Editing AMC Gremlin (section)

==== 1974 ====
[[File:1974 Gremlin.jpg|thumb|1974 AMC Gremlin]]

The [[Arab Oil Embargo]] of October 1973 came just as the 1974 model year began. AMC improved the Gremlin's back seat. A deeper front fascia made the car appear longer. A larger front bumper was mounted on self-restoring telescoping gas and oil cylinders. Unlike most other designs, the Gremlin did not use a filler panel between the bumper and body. A stronger rear bumper was set lower—front and rear passenger car bumpers were now required by NHTSA to have uniform heights, take angle impacts, and sustain {{convert|5|mph|0|adj=on}} impacts with no damage.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Norbye |first=Jan P. |title=New bumpers have uniform height, take angle impacts |magazine=Popular Science |pages=90–91 |date=October 1973 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=lpiMSzja6W4C&q=New+bumpers+have+uniform+Gremlin&pg=PA90 |volume=203 |issue=4 |access-date=June 27, 2014}}</ref> The rear fascia was modified slightly to blend with the design changes. The Gremlin X stripe pattern was given a "hockey stick" look for 1974: the stripes followed the window line as it tapered aft, and swept up now to include four diagonal lines on the wide [[C-pillar]]. A new typeface for nameplates was used by AMC for 1974, including on the Gremlin. With the car's 1974 model year extended into November to delay the need to install [[catalytic converter]]s required by the [[United States Environmental Protection Agency]] (EPA) 2004 regulations starting with 1975 models, AMC sold 171,128 1974 Gremlins, an increase of nearly 40% over 1973 and 130% over 1971.