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===Discontinuation=== Increasing competition from the Big Three U.S. automakers and the rapid consumer shift to small imported cars during the late 1970s decreased demand for the Pacer models.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://automotivehistory.org/last-amc-pacer/ |title=December 3, 1979 β The last AMC Pacer |date=3 December 2023 |first=Brian |last=Corey |website=automotivehistory.org |access-date=29 June 2024}}</ref> Automobile buyers in the U.S. adjusted to smaller and lighter cars, mainly imports that offered better gas mileage; the AMC Pacer could not match German and Japanese cars.<ref name="tribute"/> Achieving about {{convert|22|mpgus|L/100 km mpgimp|abbr=on}}, the Pacer was not a top choice for customers during the [[1979 energy crisis]]. Moreover, AMC's partnership with [[Renault]] brought the [[Renault 5]] named "Le Car" to the AMC dealers as a more economical model.<ref name="Peterson">{{cite news |last=Peterson |first=Iver |title=A.M.C. Sets U.S. Sales Of Renaults |url= https://www.nytimes.com/1979/01/11/archives/amc-sets-us-sales-of-renaults-french-concern-will-market-jeeps.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=11 January 1979 |access-date=4 November 2020}}</ref> The design of the Pacer prompted changes to the Renault 5 to adapt it to some of the U.S. marketplace conditions.<ref name="ligo2013"/> Similar to its mid-year introduction, on 3 December 1979, production of the Pacer ended at the [[Kenosha, Wisconsin]], assembly plant where it had begun five years earlier.<ref>{{cite magazine |url= http://wardsautoworld.com/ar/auto_rearview_mirror_4/index.html |first=Al |last=Binder |author2=((Ward's staff)) |title=Rearview Mirror |magazine=Ward's Auto World |date=1 December 2001 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110728080122/http://wardsautoworld.com/ar/auto_rearview_mirror_4/index.html |archive-date=28 July 2011 |url-status=dead |access-date=31 December 2022}}</ref> A total of 280,000 Pacers were built. Increasing competition from the Big Three U.S. automakers and the rapid consumer shift to imported cars during the late 1970s are the reasons for this outcome.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://automotivehistory.org/last-amc-pacer/ |title=December 3, 1979 β The last AMC Pacer |date=3 December 2023 |first=Brian |last=Corey |website=automotivehistory.org |access-date=29 June 2024}}</ref> Automobile buyers in the U.S. adjusted to smaller and lighter cars, particularly imports that offered better gas mileage; the AMC Pacer could not match German and Japanese cars.<ref name="tribute"/> The large glass areas increased the car's weight. Achieving about {{convert|22|mpgus|L/100 km mpgimp|abbr=on}}, the Pacer was not a top choice for customers during the [[1979 energy crisis]]. Moreover, AMC's partnership with [[Renault]] brought the [[Renault 5]] named "Le Car" to the AMC dealers as a more economical model.<ref name="Peterson"/> Nevertheless, the design of the Pacer inspired the restyling of the Renault 5 to meet the needs and requirements of the American Market.<ref name="ligo2013"/>
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