1974 AMC Matador Coupe news film.mov

Here's the big car that AMC brought to market just in time for the OPEC oil embargo in 1974. Read all about it at Aaron Severson's site AteUpWithMotor.com.

Another scrap of rare film from the Torq-O Media Archive.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• 1974
• Matador
• Coupe
• news
• film

[promotodd]

AMC produced three Love-'Em-Or-Hate-'Em cars: the Gremlin, the Pacer, and the Matador Coupe. Even after all these years, people are still split right down the middle.

[GoneAutos]

@NBZist AMC produced dealer introduction films from 1969 to at least 1973. Maybe more. I don't know, because they're freakin' rare. However, I have a choppy/splicy copy of the 1971 AMC intro film. It includes a segment on the '71 Hornet SC/360. It's the only factory footage of this car that I know of, and it's the only copy of this film that I know of. Someday, I'll find a way to share it with all of you.

[NBZist]

@promotodd

What about the 350 Hornet?

[saber15]

@TheEldweebo I think they look good when the godawful bumpers are removed.

[TheEldweebo]

I remember when these cars came out, they were ugly back then, and they still are today.

[Jeycihn]

these cars were designed by the blind, for the stupid.

[OrangeVanillaSky69]

No offense but at the time these were considered the ugliest cars on the road.

[dielindeh]

it is a fuckin nice car :-)

[shparker]

what a fucking ugly ass car its like the pontiac aztec of the 70s