Nice that people can see the real Pacer story, excellent video.
I drove AMC cars for 33 years and find them to be quite durable. Never had to retire one that had less than 200,000 miles, except the last one, a 1965 American, which was retired due to 47 salty New Jersey winters finally eating it away.
AMC pioneered many things that all automakers use today, like unibody construction, one piece door openings, and if you look at a Pacer you'll notice it has no rain gutters, the doors go into the roof, just like most new cars today.
Much innovation came from the independent automakers, and they were the last independent we had.
Ken D.
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