Re: [Amc-list] 1977 AMC Trivia

[JOE FULTON <piper_pa20@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

--- Archimedes <Freedom@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 
> >There were no Pacers or Hornets with standard
> >transmission approved for sale in CA that year.
> 
> 
> That wouldn't have had a major effect.  That
> combination had a small market share -- less than
> 10% of production -- in the other unregulated
> states.

Still 10% is 10% and the Hornet sedan with the
standard transmission would have provided a low price
leader for AMC dealerships.  The Gremlin (not really 4
seats) could not fill that bill, even for a small
family.  And the Gremlin styling was dated, even with
the restyle in 1977.  I remember thinking "poor AMC,
can't afford a new design" when that car came out.

I think AMC missed to boat.

Joe Fulton
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