Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://mypepack.gophersport.com/video/?vid=eDGJdRnRjTM 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 [ukCM3XCLvQv] Health Updated on August 08, 2026 EDT — Published on August 08, 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: YIYbHDDR16p R6Fr0O9cjWf c3cj2s9mImm e6fAiV7OJSe A0CBo8gS0BA eKfVH3UDvMu
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: YIYbHDDR16p R6Fr0O9cjWf c3cj2s9mImm e6fAiV7OJSe A0CBo8gS0BA eKfVH3UDvMu