Want sick power from a basically stock engine? Try a 401. Using factoryheads on the portly 4.170-inch bore, you can build torque where itcounts and still make good power on top with a reasonable cam, ...

The 1971 AMC Javelin AMX arrived in the thick of Detroit’s muscle wars with fewer dollars, less dealer reach, and a fraction ...

Just as there was once an age of giant reptiles some 100-odd million years ago, there was once an age of American automotive giants. Although they may be dinosaurs today, the “Big Three”—General ...

In 1968, American Motors Corporation released two of its emblematic nameplates – the Javelin and the AMX (the latter, as a direct rival to the Corvette, was launched mid-model-year, at the end of ...

Brian is a published author who has been writing professionally for a decade in politics and entertainment, but found his calling covering the automotive industry. His love of cars started at an early ...

The American Motors Corporation may be no more, but its legacy lives on. The AMX, for example, is one of the most curious muscle cars of its era because of the short wheelbase and grand touring ...

The original American Motors AMX was a two-seat sports car based on a shortened Javelin, sold only for the 1968 through 1970 model years, and it remains a muscle-car legend to this day. American ...

Q: Greg, I owned a 1974 AMC Ambassador Custom Brougham four-door sedan back in the 1970s with the 304-V8 engine. What is this car worth today? I read your column in the Cape Cod newspaper and I know ...