Talk:AMC Pacer

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[edit] Appearance in TV series

Was this car in the tv series "heroes" (what the woman with split personalities drove in the 1st few episodes)

—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.80.110.196 (talk • contribs). As of 22:53, 20 December 2006.

--83.190.132.239 04:21, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] A DESIGN COPIED BY TODAYS SUVs

Hokey, very hokey. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 131.107.0.73 (talk) 18:49, August 22, 2007 (UTC)

[edit] International markets?

This heading only seems to mention Mexico... I have only ever seen one of these cars in the UK, where the whole "bigger door" benefit is completely lost due to everyone driving on the left. Also, I doubt that the Pacer would have done well in Europe - sizewise it looks like a hatchback on steroids (making it look awkward in tight country lanes), and with a 5 litre engine I doubt that it would fair particularly well in the fuel economy stakes. Shame - if they had done a 1300cc version and given it 2 big doors (not 1) then it could have been a bit of a seller! Paul-b4 (talk) 15:27, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

How could it use a 1300cc engine? The Pacer was a tank, a very heavy small car - it weighed almost 2 tons! User:BomberJoe 02:55, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
I'm sure that a suitably (financially) motivated design team could have put the Pacer on a diet, and I'd wager that a 5 litre engine (plus suitable large fuel tank) didn't exactly help matters... Paul-b4 (talk) 14:25, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Help!

This article needs a good clear photograph of a Pacer when new, not least because the car shown at present is incorrect in several respects. Can someone oblige? Writegeist (talk) 01:47, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

As noted in the history of edits to this article, I put this car in the article because the previous image in the infobox was of a factory PR drawing of a Pacer that was deleted from Wikipedia for obvious copyright issues. In any case, for purpose of full disclosure, the following items are wrong on this car: (1) the Pacer's full wheel covers on steel wheels have been substituted with AMC's "Magnum 500" rims (not on the option list on the Pacer in 1975 - plus the ones on this car are missing the trim rings), (2) the wheel lip mouldings have not been replaced after the car was repainted, (3) the black side rub strip is slightly wider than the stock version, (4) the grille does not have the silver finish on its thin horizontal bars (it is all finished in flat black on this car), (5) the vertical black rubber bumper guards were not replaced after later model NOS bumpers were installed, and (6) the inside rear view is not yet attached to the car's windshield in this picture. Other than these problems, this "Mellow Yellow" 1975 Pacer Pacer is as it was ordered from the factory. — CZmarlin (talk) 04:27, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
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Moved the subsequent discussion to Czmarlin’s talk page—a more appropriate venue. Writegeist (talk) 01:40, 14 April 2008 (UTC)