AMC Pacer documentary

[California98Civic]

Here is a pretty good documentary on the technical, regulatory, and marketing history of AMC's ill-fated effort at an innovative economy car.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kcl98aBRkD8

[RedDevil]

I remember a schoolmate's dad say "Don't they know how to build cars?"

As over here you could buy this for less:
the Citroën GS

Designed one year earlier...