
in the full-page ad that featured a white X model from the side...
the 'styling coup' ad.

I have the picture pages from that article, so I have the single
black-and-white Hornet shot with the caption above, if you want it.
I also can scan the AMC ad that used the quote, plus another yellow
hatchback ad I have.

By February 1973, C&D did a full road test article on a 360 X (like
mine) which had a subtitle that began with "Rejoicing will be heard
from those who have kept the faith...".

In March 1973, Road & Track also tested a 360 X, and proclaimed it
'one of the best domestic compacts'.

Finally, in April 1973, Hot Rod beat a 360 X up (along with a Randall
401 X) on a 6000-mile coast-to-coast-and-back two-car road test.

I have all three of these to scan, if you wish.



John W Rosa
http://www.JavelinAMX.com