AMC Pacer. Malibu
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Is It Bad To Pick Scabs In Nose
couch in the automotive psychology, should be cited as reference for the little love of American consumers, American rather by the hatchback.
Everything began with the presentation to the public after the AMC Pacer which was very easy to imagine the stereotype of the American consumer with blond hair and blue eyes, sitting on the floor in a fetal position, repeating over and over time: "Bigger, faster, better-while intermittently sucks his thumb Pacer image in your mind.
That must have been undoubtedly the reaction generated by a vehicle so ... different.
course all this is an exaggeration, but in 70, a hatchback in North America was as absurd as an electric vehicle in 60.
But AMC did not think so. The small company, excluding the select club of the big three (then GM, Ford, Chrysler), believed that the design of a car should start around their passengers and out.
Under this AMC design philosophy still controversial and contradictory self seeking to be different from the competitive offer.
It offered some advantages, such as the fact that its drag coefficient was very low compared to the classic three-volume cubes of the time, could not meet the goal of being very economical in terms of fuel consumption because AMC failed in attempts to get other power plants of competition (originally designed for mounting a Wankel engine), which led him to use the Chrysler inline 6 (100-bhp!) who rode most of its models.
occurred from 1975 to 1980, five years sufficient to leave a deep enough trauma in the American consumer.
designations were 6 or models: X, Limited, D / L, Sundowner, Carl Green and Levi `s. All were equally ugly.
Solo 280.000 were built, of which, amazingly some still survive today.
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