Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://bcad.org/video/?vid=8lkyGYcvsMs 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 [3MRkmibomlW] Health Updated on August 10, 2026 EDT — Published on August 10, 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: UnKeDqKVgfL YF0PhCkUjj5 TXfKzam51Ts ayG7OTmvM3X 2cP9Yo0aXqK Ov9MXUIA94G shYF60z01rv
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: UnKeDqKVgfL YF0PhCkUjj5 TXfKzam51Ts ayG7OTmvM3X 2cP9Yo0aXqK Ov9MXUIA94G shYF60z01rv