History has been unkind to the AMC Gremlin, but the truth is that the strange-looking subcompact was a great little car for its time. It’s a terrible car that wasn’t actually terrible.

Beginning in 1973, AMC offered a 304 cubic inch (5.0 liter) V8 in the Gremlin, which was powerful enough to get the nearly 3,000-pound car from 0-60 mph in 8.1 seconds.

AMC Gremlin 1970-1978. ... It was an awkward upside-down fishbowl with a passenger door 4-inches longer that the driver door and an engine compartment designed for a Wankel engine.

1973 AMC Gremlin. Current Value for a #2 Condition Example: $20,400. X package, 258 I-6. ... As far as collectibility, the two-door and four-door sedans are at the bottom of the barrel.

This 1974 AMC Gremlin got a V8 engine swap to ape the special-edition Randall-built XRs of the day. The Takeaway I haven’t driven a lot of cars from the Malaise Era, and never really wanted to.

The AMC Gremlin is possibly the most oddball car of the late 20th century. To some, it has a face only a mother could love, and, to others, it is endlessly endearing.

At 161.3 inches (4,097 mm), the Gremlin was only 3 inches (76 mm) longer than a Beetle, although the AMC looked significantly bigger. It was only fractionally narrower than the Hornet, although it ...

2-door, 2-4 passenger, front-engine, RWD sedan. L x W x H: 161.3 x 70.6 x 51. ... AMC fitted the Gremlin with four-wheel drum brakes and a three-speed transmission that lacked a synchronizer for ...