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AMC AMX/3
Encouraged by the success of the Javelin and AMX, AMC management wanted to attack the sports car market. They had the funds to do so, but they didn’t have a starting point. So soon AMC hired the renewed sports car creator and ex-Ferrari engineer, Giotto Bizzarrini. They asked him to build them a modern sports car with a rear engine, transaxle gearbox and sleek body.
Bizzarrini did what he was asked to and even more, so the AMX/3 prototype was capable of 170 mph. He also gave it 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.
This was significantly more than the 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 building just six preproduction cars in 1970.