I have to agree with Jerry, All the articles I have read say the car came out in April Fools Day in 1970. The first time I saw one was at a car wash in Brunswick Ohio. I remember how (pleasently) shocked I was by the out of the ordinary design. I actually turned to my younger brother and mentioned the car must be from a Soviet bloc country. The design of the car was so different than anything on the road at the time. I'm sure most of you know the Gremlin came out to compete directly with the Volkswagen Bettle. Now that I think of it. Two seater Gremlins are rare (800 +) made in 1970) but when is the last time you saw a 1970 Volkswagen. I'd say the Gremlins won hands down. Now that the Beetles are back in force and most of the car companies are going "retro", how about a 2004 Gremlin! BMP [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]