Automotive history: AMC Gremlin 12 Articles

by Richard Serra

It never ceases to amaze me that when a car is so different, it isn't recognized for being ahead of it's time till it no longer is seen on the streets. Now days we would be lucky to even see them at most car shows as I've...read more

by K D Grey

Better in mud than a Suburban, faster than a Mustang, tougher than my brothers and sister and I could dish out. This thing was THE ULTIMATE vehicle. I referred to it as the iron mini-mite. IT was heavy, compact, and ind...read more

by Royce Radcliffe

Even though it was only manufactured for seven years and less than a million were ever made, the Gremlin has a place in automotive history. Most car lovers who know the history think of it with a wry smile. Ah, the gremlin...read more

by Bob Schmidt

My memories of the AMC Gremlin are not pleasant because this ridiculous green thing replaced my sister's '67 Mustang. Now, that was a car a guy could love. To my astonishment one sunny afternoon in the summer ...read more

by Linda Ann Nickerson

The 1970s. Platform shoes, disco, big hair, and the AMC Gremlin. As fledgling drivers, my friends and I begged our parents for car keys. We offered to run meaningless errands, just to have access to the family wheels. W...read more

by David Braybrooke

The AMC Gremlin has become quite a collectible as far as cars go as they are fast becoming scarce in number. Designed by the late Richard Teague and first shown at the New York International Auto show in April, 1968, the A...read more

by Greg English

My Gremlin. Awhhhhh. Brings back so many good memories. In early April 1970 a grasshopper green stripped down Gremlin showed up in our local AMC dealer's showroom. I had just graduated from high school and wanted to buy "m...read more

by Martha Leonard

It never got the credit it deserved. Maybe it was the name. The Gremlin wasn't really-a gremlin, that is. The Gremlin not only got onto the market ahead of its competitors as the first subcompact in America, it consis...read more

by M.L. Brooke

Ah the boxy greenhouse of a car that was first born penned on the back of an air sickness bag during a flight. Not the most flattering of birthplaces, but a car that is universally recognized and has seen a resurgence...read more

by Becka Rizo

My sister-in-law owned an orange Gremlin. I thought she was so cool, I was just fourteen and everything was cool back then. She was my big sister I never had,(God blessed me with three brothers)she was my icon of cool. ...read more

by C Davison

The second car I ever owned was an AMC Gremlin. It was a canary yellow, and I affectionately called it the 'Grumblin'. While in those days I had little experience with vehicles and driving in general, I look back on this...read more

by Andrew White

I remember A Gremlin rather than THE Gremlin as a bright yellow bit of four wheeled hope in my life. Just after my parent's divorce in 1975, my Mother had to learn to drive and bought her first car so she could ferry herse...read more