Editing AMC Gremlin (section)

== Concept Gremlins ==
=== Gremlin Voyager ===
In 1972 AMC developed a prototype "Gremlin Voyager" with a slide out rear panel called "Grem-Bin".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.route66rambler.com/tikiwiki/tiki-browse_image.php?galleryId=33&sort_mode=name_asc&imageId=304&scalesize=0 |title=1972 AMC Gremlin Voyager with Grem-Bin |website=route66rambler.com |access-date=June 27, 2014 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304003843/http://www.route66rambler.com/tikiwiki/tiki-browse_image.php?galleryId=33&sort_mode=name_asc&imageId=304&scalesize=0 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The car was a production Gremlin with a proposed "shelf" design to make cargo loading easier.

=== XP prototype ===
[[File:AMC Gremlin XP 1974 concept car Kenosha Show.jpg|thumb|right|AMC Gremlin XP concept car]]

In 1974 a production car was modified and dubbed the Gremlin XP prototype.<ref>{{cite magazine|url= http://www.caranddriver.com/news/1974-amc-gremlin-xp-prototype-auto-shows |title=1974 AMC Gremlin XP Prototype - Auto Shows |magazine=Car and Driver |first=Frank |last=Marcus |date=June 2002 |access-date=June 27, 2014}}</ref> It has a larger glass hatchback and additional side quarter windows. A pronounced crease started from the mid-body section and wraps over the roof while the rear quarter panels feature bulges around the wheel well openings. The rear panel has a recessed and blacked-out area with four lights. The design of the concept car improved visibility around the Gremlin's original wide C-pillar.<ref>{{cite book|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=9eWPM4Ikk8wC&q=Gremlin+XP |page=303 |title=American dream cars: over 60 years of the best concept vehicles |first1=Mitch |last1=Frumkin |first2=Phil |last2=Hall |publisher=Krause Publications |year=2002 |isbn=978-0-87349-491-5 |access-date=June 27, 2014}}</ref>

=== G/II prototype ===
Another 1974 Gremlin was modified with a front end from the Hornet.<ref name="Flory-935">{{cite book|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=yPwcDJ10TtAC&q=1974+Gremlin+G/II+retrospect&pg=PA935 |pages=935–936 |title=American cars, 1973–1980: every model, year by year |first=J. Kelly |last=Flory |publisher=McFarland |year=2012 |isbn=978-0-7864-5636-9 |access-date=June 27, 2014}}</ref> The concept car received a special grille, but the most radical design feature was its [[fastback]] roofline. This concept car turned out to be similar to the Gremlin's replacement, the liftback Spirit model introduced for the 1979 model year.<ref name="Flory-935"/>

=== Concept 80 ===
In 1977 American Motors presented six show cars to illustrate the automaker's commitment to smaller, fuel-efficient vehicles for the 1980s.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.torq-o.com/files/944b216fd1bf38417be4ccf3082c267c-116.html |title=AMC Concept 80 cars in ''Hemmings Classic Car'' |publisher=Curious Cumulus Productions |access-date=June 27, 2014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141129112727/http://www.torq-o.com/files/944b216fd1bf38417be4ccf3082c267c-116.html |archive-date=November 29, 2014 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> Three of them, the "Concept I", "Concept II", and "Concept Grand Touring" represented new subcompact designs.<ref>{{cite magazine|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=agEAAAAAMBAJ&q=AMC+makes+plans+Concept+80&pg=PA76 |title=Detroit Report |first=Jim |last=Dunne |magazine=Popular Science |date=September 1977 |page=76 |volume=211 |issue=3 |access-date=June 27, 2014}}</ref>
* The Concept I car combined a "wedge-design" with a short hood, low body beltline, steeply raked windshield, and expanded glass area. The front featured a mesh grille with "rally-type" parking lights and rectangular headlamps. The rear end was squared off featuring large rear quarter windows to eliminate blind spots. The rear panel incorporated a characteristic [[continental tire]] bulge.
* The Concept II design was another Gremlin replacement proposal featuring integral soft bumpers, and headlamps concealed by flush sliding doors. A pronounced center structural "[[Targa top|Targa-band]]" was designed to add strength to the roof. The squared-off rear end featured a glass hatchback.
* The Concept Grand Touring was a larger luxury hatchback designed for four passengers. The interior was appointed in leather and corduroy upholstery and luxury appointments with deep-pile carpeting. The front end featured a "venturi" grille with rally-type lights. The rear side windows were "[[Opera window|opera]]" recessed and surrounded by a vinyl cover that ran over the roof's rear quarter. The Concept GT car had genuine [[wire wheels]].

Design elements from the AMC's show cars "Concept II" and "Concept GT" were incorporated into the Gremlin's replacement, the AMC Spirit that was introduced in 1979.