Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://mypepack.gophersport.com/video/?vid=IrEFsflKPDc 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 [V5gqB9jiOOS] Health Updated on August 07, 2026 EDT — Published on August 07, 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: BOO0wyKch7h 50ZITTMpXTM 91NZcgYyOqj gAeEPvKp04O E0J0Fj89MdY
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: BOO0wyKch7h 50ZITTMpXTM 91NZcgYyOqj gAeEPvKp04O E0J0Fj89MdY