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==Background== [[File:1979 AMC Spirit liftback light blue NC.jpg|thumb|1979 Spirit DL liftback]] The AMC Spirit was largely a restyled [[AMC Gremlin|Gremlin]], which had been manufactured from 1970 through 1978. Engineering and equipment upgrades introduced on the 1978 [[AMC Concord|Concord]] carried over to the subcompact Spirit. The suspension system was revised with "soft-ride" mountings for the coil springs over A-arms in the front and the rear live-axle with leaf springs to improve ride and handling.<ref name="driving79">{{cite magazine |last=Witzenburg |first=Gary |title=Driving the '79 American Motors models |magazine=Popular Mechanics |date=October 1978 |volume=150 |issue=4 |pages=114, 115, 164, 166, 168 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=4M4DAAAAMBAJ&q=1979+AMC+AMX&pg=PA114 |via=Google Books |access-date=7 April 2022}}</ref> Features included enhanced sound-deadening and corrosion protection as well as lightweight aluminum bumpers, lock-up automatic transmission converter, and higher-compression six-cylinder camshaft and pistons for economy, performance, and emissions.<ref name="driving79"/> The body received new styling and a [[liftback]] model was added to the previous two-door sedan. [[Dick Teague]]'s "more-conventional" design of the new liftback coupe "had a particularly graceful superstructure for such a short car".<ref>{{cite web |url= http://auto.howstuffworks.com/amc-cars3.htm |title=AMC Spirit, AMC Concord, AMC Eagle |author=((Auto Editors of ''Consumer Guide'')) |website=How Stuff Works |date=7 June 2007 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190325020903/http://auto.howstuffworks.com/amc-cars3.htm |archive-date=25 March 2019 |access-date=4 February 2022}}</ref> A road test by ''Popular Science'' described the transition as AMC having the "cleverest engineers in Detroit" cementing their reputation of "getting $200 worth of looks for $100".<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Jacobs |first=Ed |title=AMC for '79: Goodbye, Gremlins-now there's a new Spirit |magazine=Popular Science |volume=213 |page=123 |date=October 1978 |issue=4 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=HgEAAAAAMBAJ&q=I+felt+American+Motors+just+might+have+the+cleverest+engineers+in&pg=PA123 |via=Google Books |access-date=7 April 2022}}</ref>
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