2. AMC AMX/3
Everybody knows about the heroic Javelin and two-seater AMX muscle cars introduced in 1968. Encouraged by the success of Javelin and AMX, AMC management wanted to go further and attack the sports car market. They had the funds to do so but they didn`t have a starting point and very soon AMC hired renewed sports car creator and ex Ferrari engineer Giotto Bizzarrini and asked him to build them a modern sports car with a rear-engine, transaxle, and sleek body.
Bizzarrini did what he was asked to and even more and the AMX/3 prototype was capable of 170 mph, had world-class handling and sexy Italian styling. The power was provided by AMC`s 390 V8 engine with 340 HP. Despite the promising start, AMC realized that the finished product would cost somewhere around $12,000, significantly more than a similarly designed De Tomaso Pantera and almost double the price of the Corvette. Unfortunately but understandably, they decided to kill the fantastic AMX/3 after just 6 preproduction cars were built in 1.