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	The AMC Gremlin is a subcompact car that was made by the American Motors Corporation (AMC) for nine model years. During its manufacturing run from April 1970 through 1978, a total of 671,475 Gremlins were built in the United States and Canada.

	~~The Gremlin was described at its introduction as the first domestic-built American subcompact car.~~

	Responding to the introduction of competitors from Ford and Chevrolet, AMC advertised the car in its second model year as "America's first subcompact".The St. Louis-Post Dispatch states that to cite the Gremlin as “America’s first subcompact” is to overlook the Crosley and the Nash Metropolitan.[10] The latter—a subcompact-sized "captive import", American-conceived and American-designed for the American market, and built in the UK with a British engine—has a claim to be "America's first subcompact.

	AMC's designer Richard A. Teague may have come up with up the Gremlin's name. AMC apparently felt confident enough to not worry about the word's negative connotations. Time magazine noted two definitions for "gremlin": Defined by Webster's as "a small gnome held to be responsible for malfunction of equipment." American Motors' definition: "a pal to its friends and an ogre to its enemies.

	The car was introduced on April Fools' Day 1970, six months ahead of subcompacts from [[Ford]] and [[GM]]. It was created to compete with imported cars from Japan and Germany; and although its appearance received some criticism, the Gremlin had an important advantage with its low price.

	"With AMC's thriftiest six-cylinder engine and base prices below US$2,000, AMC's 'import-fighter' initially sold well: over 26,000 in its abbreviated first season" before the [[Chevrolet Vega]] and [[Ford Pinto]] were introduced.

	~~[[Image:Gremlin.jpg]]~~

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	'''~~Use~~ the ~~following MODEL TEMPLATE~~ as the ~~foundation~~ for the ~~Wikicars~~' ~~Model page~~:'''		The '''AMC Gremlin''' is a [[subcompact]] car that was made by the [[American Motors Corporation]] (AMC) for nine model years. During its manufacturing run from April 1970 through 1978, a total of 671,475 Gremlins were built in the United States and Canada.

			The Gremlin was described at its introduction as the first domestic-built American subcompact car.

			Responding to the introduction of competitors from Ford and Chevrolet, AMC advertised the car in its second model year as "America's first subcompact".The St. Louis-Post Dispatch states that to cite the Gremlin as “America’s first subcompact” is to overlook the [[Crosley]] and the [[Nash Metropolitan]]. The latter—a subcompact-sized "captive import", American-conceived and American-designed for the American market, and built in the UK with a British engine—has a claim to be "America's first subcompact.

			AMC's designer [[Richard A. Teague]] may have come up with up the Gremlin's name. AMC apparently felt confident enough to not worry about the word's negative connotations. Time magazine noted two definitions for "gremlin": Defined by Webster's as "a small gnome held to be responsible for malfunction of equipment." American Motors' definition: "a pal to its friends and an ogre to its enemies.

			The car was introduced on April Fools' Day 1970, six months ahead of subcompacts from [[Ford]] and [[GM]]. It was created to compete with imported cars from Japan and Germany; and although its appearance received some criticism, the Gremlin had an important advantage with its low price.

	~~Start off with a brief Introduction to the particular MODEL. Please DO NOT use the same Introduction text from~~ the [[~~Wikicars:Model Review Template\|<MODEL> Review~~]] ~~page, but rather paraphrase ideas relevant to grasp an overall scope of the~~ [[~~automobile\|vehicle~~]].		"With AMC's thriftiest six-cylinder engine and base prices below US$2,000, AMC's 'import-fighter' initially sold well: over 26,000 in its abbreviated first season" before the [[Chevrolet Vega]] and [[Ford Pinto]] were introduced.

	See Wikicars' comprehensive '''[[{{PAGENAME}} Review]]'''.		See Wikicars' comprehensive '''[[{{PAGENAME}} Review]]'''.
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	==See Also==		==See Also==
			{{AMC}}

	==External Links==		==External Links==

Red marquis at 13:19, 20 June 2009

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VTR&ToyotaDude at 19:11, 19 June 2009

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The AMC Gremlin is a subcompact car that was made by the American Motors Corporation (AMC) for nine model years. During its manufacturing run from April 1970 through 1978, a total of 671,475 Gremlins were built in the United States and Canada.

The Gremlin was described at its introduction as the first domestic-built American subcompact car.

Responding to the introduction of competitors from Ford and Chevrolet, AMC advertised the car in its second model year as "America's first subcompact".The St. Louis-Post Dispatch states that to cite the Gremlin as “America’s first subcompact” is to overlook the Crosley and the Nash Metropolitan.[10] The latter—a subcompact-sized "captive import", American-conceived and American-designed for the American market, and built in the UK with a British engine—has a claim to be "America's first subcompact.

AMC's designer Richard A. Teague may have come up with up the Gremlin's name. AMC apparently felt confident enough to not worry about the word's negative connotations. Time magazine noted two definitions for "gremlin": Defined by Webster's as "a small gnome held to be responsible for malfunction of equipment." American Motors' definition: "a pal to its friends and an ogre to its enemies.

The car was introduced on April Fools' Day 1970, six months ahead of subcompacts from [[Ford]] and [[GM]]. It was created to compete with imported cars from Japan and Germany; and although its appearance received some criticism, the Gremlin had an important advantage with its low price.

"With AMC's thriftiest six-cylinder engine and base prices below US$2,000, AMC's 'import-fighter' initially sold well: over 26,000 in its abbreviated first season" before the [[Chevrolet Vega]] and [[Ford Pinto]] were introduced.

[[Image:Gremlin.jpg]]

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