Editing AMC Gremlin (section)

==== 1978 ====
[[File:1978 AMC Gremlin X blue KA-rf.jpg|thumb|right|1978 AMC Gremlin X]]

In its final year of 1978, the Gremlin received a number of changes, but customers on a tighter budget could still get a standard six-cylinder base model Gremlin for under US$3,400.<ref name=how78>{{cite web |url= http://auto.howstuffworks.com/1970-1978-amc-gremlin7.htm |title=The 1978 AMC Gremlin |website=How Stuff Works |author=((Auto Editors of ''Consumer Guide'')) |date=October 17, 2007 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200805083658/https://auto.howstuffworks.com/1970-1978-amc-gremlin7.htm |archive-date=August 5, 2020 |access-date=February 3, 2022}}</ref> A new "Custom" model featured either the four- or six-cylinder engine with a standard four-speed manual transmission and new vinyl bucket seats, wheel lip moldings, and other trim upgrades.<ref>{{cite news|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=6uEDAAAAMBAJ&q=AMC+1978+Gremlin+new+custom+dolls&pg=PA178 |work=Popular Mechanics |date=October 1977 |page=178 |first=Michael |last=Lamm |volume=148 |issue=4 |title=Driving the 1978 cars from American Motors |access-date=June 27, 2014}}</ref> Inside the Gremlin there was a revised instrument panel borrowed from the then-new 1978 [[AMC Concord|Concord]]. The dashboard had high-level ventilation [[HVAC]], radio switchgear within easier reach, and a flat, full-width top. The X's tape striping pattern was revised to match the 1978 Concord Sport package design, with the stripe at the lower body side and curving over the wheel lip.

At mid-season, a '''GT''' package became available with a front [[Spoiler (automotive)|spoiler]] and flared wheel openings as on the 1978 AMX. The GT added an aluminum overlay to the instrument panel, was powered by the {{convert|258|CID|L|1|abbr=on}} I6 as standard, and had a unique striping scheme: a wide tape stripe, outlined by a narrow one, ran back from the front fenders and widened aft of the rear quarter windows. The package also included body-color fender flares and front air dam, as well as body-color bumpers, all of which combined to give the GT a modern, aggressive look. Fewer than 3,000 Gremlin GTs were built.<ref name=how78/>

The Gremlin's body shape had not changed appreciably in its nine years of production, and other more advanced subcompacts, lighter in weight, with more doors, better interiors, and [[front-wheel drive]], had appeared on the market. Gremlin sales for the final year fell 52% to 22,104 units. By the time production ceased, a total of 671,475 Gremlins had been built.<ref name="Ireson">{{cite web |url= http://www.motorauthority.com/news/1026194_blast-from-the-past-amc-gremlin |last=Ireson |first=Nelson |title=Blast from the past: AMC Gremlin |publisher=Motor Authority |date=October 4, 2010 |access-date=June 27, 2014}}</ref>

The updated [[AMC Spirit]] replaced the Gremlin for the 1979 model year, basically "a Gremlin with conventional styling ... Lovable, sturdy cars are hard to kill."<ref name="Jedlicka-import"/>