GM too had completely restyled its X-body compacts, from the Chevrolet ... the LN—later renamed the Concours. Meanwhile the AMC Hornet, which debuted for the 1970 model year, looked virtually ...

Designed on the back of an airplane barf bag, the Gremlin was built on a shortened Hornet platform. This allowed AMC to quickly and ... Remember the Gremlin X? This sporty variant helped drive ...

The Gremlin and the Pacer also stand out as quirky. The Hornet is one of AMC's not-so-iconic nameplates, but it also spawned a performance-oriented model in 1971. It's called the SC/360 ...