Gremlin By AMC Commercial (1970) 

Ironically, AMC not having a lot of cash meant that they built more dependable cars with older technology and existing parts. Certainly more solid than General Motors' shitboxes at the time.

One thing the Gremlin was really reliable for was rusting straight through the floorboards so that your feet dragged on the pavement when you drove. Then again, I lived in the Chicago area and the salt on the roads just dissolved these cars to bits in a matter of a few years.

Brad Hampton I will say that I really liked the Pacer.

Jon Kelley i was born in 2002 and i love AMC cars, even the pacer

The Gremlin was the getaway car in the terminator when Sarah and Kyle escaped the police station. -infinity to I mph in in six minutes. The terminator could have hobbled on one robot leg jumped in the back and tickled them both and then shot them.

Yeah Brad, I hear you. I remember friends of my family had AMC cars and they said that they were very good and very reliable. I also remember a few of my relatives having AMC cars as well. It's too bad that this particular factory's cars have become the butt of jokes and cracks by many, when in reality, these cars were better than many thought they were at the time. On occasion, I still see an AMC car on the road when I least expect to.

+Tata Betita Or it will turn into a Pacer...right?

+Tata Betita Nice.

Tata Betita a Pacer should turn into the Gremlin.

VinnyDaQ pacers are awesome

The Gremlin was the getaway car in the terminator when Sarah and Kyle escaped the police station. -infinity to I mph in in six minutes. The terminator could have hobbled on one robot leg jumped in the back and tickled them both and then shot them.

I would take one ANY day over the computer controlled crackerbox crap we have to choose from now! Progress my ass!!!!

Honestly american cars from this time were WAY better looking than cars from europe and japan, which were all 50hp teacup mobiles unless they were over 30 grand.

Not just no anti-lock, but four wheel drum braks.

I had a 72 Gremlin and bought it brand new and it did me well for 12+ years and I would love to have one like it today

I still remember driving off the New Car Lot and Midway American in Wichita Kansas going east on Douglas Street!

The Gremlin was the getaway car in the terminator when Sarah and Kyle escaped the police station. -infinity to I mph in in six minutes. The terminator could have hobbled on one robot leg jumped in the back and tickled them both and then shot them.

It's probably a manhole cover somewhere.

in the 1/4? Bull!!!!!!

I thought the Gremlin was a sharp looking car and in fact i still do!

okay on second thought, maybe not a Pinto.

@@MrLouis-of3yl Duster is where it's at

hell yeah

Julieta Lariat They were ugly to look at. If AMC had better designers they would have been more competitive. Their cars were ugly for the most part and the ones that weren't, looked like cheap knock offs of the big 3's cars. Whoever the design team was should have been fired.

+dstarks80 Honestly, you're way off base. The Gremlin and Spirit sold almost a million cars between 1970 and 1983. How can you say the would have sold more had they been styled differently? They were AMC's most successful car ever in a single body style. Secondly, AMC design team was so highly thought of in Detroit, it was part of why Chrysler Aquired AMC. AMC's design team took control of Chrysler's design department and created the LH platform cars that were a huge financial success for Chrysler in the 90's. They also created the Neon for Chrysler. AMC basically took over Chrysler with out Chrysler knowing what was happening.

+dstarks80 Ugly? Really? Two words: Javelin and AMX.

+dstarks80 They still look better than most of the monochrome jelly beans on wheels that pass for cars today. Thank you government mandates for ruining yet another pleasure in life.

By a retro review, Gremlins and Pacers looks charming and no-Dodges , no-Fords of today can beat their authentical AMC´s seal of true '70s flavor all of its own .

That's how it was in the 70s, now you have to chase the chicks

Lol!

eldo59 - they didn't pass the audition because of their brains...😏😄😛

I don't believe so. My guess would be no.

That was actor Robert Easton popular 60's and 70's character actor. Played Moose Mallory the basketball star on the Munsters Episode with Pat Buttham as his dad/manager.

***** Thanks for the info, Bobby.

Your Welcome

+Bobby Cole Wow! Don't know how you knew that but nicely done.

I came here looking for that one, myself!

@@StaciArdmoreI have looked everywhere. For years on and off. It’s just burned out of existence.

I would love to find that commercial!......If I remember, it was 1974, I've not seen it since then, but she says "give me a gallon". and he says, "are you sure you're going to need all that?" or something like that....

So ugly, they sold almost a million of them and it was their most popular single body style ever (1970-1978 and 1979 to 1983 AMC Eagle/Spirit Kammback or VAM Gremlin in Mexico) ,

@105749745419977964477 Yeah, people back then also though polyester leisure suits in puke green were a good idea. Hindsight is 20 / 20, huh? By the way, how did they "almost sell a million" when they only made 671,475 Gremlins... IN 8 YEARS? (Hardly a "home run," buddy.) It was a last gasp POS car from a dying American car company that made nothing but shit cars in the '70s. Also, the AMX Javelin was their most popular body style ever. Quit talking out of your fucking ass about something you know *nothing* about.

OsbornTramain All Chrysler wanted out of AMC was Jeep... period. The only reason they kept building Eagles was to use up excess parts. After AMC fucked themselves with the V8 Pacer, which nobody wanted, they were dead in the water. As for AMC dieing, yeah... they did. Go try and buy a new one! Yes, I am counting the Mexican market. THERE WERE ONLY 671,475 MADE!!! Again, how is that "close to a million?" The Spirit? Really? IT WAS A DIFFERENT BODY AND MODEL! What the Hell are you thinking? We're talking about the *Gremlin*, NOT THE FUCKING *SPIRIT*! Would you go up to someone with a '64 Mustang and seriously say the '64 Mustang is really a Falcon... so you should call it a Falcon? Actually, I'd like to see you do that. They'd beat the shit out of you. I'm not wasting my time responding to anything else you have to say because you can't even get the production numbers or names of the damn car correct!

+Milford Civic in the 50's

+Milford Civic Anyone with a civic for an avatar is not to be taken seriously.

Gremlin was far from garbage

I can think of many American cars that are uglier before I reach ANY AMC.