That much is evidenced by the following video, which features a 1968 Pontiac Firebird and 1970 AMC AMX going head-to-head in three rounds of racing action. Once again coming to us from the Cars ...

Aiming to extract a little more grunt from its premier engine, AMC elected to stroke the 390 tall-deck engine, which differed from the short-deck unit featured in the 1969 AMX, up to 3.68 inches ...

But the now-defunct AMC came close to creating America's first-ever mid-engined supercar with the 1969 AMX III mid-engined ...

As muscle car enthusiasts, we often remember the AMX, Javelin, and the Rebel Machine. The Gremlin and the Pacer also stand out as quirky. The Hornet is one of AMC's not-so-iconic nameplates ...