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===Concord=== [[File:1979 AMC Concord two-door sedan at 2015 AMO meet-04.jpg|thumb|1979 Concord 2-Door Sedan]] For the 1978 model year, the Hornet [[automobile platform|platform]] was redesigned with an adaptation of the new Gremlin front-end design and renamed [[AMC Concord]]. American Motors targeted it at the emerging "premium compact" market segment, paying particular attention to ride and handling, standard equipment, trim, and interior luxury.<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Rich |last=Ceppos|title=AMC for '78 β a V-8 for the Pacer, and now there's Concord |magazine=Popular Science |page=98 |date=October 1977 |volume=211 |issue=4 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=bQEAAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA98 |access-date=January 16, 2011}}</ref> Gremlins borrowed the Concord instrument panel, a Hornet AMX-inspired GT sports appearance package, and a new striping treatment for X models. The AMC Pacer hood was modified to clear a V8 engine, and a Sports package replaced the former X package. With falling sales of Matador Coupes, sedans, and wagons, their {{convert|304|CID|L|1|abbr=on}} V8 engine was dropped, leaving only the {{convert|258|CID|L|1|abbr=on}} Inline-6 (standard on coupes and sedans) and the {{convert|360|CID|L|1|abbr=on}} V8 (optional on coupes and sedans, standard on wagons). The two-tone Barcelona luxury package was offered on Matador sedans, and two-tone red paint was introduced as an additional Barcelona option. Matador production ceased at the end of the model year with total sales of 10,576 units. The Matador was no longer attractive as automakers struggled to overcome economic woes, including continuing fuel price increases and double-digit U. S. inflation.<ref>{{cite web |first=Thomas J. |last=Sugrue |title=From Motor City to Motor Metropolis: How the Automobile Industry Reshaped Urban America |url= http://www.autolife.umd.umich.edu/Race/R_Overview/R_Overview5.htm |publisher=Automobile in American Life and Society |year=2004 |access-date=January 16, 2011 |archive-date=March 12, 2012 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120312223811/http://www.autolife.umd.umich.edu/Race/R_Overview/R_Overview5.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>
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