Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://mypepack.gophersport.com/video/?vid=0VjSbdffXVY Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter AMC Built an Entire Car Around an Engine That Never Existed shorts car automobile [56aaCO9UIPM] Health Updated on August 09, 2026 EDT — Published on August 09, 2026 EDT AMC designed the Pacer around a Wankel rotary engine it planned to buy from General Motors. GM cancelled its rotary program in 1974, leaving AMC to fit its existing inline six instead, which required a driveshaft tunnel and a wider body. The Pacer ended up wider than a Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow. SOURCE: goiOWxYdS1g a9DZHcc9MlQ Ojk6wunrKOF BX9LQpcdpyx 3ayVn0wkeyp
AMC designed the Pacer around a Wankel rotary engine it planned to buy from General Motors. GM cancelled its rotary program in 1974, leaving AMC to fit its existing inline six instead, which required a driveshaft tunnel and a wider body. The Pacer ended up wider than a Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow. SOURCE: goiOWxYdS1g a9DZHcc9MlQ Ojk6wunrKOF BX9LQpcdpyx 3ayVn0wkeyp