Editing AMC AMX (section)

==Industry firsts==
The AMX was not only sporty and attractive, but it introduced many industry firsts.<ref name="conceptcarz.com">{{cite web|url= http://www.conceptcarz.com/vehicle/z1748/default.aspx |website=conceptcarz.com |title=1970 AMX news, pictures, and information |access-date=14 February 2022}}</ref>

The American [[SAE International|Society of Automotive Engineers]] (SAE) named the AMX as the "best-engineered car of the year" in 1969 and 1970.<ref>{{cite magazine |magazine=Automobile Quarterly| title=AMC AMX and Javelin, AMC at Nürburgring |year=1981 |volume=19 |issue=1 |publisher=Princeton Institute for Historic Research}}</ref>

For its first-year recognition, the reasons cited included the car's dashboard, which was injection-molded in one piece "for safety purposes, an industry first."<ref name="conceptcarz.com"/> The AMX's new {{convert|390|CID|L|1|abbr=on}} engine was developed to have a large displacement within its minimal external dimensions and moderate weight, while the use of common components and machining with AMC's 290 and 343 engines assured manufacturing economy.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Leydorf |first1=George F. |first2=George E. |last2=Onishi |chapter=The American Motors AMX-390 V-8 Engine |year=1968 |publisher=SAE International: technical paper 680493 |chapter-url= http://papers.sae.org/680493/ |access-date=21 March 2012|doi=10.4271/680493 |title=SAE Technical Paper Series |volume=1}}</ref> The 1968 models also included an innovative fiberglass safety padding, a "plastic" on the inside of the windshield posts that was first used on the AMC Javelins.

For the following year's award, the SAE recognition included the 1970 AMXs (and Javelins) being the first production cars to use windshields that were safer, thinner, and lighter than ordinary [[laminated glass]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Clarke |first1=Sally H. |first2=Naomi |last2=Lamoreaux |first3=Steven |last3=Usselman |title=The Challenge of Remaining Innovative: Insights from Twentieth-Century American Business |year=2009 |publisher=Stanford University Press |isbn=978-0-8047-5892-5 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=Ho6hmHrCjCEC&pg=PA99 |page=99 |access-date=21 March 2012}}</ref> Developed by [[Corning Incorporated|Corning]], the glass featured a chemically hardened layer designed to give under impact and crumble into small granules to reduce injuries.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Dyer|first1=Davis|first2=Daniel|last2=Gross|title=The generations of Corning: the life and times of a global corporation |year=2001 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-514095-8 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/generationsofcor00davi/page/302 302]–303 |url= https://archive.org/details/generationsofcor00davi |url-access=registration|quote=Javelin windshield.|access-date=12 September 2010}}</ref> The inner layer has "stress raisers that will cause it to break before excessively high concussion forces can be developed in the occupant's skull."<ref>{{cite book|first1=John R. |last1=Blizard |first2=John S. |last2=Howitt |chapter=A New Laminated Windshield Designed to Minimize Laceration |year=1970 |publisher=SAE International: technical paper 700428 |chapter-url= http://papers.sae.org/700428/ |access-date=21 March 2012|doi=10.4271/700428 |title=SAE Technical Paper Series |volume=1}}</ref>

American Motors also incorporated new designs for windshield sealing for the 1970 models and developed a systems solutions process that began in the styling studio to ensure maximum efficiency.<ref>{{cite book|first=Ronald R. |last=Parry |chapter=Windshield Sealing Parameters |date=February 1970 |publisher=SAE International: technical paper 700098 |chapter-url= http://papers.sae.org/700098/ |access-date=21 March 2012|doi=10.4271/700098 |title=SAE Technical Paper Series |volume=1}}</ref>