American Motors (USA)

American Motors (USA)
AMERICAN MOTORS HORNET

5-seater 2-door saloon, 5-seater 4-door saloon, estate, coupé.

AMC's chunky compact, with new structure, on 108ins wheelbase, with Hornet name culled from fifties Hudson. Basic car later drastically shortened and restyled to become Gremlin. As ever, utterly conventional layout, with no major sheetmetal style changes in eight years. Re-engineered into-Concord for 1978. In UK, listed only in 1975.

Technical Specifications
Engine
engines as Javelin up to 5896cc
Configuration
Front engine, rear-wheel drive
Production dates
1968 to 1977
Number produced
n/a
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