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The AMC AMX is a two-seat GT-style muscle car produced by American Motors Corporation from 1968 through 1970. [2] [6] As one of just two American-built two-seaters, the AMX was in direct competition with the one-inch (2.5 cm) longer wheelbase Chevrolet Corvette, [7] for substantially less money.
The AMC AMX/3 (alternate spelling: AMX III) is a mid-engine sports car produced by the American carmaker American Motors Corporation (AMC), which was presented to the Italian press in March 1970 and was to be produced in Germany by Karmann starting in 1971.
The new Javelin-AMX incorporated several racing modifications, and AMC advertised it as "the closest thing you can buy to a Trans-Am champion". The car had a fiberglass full-width cowl induction hood, as well as spoilers front and rear for high-speed traction.
The shattered records included a Class C AMX (the No. 2 Lee Breedlove car) with the standard 290 cu in (4.8 L) AMC V8 engine (bored to 304 cubic inches) with a 4-speed manual transmission, achieving a 24-hour average of 140.79 mph (226.58 km/h) that was set by Craig and his wife Lee.
The biggest powerplant on the 1979 AMX was AMC's 304 cu in (5.0 L) V8 and it was the last AMC passenger car to have a factory-installed V8 engine. With the required emission devices and lowered compression ratios, the car felt adequately powered and could still deliver highway fuel economy ratings of about 20 mpg ‑US (12 L/100 km; 24 mpg ...
Condor Racing Ralph Kent-Cooke Lyn St. James: Porsche 935: 87 50 DNF GTU 70 Chris Doyle Chris Doyle Charles Guest Mike Meyer Mazda RX-7: 87 51 DNF GTX 7 Caribbean AMC/Jeep Lou Statzer Amos Johnson Dennis Shaw AMC Spirit AMX: 84 52 DNF GTO 32 Scorpio Racing "Jamsal" Carlos Pineda Eduardo Barrientos Porsche 911 Carrera RSR: 80 53 DNF GTO 10 ...
1979 AMC Sprint AMX. American Challenge, also known as the All American Challenge, and formally known as the Kelly American Challenge, was a category and set of regulations for the IMSA GT Championship between 1977 and 1989.
Penske-entered Camaros won the series championship in 1968 and 1969. Later they [19] switched to a red/white/blue American Motors backed 1970 AMC Javelin, and later the restyled 1971 AMC Javelin AMX which had an aerodynamic tail spoiler and other features suggested by Donohue. American Motors won the Over 2.5-liter title in 1971, after which ...