Word: gremlin
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Sawed-Off Station Wagon. Last week American Motors showed off the first subcompact, the Gremlin.* It was, said A.M.C. President William Luneberg, purposely designed to be "a contentious car, and nobody will be neutral about it." That may well be true. On the outside the Gremlin resembles a sawed-off station wagon, with a long, low hood and swept-up rear, and is faintly reminiscent of the original Studebaker Avanti. Though the Gremlin is only two inches longer than the 159-in. Volkswagen, the elongated hood makes the difference seem considerably more. It is 10 in. wider than a Volks...
...Gremlin's six-cylinder, 128-h.p. standard-equipment engine (compared with Volkswagen's 57 h.p.) gives it rapid acceleration. It will get around 23 miles to the gallon, v. Volkswagen's 26. In the basic two-passenger model, the Gremlin will sell for around $1,850. The list price just possibly may be brought down to $1,838, or $1 cheaper than a Beetle delivered in the Eastern