AMC PACER? What is to be that? When Gaby sprat with their car around Lake Constance, the eyes of passers-by are great. The wonderfully quirky PACER is the untypischste Ami slide, it has ever been.

The American dream is burst like a bubble: time crisis, record debt, unemployment. It is not the first bend in the American way of life. In the 1970s, the oil crises twirled mixed up the country and left deep traces in the car industry. The designers looked at in their glass beads and tried to find out what people in the post-Landyacht era probably would expect from a car. In the course of “downsizing” helpless edging of the band, which had only an advantage dropped in Detroit: the rust had they soon disappear from the scene. Only a few U.S. cars of the late 1970s achieved cult status. One of them is the PACER.

When Gaby performs its coppery exotics sprat from the Bodensee district, are open to the mouths of the passers-by. In the supermarket parking lot, it hails curious questions, people Petting of the lush glazed rear part of the car and look forward to in the case of headlamps hidden in small pockets of chrome. If the view to the writing on the tailgate is, however only frown remains: AMC? What’s that? In this country PACER would know well the AMC nobody, if he would be surfaced by the iconic Bloedel Strip “Wayne’s world” at least on the big screen. The car is a plate that became strike trousers, a knallbunter greetings from the 70ies with you in beautiful memories at this time revel and oust the bad can.

1975 the American Motors Corporation (AMC) of the last remaining carmaker was not Detroit, “Big Three” (General Motors, Ford and Chrysler) belonged. Packard, Studebaker and co. had long since deleted the sails. AMC should suffer the same fate in the 80s, but before the company donated a few real delicacy the automotive developed curiosity cabinet. The Hornet for example, a sporty coupe, which was allowed to turn a spectacular corkscrew somersault in the James Bond film “The man with the Golden gun”. And the Gremlim, a such ugly car that he has succeeded as a mocking object even in an episode of the “Simpsons”.

The undisputed Crown, but in 1975, followed with the PACER. The technology of the car was conventional, instead of the originally planned wankel engine, there were six-cylinder engines and even a V8. But the body, which was one-third of glass surfaces, was a real hit. And that is it even today. When Gaby Sprottes Golden cosy spreads Retriever in the trunk, he is probably like in fish in the Aquarium.

The PACER though looks like a compact car, but it is wider than an S-class. The PR strategists of the car manufacturer devised because even the advertising slogan “The first wide small car” – small but wide. In a presentation, the AMC people parked a Chevrolet Nova in a fiberglass replica of PACER to show its size. And not only the shape of the car was refreshingly different. The passenger door of PACER is what greatly facilitates the entry to the rear 20 cm longer than the driver’s door.

The glass room miracle quickly caused headlines. “With this car you will inspire seems claustrophobic Americans for small car”, was a reporter of the US magazine car & driver. In the test, the PACER came away not really well, the magazine complained braking, acceleration, and the high weight. But the car was also adorable: “Many will have the instinctive need to get the PACER home and to play like with a little duck”, car & driver believed.

The Americans saw that seem similar. First, a best seller was expensive PACER namely 3299 USD. Moved the huge in this class space. Customers willingly paid surcharges for all kinds of extras, ordered their PACER in cheerful colors like “Alpaca Brown” or “Red Firecracker” and could warm up even for fake wood panelling on the flanks. But the PACER was somewhat awkwardly between the chairs: for a small economical car engines were too thirsty for a sporting with 90-120 HP but rather weak for the thick butt of Pacer. 1979 was the last year for America’s unusual wide small car after a few facelifts. There was not a successor, 1987, AMC was caught by Chrysler.

Gaby sprat the quirky PACER to the heart has grown, that she used him as an everyday car. The car is a reflection of their personality, even: “This car has an interesting biography with many twists and turns, just like me”, says the former Finanzbeamtin, who now works as a writer and artist.