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May 1, 2022 · The AMC Hornet Was Never Considered Much of a Handler, but Here’s How I’d Refine One Into a Compact Sport Sedan. Whether you view AMC’s extensive use of the Hornet platform throughout the Seventies and Eighties as an indicator that the company couldn’t or wouldn’t bother to spend the resources to develop new platforms or as creative ...
- Daniel Strohl
The AMC Hornet is a compact automobile manufactured and marketed by American Motors Corporation (AMC) and made from 1970 through 1977—in two- and four-door sedan, station wagon, and hatchback coupe configurations.
Jul 29, 2023 · Launched in the fall of 1969, the AMC Hornet was a cheap, family-oriented compact that went unnoticed in the eyes of muscle car enthusiasts. Its engine lineup featured a couple of frail...
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The Muscle car era came to an abrupt halt in the mid-70s primarily due to two events. In December 1970, U.S. President Richard M. Nixon signed an Executive Order that created the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The impact on automobile design was significant. To meet new emissions requirements, auto manufacturers detuned engines by lowering ...
AMC created the 1971 AMC Hornet SC/360 as a lower-cost alternative to larger traditional muscle cars. Their goal was to capture a larger share of the performance-car market that was negatively impacted by stricter government regulations and increasing insurance premiums. The company hoped to disguise its high-performance specialty car in the body o...
John Cena is an American classic car fanatic and has more than 20 muscle cars in his collection. The former WWE wrestler can choose from an impressive variety of cars, but his daily driver is a manual 1971 AMC Hornet SC/360. Cena rates his Hornet an 8.5 on a scale of 10, claiming, "It's compact, lightweight with a huge V-8, it's a four-speed, great...
When the muscle car market soared in the early 2000s, prices for traditional models skyrocketed out of reach for many classic-car enthusiasts. As a result, the AMC Hornet SC/360 suddenly became an attractive alternative. The successor to the SC/Rambler and Rebel Machine, the Hornet was designed to fly under the insurance man's radar. AMC even said ...
Mar 18, 2022 · Without overtly saying so, in Road and Track’s eyes, this properly equipped domestic compact was about as good as it got in terms of being a viable alternative to that class of import sedans. And the Hornet wasn’t overtly trying to be European. The key was in the options.
- Paul Niedermeyer
Mar 25, 2024 · AMC built respectable small cars! Compare the Hornet to the 1970 Maverick, and you find that you could get: 4 doors, base 199 CID engine (to Maverick’s 170); options (NA on Maverick:) PS, PB, PDB,a V8, reclining seats; with a real glove box standard! (Mavericks didn’t even have a glove box!)
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Nov 2, 2022 · Built for just a short time, the Hornet SC/360 was one of AMC's lesser-known offerings to the original world of American V8 performance.
