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With pony cars like the Chevrolet Camaro and Ford Mustang taking the lion’s share of the domestic performance-car market in the late 1960s, AMC jumped in with a daring model called the AMX. The original design, introduced in 1968 and made through 1970, was distinguished as the only American two-seat sports car available at the time, apart from the Chevrolet Corvette.
American Motors’ own V-8 mill powered the AMX, and customers had a choice of engines with displacements of either 290 cubic inches, 343 cubic inches, or 390 cubic inches (6.4 liters)—the latter making upward of 315 hp and 425 ft lbs of torque. The largest engine propelled the AMX from zero to 60 mph in about 6.5 seconds, a respectable time for the day. The model’s top speed in street dress was under 125 mph, but handling was the name of the game for the AMX. A Borg Warner four-speed transmission, front disc brakes, and traction bars were standard equipment.
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