7 May 2025, 20:00 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / A stand-alone nameplate from 1968 to 1970, the AMX became a performance trim for the American Motors Javelin from 1971 to 1974.

Just as there was once an age of giant reptiles some 100-odd million years ago, there was once an age of American automotive giants. Although they may be dinosaurs today, the “Big Three”—General ...

The AMC AMX/3, a supercar developed by American Motors Corporation (AMC) during the late 1960s and early ’70s, was a marvel of its time. Despite its innovative design and high performance, only six ...

The 1960s were a wild time for Detroit. Automakers were locked in a horsepower arms race, throwing ever-bigger V8s into muscle cars and designing showroom specials to attract buyers. But behind it all ...

Miriam-Webster dictionary defines a muscle car as "any of a group of American-made 2-door sports coupes with powerful engines designed for high-performance driving." Of course, sometimes the lines get ...

Some cars never get their due. The tincture of time may turn everything into a classic one day, but there are still those that will forever be the ugly ducklings of the bunch. The AMC Javelin AMX—a ...

It doesn't help that the American Motors Corporation had a reputation for stodgy but dependable family transportation, nor does it help that the company no longer exists today. Indeed, if the average ...

The late 1970s may be known for disco balls, raging club parties, and over-the-top polyester fashions, but in terms of automotive performance it was the beginning of nearly two decades of sub ...

This 1969 AMC AMX muscle car was presented at the RM Sotheby’s Auburn Fall auction in 2018. RM Sotheby’s Of them all, the first-generation AMX has a serious collector following today. With pony cars ...

AMC offered high-performance cars as early as 1957 (the four-door Rambler Rebel came with nearly 300 horsepower on tap), but the company didn't join the muscle car market until 1968. That's when the ...

After military service a career as war correspondent was on the cards. But then an exclusive bursar programme in automotive journalism came 'a-knockin' - and so a 26-year journey spanning newspapers, ...