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more about #amcspirit more comments → tonyola: I can't find it on the Net, but there was a 1968 commercial about a Rebel being driven the length of Baja California (a true 1967 exploit). It feature... more » DrLemming: There's another Javelin ad from I think 1969 where a young Richard Dreyfus plays a hood. He did a great job. more » tonyola: High camp from AMC - the first Pacer commercial. more » tonyola: You missed this classic from 1968 (the YouTube label is incorrect). more » Maymar: I don't know if AMC is crazy smart, or just crazy, with their bigger small car pitch. Then again, their idea of an economy car involved a bigger engin... more » ☠Grяrяrяrяrя, portrait of a chickenwolfmoosepig.: I had a friend that had a Chevette. It wasn't a bad car (for GM, anyway), but it was tiny. It was RWD, of course, so it had a huge tranny tunnel whi... more » skloon: Crucifixion or .... crucifixion more » Alfisted: Such a question. Would you like me to use this rusty knife to lop off your left testicle ... or your right? more » that ain't the way to have fun, son: I wonder how much having the exhaust go under the driveshaft contributed to AMC's demise. /only partly kidding Were it an independent rear suspensio... more » Jim-Bob: As someone who has owned a Spirit for over 20 years, I will say it is a far better car than a Chevette. It may also be the reason I am a 35 year old v... more » Tiberiuswise is all ate up with sarcasm: What were the actual sales numbers? more » Number_Six: One selling point. more » OneCrackedEgg: The AMC, and not cos I have more than a little malaise of my own for the General (I grew up in Massena). AWD FTW! more » UDMan: I wish they still offered cars without radio's in them, because Mine is hardly ever on. When I was traveling for my job, I never turned it on, nor did... more » Novaload: I would take almost anything instead of a Chevette. But this ad should be studied in marketing classes. The pitch is, hey, it's a tiny bit bigger an... more » -
#classicadwatch
Jalopnik's 14 Favorite Vintage AMC and Jeep Commercials
AMC may be long gone, and Fiat owns the Jeep brand nowadays, but classic AMC ads will never die!
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#classicadwatch
It's 1979, And You Must Choose Between The Chevette And The AMC Spirit
That's sort of how the mid-Malaise Era went; you could opt to swap your rapidly-eroding dollars for the already obsolete Chevrolet Chevette, or for a much larger car made by an obviously doomed manufacturer. More » -
#nicepriceorcrackpipe
AMC Spirit LeMons Candidate for the Low, Low Price of FREE!
The old adage espouses when life gives you lemons, go forth and make lemonade. Today, Nice Price or Crack Pipe brings you a bargain AMC Spirit, and plenty of LeMons aid. More » -
#chooseyoureternity
PCH, Six-Banger Kenosha Malaise Edition: Spirit or Gremlin?
With today's Engine of the Day being the AMC inline six, it seemed only good and proper that we have a Choose Your Eternity dilemma featuring a pair of vehicles powered by that fine powerplant. It's also good to have a couple of American cars, which I really can't use very often in this series because the stuff out of Detroit is too simple and parts obtainment is too easy to make for true hell. Not so with Kenosha products, though- even though the drivetrain parts are easy to find (thanks to the Jeep connection), the body and interior components are another story entirely. And today's trip into Hell isn't just about restoring an old AMC- it's about hot-rodding the six-cylinder engine so you get at least 300 reliable horsepower out of it. The road out of Hell is steep, you see, and you'll need plenty of power to climb out of the boiling sulfur! More »
