Editing AMC Gremlin (section)

{{short description|Subcompact car produced by American Motors Corporation}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2015}}
{{Infobox automobile
| image = Gremlin side (5903000893).jpg
| caption = 1975 AMC Gremlin
| name = AMC Gremlin
| aka = {{unbulleted list | American Motors Gremlin<ref name=oldcaradvertising>{{cite web|url= http://www.oldcaradvertising.com/AMC%20Ads/1970%20Gremlin/1970%20Gremlin%20Ad-01.html |title=The New American Car (1970 AMC advertisement) |website=oldcaradvertising.com |access-date=April 10, 2015}}</ref> | VAM Gremlin (Mexico)<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Made in Mexico - Gremlins with a Spanish accent |magazine=Hemmings Classic Car |date=July 2010 |url= https://www.hemmings.com/stories/article/made-in-mexico |access-date=September 20, 2020}}</ref> }}
| manufacturer = [[American Motors Corporation]]
| production = {{unbulleted list | 1970–1978 (US) | 1974–1983 (Mexico) | 671,475 produced }}
| assembly = {{unbulleted list | [[Kenosha, Wisconsin]], United States | [[Brampton]], [[Ontario]], Canada | [[Mexico City]], Mexico ([[Vehículos Automotores Mexicanos|VAM]]) }}
| class = [[Subcompact car|Subcompact]]
| body_style = {{unbulleted list | 2-door [[Sedan (automobile)|sedan]] | 2-door [[hatchback]] }}
| layout = [[FR layout]]
| successor = [[AMC Spirit]]
| engine = {{unbulleted list
 | {{cvt|1984|cc|CID|0}} [[Volkswagen|VW]] ''[[List of discontinued Volkswagen Group petrol engines#EA831|EA831]]'' [[Straight-four engine|I4]]<ref>{{cite web |last=Severson |first=Aaron |title=Do Not Feed After Midnight: The AMC Gremlin > Ate Up With Motor |url= https://ateupwithmotor.com/model-histories/amc-gremlin/ |work=Ate Up With Motor |date=8 April 2008 |access-date=20 September 2020}}</ref>
 | {{cvt|3258|cc|CID|1}} [[AMC Straight-6 engine#199|''AMC 199'']] [[Straight-six engine|I6]]
 | {{cvt|3801|cc|CID|1}} [[AMC Straight-6 engine#2329|''AMC 232'']] I6
 | {{cvt|4230|cc|CID|1}} [[AMC Straight-6 engine#258|''AMC 258'']] I6
 | {{cvt|4978|cc|CID|1}} [[AMC V8 engine|''AMC 304'']] [[V8 engine|V8]]
 }}
| transmission = {{unbulleted list | 3- or 4-speed [[Borg-Warner]] [[Manual transmission|manual]] | 3-speed manual w/ Laycock de Normanville [[Overdrive (mechanics)|overdrive]] | 3-speed Borg-Warner automatic (1970–1971) | 3-speed [[Chrysler]] ''[[TorqueFlite]]'' [[Automatic transmission|automatic]] (1972–1978) }}
| length = {{unbulleted list | {{convert|161.3|in|mm|0|abbr=on}} (1970–1972) | {{convert|165.5|in|mm|0|abbr=on}} (1973) | {{convert|170.3|in|mm|0|abbr=on}} (1974–1975) | {{convert|169.4|in|mm|0|abbr=on}} (1976) | {{convert|166.5|in|mm|0|abbr=on}} (1977–1978) }}
| width = {{convert|70.6|in|mm|0|abbr=on}}
| height = {{convert|51.8|in|mm|0|abbr=on}}
| wheelbase = {{convert|96|in|mm|0|abbr=on}}
| weight = {{convert|2633|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Lamm|first=Michael|title=The Gremlins will get you if you don't watch out! |magazine=Popular Mechanics |date=April 1970 |volume=133 |issue=4 |pages=106–109 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=QtgDAAAAMBAJ&q=AMC+Gremlin+specifications&pg=PA106 |access-date=June 27, 2014}}</ref>
| related = {{unbulleted list | [[AMC Spirit]] | [[AMC Eagle]] | [[AMC Hornet]] | [[AMC Concord]] }}
| designer = {{unbulleted list | Bob Nixon | [[Dick Teague]] }}
}}

The '''AMC Gremlin''', also called '''American Motors Gremlin''',<ref name=oldcaradvertising /> is a [[subcompact car]] introduced in 1970, manufactured and marketed in a single, two-door body style (1970–1978) by [[American Motors Corporation]] (AMC), as well as in Mexico (1974–1983) by AMC's [[Vehículos Automotores Mexicanos]] (VAM) subsidiary.

Using a shortened [[AMC Hornet|Hornet]] platform and bodywork with a pronounced [[kammback]] tail, the Gremlin was classified as an [[economy car]] and competed with the [[Chevrolet Vega]] and [[Ford Pinto]], introduced that same year, as well as imported cars including the [[Volkswagen Beetle]]<ref name=oldcaradvertising /> and [[Toyota Corolla]].<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Gremlin sub-compact draws bead on VW Beetle and other imports |magazine=Product Engineering |publisher=Morgan-Grampian |year=1970 |volume=41 |page=42}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |author=National Research Council |title=The Competitive Status of the U.S. Auto Industry: A Study of the Influences of Technology in Determining International Industrial Competitive Advantage |publisher=National Academy Press |year=1982 |page=71 |doi=10.17226/291 |url= http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=291&page=71 |isbn=978-0-309-03289-6 |access-date=February 3, 2022}}</ref> The small domestic automaker marketed the Gremlin as "the first American-built import."<ref>{{cite web |last=Gustafson |first=Sven |title=AMC Gremlin was unleashed 50 years ago today, no fooling |url= https://www.autoblog.com/2020/04/01/amc-gremlin-50-year-anniversary-april-fools-day/ |publisher=Autoblog |date=April 1, 2020 |access-date=September 20, 2020}}</ref>

The Gremlin reached a total production of 671,475 over a single generation. It was superseded for 1979 by a restyled and revised variant, the [[AMC Spirit]], which continued to be produced through 1983. This was long after the retirement of the Ford Pinto that suffered from stories about exploding gas tanks, as well as the Chevrolet Vega with its rusting bodies and durability problems with its aluminum engine.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Wojdyla |first1=Ben |title=Ford Pinto Fuel Tanks: Epic Auto Failures |url= https://www.popularmechanics.com/cars/a6700/top-automotive-engineering-failures-ford-pinto-fuel-tanks/ |work=Popular Mechanics |date=May 20, 2011 |access-date=August 1, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Huffman |first1=John Pearley |title=The Car That Nearly Destroyed GM |url=https://www.popularmechanics.com/cars/a6424/how-the-chevy-vega-almost-destroyed-gm/ |work=Popular Mechanics |date=October 19, 2010 |access-date=August 1, 2022}}</ref>